A Unionville man faces multiple felony counts of domestic assault after alleged incidents with a woman in Unionville from December 2021 through May 2022. Thirty-eight-year-old Brant Stevan McCormack has been charged with two counts of domestic assault in the first degree, 16 counts in the second degree, and one count in the third degree. A […]
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Suspect in Kansas City and St. Louis area charged with first degree murder
A suspected serial killer already charged in six killings in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas has been charged with first-degree murder in a seventh death. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the new murder charge against 26-year-old Perez Deshay Reed on Friday. Baker also charged Reed with one count of armed criminal […]
Authorities in Northeast Missouri asking for help in locating a wanted man
Authorities in northeast Missouri are asking for the public’s help in locating a wanted man. Tyler James Harp is wanted in Macon County, Mo., for failure to register as a sex offender. Bond for that warrant is $10,000 cash-only. Harp also has active warrants in Sullivan County, Mo., for statutory rape/attempted statutory rape 1st degree. […]
Missourians death, birth rates for last 2 years
More Missourians died last year than were born, according to the state Department of Health. The good news is that there were more births in December 2021 than there were in December 2020, and the number of deaths were lower last December than in December 2020. But preliminary data also shows Missouri’s birth rate for all […]
MODOT road work scheduled this week
The Missouri Department of Transportation has several projects scheduled in the upcoming week, including roadside work and pothole patching across the northwest part of the state. In the local counties, the work includes: Chariton County Route U – Pavement repair, all week Linn County US 36 – Bridge maintenance eastbound at the Marceline Rail Road […]
Two injured in a wreck yesterday on Hwy 36 5 miles East of Brookfield
The Highway Patrol reports a Moberly woman sustained serious injuries as the result of one car striking another five miles east of Brookfield on Thursday morning. An ambulance took 41-year-old Melissa McKenzie to Pershing Memorial Hospital. A passenger in the other car, 77-year-old Kay Ediger of Newton, Kansas had minor injuries. She was also taken […]
Macon man facing sex related felony charges
A Macon man is facing a sex-related felony charge involving a juvenile for an alleged incident more than 30 years ago. According to a Boonville Police report, a female told authorities that one day after school in 1989, Arnold Odell Johnson Jr. had inappropriate sexual contact with her at his home in Boonville. She was […]
Governor Mike Parson is concerned about a one-time tax credit lawmakers passed this year
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he’s concerned about a one-time tax credit lawmakers passed this year. The Republican told reporters Wednesday that he doesn’t like that not all Missourians would get a tax break. The bill calls for up to a $500 nonrefundable tax credit for single workers and a maximum of $1,500 for married […]
Two arrested in area counties from a report from Missouri Highway Patrol
Two arrests in the area counties are in the report from the Missouri Highway Patrol. Tuesday at 1:55 pm in Sullivan County, Troopers arrested 59-year-old Clarence W Coursey of Humphreys for alleged DWI with alcohol – persistent offender, driving while suspended, speeding, no insurance, and no seatbelt. He was processed and released. At about 4:00 […]
Gov. Mike Parson signs bill revising the boundaries of Missouri’s eight congressional districts
Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill revising the boundaries of Missouri’s eight congressional districts Wednesday afternoon, officially ending the most contentious legislative battle of the year. The revised districts have already led to one candidate, state Rep. Sara Walsh of Ashland, withdrawing from her campaign for the open 4th District seat. Walsh on Monday lamented that all of […]