News Staff A head on crash just after 7 last night on Missouri-5 near Laclede.
The Patrol says 42 year old Glenda Miranda crossed the center line and hit another car head-on. The driver of that car, 27 year old Kirsten Tharp of Milan, was flown to University of Missouri hospital with moderate injuries.
No word at this point on charges in the crash.
The Feds are suing the state of Missouri over a gun law.
The state passed a law that says local cops cannot enforce federal gun laws. But the Justice Department says Missouri can’t just declare federal laws invalid. The Feds also say the new law is keeping police and the FBI from working together on violent crime in the state.
Snow emergency went into effect at one o’clock Thursday morning in Kirksville. That means vehicles on snow emergency routes had to be moved to make way for snow plows. The city encourages everyone to stay off the roads until snow is cleared. Some predictions say up to 10 inches of snow with windchils below zero. So plowing will be difficult, especially downtown where you can expect some street closings.
In Boone county, a deputy shot and killed a man after a car chase Sunday morning near Columbia.
37 year old Blain Johnson was driving what deputies blieved was a stolen car. An officer tried to stop the car, but Johnson sped off. He then ran off the road, and got out of the car — gun in hand — according to officers, and that’s when he was shot.
Snow emergency likely to be declared later Wednesay as snow moves across the area. Based on the forecast, up to 10 inches of snow could fall beginning late Wednesday and lasting until sometime Thursday.
A Snow Emergency means all vehicles parked on designated routes, including downtown streets, must be moved within two hours of the declaration of the emergency. If vehicles are not moved, they will be ticketed and or towed.
Covid count: 40 new cases of the virus confirmed Monday in Adair County. And 13 of the 40 had been vaccinated. Ages ranged from 1 to 78
Check the health department website for upcoming vaccine clinics.
Senator Josh Hawley throwing his support to Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler in the race for Senate. He made the endorsement Saturday at Missouri State Lincoln Days in St. Charles. But she has lots of competition from other Republicans, including: former Gov. Eric Greitens, Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Congressman Billy Long and St. Louis lawyer Mark McCloskey, who grabbed headlines back in 2020 when he and his wife pointed guns at protesters.
Lawmakers are still trying to draw congressional districts in Missouri.
The state Senate held an unusual Saturday session to take-up the issue. But no solution.
Republicans control the Senate, but they’re divided on how to draw the maps. The House approved districts that would give Republicans a likely edge of six members of Congress elected from Missouri and two districts likely to pick democrats. But some in the GOP want to draw the districts in such a way that even more Republicans would be elected to Congress from the state.
A teenager was badly hurt Sunday morning in a wreck near Paris. The state patrol says the teen went off the road in a curve, hit a power pole, then flipped over in a pond. The driver — a 16 year old boy — was flown the hospital. His name not given. The patrol says he was wearing a seat belt.
A State House committee defeated a bill that would have made it easier to claim self-defense after shooting someone. If passed, it would have meant that prosecutors could not bring charges against a person who reasonably believes they were acting in self-defense. Police would need to find evidence to the contrary. One prosecutor called it the “Make Murder Legal Act.”