COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was seen in a video earlier this year while getting punched in the face by a now-former Columbia police officer has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city, Columbia Police Department and the two former officers in the video. In the lawsuit filed on Thursday in the
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A man convicted in 2008 of the murders of a New Bloomfield couple is set to be executed in April.
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Parts of Highway 63 and Highway 124 were closed at their intersections after a crash Tuesday afternoon.
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A fire burned a shop building on residential property to the ground near Ashland on Tuesday.
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A Columbia man faces a capital murder charge after a woman found shot Friday in the neck next to a truck died.
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The City of Ashland will pay its former police chief $50,000 to go away under the terms of a settlement agreed to this week.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland Police Chief Gabe Edwards has resigned from his position, as part of a settlement reached with the city, according to Edwards’ attorney. The Ashland Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night voted 4-2 to cancel a hearing this week that would have determined Edwards’ employment status. Edwards’ attorney, Matt Uhrig, had told
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ashland Board of Aldermen at its Tuesday night meeting opted to cancel its upcoming hearing that was expected to determine if it would fire Police Chief Gabe Edwards. The Board went into a closed session during its regularly scheduled Tuesday night meeting. The Board approved the cancelation 4-2. Another date was
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An Audrain County man was charged Friday with first-degree murder.
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VANDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds on Thursday, along County Road 556 in Vandalia, according to a social media post from the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office wrote online that it had received a call shortly after 2 p.m. that it had received a report that someone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A search warrant filed in relation to the deaths of two people at a central Columbia home on Nov. 9 indicates that the deaths could have involved drugs. The document says the evidence in the home could support second-degree murder charges. Former Cole County Prosecutor Bill Tackett called the circumstances of the
Continue Reading ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Ashland has laid out its reasons why it wants to fire its suspended police chief, Gabe Edwards, in a notice of hearing. The City’s Board of Aldermen previously announced that it will hold a public hearing at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, to determine if it will fire Edwards. Edwards
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Prosecutors have charged a Jefferson City woman with first-degree murder in the weekend stabbing death of an 80-year-old man.
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ASHLAND, Mo (KMIZ) The Ashland Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 7 to decide on the status of suspended Police Chief Gabe Edwards. According to state law, a police chief can be removed after a written notice is issued to the chief no fewer than 10 business days before the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hickman High School student has been charged after police say he brought a gun to school on Monday. Shaun Lamont Jackson, 18, of Columbia, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor marijuana possession. He was arrested on Monday and was released after posting a $2,000 bond.
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A judge found a Versailles, Missouri, man guilty Thursday of a felony and four misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Jill Schlude has been selected as the next Columbia police chief.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland City Administrator Kyle Michel referred to the timeframe for the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s investigation of suspended police chief Gabe Edwards an “unusual delay” in a Tuesday press release. This comes after a memo from Callaway County Prosecutor Benjamin Miller indicated Edwards could be charged with a crime. “It is most
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another arrest has been made in relation to the June 26 homicide on Dove Drive in Columbia, according to a Thursday night social media post from the Columbia Police Department. Police say Maurice Penny Jr., 39, of Columbia, was arrested in connection to the shooting death of Deshon Joseph Houston, 33, who was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department stated on its social media that two people were found dead in the 500 block of Woodlawn Avenue. The department wrote on its social media that police responded at 12:15 p.m. to the house. CPD spokesman Christian Tabak told ABC 17 News that police were originally called to
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