Film Fest

National 4-H film festival comes to Columbia

Youth from across the nation go on location to Columbia, Mo., this summer for FilmFest 4-H, the national 4-H film festival. Co-produced by Missouri 4-H and the Missouri Film Office, FilmFest 4-H has drawn youth participants from 21 states since its inception. “Companies across all industries use digital media every day,” said Andrea Sporcic, specialist […]

Canine Officer Zaki in Body Armor

K-9 officer Zaki stops escaping prisoner in Chillicothe

Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox credits the departments’ law enforcement K-9 with running after a prisoner who fled on foot while at the sheriff’s office in Chillicothe, but stopped once he saw the dog in action. 20-year-old Jeremiah Joel Bailiff of St. Louis was being finger-printed when the alleged escape from custody occurred. Bailiff had been arrested following […]

Child Pornography

Former Marshall man pleads guilty to child pornography, faces 13 years in prison

An Arkansas man, formerly of Marshall, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography. Kenneth Larrechea, 48, of Marshall, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Matt J. Whitworth for possessing child pornography. Larrechea also had an apartment in Blackburn, Mo. Larrechea was identified as one of 158 individuals who received child pornography through […]