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Several suspects face charges after shots are fired during a drug robbery. Cole County deputies were called to the home in the 5600 block of Scherr Drive in the Westview Heights area late Wednesday. Shots had been fired both inside and outside the home during an attempted theft of marijuana. …

The caregiver who reported a 4 – year old Jefferson City boy missing could now stand trial in his death. A Cole County Grand Jury indicted Quatavia Givens with child abuse resulting in death in the case of Darnell Gray. She reported the little boy missing Ocotber 25th .. his …

Two men now face murder charges in the death at a home on Stadium last month. The Cole County Grand Jury indicts 20 – year old Semaj Harris and 15 – year old  Bruce Thomas in the November 19th   shooting death of Nilez Nichols. The fatal shooting happened during …

(MissouriNet) — Missouri’s governor has appointed House Budget Committee Chairman Scott Fitzpatrick as the next State Treasurer. Governor Mike Parson made the announcement during a Statehouse press conference yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. Fitzpatrick, who served three House terms, is 31. Fitzpatrick tells Capitol reporters he is humbled by the appointment. He …

The ‘J – Triple – C’ prison was on lockdown Wednesday after staff prevented an apparent escape attempt. No one was able to get out of the maximum security prison south of Jefferson City. Two inmates are being held in connection with the incident at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. …

A horse is dead after someone shot it with an arrow near Olean. Investigators also say the horse had its throat slit. Another horse was also shot with an arrow, but it lived. They say the arrow had been cut out of the dead horse. The Miller County Sheriff is …

Business and government leaders are nervous about will happen to some 800 – workers at Jefferson City’s ABB transformer plant after the company sells out to a Japanese firm. The sales of the factory in the Missouri River bottom is part of an $11 – billion deal to Hitachi. There’s …

A mid-Missouri man accused of murdering his young son last year has changed his plea to guilty. Matthew Hamm will be sentenced in February after admitting last week to second degree murder and abandonment of a corpse. Deputies found Hamm and the dead infant at a home in Fortuna in …

You’ll see some new state of the art ambulances on the roads in Cole County next year. Commissioners approved the purchase of two new ambulances for Cole County EMS. Several of the county’s older ambulances have high miles on them. EMS Chief Matt Lindewirth admits the units from both bidders …

It’s not the news Mid-Missouri city and county leaders were hoping for. Cole County Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman says some requested funding for the planned Missouri river port didn’t materialize … It was $1 – million in seed money .. The Heartland Port Authority would potentially build a river port …