Van Far Passes Fire District Funding Voters in Audrain County voted overwhelmingly yesterday in support of two propositions to set up the Van Far Fire Protection District. Proposition 1 – Incorporation of the Van Far Fire Protection District Yes – 327 votes (86.28%) No – 52 votes (13.72%) Proposition 3 – Was a tax levy…… Continue Reading
Moberly Postpones Water Valve Replacement
Moberly Postpones Water Valve Replacement The City of Moberly has rescheduled a water outage that was scheduled to take place yesterday. Instead it will happen tomorrow. The work is to replace a faulty valve, and the rescheduling comes because once the junction was uncovered, further repairs were discovered to prepare the original valve for replacement.…… Continue Reading
Three-Car Accident Injures Two in Warren County
Three-Car Accident Injures Two in Warren County A 60-year-old Jonesburg woman and a 34-year-old Washington woman were both seriously injured in a three-car crash accident yesterday in Warren County. The accident happened at about 7:56am on Missouri Highway 47, just north of Marthasville, near Kleekamp Drive. A 2000 GMC Sierra was traveling northbound when it…… Continue Reading
Voters Reject Harrisburg School Increase
Voters Reject Harrisburg School Increase Voters in the Harrisburg R-8 School District rejected a tax increase in Tuesday’s special election. The ballot measure asked voters to approve a tax increase of 50 cents per $100 of assessed property values. The proposition said the money would be used for meeting additional operating expenses, including expanded programming…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 8/5/2025
KWWR Sports Report 8/5/2025 Missouri football announced yesterday that for the second straight year, Mizzou Season ticket packages for the 2025 Mizzou football season have sold out. Meanwhile former Missouri defensive end Johnny Walker Jr., who signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the Denver Broncos, suffered a season-ending lower body injury last week. The Broncos…… Continue Reading
Hall Hearing Today in Callaway County
Hall Hearing Today in Callaway County A counsel and bond hearing scheduled for this 8:30am (Tuesday) morning in Callaway County court for 45-year-old Beatrice Hall. She is being held at the Callaway County Jail on two counts of Felony Child Abuse after a July 8th incident, in which a family argument turned abusive. She allegedly…… Continue Reading
Third Arrest in Garrett Murder
Third Arrest in Garrett Murder A twist this morning in the First Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action trials of 35-year-old Kayley R. Birnbaum, and 28-year-old Michael T. Birnbaum, both of Springfield, in the murder of a Columbia man in Benton County in 2021. Benton County prosecutors have now charged a third person, Jack A.…… Continue Reading
Knight Sentenced to Life in Fathers Killing
Knight Sentenced to Life in Fathers Killing A 25-year-old Hartsburg man who pleaded guilty to the murder of his father was sentenced to life in prison Monday in Boone County Court. Collin Knight, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February. At the time of Knight’s father’s killing, Knight was on probation for two counts of…… Continue Reading
MoDOT Bridge Work in Jeff City
MoDOT Bridge Work in Jeff City A new phase of work is set to start tonight on U.S. 54 in Jefferson City over Missouri Boulevard in an ongoing rehabilitation project, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT construction crews will begin working on the right lane tonight. This will shift traffic traveling east and…… Continue Reading
Eagle Bluffs Fire Ruled Accidental
Eagle Bluffs Fire Ruled Accidental State Fire Marshals have determined a fire that occurred last Thursday at the new Eagle Bluffs Elementary School on Sinclair Road was accidental. In an email from Columbia Fire Department, it was announced the fire was accidentally caused by construction crews who were using hot torches near the HVAC unit…… Continue Reading
