The Boone County Fire District worked this morning to put out the smoldering remains of a lightning strike in the county’s famous state champion burr oak tree.

A Jefferson City teen faces several charges after he ran from police Wednesday afternoon.

A Moniteau County woman suffers serious injuries when she loses control of her pick-up truck and it overturns.

A Moniteau County woman suffers serious injuries in a two car crash near Russellville.

There’s good news and bad news when looking at the latest Covid-19 statistics from Cole County.

The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking for the public’s help in finding a poacher in Fulton.

Another school switches to virtual learning to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Columbia police make an arrest in a fatal hit and run from earlier this week.

A Moniteau County man facing numerous criminal charges is on the run this morning.

A Cole County jury finds a Jefferson City man guilty of second degree murder.

The death toll from the Covid-19 virus continues to rise across mid Missouri.

Mid Missouri hospitals say they’re struggling to meet demands for ICU beds for Covid-19 patients.

A Jefferson City murder trial is wrapping up in Cole County.

UPDATE:  Bernard Bailey pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault of a special victim on September 23, 2020.  He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A Randolph County man pleads guilty to sending sexual messages to a minor.

A Benton County man is headed to prison after pleading guilty to murder.

Missouri’s medical marijuana program is thrown a moldy curve ball. 

A former city official in Fulton is facing charges for illegally evicting public housing tenants. 

Another Mid-Missouri school switches over to temporary distance learning because of COVID-19.

Governor Mike Parson announces he’s called for a special legislative session to address a supplemental budget bill.

Covid-19 numbers continue to rise in Cole County and the county health department is sending out another plea for county residents to refrain from large gatherings, even if it is among friends and relatives.

It’s back to the class room for middle school students in the Jefferson City Public Schools.

More Covid-19 deaths are reported in Moniteau and Callaway Counties.

Jefferson City police now have the man in custody who fired a gun inside a Jefferson City convenience store last week, wounding one.

Central Missouri firefighters are investigating as many as seven suspicious fires, all reported last weekend in Miller and Phelps Counties. 

A spike in COVID-19 prompts the Morgan County R-II School District to switch to full virtual learning.

A Central Missouri man is charged with murder for contributing to an overdose death in Columbia.

Jefferson City wastes no time removing a controversial Civil War marker. 

An Audrain County woman suffers serious injuries when she wrecks her pickup truck on Fulton’s south side.

Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin wants you to wear a mask.

Schools in the Morgan County R-2 district are out for the day…but it’s not due to Covid-19.

A Fulton is sentenced to seven years in prison for forcing his way into a home and pouring gasoline throughout the house.

A Boone County woman pleads down to lesser charges in a case involving children and drugs.

The Jefferson City-City Council votes to remove a controversial monument with ties to the Confederacy. And early Tuesday morning, Jefferson City Public Works crews removed it. 

The University of Missouri-School of Medicine takes part in a medical trial to find a treatment for COVID-19.

 Fourteen horses die when a tractor trailer wrecks in Franklin County.

Wet roads contribute to a one-vehicle crash with serious injuries in Pulaski County.

A Morgan County man is seriously injured when he becomes trapped in his car about ten miles southeast of Sedalia.

A Dent County woman dies in a head-on crash in Maries County.

A Columbia man suffers serious injuries in an early morning crash just north of his hometown.

Two people are displaced following a house fire on Jefferson City’s southeast side.

A Jefferson City man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for his part in a murder in 2015 in Moniteau County.

Not as many fireworks on the schedule tonight as the matter of moving the so-called Confederate Monument in Jefferson City. The city council is ready to take up and vote on an ordinance sponsored by four members of the council to remove the stone monument with the metal plaque from its locat…

Columbia Police are investing a fatal hit and run.

A Herrmann man is dead, his passenger from Jefferson City seriously injured after a one car crash in Gasconade County yesterday.

A former Mid-Missouri police officer is sentenced for committing child sex crimes.

Missouri makes history this past weekend when it opens the doors to its first two medical marijuana dispensaries.

A lack of available substitute teachers forces another mid-Missouri school to shift to distant learning, at least temporarily.

An upswing in COVID-19 cases prompt Kansas City-area hospitals to turn away ambulances.

A Boone County man suffers serious injuries when he flips his car several times while driving through Audrain County.