ABB Transformer Plant In Jefferson City Included in Eleven Billion Dollar Purchase Jefferson City’s ABB Plant is announcing a takeover this week after being purchased by Hitachi for 11 billion dollars. The announcement was made yesterday (Tuesday) and according to the press release ABB will sell 80.1 percent of its power grids for roughly 90.1…… Continue Reading
Columbia City Council Narrowing Down Search Firm For New City Manager
Columbia City Council Narrowing Down Search Firm For New City Manager The Columbia City Council is slimming down the number of companies who would like to be selected to search for a new city manager. Council members have now decided to rank the companies, individually who submitted an application to be in charge of the…… Continue Reading
Holts Summit Police Chief Recovering From Motorcycle Accident
Holts Summit Police Chief Recovering From Motorcycle Accident The Holts Summit police chief is recovering from injuries he suffered after being hit by a deer while riding his motorcycle in Callaway County. According to the highway patrol it happened on Highway 94, west of County Road 475 on Sunday evening when a deer came from…… Continue Reading
Two Million Dollar Settlement Reported in Settlement With Carl Debrodie’s Mother
Two Million Dollar Settlement Reported in Settlement With Carl Debrodie’s Mother Two million dollars will be paid to Carl Debrodie’s mother as part of a settlement with Callaway County. Carolyn Summers settled a federal lawsuit with the Callaway County Public Administrator’s Office and Callaway County Special Services earlier this month over her son’s death. The…… Continue Reading
Third Public Forum On SSM/MU Health In Jefferson City Tonight
Third Public Forum On SSM/MU Health In Jefferson City Tonight The last of three scheduled public forums with MU Health care and SSM Health will take place tonight (Monday) in Jefferson City. Two forums held last week in Jefferson City where over 100 people reported to be in attendance and a second forum in Mexico…… Continue Reading
Two Men Arrested For Drugs After Fulton Traffic Stop
Two Men Arrested For Drugs After Fulton Traffic Stop Two men are facing charges after a traffic stop in Fulton leads to the discovery of drugs. According to police it happened around 1 am yesterday (Sunday) morning near Dunham Drive when officers pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation. Officer say they arrested 40…… Continue Reading
Robbery At Columbia Parking Garage
Robbery At Columbia Parking Garage A robbery reported at a parking garage at 901 Virginia Avenue in Columbia last (Sunday) night is under investigation. According to University Police it happened just before 6 when a man was attempting to buy a cell phone however was assaulted and his money stolen. Police say the suspects left…… Continue Reading
Former Columbia Public School’s Chief Financial Officer Gets Probation
Former Columbia Public School’s Chief Financial Officer Gets Probation A former chief financial officer for Columbia Public Schools is getting probation after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property. According to court records Anna Munson was sentenced to five years of probation yesterday (Thursday) for making unauthorized withdrawals totaling seventeen thousand five hundred dollars from the…… Continue Reading
Juvenile Arrested For Threats Toward New Bloomfield
Juvenile Arrested For Threats Toward New Bloomfield An investigation is continuing after a student at the New Bloomfield high school was arrested yesterday (Thursday) for making a terrorist threat. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office went to the high school after reports of a verbal threat of violence was reported. A juvenile suspect was detained and…… Continue Reading
Three Hundred Pounds of Marijuana Found During Cooper County Traffic Stop
Three Hundred Pounds of Marijuana Found During Cooper County Traffic Stop The Missouri Highway is reporting finding over 300 pounds of marijuana in an SUV during a traffic stop on I-70 in Cooper County yesterday (Thursday). The patrol says an SUV was pulled over after following too close on eastbound I-70 and 101 vacuum sealed…… Continue Reading
