Callaway County News

Posted: Jul 22, 2014 12:28 PM by Lauren Donovan, KOMU 8 Digital Producer Updated: Jul 22, 2014 1:34 PM KINGDOM CITY- The Callaway County Sheriff's Department arrested Lucas Branstetter on Tuesday for a robbery at the United States Post Office in Kingdom City on July 19. Boone, Callaway, Osage, Cole, and Audrain counties including charges of ... (more)

CCSO Sergeant Jeff Harding stated that at approximately 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, a man stole an undisclosed amount of money from the Kingdom City Post Office on Old Highway 40. The alleged suspect is described as a white male, approximately 30 years old or younger between 5-foot-10 inches and 6 feet tall.

Hanna Taylor knows how important a "pitch competition" can be for a young entrepreneur.

A Fulton man is in custody in the Callaway County jail on $120,000 bond suspected of a July 10 armed robbery in Carver Park.

For the second consecutive meeting, Callaway County Ambulance District Director Charles Anderson spoke to the board of directors regarding several bills passed during the 2014 Missouri legislative session that would give sales tax breaks to certain special interests.

"I passed one car that didn't have headlights on and I couldn't see it until they were right on there...on me," David Dillon, of Steedman, said.

Wet and cool weather, followed by heat and humidity, creates favorable conditions for ergot, a toxic fungus found once again in Missouri hayfields and pastures.

Opponents of a planned hog confinement operation said Sunday a petition against the project gathered more signatures than they had expected.

Reflecting on the 2014 Callaway County Youth Expo rabbit show, Judge Ray Hall said the youth's showmanship was the best he's ever seen from top to bottom.

Theodore Roosevelt's famous foreign policy to "speak softly and carry a big stick" might not be the motto for Callaway County youth.

Callaway County doesn't have regulations that could prevent a proposed hog farm from being built there.It's not alone.

A Stover woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 2:57 p.m. Tuesday on Missouri 52, west of Route FF, in Morgan County.

Petition organizers said an agreement to build the facility could be in violation of a contract signed 15 years ago.

Opponents of a planned hog farm said Saturday the facility violates an agreement the family hosting the facility signed 15 years ago.

A 27-mile stretch of U.S. 63 between Columbia and Jefferson City will be repaved over the next several months.

ABC 17 News has confirmed Mid-Missouri law enforcement are on the scene of a high-risk drug search warrant in west Fulton.