By Cindy Von Quednow, Michael Callahan, CNN (CNN) — A “cruel hoax” sent Villanova University students sheltering into place on the first day of orientation after a false report of an active shooter, the school’s president said, prompting a massive response by local and federal law enforcement as they worked to secure the campus. No
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health and Senior Services stated in a news release that the person, whose gender and age have not been
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump is tapping Missouri’s attorney general to be a key player in Trump’s FBI. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will be the state’s third attorney general in a row to leave for Washington, D.C., when he takes a job as FBI co-deputy director working alongside Dan Bongino, Fox reported
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men charged in the 2017 murder of Augustus Roberts appeared in front of a Boone County judge Friday. Roberts is the son of a former Northeast Missouri judge. David C. Adams, 44, of Columbia, was arrested Thursday and charged Friday with first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, second-degree murder and illegal gun
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police officers arrested two more people in connection with a 2017 murder investigation on Thursday. According to a news release, officers arrested David Adams, 44, and Julius Cureton, 37, both of Columbia. Police said they arrested both on suspicion of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, armed criminal action, unlawful use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was detained by police following a multi-hour standoff at Stephens Lake Park on Monday. The Columbia Police Department urged the public to avoid Stephens Lake Park on Monday afternoon as police tried to talk down a man having a mental health crisis. “Please avoid Stephens Lake Park! Columbia Police are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police exchanged gunfire with a shooter on the Emory University campus in Georgia on Friday afternoon, sources told ABC News. The school warned the campus on its website, saying the incident was taking place near the Emory Point CVS. A shelter-in-place order was put in place, but was lifted at 6:43 p.m.
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By Dakin Andone, Jason Morris, Sara Smart, Ryan Young, Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Five US soldiers were hospitalized after a shooting at the Army’s Fort Stewart on Wednesday, which put the installation, about 30 miles southwest of Savannah, and at least six schools into lockdown. Each of the soldiers was shot, according to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hartsburg man who admitted to killing his father was sentenced to life in prison Monday after a previous sentencing hearing was delayed. Collin Knight, 25, was charged with first-degree murder and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his father. Knight had previously agreed to a plea deal that
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 9-year-old boy was killed Thursday when he was hit by a pickup truck on a North Jefferson City road. Jefferson City Police revisited the scene the area where the crash happened on Friday afternoon, closing down the road just before 1:30. The child, who was not named in a Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman found dead Saturday night in her car was shot in her vehicle after an argument with her boyfriend, according to court documents. Isaiah N. Goins, 26, of Columbia, was arrested Sunday at work on suspicion of killing the woman, whose name has been kept under wraps by the sheriff’s department.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A ranger for Missouri State Parks was charged Sunday with three child sex crimes. Prosecutors charged Billy G. Stephens III, 34, with child molestation, second-degree statutory sodomy, second-degree statutory rape, witness tampering and evidence tampering. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office began investigating on Saturday after park ranger command staff told them about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 36-year-old man accused of running over a motorcyclist, who later died from his injuries, was charged Monday with murder. Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Roger Johnson told ABC 17 News in an email that charges against Donald J. Legleiter had been changed to include second-degree murder in the death of Jeffrie W.
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender. In its filing, the department justified releasing the heretofore secret evidence as
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By Michael Williams, Dan Berman and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003, including a note bearing Trump’s name and an
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By Rebekah Riess, Josh Campbell, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility killed three veteran members assigned to the agency’s arson and explosives detail Friday morning – a tragedy that marks the “largest loss of life” at the department since 1857, according to Sheriff Robert Luna.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager reached a plea deal with prosecutors Wednesday to drop a murder charge against him. Cordero L. Riley Jr., 17, pleaded guilty in a Boone County court to unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree assault. Sentencing is set for Sept. 15. He remains in the Boone County jail pending
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and University of Missouri Health Care said Tuesday that they had reached a deal to bring about 90,000 Anthem customers back into the MU Health Care network. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in the news release announcing it. “I’m joining the tens of thousands
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tank used to store flammable liquid blew its top off Route K, sending its top flying into a nearby neighborhood. Fire crews were called to the closed Leatherwood Hills store on Route K at about 2 p.m. for a tank fire. A photo shows four tanks of the sort used to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was set on fire on his porch last month has died. Donovan “Tyler” Baylis died on Monday morning, his mother Nan Oliver told ABC 17 News on Monday afternoon. Baylis was 31. Police had said the man was burned on June 15 in the 1500 block of Paris Road.
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