Thomas Faces Preliminary Hearing Today A preliminary hearing scheduled for a 32-year-old Columbia woman who allegedly took some drugs, and then fell asleep in her car, which was found running on a Jefferson City lawn last month. Bailey E. Thomas was charged with felony counts of Second Degree Drug Trafficking and Possession of Controlled Substance,…… Continue Reading
MoDOT Crews Switch Columbia Traffic Pattern
MoDOT Crews Switch Columbia Traffic Pattern More traffic changes in mid-Missouri yesterday. This time on US Highway 63. Traffic shifted in the work zone in Columbia after Missouri Department of Transportation crews completed the new bridge north of Broadway and finished rehabilitating a bridge over Interstate 70. Head-to-head traffic moved from the southbound lanes to…… Continue Reading
Brain Eating Infection at Lake of the Ozarks
Brain Eating Infection at Lake of the Ozarks An infection that annually infects fewer than 10 people on average across the United States, has been found in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced a case of a Missouri adult with an infection of amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, commonly called the…… Continue Reading
Mullings Charged With Stealing
Mullings Charged With Stealing A Columbia woman has been charged with two counts of stealing from her former employer. According to court documents, on April 16, police officers were called to the 3100 block of Wingate Court for a fraud report. The hotel’s owner said their former general manager, Samantha Mullings, had made several unauthorized…… Continue Reading
Columbia Man Hit With Pornography Charges
Columbia Man Hit With Pornography Charges A Columbia man was arrested earlier today and charged with possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials. 63-year-old Charles E. Hooton was arrested after someone reported seeing child pornography on his phone in May. Hooton has previously been convicted of statutory sodomy in the year 2000, and is a registered…… Continue Reading
Fulton Board of Education to Consider Tax Rate Hike
Fulton Board of Education to Consider Tax Rate Hike Fulton School Board set to meet in regular session tonight, with a hearing on proposed property tax rates on the agenda. The school board will convene for a closed session at 6:30pm in the high school library tonight, before returning to a regular open session at…… Continue Reading
Gibson Faces Multiple Drug Charges
Gibson Faces Multiple Drug Charges A Callaway County man was charged yesterday (Tuesday) with multiple drug charges. On Monday, a narcotics search warrant was executed at Robert Gibson’s camper on County Road 276 in Stephens, MO. Gibson had multiple previous drug charges on his record. According to probable cause statements, the search party found 20…… Continue Reading
Jefferson City Crews Handle Fire at Modine Manufacturing
Jefferson City Crews Handle Fire at Modine Manufacturing Jefferson City Fire Crews were dispatched to a commercial structure fire yesterday (Tuesday) morning at Modine Manufacturing Company on south Country Club Drive, in Jefferson City. At about 11:20am, crews were dispatched and encountered moderate smoke coming from the west end of the large manufacturing facility. Firefighters…… Continue Reading
Williamsburg Woman Arrested for Tampering
Williamsburg Woman Arrested for Tampering A 66-year-old Williamsburg woman has been charged for allegedly tampering with a Montgomery County judge. Laura Baldwin, is charged with felony tampering with a judicial officer. According to a probable cause statement, an associate 12th Circuit judge received a letter addressed to him back in 2023, at the Montgomery County…… Continue Reading
Moberly Man Accused of Sexual Assault
Moberly Man Accused of Sexual Assault A 55-year-old Moberly man has been accused of sexually assaulting an adult with autism last month. Randolph County prosecutors have charged Tommy Lee Morgan with First Degree Sexual Abuse. According to the probable cause statement, Moberly police officers were called to Casey’s North gas station on July 14th, for…… Continue Reading
