A Vandalia Police Officer is being recognized with an award from Mothers Against Drunk Drivers in Central Missouri. Chief of the Vandalia Police Department Christopher Hammann says the award given to William Varger recently. The ceremony was held in Jefferson City where the mayor and several other dignitaries were in attendance.… Continue Reading
COLUMBIA’S PAXTON KEELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EVACUATED FOR GAS ODOR
All students at the Paxton Keeley Elementary School in Columbia are safe and back in class after an evacuation earlier this (Friday) morning. According to a text message from the school the students were evacuated due to a gas odor. It is being reported Ameren U E and emergency officials went in and cleared the…… Continue Reading
SHELBINA WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT IN MONROE COUNTY
A Shelbina woman has serious injuries after an accident in Monroe County yesterday (Thursday) morning. According to the highway patrol 50 year old Jacqueline A. Wright was going north on Missouri 15, 1 mile north of Route CC in Monroe County when she lost control went off the road and overturned. Wright was taken to…… Continue Reading
NEW BUSINESS FOR VANDALIA COMING SOON
The city of Vandalia is set to a new business open its doors soon. Albsmeyer Electric Incorporated is purchasing 3.1 acres in the Vandalia Industrial Park, on which a 6400 square foot building will constructed within a year. Darren Berry Vandalia City Administrator says it is an agriculture related business. A ground breaking will be…… Continue Reading
FULTON MAN TO APPEAR ON COURT ON MURDER CHARGES
The Fulton man charged with killing a pedestrian last year is scheduled to appear in a Boone County Court this (Friday) afternoon. Ralph Ringer Jr. is charged with murder and leaving the scene of an accident in the death of 36 year Kiran Lamichhane outside of the ABC Labs in Columbia in July last year.…… Continue Reading
TWO COLUMBIA MEN ARRESTED FOR WARRANTS BY THE BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
Two Columbia men are in the Boone County Jail after an arrest last (Wednesday) night in the 2100 block of Sycamore Hills Road. According to deputies they were attempting to locate a wanted subject at the residence when 44 year old Shawn Ingram took off into a wooded area. Ingram was apprehended a short time…… Continue Reading
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS INVESTIGATING CAUSE OF LOCKDOWN AT THE JEFFERSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL
A suspicious noise is to blame for a lock down at the Jefferson City High School this (Thursday) morning. According to a spokesperson from the school a lock down was issued at around 7:53 this (Thursday) morning, after a suspicious noise was heard on the second floor. The all clear was given about 8:10, and…… Continue Reading
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT TO HEAR HEALEA CASE
The Missouri Supreme Court is granting a hearing in the Shayne Healea case at the request of the attorney general’s office. Healea, is the Moniteau County prosecutor facing felony charges of assault and leaving the scene of an accident in Columbia in October of 2014. The attorney general’s office claims the court of appeals went…… Continue Reading
MILLER COUNTY PROSECUTOR FILES MOTION TO DECLINE REPRESENTATION OF MEXICO MAN
The public defender representing a Mexico, Missouri man accused of assault in Miller County is asking the judge to turn over the case to another attorney outside of the state’s public defender system. Justin Carver the Miller County public defender assigned to represent John Joe Powell filed a motion to decline representation yesterday (Wednesday). Carver…… Continue Reading
HOWARD COUNTY CORONER MUST RELEASE TRANSCRIPTS OF INQUEST INTO TEENS SUICIDE
The Howard County Coroner’s office is being ordered to release the transcript of an inquest that determined a teen committed suicide because of bullying and his job. Howard County Circuit Court Judge Scott Hayes wrote in his judgement this week that the coroner wrongfully denied access to public records that were requested by the Glasgow…… Continue Reading
