Police are investigating gunshots in northeast Columbia. Officers say someone fired shots on Rice Road north of Clark Lane at around 10 p.m. Sunday. They found bullet holes on the sides of several cars in the area. No one was hurt. Investigators say th...
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CPS requiring masks for some students during summer school
Rising coronavirus case numbers in Boone County are forcing changes at Columbia Public Schools. Officials said summer school students under 12 years old will have to wear a mask indoors and on school buses starting Monday. Students 12 and older are not...
Read More »Suspect charged with felonies in downtown Moberly shooting; victim dies
The man who was shot in the head in downtown Moberly last week has died. Police said Monday Mitchell Nickerson, 49, of Moberly passed away at the hospital. Prosecutors charged Jerry Fitzwater, 79, with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and un...
Read More »MSHP: 98-year old man drowns in Lake of the Ozarks
A 98-year old Illinois man drowns near a home in the Lake of the Ozarks. The Highway Patrol says Louis Janowski of Frankfurt, Ill. was trying to lean on a post on a dock on Tangled Oaks Road near Kaiser last week. He missed the post and fell into the w...
Read More »Delta variant causing higher COVID-19 hospitalizations in Jefferson City
Hospitals in Missouri are getting overwhelmed again by a rising number of COVID-19 patients. Capital Region Medical Center’s Dr. Randall Haight says they’re worried about how the Delta variant of the virus has caused another strain on local hospitals. ...
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