Ashland Police Standoff An Ashland man was taken into custody on Tuesday night after a standoff with law enforcement. The Ashland Police Department responded to a home in the 900 block of James Court a 9:24pm to serve a full U.S. extradition warrant for 26-year-old Alexander Edward Nolan, who had a probation violation. Boone County…… Continue Reading
School Vaccination Clinics in Boone County
School Vaccination Clinics in Boone County Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is now offering back-to-school vaccinations for students by appointment. They will host two special consecutive Saturday clinics, August 9th and August 16th, to help prepare for the school year. The clinics will be from 9am to noon at the PHHS Building at…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 8/6/2025
KWWR Sports Report 8/6/2025 ESPN has announced they are acquiring the NFL Network, and RedZone from the National Football League. In MLB, Garret Crochet scattered four hits over seven innings to improve to 13-4, as the Boston Red Sox won their seventh straight over Kansas City last night, 6-2. It was Crochet’s ninth consecutive winning…… Continue Reading
Van Far Passes Fire District Funding
Van Far Passes Fire District Funding Voters in Audrain County voted overwhelmingly yesterday in support of two propositions to set up the Van Far Fire Protection District. Proposition 1 – Incorporation of the Van Far Fire Protection District Yes – 327 votes (86.28%) No – 52 votes (13.72%) Proposition 3 – Was a tax levy…… Continue Reading
Moberly Postpones Water Valve Replacement
Moberly Postpones Water Valve Replacement The City of Moberly has rescheduled a water outage that was scheduled to take place yesterday. Instead it will happen tomorrow. The work is to replace a faulty valve, and the rescheduling comes because once the junction was uncovered, further repairs were discovered to prepare the original valve for replacement.…… Continue Reading
Three-Car Accident Injures Two in Warren County
Three-Car Accident Injures Two in Warren County A 60-year-old Jonesburg woman and a 34-year-old Washington woman were both seriously injured in a three-car crash accident yesterday in Warren County. The accident happened at about 7:56am on Missouri Highway 47, just north of Marthasville, near Kleekamp Drive. A 2000 GMC Sierra was traveling northbound when it…… Continue Reading
Voters Reject Harrisburg School Increase
Voters Reject Harrisburg School Increase Voters in the Harrisburg R-8 School District rejected a tax increase in Tuesday’s special election. The ballot measure asked voters to approve a tax increase of 50 cents per $100 of assessed property values. The proposition said the money would be used for meeting additional operating expenses, including expanded programming…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 8/5/2025
KWWR Sports Report 8/5/2025 Missouri football announced yesterday that for the second straight year, Mizzou Season ticket packages for the 2025 Mizzou football season have sold out. Meanwhile former Missouri defensive end Johnny Walker Jr., who signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the Denver Broncos, suffered a season-ending lower body injury last week. The Broncos…… Continue Reading
Hall Hearing Today in Callaway County
Hall Hearing Today in Callaway County A counsel and bond hearing scheduled for this 8:30am (Tuesday) morning in Callaway County court for 45-year-old Beatrice Hall. She is being held at the Callaway County Jail on two counts of Felony Child Abuse after a July 8th incident, in which a family argument turned abusive. She allegedly…… Continue Reading
Third Arrest in Garrett Murder
Third Arrest in Garrett Murder A twist this morning in the First Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action trials of 35-year-old Kayley R. Birnbaum, and 28-year-old Michael T. Birnbaum, both of Springfield, in the murder of a Columbia man in Benton County in 2021. Benton County prosecutors have now charged a third person, Jack A.…… Continue Reading
