Cole County News

A Missouri judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the firing of three administrative law judges who decide workers' compensation cases.

Stephen Cook killed Cornelius Williams last year. A jury in Cole County found a Jefferson City man guilty of murder in the death of Cornelius Williams in 2008.

Jury selection now underway in Cole County murder trial. Jury selection is now underway in the Cole County murder trial for 49-year-old Stephen Cook.

Witnesses said they heard an explosion before the home went up in flames. State investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire Saturday that killed a woman in Lohman.

A Missouri judge is considering whether to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the firing of three administrative law judges who decide workers' compensation claims.

A Cole County woman is dead Sunday after a fire Saturday night burnt her Lohman home to the ground.

The Missouri Supreme Court denied a habeas corpus petition and a petition for DNA testing filed by Dale Helmig.

A man convicted of murdering a hitchhiker more than three decades ago walked out of prison Wednesday after receiving help from two governors.

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A Missouri judge has struck down a ballot summary prepared by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan for a proposed constitutional amendment restricting eminent domain.

The sponsor of an initiative limiting affirmative-action programs says he plans to submit a new version after a court ruled against his first try.

A Jefferson City man has died and his wife seriously injured after their car ran off the road and struck a tree on Route C near Hillcrest Street in Cole County just before 4 p.m. this afternoon.

A state judge on Friday struck down a proposed constitutional amendment limiting affirmative action programs in Missouri, and supporters may have to start from scratch to get it on the 2010 ballot.

The Cole County Health Department confirms the county's first positive case of H1N1 in an infant under the age of one.

Three workers compensation law judges have sued to try to prevent their dismissal by Gov.

A Missouri trial judge says a 2007 domestic violence law requires the state Probation and Parole Board to reconsider the cases of three women sentenced to life in prison.

Despite his work to conceal his identity, a man wanted in connection with a string of Jefferson City robberies was found quite easily Tuesday night.

Jefferson City police have taken Carlos Aguiar into custody shortly after identifying him as a suspect.

The next showdown in a long-running battle between investment adviser Stephen Coleman and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan's office is scheduled for June 15 in Cole County Circuit Court.

Talk about a pillar of the community. Allen Kauffman was the mayor of the mid-Missouri community of Collins.