Jefferson City Fiscal Year 19 Budget Being Considered by Council The Jefferson City Fiscal Year 19 budget is being considered by the city council. Details were unveiled at last (Monday) nights council meeting. According to Mayor Carrie Tergin the budget is conservative this year with direction from the council to keep things frugal, while trying…… Continue Reading
Pay Schedule Approved for Mexico City Employees and Public Safety Officers
Pay Schedule Approved for Mexico City Employees and Public Safety Officers Mexico Public Safety officers are projected to get a 4.68 raise starting in October. Mexico recently did a study on the pay schedule and benefits of its city employees in January. The results of the study showed Mexico was competitive in wages with similar…… Continue Reading
Arson Trial for Columbia Man Begins
Arson Trial for Columbia Man Begins A trial is underway this (Tuesday) morning at the Boone County Court House for a man suspected of arson in an alleged 2014 conspiracy to commit murder in Columbia. 42 year old James R. Hall is accused of deliberately setting a fire at the back door of a trailer…… Continue Reading
Autopsy Scheduled For Inmate Death in Jefferson City
Autopsy Scheduled For Inmate Death in Jefferson City An autopsy is scheduled after an inmate death was reported at the Jefferson City Correctional Center on Sunday morning. The Missouri Department of Corrections, say the offender was 56 year old Wayne Ell. The man began serving a life sentence in July of 1979 for multiple counts…… Continue Reading
Trump Back In Missouri
Trump Back in Missouri President Donald Trump is back in Missouri today (Tuesday). The president is making his fourth visit to the show-me state in the past year. He will be addressing veterans at the VFW’s annual convention. After that onto a fundraiser for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley who is running for a United…… Continue Reading
Duck Boat Company To Pay Funeral Expenses
Duck Boat Company To Pay Funeral Expenses Ride the Ducks Branson, the service that had a boat capsize on Table Rock Lake on Thursday, has vowed to pay for funeral expenses for the 17 people who died in the incident. According to their website, in addition to funeral costs, the company is also paying all…… Continue Reading
Mega Millions Payout Jumps Before Drawing
Mega Millions Payout Jumps Before Drawing The Missouri Lottery’s Mega Millions Jackpot has reached one of the highest pay outs in the history of the program. The jackpot for the Mega Millions Jackpot has reached $512 million, with a cash option of $303.4 million. Missouri players have until 8:59 tomorrow [Tuesday] night to purchase tickets…… Continue Reading
Columbia Man Sentenced On Weapons Charges
Columbia Man Sentenced On Weapons Charges A Columbia man was sentenced to 12 years and four months in federal prison today after pleading guilty to possessing 8 firearms. Thirty five year old Adrian Lamont Levy was a fugitive from justice after being indicted, and attempted to elude authorities in a parking garage in Kansas City.…… Continue Reading
One Injured In Camdenton Home Explosion
One Injured In Camdenton Home Explosion A woman sustained serious burns in a home explosion this morning [Monday] at 137 Illinois Street in Camdenton. Firefighters arrived on scene at 8:13AM and found the single story duplex heavily involved in fire. An adult female and a small child were in the residence at the time of…… Continue Reading
Lake of the Ozarks Ranks 6th For Boating Crashes
Lake of the Ozarks Ranks 6th For Boating Crashes Lake of the Ozarks ranks sixth on the most dangerous place to boat in the United States. The U.S. Coast Guard boating statistics shows last year the lake had 57 boating accidents. As of the first of this month the highway patrol had taken forty one…… Continue Reading
