The City of Holts Summit is planning several projects for their Hibernia Station Park. Holts Summit City Administrator Rick Hess says the park will have a splash pad along with a heroes plaza. Bathrooms will be built at the Splash Pad along with a Gazebo. The Heroes Plaza will honor past and present army, police,…… Continue Reading
AUTOPSY SCHEDULED FOR UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS FOUND IN TEBBETTS
A forensic examination of human remains found by deputies near Tebbetts over the weekend is scheduled to take place in Columbia today (Monday). Criminal investigators are still trying to identify the remains found along County Road 486. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office the remains were in an advanced state of decomposition, and the…… Continue Reading
FOOT PURSUIT AND ARREST IN MEXICO
A Mexico, Missouri man is facing charges after taking officers on a brief foot pursuit on Saturday night. According to Mexico Public Safety they responded to the area of Garfield Park to reports of a person in a green car waving a gun. Officers say the driver 27 year old Ty’Rek Williams was located in…… Continue Reading
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DISCOVERY OF DRUGS AND GUNS
The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man after a traffic stop led to the discovery of weapons an drugs last night. [Friday] Deputies report around 9:45 they conducted a traffic stop on Business Loop 70 near Old Highway 63 for an equipment violation. A search was conducted and yielded several grams of Methamphetamine, heroin,…… Continue Reading
CHARITON MAN ARRESTED FOR CHILD PORN
A Chariton County man was arrested on child pornography charges after an investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The patrol reports 19 year old Steven Tyler Greer of Prairie Hill was taken into custody for possession of child pornography and furnishing pornography to a minor. Greer was contacted at his home on Academy Road…… Continue Reading
MOTION TO DISMISS DEBRODIE LAWSUIT
A motion to dismiss was filed in the Carl DeBrodie wrongful death lawsuit yesterday. [Friday] The lawsuit is filed against 23 defendants, including Second Chance Homes and the Missouri Department of Mental Health. The basis of the lawsuit claims the defendants failed to provide for DeBrodie’s safety and attempted to cover up the circumstances of…… Continue Reading
U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE CALLS FOR LEGALIZATION OF MACHINE GUNS
A man running for a seat in the United States Senate tweeted for the legalization of machine guns. Austin Petersen said in a tweet that it is “Time to stop playing defense on the #2ndAmendment and start going on the offense. It’s time we start talking about legalizing machine guns and repealing the National Firearms…… Continue Reading
FUNDING CUTS TO SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS APPROVED BY MO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BUDGET COMMITTEE
Funding to Sobriety checkpoints in Missouri may soon be cut. The House of Representative’s Budget Committee voted in favor of cutting funds for the checkpoints yesterday (Thursday). According to the Chairman of the House Budget Committee Republican Scott Fitzpatrick the money taken from funding the sobriety checkpoints would go toward saturation patrols instead, which created…… Continue Reading
PARTS OF COLUMBIA’S GARTH AVENUE SHUT DOWN DUE TO STORM WATER CULVERT REPAIRS
Drivers in Columbia are being warned to use an alternate route around Garth Avenue this (Friday) morning as the City is making repairs to a storm-water culvert near the intersection. The northbound lanes of Garth Avenue were closed last (Thursday) night, and the lanes between the circular driveway of Oak Tower at 700 North Garth…… Continue Reading
AUXVASSE TEEN RECOVERING FROM INJURIES AFTER BEING HIT BY FREIGHT LINE TRUCK
An Auxvasse teen is recovering from moderate injuries after a two car accident in Callaway County yesterday (Thursday) morning. According to the highway patrol it happened on Route E at Ann Street when one vehicle made a turn into the path of a freightliner and was hit on its right side. 19 year old Cody…… Continue Reading
