COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit over a 2022 Cooper County crash that killed a Moberly woman. Randall Hendricks filed the lawsuit in February against Inocente Prisciliano-Miranda, of Sedalia, in the Cooper County Circuit Court. Hendricks is the father of Belinda Hendricks, who was killed in a crash on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-member City of Columbia Public Works snowplow crew will report for duty at 5 a.m. Saturday, a Friday press release from the city says. The ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team declared Saturday as a Weather Alert Day for the first potential snowfall of the season. Up to 3 inches of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A three-vehicle crash that injured five people shut down an area of Highway 50/63 on Thursday in Jefferson City, according to a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department. According to the report, a 2014 BMW 320I was heading westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 50/63 and hit a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kentucky man who was charged with a child sex crime in October is now in the Callaway County Jail. Edward McPherson, 28, of Rochester, Kentucky, was charged on Oct. 17 with sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 88-year-old Linn Creek man drowned Tuesday at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F wrote on its social media. Troop F wrote that the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities received a report of a man face down in the water near Racetrack Hollow
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly Mayor Brandon Lucas has picked Mike Skubic to replace outgoing Councilman Austin Kyser, according to a social media post from the city. Kyser won the Randolph County Western District Commissioner seat in a landslide on Nov. 5. He officialy resigned from his council seat on Tuesday, the post says. “We thank
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Wellsville man was charged on Wednesday with two counts of fourth-degree child molestation that allegedly occurred two years ago, court documents say. Timothy Blaine Cross, 22, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, a teenager
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was previously charged with murder in a shooting death pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a drug charge. Isaiah Brunson pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance, according to an email from the Boone County prosecutor’s office. He was previously charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One lane of Route B north of Columbia was closed on Tuesday evening following a two-vehicle crash. First responders were at the scene near the intersection of Route B and East McGee Road before 7 p.m. An ABC 17 News photographer saw two Boone County Fire Protection District vehicles and an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A mental examination was ordered Tuesday for a Jefferson City woman who is accused of stabbing an 80-year-old man to death. Rejeane Redmon, 27, was charged last year with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence. She has been in custody at the Cole County Jail since Nov. 25,
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate died at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center on Monday after being in custody for just 10 days, according to information from the Missouri Department of Corrections. Nathaniel Cross, 40, of Columbia, was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m. Monday, a Tuesday press release from the DOC says. The release says
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Trevor Foley will become the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, according to a press release from Governor-elect Mike Kehoe’s office. Foley was named the acting director last year after former DOC Director Anne Precythe announced her retirement. “I’m grateful to Governor-Elect Kehoe for this opportunity to continue my service to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Area law enforcement are searching for a driver involved in a Boone County chase. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Kyle Green told ABC 17 News in a text message Monday night that Boone County deputies tried to stop a vehicle for speeding. The vehicle drove eastbound on Interstate 70 and crashed near
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County deputies searched a home near North Callaway Middle School for drugs, according to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies executed a search warrant at a residence in the 400 block of Chestnut Street, which is across the street from the middle school. “To ensure the
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old man Sunrise Beach man died in a crash Monday in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Earlier on Monday, the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District posted on its social media that Route F was closed down near Route TT. The crash report
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centertown man was sentenced to 60 years in prison for raping a child, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. Dean Jason Smith, 41, pleaded guilty on Sept. 10 to first-degree rape, child molestation, endangering the welfare of a child and incest. He is currently
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was accused of shooting a teenager last year was sentenced to probation on Monday. Shyraah Robin Brown, 36, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. She was sentenced to five years of probation with a four-year suspended sentence. According to
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Branson-area man was charged with several felonies after he allegedly took more than $111,000 from a Callaway County home and burned the residence. Gerald Roark, 54, of Reed Springs, Missouri, was charged with second-degree arson, first-degree burglary, stealing more than $25,000, illegal gun possession and stealing a gun. He is being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The father of a 4-year-old girl who died after several weeks of alleged abuse took a plea deal on Monday. James Mast, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, according to 27th Circuit Court media coordinator Gene Hartley. He also pleaded guilty to first-degree assault for abusing his 2-year-old son. A sentencing hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The outgoing superintendent at Columbia Public Schools will receive a payout worth two-thirds of a million dollars. CPS confirmed on Friday that Superintendent Brian Yearwood would step down immediately to retire. According to a separation agreement between Yearwood and the school district, Yearwood will receive $667,268.90 on Jan. 1. The agreement says
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