Southwest Missouri man charged with murder in Boone County crash
A Boone County grand jury indicted a Springfield, Missouri, man Friday with murder in a local crash.
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Osage Beach police arrest teen in connection with school threat
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police said Friday that they arrested a teenager in connection with a threat that led School of the Osage to cancel nighttime events. The Osage Beach Police Department posted a news release on social media Friday afternoon saying a 15-year-old had been arrested in connection with the Thursday threat
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No charges will be filed in fatal shooting by Callaway County deputies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A special prosecutor decided Thursday that two Callaway County deputies who had a fatal shootout with a suspect will not face charges. Cpl. Justin Bax and Deputy Gardner Pottorff were shot on Oct. 14 during an exchange of gunfire with a Texas man, Jonathan Beason. Beason died from gunshot wounds suffered in
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Murder, manslaughter charges filed in Columbia beating death
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged Friday with murder and a woman with manslaughter in a November beating death in Columbia. Alexander A. Aklan, 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia. He had already been charged with first-degree assault, drug trafficking, armed criminal action
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Judge blocks Missouri abortion ban, other rules after Amendment 3 lawsuit
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Jackson County judge blocked Missouri’s near-total abortion ban Friday following the passage of a statewide constitutional amendment in November. Judge Jerri Zhang’s 22-page ruling temporarily blocks several state laws regulating the procedure. That includes Missouri’s law banning abortions except for a medical emergency. Planned Parenthood sued the state shortly after
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Prosecutor won’t pursue charges in Boone County police shooting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A special prosecutor won’t file charges against Boone County deputies and Columbia police officers involved in a shootout that ended in the suspect’s death. Officers shot and killed Damion A. Linder during a standoff at a Sturgeon mobile home park in early June. Marion County Prosecuting Attorney Luke Bryant decided last month
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Second suspect in Clark Lane killing charged with murder; another man in custody now charged with murder
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a man Tuesday with murder for his alleged role in a deadly October shooting and charged another man — who was already in custody and charged — with murder. Daevion McCray, 21, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of Orrion Moody, 28, of Columbia. Police found Moody with
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Mother gets probation in Columbia baby’s death
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis woman who pleaded guilty to the death of her infant whose body was found behind a Columbia tire store was sentenced Monday to probation. Lavosha Daniels was sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of corpse abandonment and seven years for involuntary manslaughter. The sentences would run
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What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Shimon Prokupecz, Hanna Park and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. A student and a teacher were killed, and six
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Man admits to deadly Boone County shooting, investigators say
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man admitted to fatally shooting a St. Louis man last week in the parking lot of a Boone County bar, court documents say. Steven S. Jones, 45, was charged Sunday with being a felon with a gun. A probable cause statement says Jones admitted to shooting the 42-year-old victim outside
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A man, a bike and a gun: Police search for evidence to solve the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on the streets of New York
CNN By Ashley R. Williams, Gloria Pazmino, Evan Perez, Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras, Shimon Prokupecz and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — As the manhunt for a still-unidentified suspect in the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan continues on its fifth day, police are missing key pieces of evidence and combing through what
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Mizzou knocks off Kansas to capture first win over AP’s No. 1 ranked team in 27 years
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball has toppled the top-ranked team in college basketball. MU defeated Kansas in the latest installment of the Border Showdown 76-67 in court-storming fashion, securing the program’s first victory over the No. 1 team in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 rankings since the 1997 season. You can watch the
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Mizzou earns Music City Bowl bid, sits at No. 19 in final CFP rankings
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football is Music City Bowl bound. Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz’s group has punched a ticket to face Iowa in the Music City Bowl on Monday, Dec. 30 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, per an official announcement from the team. Kickoff time for this postseason matchup is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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Columbia man pleads guilty to murdering pregnant woman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty Friday to killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Sevance T. Brewer, 32, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder after being charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder for the death of the fetus and other felony charges. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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Roads covered in snow lead to crashes, traffic gridlock
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roads were covered in much of Mid-Missouri as the area saw its first snowfall of the season Saturday. According to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, as of 6 a.m. Saturday, Troop F handled 80 non-injury crashes, seven crashes with injuries, one fatal crash and 186 stranded motorists.
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RV that caught fire on Highway 50 is ‘total loss,’ officials say
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday evening that Highway 50 had to be closed east of Tipton because of an RV fire. The patrol’s Troop F posted on social media just before 6 p.m. that an RV was “fully engulfed” in flame and had a large amount of propane on it.
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Columbia Public Schools improves in key areas on state report card
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools made critical gains in key academic measures between 2023 and 2024 in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Annual Performance Report. CPS received 86.5% of the possible points in this year’s report, which combines performance and improvement scores from the 2023-2024 school year. The district received a score
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Special counsel Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Donald Trump
By Paula Reid, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases’ dismissal in court filings Monday. Trump has said he would fire Smith once he retook the office, shattering previous norms
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No. 23 Mizzou wins first SEC road game of season at Mississippi State
STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) SEC road trips have been a problem for No. 23 Mizzou football all season long, but not on Saturday in Starkville. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company cruised to a 39-20 win over Mississippi State. That marked the team’s first conference road win of the 2024 season. You can watch the full
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Columbia Public Schools superintendent to retire months after announcing cancer diagnosis
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The top administrator in Columbia Public Schools plans to retire. CPS spokesperson Michelle Baumstark wrote in a statement Friday that Brian Yearwood has decided to step down immediately to spend time with family in Texas. The Columbia Board of Education unanimously accepted his retirement request. Former superintendent Chris Belcher has agreed to
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