COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County high school teacher who pleaded guilty in September to having sexual contact with a student was denied release following a 120-day sex offender treatment program. Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 27, of Waynesville, was sentenced in October to four years in prison. She was a teacher at Laquey High School and was previously
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Planned Parenthood said in a statement that it plans to restore abortion services to its clinics throughout the state “immediately” following a judge’s ruling on Friday. Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in November in Jackson County challenging a Missouri law that required surgical center licensing for clinics that could provide abortion through
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bill will be introduced at Tuesday’s Jefferson City Council to eliminate programs surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion from city government. The ordinance is being sponsored by Ward 3 Councilman Scott Spencer and Ward 4 Councilman Derrick Spicer, according to an email from a city spokesperson and the council agenda. The bill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 52-year-old Anabel, Missouri, man was killed in a crash on Friday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a 52-year-old man was driving a 2011 Kia Forte northbound from Route V over Highway 36. The report says the driver failed to yield to a 2024
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Missouri sued Starbucks this week, alleging the chain’s push to hire and promote more people of color and women violated anti-discrimination laws and slowed down coffee orders. The lawsuit, filed by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, opens up a new legal front in the war
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Amber Alert was issued in several Mid-Missouri counties around 4 p.m. Wednesday for a 16-year-old Wisconsin teenager who may have been abducted. The Amber Alert says that Sophia Franklin, 16, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, was last seen at her residence at 9 p.m. Feb. 2 and could have been abducted the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon, Missouri, man was charged with four felonies on Wednesday after he was accused of shooting a 78-year-old woman in Pulaski County. Jesse Ray Roberts, 31, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree burglary, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He was arrested in Springfield, Missouri, earlier this week
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Attorney General’s Office has dropped the criminal case against former Belle Mayor Daryl White Jr. White was charged in 2023 with stealing and official misconduct, both misdemeanors. He was accused of misusing the city’s credit card, stealing paint cans and taking a gun. The case was moved from Maries County to Phelps County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old woman from Licking, Missouri, was seriously injured in a crash Wednesday morning on Highway 63 in Maries County, near Highway 28, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that the woman lost control of her 2001 Buick Lesabre while heading southbound on the snow-covered roadway.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Dixon Police Department said the man accused in the shooting of a 78-year-old woman that occurred on Tuesday morning has been detained. DPD wrote on its Facebook page that the woman was shot around 6:25 a.m. in the 300 block of East 10th Street in Dixon. She was shot in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools was among several Mid-Missouri districts to announce a shift to remote learning or class cancellations due to forecasted snowfall for Wednesday. After Wednesday, CPS will have just one remaining Alternative Method of Instruction day before it would need to extend the school year. Missouri law requires public school districts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield customers using Medicare Advantage plans will no longer pay in-network rates at University of Missouri Health Care clinics and hospitals starting April 1. The insurance giant, which has about 2 million members in Missouri, failed to reach a deal to cover those plans in-network after negotiations, MU
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bridge replacement project will require Route K in Audrain County over Hickory Creek to close for a few months. Work is set to being Monday, Feb. 17 and end around mid-May, a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation says. The contract includes another bridge replacement will occur in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Witnesses on Monday said a woman was struck by a car near the intersection of North Providence Road and East Texas Ave in Columbia. Alejandro Figueroa-Saez said a blue Toyota hit a woman who was crossing the street. Saez added that another truck came and rolled over her arm before he ran
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 59-year old man was shot in Phelps County on Sunday morning, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department wrote on its Facebook page on Monday. The sheriff’s office wrote that deputies were called at 10:37 a.m. to the 19000 block of Highway 63 South, about 10 miles south of Rolla. The post says
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe on Monday signed an executive order related to the impending winter weather that is expected to hit Missouri this week. Kehoe’s Office said in a release that Executive Order 25-17 will suspend hours of service regulations for drivers transporting residential heating fuels, including propane, natural gas and heating oil.
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By Chris Boyette and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — Adan Manzano was in New Orleans to cover Super Bowl LIX, but the sports reporter was found dead in his hotel room before kickoff. Police are trying to figure out what happened and what, if anything, “a career criminal” police say is known to run fraud
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage Beach Police Department is warning residents about “someone outside the Osage Beach community is impersonating” the city and issuing fake press releases. OBPD wrote on its Facebook page that the fake press releases will also show a logo of the city. Its official Facebook page can be found here. The
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City Chiefs fans have not lost faith in their team. The Chiefs fell to the Philadelphia Eagles 40-22 in Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans Sunday evening. The Chiefs were looking to make history and become the first team in the NFL to win three straight Super Bowls. Thousands of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NFL will have to wait a little bit longer to get its first three-peat. The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in almost every facet of the game on Sunday in Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. A pitiful offensive performance in the first half dug the Chiefs into a
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