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Federal charges have come down for a Jefferson City man over meth and guns. Brandon McNeese, 33, was indicted Wednesday. McNeese allegedly sold an informant 139 grams of meth in August for $2,000. When he was arrested, officers say they found nine illegal guns in his trunk. McNeese has already …

A former supervisor of custodians at the Christopher S. Bond Courthouse in Jefferson City has picked up another federal charge. Victor Vargas, 40, has been in custody since May. He allegedly bought ten guns and sold them to a convicted felon for about $8,000 in April. The new indictment says …

Volunteers are now helping with the search for a missing four year old Jefferson City boy. Little Darnell Gray vanished from his home Thursday. He’s black, 3 and a half feet tall, and weighs 50 pounds. He may be wearing a black coat, Spiderman shoes and a Black Panther backpack. …

The Highway Patrol issues an Amber Alert for a missing Lake area boy. 6 – year old Braedence Christian Jones is thought to be with his non – custodial mother. Aubrey Ferguson did not return the boy to his father who has custody. The boy was taken from a home …

If you rent a storage shed in Fulton you may want to check on it. There have been as many as 30 break – ins at the units since this summer. Police say the thieves have hit several storage businesses all over town. Detectives say they cut the locks to …

Outbound Physical Therapy and Rehab is honored as the 2018 Jefferson City Chamber Small Business of the Year! Jennifer Schnieders is seen accepting the award from Hawthorn Bank’s Jason Schwartz. United Way of Central Missouri’s Amber Brondel was tabbed as the city’s Exceptional Employee of the Year.  

A Cole County couple faces child abuse charges after two little girls were spotted wandering near Highway – 54. Christina and Daniel Dubey are also charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Deputies says the two girls told them they were running away to Texas and said the Dubeys …

Four defendants in a civil lawsuit connected to the death of Carl DeBrodie have been dismissed. ABC 17 reports a judge this week let two workers from Callaway County Special Services, and two from the county’s public administrator’s office, off the hook. They allegedly kept DeBrodie’s mother from seeing her …

A man who’s now on leave as a coach and teacher in Ashland is accused of child enticement. Teneil Stevenson was indicted by a Callaway County grand jury last month. He’s accused of sending suggestive messages and photos to the child while he worked for the Fulton schools last year.

Look around the room at any Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce function. You’ll see more young folks who are starting their own businesses … Missy Creed is a member of the Chamber’s ‘Young Professionals’ group. She owns and operates a social media company and hosts JeffCityBlog.com. Creed was on KWOS …