Cole County News

Read more: Local , Crime , News , Legal , Man Gets 15 Years for Child Molestation , Jefferson City Man Sentenced for Child Molestation , Child Molester Gets 15 Years Jefferson City resident Gary S. Lutman, 40, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Missouri Department of Corrections after he pleaded guilty to child molestation in Cole County ... (more)

According to police reports, the call came in at 9:23 p.m. at a residence in the 900 block of Broadway St.

The Cole County Circuit Court ruled May 21 that Stephen Coleman and his company, Daedalus Capital LLC of St.

Due to a change in construction schedules, a bridge replacement project on Route D over Logan Creek in Cole County has been rescheduled.

Raymond R. Lynch, 25, of Richland, was arraigned and pleaded innocent on May 15 before Associate Circuit Judge Colin Long to a June 13, 2011 Class D felony charge of driving while his license was revoked having previously been convicted three times in 2007, 2010 and 2011 of driving while his license was revoked in 2006 in Pulaski County, while his ... (more)

The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the state's new congressional districts Friday, finally providing certainty for candidates who have been campaigning for the August primary elections without knowing whether certain counties, cities or neighborhoods ultimately would be in their districts.

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the state's new congressional districts, finally providing certainty for candidates in the August primary elections.

The resignation comes during an investigation following a felony theft charge filed last week against a former sheriff's department jail clerk.

A Jefferson City woman suspected of crashing head-on into another vehicle in February after driving seven miles in the wrong direction on Interstate 70 was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter.

St. Louis -- The Missouri Department of Transporation has major construction projects planned for this summer despite its construction budget being about half of what it was a year ago.

Source: Associated Press A state constitutional amendment that would clear the way for a photo identification requirement at Missouri polls will not appear on this year's ballot, the secretary of state's office said.

Currently its 17-cents, which is the lowest in the nation.

Read more: Local , Crime , News , Legal , Brandon Chase , Jefferson City , Murder Suspect , Keith Mosley , Cole County Prosecutor , Khiry Summers , Tracy Session , Buena Vista Kinder was scheduled to arraign the 20-year-old Jefferson City man but the state got a continuance because of a flaw in the wording of the paperwork.

A Jefferson City woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal car crash in February on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County.

A Russellville man is behind bars without bail in Cole County after a traffic stop that led to drug and weapon possession charges.

Another head-scratching case in which prosecutors-in this case the Missouri Attorney General's Office-are fighting an exoneration: There was no dispute in court Friday in Jefferson City that favorable evidence was improperly withheld from George Allen's defense in a St.

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With the end of the legislative session, the Missouri legislature failed to replace the language of a ballot measure for this November that would amend the state constitution to allow legislation to require voters present a government-issued photo ID to vote, effectively killing the ballot initiative for 2012.

Sunday night, crews responed to a serious accident at 179 and Route Z in Cole County.

The inaugural nonstop flight from Columbia Regional Airport to Atlanta on June 7 is all but sold out.