I70 Semi Truck Crash Eastbound Interstate 70 was shut down for about an hour this morning [Friday] after a semi truck hauling car batteries flipped at the 122 mile marker at around 7:30. The semi truck was approaching slow traffic on the interstate and was unable to reduce speed in time, rear ending another vehicle…… Continue Reading
Victims In Wednesday Fatal Crash Identified
Victims In Wednesday Fatal Crash Identified The four victims in a crash on Interstate 70 westbound at St. Charles Road yesterday [Wednesday] afternoon have been identified. The Highway Patrol has released the preliminary crash report saying a Freightliner driven by Otto Kramer III of Ohio struck the back of 2 stopped cars driven by 63…… Continue Reading
School Bus Crash On Interstate 70
School Bus Crash On Interstate 70 Several students and a teacher were taken to a Columbia Hospital after a crash involving a school bus happened around 7:45 this morning [Thursday] on Interstate 70 near the Missouri River Bridge. Three vehicles were involved in the accident that apparently occurred when a car spun out on the…… Continue Reading
Ceres Removed From Capitol Building
Ceres Removed From Capitol Building The bronze statue on top of Missouri Capitol, known as Ceres, has been removed for the first time since 1924 today. The statue was removed for a scheduled cleaning and conservation process. A 550 ton crane removed the statue that weighs between 1500 and 2000 pounds. She is just over…… Continue Reading
Huntsville Man Sentenced For Child Sex Crimes
Huntsville Man Sentenced For Child Sex Crimes A Huntsville man charged with child sex crimes was sentenced to 18 years in prison in a Randolph County Court yesterday. [Wednesday] Carl Sheets was charged with 2 counts of endangering the welfare of a child, attempted statutory rape and incest. Sheets entered a guilty plea to the…… Continue Reading
Department of Corrections Officer Returns To Work
Department of Corrections Officer Returns To Work An officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center is back at work after being slashed in the face by an inmate with a homemade weapon on Monday. The officer was reportedly escorting the inmate to a cell in segregated housing when the inmate freed his hands and pulled…… Continue Reading
No One Injured When Car Hits Utility Pole
No One Injured When Car Hits Utility Pole Ameren Missouri crews are working to repair a utility pole after a driver hit it just before 6:00 this morning. [Wednesday] on East Love Street in Mexico. Mexico Public Safety reports 47 year old Darla McClain of Paris was traveling east on Love Street in a 2015…… Continue Reading
MSHP Continues Search For Missing St. Louis Woman
MSHP Continues Search For Missing St. Louis Woman The Missouri State Highway Patrol is continuing to search for a 23 year old St. Louis woman after her unattended vehicle was located in Monroe County. A park ranger found Rafaella Maria Stroik’s car on Monday in the Highway 107 boat ramp parking lot at Mark Twain…… Continue Reading
Winter Weather Advisory
Winter Weather Advisory Several counties in mid-Missouri are likely to experience more snowfall tonight [Wednesday] and tomorrow. [Thursday] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery and Warren Counties beginning at 6:00 this evening and continuing until 6:00 PM tomorrow. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches…… Continue Reading
Two Shot On Ballenger Lane in Columbia
Two Shot On Ballenger Lane in Columbia Columbia Police are investigating after two men sustained non-life threatening gun shot wounds at around 1:20 yesterday [Sunday] afternoon. According to the Columbia Police Department,Officers responded to the 2100 block of Ballenger Lane and located 2 adult males who had been shot. Both were transported by ambulance to…… Continue Reading
