Year: 2016
Mid-Missouri prosecutor tries getting his own charges tossed
Oct 6, 2016
A mid-Missouri prosecutor says police improperly recorded a phone call between him and his attorney, and the Missouri Attorney General’s office failed to disclose it.
Fatal I-70 crash that raised issue of date rape drugs near MU campus ends in misdemeanor
Sep 19, 2016
A 27-year-old Columbia woman won’t face a second trial in the death of a man she slammed into while driving her SUV the wrong way on Interstate 70 more than four years ago.
Driver avoids manslaughter retrial with plea in 2012 crash on I-70 in mid-Missouri
Sep 19, 2016
A woman from Columbia, Mo., who won reversal of a manslaughter conviction based on uncertainties about blood tests after a fatal mid-Missouri traffic crash foreclosed a second trial Monday by admitting a misdemeanor driving offense.
FOX Files – Wrong way driver enters plea deal right before re-trial
Sep 19, 2016
It is a big development in a FOX Files investigation involving a deadly wrong way accident. Kelli Smith entered a plea deal Monday which resulted in probation for two years and 30-days jail ‘shock time.’ Fox 2 was the only TV station in the courtroom today to witness the dramatic turn of events.
Local delegates wowed by Republican National Convention experience
Jul 22, 2016
For local Republican National Convention delegate Jennifer Bukowsky, some of the most memorable moments of this week’s Republican National Convention included the balloon drop after Donald Trump’s speech accepting the nomination and when the delegates from Washington, D.C., did not submit any votes for Trump.
Local Republicans unite behind Trump nomination
Jul 20, 2016
When the song “New York, New York” started playing Tuesday evening at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tom Mendenhall was in heaven.
Local delegates prepare for Republican National Convention
Jul 16, 2016
Republican delegates from Missouri’s 4th Congressional District will flock to Cleveland on Monday for the party’s 2016 national convention.
University of Missouri countersues professor in gun lawsuit
Apr 18, 2016
The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms.
New judge to hear Kelli Smith’s case during retrial
Mar 2, 2016
A new judge will preside over the retrial of a Columbia woman convicted of causing a fatal car crash in 2014.