CRIME & SAFETY

(KTTS News) – Two individuals were arrested after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase on I-44 on Saturday. The chase started near Rolla when the police tried to pull over a vehicle for multiple traffic violations. Several counties assisted in the pursuit. Jasper County deputies were able...

The Maries County Sheriff’s Office is shining a light on the cold case murder of a Dent County woman. The Sheriff’s Office shared a message from Project: Cold Case on social media this morning. In March of 2015, Rosalee Byrd, 81, was found suffering from blunt force trauma to her head in her home in the 900 block of McGrath Lane in Salem. Authorities say she was hit in the head with a hammer. She was taken to a hospital and died that same day.

OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Warrensburg woman has been charged with two felonies after she allegedly tried to rob a business in Osage County on Thursday. Allison Leann Hale, 33, was charged with second-degree robbery and first-degree property damage. She is being held at the Osage County Jail without bond, according to Casenet. According to The post Woman accused of Osage County robbery found trapped in bathroom appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

A Texas-state man is seriously injured in an early morning alcohol-related crash in Rolla. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Manuel Escamilla-Cardenas, 50, of Irvin, Texas, was driving down I-44 just before 1:00 this morning, when he ran off the side of the road. Troopers say Escamilla-Cardenas struck a concrete barrier and overturned several times.

A Pulaski County man accused of setting his own house on fire while four people slept inside is scheduled for trial. Alexander Aguayo, of Dixon, is accused of setting fire to combustible materials in his bedroom in September. Those inside the house when the fire was set told fire investigators that when they exited the home, they observed Aguayo standing outside the home smiling. He then left the area but was arrested about an hour later and charged with first-degree arson. Court records state Aguayo admitted to starting the fire.

A fire that caused significant damage to a Phelps County home remains under investigation. The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District reports 911 began receiving numerous calls early Saturday morning about heavy fire showing from a residential structure near Newburg High School. When crews arrived, they located a large two-story home with heavy fire showing from the first floor and extending to the second floor and the attic.

Four Rolla children and a woman were injured in a single-vehicle crash in Crawford County, Missouri. Another incident involved a shooting where one person was injured in a vehicle. A man was charged with shooting a woman in the shoulder while she was driving away.

This week in Rolla, Missouri, there were three incidents that occurred. A motorist was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Highway O, a woman's jury trial for child death was delayed, and a man led law enforcement on a high-speed chase to get home for Thanksgiving.

(KTTS News) — A woman from Illinois has died after a crash early Tuesday morning on I-44 in Rolla. The Highway Patrol says Kasey Cloud died when her truck hit a concrete barrier at the 187 mile marker, then ran off the road, hit an embankment, and rolled over several times.

An Illinois woman died in a car crash on Interstate 44 in Rolla early Tuesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report said the crash happened at the 187-mile marker at 1:15 a.m. Kasey Cloud, 27, of Decatur, IL, was driving a 2004 GMC Sierra westbound. The...