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A Eugene man has died in a Cole County crash. The Patrol says Richard Lowry’s SUV went off Highway 54 near his hometown and flipped early Saturday. Lowry was 30 years old.

A Fulton man is sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of making a silencer. 37 year old Nathaniel Carroll was sentenced in federal court yesterday after pleading guilty in July. He admitted to having illegally possessing firearms, making a firearm, possessing thousands of rounds of ammunition, …

A Jefferson City man is committed to a mental health treatment facility after exposing himself to a woman and her 5-year-old daughter in a toy store parking lot. 46 year old Dorian Bryant has also been charged with first-degree sexual misconduct and attempted forcible rape in the past. He suffers …

A Cole County man dies in a car accident last night. 30-year-old Richard Lowry of Eugene was driving east on 54 near US 17 just after midnight when he drove off the left side of the road, causing his vehicle to go airborne. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

All 12 students and a teacher from Columbia’s Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School are out of the hospital after a massive pile-up on I-70. It happened yesterday (thur) morning near the Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport. Two School Buses, a semi, and a car were all involved in the …

A Holts Summit man is dead after a crash on snow-covered roads. The patrol says Jason Mayer’s car slid across Highway 94 just east of Route C near Mokane yesterday (thur) morning. An SUV going the other way hit the side of the Holts Summit man’s car. Mayer was 40 …

Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, comes down from her lofty perch for the first time in nearly 100 years. A giant crane brought down the statue atop the Missouri Capitol so it can be refurbished. The 10 – foot tall statue hasn’t been down since 1924.

You could be dealing with snowy roads ,, depending on where you are in Mid-Missouri. Roads in and around Jefferson City are snow covered. The driving conditions get worse as you head east of the Capital City. Schools in Osage and several other counties have already cancelled school. As much …

Four people have now died in that crash yesterday (wed) on I-70 just east of Columbia. Authorities say a tractor trailer hauling some cars caught fire a little before noon, backing up traffic. The deadly, six-vehicle pileup happened minutes later a couple miles east of there. The wreck closed the …

A young woman reported missing in mid-Missouri has been found dead. Searchers spotted the body of Raffaela Stroik this (wed) morning in Mark Twain Lake. It was near where her car was abandoned close to the boat ramp off Highway 107. Stroik was 23 years old. She was a dancer …