ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has an open investigation into Ashland’s police chief, according to a patrol spokesman. Patrol Sgt. Darrin Haslag told ABC 17 News on Tuesday that the Division of Drug and Crime Control had an active investigation involving Chief Gabe Edwards. Haslag did not say what the nature
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The six Missouri Task Force One members that were deployed to Hawaii are back home. The four human remains detection K-9s and their handlers worked in what is described as harsh conditions to search for any human remains. The dogs were equipped with small boots to protect their feet from the ash, along with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Interstate 70 is scheduled to close Sunday, Sept. 10 so a demolition team can blast off a truss of the old Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The interstate in both directions will be closed, as well
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Gunshot injuries have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of child deaths in the United States.
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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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One was allegedly seen pulling out a handgun, before getting in the victim’s car and driving off, the statement says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Non-profit organization In2Action invited the public to a cookout open house to celebrate receiving over $1 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. In2Action provides transition services and residential transition services to people when they’re released from prison. According to Wise Voter, Missouri has a recidivism rate of 37.2%, with over 17,000
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The attorney representing two mothers who lost their children in a December fire says the event has taken a deep toll. “I imagine actually seeing and hearing your 7-year-old daughter dying must have been much worse than what we have to go through reading about this terrible event,” attorney Wells Woods
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Four guns were stolen out of cars in Ashland early Thursday after three people burglarized 18 cars in the area, including a Jefferson City police vehicle.Â
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged in relation to a fight at Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center in June has been arrested. Kameron Mearidy, 19, of Columbia, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 6:22 p.m. Thursday and is being held on a $20,000 bond. He was charged earlier this month with first-degree assault. An
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Three people burglarized 18 cars in the Eagle Lakes, Southwinds, Bluegrass South and Liberty Landing subdivision areas of Ashland.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County convenience store owner pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to selling fake Juul pods. Rafiqul Khan pleaded guilty to two counts of selling counterfeit tobacco products, according to court documents. Both counts were misdemeanors. US Customs and Border Patrol agents intercepted two shipments in 2019 from Hong Kong
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman suffered serious injuries Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash on Route Z, south of Doris Boulevard, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2000 Ford Taurus – driven by Page Burnett, 25 – was heading south on Route Z. The Ford went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who now lives in Texas has been charged after he was accused of breaking into a residence in 2004 and raping another person. Brendan Woodard was charged Tuesday with forcible rape. He was not listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Wednesday. A motion was filed to set a
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The recent heat wave has forced high school athletic programs to move practice times to early in the morning or later in the evening to reduce the risk of heat-related illness.  This week, temperatures in Mid-Missouri are expected to reach high 90s and low 100s between Tuesday and Thursday, with heat indexes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he was accused of shooting at another person in front of a house on Saturday in eastern Columbia. Aaron McCann, 36, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held without bond at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri will soon be introduced to a new area code, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Public Service Commission. The new area code – 235 – will not replace numbers that currently use 573. New numbers using the 235 area code will begin being assigned on March 24, 2024.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was seriously hurt in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night in Boone County, according to a report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred when Randall Fisher, 27 was driving Northbound on Missouri 763 when he, and a 17-year-old girl switched lanes at about the same time.
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four men were arrested Thursday in Pettis County in relation to a human trafficking investigation, according to a Friday press release from the Sedalia Police Department. The four men arrested, according to the release, on suspicion of patronizing prostitution were: Donald Reece, 62 of Sedalia;James Deer, 39 of Columbia;Tim Sinn, 44 of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia business owner John Martin has announced his intent to run for the state representative seat Missouri’s 44th District in a Thursday press release. Martin is running as a Republican for the August 2024 primary, and is the first to announce an intent to run for the seat. The district that represents
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