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
Ralls County Serious Crash
Ralls County Serious Crash A Springfield, Missouri woman is in serious condition after hitting a deer in Ralls County Saturday morning. According the Highway Patrol, 25 year old Tosha Reed was northbound on Route H when she hit the deer and ran off the east side of the road, overturned and hit a utility pole.…… Continue Reading
Macon County Fatal Accidental Shooting
Macon County Fatal Accidental Shooting The Macon County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an accidental shooting that left one person dead yesterday [Sunday] afternoon. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 3 and Highway J, west of Atlanta. The shooting is described as being hunting related. Due to the ongoing investigation, no other details, including…… Continue Reading
Deer Season Opening Weekend Numbers
Deer Season Opening Weekend Numbers Opening weekend of firearm deer season is in the books. and the Missouri Department of Conservation in releasing some numbers. 1364 total deer have been harvested in Audrain County, and out of those, 615 have been antlered bucks. Monroe County is reporting 2154 deer with 1032 of them being bucks.…… Continue Reading
