COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in critical condition after a shooting in Osage County Friday afternoon. Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham said deputies responded to County Road 703 around 4:30 p.m. and found a 45-year-old man outside a mobile home with a gunshot wound. Due to the rural location, a medical helicopter landed nearby,
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moniteau County commissioner who resigned from his position earlier this week has been charged with three felonies. Former Northern District Commissioner Doug Naros was charged on Friday in Moniteau County with forgery and two counts of stealing. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Friday. He had resigned from
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who the Missouri State Highway Patrol says has held “several law enforcement positions” was charged on Friday in Pettis County with first-degree rape. Collin Goodsell, 28, of Peculiar, Missouri, is being held at the Pettis County Jail without bond. A mugshot was not immediately available on Friday afternoon and a
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police officers responded to a shooting Friday on East Cedar Way. A Friday press release from the Jefferson City Police Department says officers were called at 12:06 p.m. to the 900 block of East Cedar Way after someone had been shot. A 37-year-old Jefferson City man was found with
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 22 Tennessee Lady Volunteers made quick work of the Mizzou women’s basketball team on Thursday. The Tigers suffered a road loss in the form of a 98-53 Southeastern Conference romp by the Lady Volunteers. Tennessee (16-6, 8-2 SEC) jumped out to a 29-13 lead after the opening quarter and stretched
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education approved a $2.1 million contract at its Thursday meeting to fix a portion of the roof at West Elementary School. The contract was awarded to Columbia contractor Integrated Facility Services. The contract was approved with the board’s consent agenda. Contractors would work from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison on Thursday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Cleburn Greene, 51, pleaded guilty on May 22, 2025, to one count of attempted bank robbery, the release says. He was sentenced to three years and one
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge on Wednesday ordered a mental examination for a Jefferson City man accused of killing his wife last month. Malang Akbari, 46, is charged in Cole County with first-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Cole County Jail
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Marshall Police Department wrote in a Thursday social media post that a man and three juveniles robbed a youth at gunpoint on Wednesday afternoon. The post claims Daylen Bankovich, 18, of Sedalia, and three juveniles met with the victim and later pointed a gun at them and demanded they give up
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Howard County Sheriff’s Office has canceled an Endangered Silver Advisory after a missing man was found safe. The initial advisory said Douglas Wayne Witmer, 73, left a job site at 403 Reynolds St. in Fayette around 3 p.m. Wednesday. The updated advisory saying Witmer was found safe was sent at 8:16
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A “trail crossing ahead” sign has been posted near the site of a fatal crash that occurred over the summer. A 9-year-old boy was killed on July 25, 2025, after he was hit by a pickup truck in the 12000 block of Cole County Road 391, previous reporting shows. The boy
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was wanted for several sex crimes in Illinois has been arrested and charged in Columbia. Clayton Newlon, 24, was charged Wednesday in Boone County with being a fugitive from out of state. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A mugshot was not available on
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former teacher from St. James was disciplined by the State Board of Education after he allegedly set the hands of a student on fire in 2022. A February agenda item for the State Board of Education says Tyler James Glidden – who was a math teacher at St. James High School
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 39-year-old man with multiple warrants was arrested Tuesday in Jefferson City after a roughly half-hour standoff, a Wednesday press release from the Jefferson City Police Department says. The release says an officer saw the man at 12:07 p.m. in the 200 block of Lafayette Street and the man ran away to
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was sentenced to probation in 2024 in an infant’s 2019 death is facing a felony charge in a new case. Lavosha Daniels, of St. Louis, was charged on Monday in Boone County with felony stealing. A warrant was ordered on Monday and a $10,000 bond was set. She was
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sex offender from Wisconsin who was arrested Tuesday in Holts Summit has been charged in Callaway County. Donavan Ducane, 26, was charged on Wednesday with being a fugitive from out of state. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was scheduled for 8:30
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities have released a person who was detained for questioning in the case of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. In a statement on social media, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said deputies “detained a subject during a traffic stop.” The person who was detained and then released spoke to the ABC News affiliate KNXV,
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Owensville firefighters on Tuesday morning rescued three dogs from an icy pond, according to a social media post from the Owensville Fire Protection District. First responders were called at 9:16 a.m. to the 3700 block of Homeyer Road and found three dogs struggling in the water. Firefighters saved all three dogs and
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Commission on Tuesday voted in support of Jefferson City’s bid to receive a federal grant for a road and bridge project. Slides from a Tuesday presentation show that Jefferson City is hoping to secure up to $25 million in federal funding from a Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with murder in a northeast Columbia shooting that occurred earlier this year was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. James Caldwell Jr., 24, was charged with first-degree-murder, three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of first-degree assault. He is being held at the Boone
Continue Reading