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A 16-year-old from Holts Summit is now being charged as an adult over a shooting and burglary at a Holts Summit apartment complex. The Callaway County prosecutor charged Devin Schrimpf last Thursday with armed criminal action, attempted robbery, and burglary. Authorities learned about shots fired on June 27, 2018 at …

(MissouriNet) — Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden is blasting the NCAA’s sanctions against Mizzou, calling their decision “disheartening at best and incompetent at worst.” The Columbia Republican tells Missourinet he will address the issue on the Senate floor in Jefferson City next week. He says the decision tells other college …

ATLANTA (AP) — Graying but still gritty, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots came to the Super Bowl intending  to stave off, for at least one more game, the inevitable onslaught of the NFL’s future. Job well done. Pro football never looked flatter, older and more stuck in the …

An elderly man who vanished after going to church Sunday is okay. Callaway County law officers say 89 – year old Clifford Borgelt has be reunited with family. Borgelt was the subject of a Silver Alert after he went missing from a Millersburg church Sunday. Law officers don’t elaborate but …

The Fulton man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend and pouring gas in his former home now faces a laundry – list of charges. Robert Pittman Junior is charged with breaking into the Vine Street home Sunday. His longtime girlfriend says he beat her up and poured gasoline through the house …

The former Jefferson City wrestling coach who’s accused of holding a Thomas Jefferson Middle School wrestler down and cutting his hair was not charged with a crime at the time of the incident. Alexander Whelen is being sued in connection with the case back in 2017. Our news partner ABC-17 …

The NCAA is banning Mizzou football from the postseason in 2019. A committee announced today the decision is based off academic fraud committed by a former tutor. She apparently did at least some course work for 12 Mizzou athletes in football, baseball, and softball. All those programs are banned from …

Firefighters are now investigating what caused an explosion and fire at a Cole County body shop early this morning. Regional West firefighters were called out after 4am to Xtreme Body and Paint on LoMo Drive. The owner was burned when the accident happened shortly after he arrived. Neighbors and firefighters …

Former Lincoln University President Dr. James Frank has died. Frank also served as the first black president of the NC-AA in the 1980’s. Frank, a Lincoln grad and a basketball player, went on to be the school’s basketball coach before taking the president’s role. In later years, Frank served as …

A victim of a weekend shooting in Boone County has died. The victim was one of two people 34-year-old Michael Stapleton is accused of shooting Sunday night. Stapleton turned himself in on Monday. Court documents claim he was using PCP with the victims and shot one of them in the …