Cole County News

Cindy Cook catches the pre-measured bags of cereal emptied from a box by Cheri Gardner, right.

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This courtroom sketch, by News Tribune artist Jim Dyke, shows Alyssa Bustamante as she apologized to the family of her victim, Elizabeth Olten.

Jessi Kempker is the immunization director for the Cole County Health Department, based in Jefferson City.

In this Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, Alyssa Bustamante, 15, listens during a brief hearing where her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo.

Indictments handed down from the Cole County Grand Jury this week included a Jefferson City resident who was taken into custody when police served a drug search warrant at her apartment in January.

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The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that U.S. military advisory teams will deploy to Afghanistan this year to help Afghan combat forces as they take a more prominent role in fighting the Taliban.

Bustamante sentenced to life for "thrill kill" and thirty years for armed criminal action ... all with a possibility of parole.

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This photo released Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 by the Cole County sheriff's office shows Alyssa Bustamante.

A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.

A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.

In this Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, Alyssa Bustamante, 15, listens during a brief hearing where her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo.

A Missouri teenager who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience - then headed off to church with a laugh.

A St. Louis man has been charged with sexual assault for an incident that occurred Saturday at Lincoln University's Scruggs Residence Hall, 800 Locust St.

A Jefferson City man and his girlfriend were charged Monday with first-degree robbery after confessing to robbing Radio Shack on Missouri Boulevard on Sunday afternoon.

A central Missouri teenager who pleaded guilty to killing a young neighbor girl will be back in court for a hearing on how long she should be imprisoned.

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