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The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis believes there is more storm and hail damage in mid-Missouri (August 3, 2023 graphic courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter page) The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis has received reports of wind and hail damage from the storms overnight and this morning in mid-Missouri. The NWS says damage is reported …

Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) director Patrick McKenna speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the $240-million I-70 Rocheport bridge project on October 12, 2021, as State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) listens (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair is in Jefferson City this morning, where she’ll be joining Missouri’s governor to announce …

An Amtrak train with eight railcars and two locomotives derailed in northern Missouri’s Mendon on June 27, 2022. Three Amtrak passengers and a dump truck driver were killed (2022 aerial file photo courtesy of the NTSB website) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says a grade crossing design contributed to last year’s horrific deadly collision between an Amtrak passenger train …

Boone County prosecutors have charged 31-year-old Sevance Brewer with two counts of second degree murder and two other felonies (August 1, 2023 mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) Boone County prosecutors have charged a parolee for two counts of second degree murder for Tuesday morning’s horrific killing of a 27-year-old pregnant woman on Clearview road. That’s …

Convicted murderer Johnny Johnson was executed by lethal injection on August 1, 2023 in Bonne Terre (file photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections) An eastern Missouri man who beat a six-year-old girl to death with a brick and boulder more than 21 years ago has been executed by lethal injection. Missouri’s governor rejected a clemency request from 45-year-old …