KJLU 88.9FM

KJLU (88.9 FM) is a radio station that plays smooth jazz music. It is located in Jefferson City, Missouri, and is owned by Lincoln University of Missouri.

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Heat index values expected to reach triple digits, sparking Heat Advisory

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Gloria Enloe

Dangerously high temperatures, with heat index values of more than 100 degrees, are possible for the next several days. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for large parts of mid-Missouri, eastern Missouri, and all of northern Missouri. A Heat Advisory is issued when dangerous heat is expected but does not rise to warning criteria.
Audrain County man seriously injured when his lawn mower overturns near Mexico

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Gloria Enloe

An Audrain County man is seriously injured when his riding lawn mower overturns just outside his hometown. The accident happened Thursday evening on Route NN, about seven miles northwest of Mexico. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 66-year-old man from Mexico was riding his mower on when it overturned into creek, ejecting him. The man was flown to University Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Kirksville man seriously injured in motorcycle crash south of Cherryville

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Gloria Enloe

A northeast Missouri man is seriously injured when he wrecks his motorcycle in Crawford County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 46-year-old man from Kirksville was riding his bike down Highway 19, four miles south of Cherryville, Thursday afternoon, when he failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the side of the road. The man was flown to a St. Louis-area hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Jefferson City man charged with possession of child pornography

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Gloria Enloe

A Jefferson City man is behind bars on a child pornography charge. Richard Ware, 58, was charged with one count of possession of child pornography Wednesday. He’s been deemed a danger to the community and is being held without bond. Court documents state that Ware was in possession of videos showing girls between the ages of six and ten years old engaged in sexual acts on June 18.
Saline County victim of officer-involved shooting identified as Arizona murder suspect

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Leslie Taylor

The man who died during an officer-involved shooting in Saline County has been identified as an Arizona murder suspect. The suspect has been identified as Francis Alcantar-Chavez, 23, of Tempe, Arizona. He’d been on the run since Sunday for fatally shooting his mother and stepfather at their home in northern Arizona. The incident in Missouri began Tuesday night when officers with the Concordia Police Department began pursuing Alcantar-Chavez who was wanted for the out-of-state murder.
Sedalia man arrested with more than a quarter pound of methamphetamine

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Leslie Taylor

Charges are pending against a Sedalia man after officers find more than a quarter pound of suspected methamphetamine. The Sedalia Police Department reports Joseph Edwards, 47, was arrested Wednesday after officers with the Sedalia PD and the Mid-Missouri Drug Task Force executed a search warrant in the 1700 block of East 4th Street as part of an ongoing investigation into local methamphetamine trafficking. Investigators had search warrants for both Edwards’ home and vehicle.
Five people injured in four-vehicle collision involving semi in Callaway County

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Leslie Taylor

Five people are injured, none seriously, in a four-vehicle collision in Callaway County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports two SUVs and a pickup truck were slowing and stopping in congested traffic around 7:30 Thursday morning on I-70 about halfway between Columbia and Kingdom City. The patrol says that’s when an over-the-road trucker struck the back of the pickup and set off a chain reaction.
EF-1 tornado touches down Wednesday morning near small town north of St. Louis

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Leslie Taylor

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down Wednesday morning about 40 miles north of St. Louis. The National Weather Service reports it received video of the tornado crossing the Mississippi River just south of the Clarksville Boat Club into Pike County. At least one home was damaged when high winds peeled its roof off and uprooted multiple trees. There were also reports of downed trees and power lines just south of Clarksville.
Former church youth ministry volunteer in Rolla sentenced to nine years in a federal prison

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Leslie Taylor

A former church youth ministry volunteer in Phelps County is sentenced to federal prison on a child pornography offense. Bradley Colvin, 52, of Rolla, pleaded guilty in March to one count of receipt and distribution of child pornography. He was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nine years in prison. He will also be on supervised release for life after his release from prison. He was also ordered to pay $84,000 to 28 victims that have been identified in the material he possessed.
Missouri Attorney General calls SCOTUS transgender ruling a "victory", while one Justice calls it abandonment to "political whims"

1 week ago | kjluradio.com | Leslie Taylor

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey calls Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on transgender transition care a victory. The court ruled along party lines that Tennessee’s 2023 law restricting minors’ access to treatments was not discrimination. The case, known as United States v Skrmetti, was the first time the nation’s highest court had taken up transgender healthcare, including puberty blockers and hormone therapies.