KEYETSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Chariton County Sheriff Erick Billups is under a criminal investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug Crime Control. An MSHP spokesman said Monday that the Chariton County prosecuting attorney made the request for the investigation on Saturday. The prosecuting attorney declined to comment. MSHP did not say what, specifically,
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A tractor-trailer hit a highway overpass along Interstate 70 in western Boone County on Tuesday afternoon.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs have finally settled on a new one-year deal with star defensive tackle Chris Jones. The team made the announcement on Monday, following an offseason’s long holdout by Jones. “Chris is an elite player in this league, and over the last seven years, he’s really developed into a
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Clearing the 6 million pounds of steel left in the Missouri River after blasting the old Interstate 70 bridge at Rocheport is taking longer than expected.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation demolished the old bridge over the Missouri River at Rocheport on Sunday.
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) Sunday, the Rocheport Bridge was blasted to begin construction of the new bridge heading eastbound following about an hour delay because of thick fog. The truss of the bridge is the upper steel part that extends above the roadway. For the safety of drivers and bridge crew members, Interstate 70 was closed
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Police closed down parts of East Broadway and College Avenue after a call went out of a suicidal person in Downtown Columbia.
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A man who pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter and other charges in a deadly 2020 Douglass Park shooting was sentenced to almost two decades behind bars Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thunderstorms hit parts of Mid-Missouri on Tuesday evening, resulting in significant power outages for some counties. Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers in Morgan County were hit early in the evening with outages, as the cooperative reported 930 outages in the county by 10:20 p.m., with 774 coming from Co-Mo Electric Cooperative and 156
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In a statement posted online and on social media, the group said this is because they are “facing significantly higher than expected expenses.”
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President Joe Biden was scheduled Wednesday afternoon to give remarks about Hurricane Idalia as the storm continues to track through the Southeast.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department wrote on its Facebook page on Monday night that a juvenile suffered a gunshot wound in northeast Columbia and was brought to an area hospital. The department wrote it believed the wound was not life-threatening. CPD also said on its social media that there is no suspect information
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One person drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks on Monday afternoon, a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District announced in a Monday press release that 45 members of Missouri Task Force One are heading to Florida. Members are deploying to the Pensacola, Florida, at 6 p.m. Monday ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia hitting the coast, according to the release. Task Force teams from Texas
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More than 1,300 Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers around Jefferson City were without power Monday afternoon.
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A Missouri judge says a law banning gender-affirming treatments for minors can take effect.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Tuesday that a vehicle fire has caused a lane of westbound Interstate 70 to close.
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The mothers of two children killed last December in a Columbia apartment fire have sued the owners of the apartment complex where they died.
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A Columbia man charged in March 2022 with shooting and killing his father pleaded guilty to reduced charges Monday and could spend more than two decades in prison.
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A federal court on Wednesday dismissed charges against a Versailles, Missouri, man who was being prosecuted for his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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