BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing has been scheduled for former employees at the Cooper County Jail who were charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the October death of an inmate. Robyn Pfeiffer, 29, and Rachel Atherton, 34, were charged last week in the death of Brooke Bailey. They both have a hearing set for 10 a.m. Friday,
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A lieutenant working in the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office was charged Wednesday with manslaughter in the October death of an inmate from untreated diabetes.
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A Boonville man has been charged with four felonies including manslaughter in a Feb. 2 crash.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Big Tree Medical announced on Wednesday that it will be providing Suboxone prescriptions for those struggling with opioid use disorder at its Columbia location. Suboxone is one of the primary medications used to treat opioid addiction. Research from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine indicates it can reduce the risk
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old Moberly man has been charged with several felonies after he was accused of assaulting someone in a parking lot and taking their belongings. Jayden Kuhne was charged on Thursday with second-degree robbery, stealing and third-degree assault. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $40,000 bond, according
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old Boonville man was charged after authorities say he shot a house while trying to shoot at another person on Tuesday in the 500 block of Katy Drive. Jarez Foulks was charged on Wednesday with two counts of first-degree assault, armed criminal action, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and
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A Boonville Schools bus was delayed Tuesday afternoon because of a police situation.
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The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office now has its own cyber crimes operation to locate child predators in the area.
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A Boonville sex offender was arrested Monday after investigators say he exchanged graphic, sexual messages with a detective posing at two different teenagers.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged on Wednesday with child abuse after he was accused of breaking his 1-month-old baby’s leg in December. Austin Cooke, 19, was booked into the Cooper County Jail on Wednesday on a $100,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, Boonville
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The Missouri Gaming Commission has been regulating slot machines, casinos and all other wagering in the state for 30 years.
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Here is a roundup of the illnesses doctors say are spreading around Mid-Missouri.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man who was charged after allegedly smashing mailboxes with a school bus containing children pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three misdemeanors. Robert Hern, 60, was charged in March with first-degree property damage, operating a motor vehicle in a careless manner, leaving the scene of an accident and 28 counts of second-degree
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the U.S. drought monitor, the majority of Missouri is currently experiencing drought conditions. Gov. Mike Parson recently signed an executive order to extend the drought alert in the state until May 1, 2024. The drought alert was initially created with an executive order on May 31 in response to severe drought conditions.
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A Boonville police officer has been charged with domestic assault after a dispute over a child early Sunday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at the Cooper County Jail was found dead on Friday in a cell, according to a Monday social media post from the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said Brooke Bailey, of Jefferson City, was found dead on Friday. She was 33. The post says she was being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Intermittent closures should be expected this week for the on/off ramps at the Route BB overpass on Interstate 70, according to a Tuesday night press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The contractor first plans to remove temporary overhangs on the new bridge Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the release. Traffic
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Boonville was charged on Friday in Cooper County with several child sex crimes. Terry Bulen, 57, was charged with first-degree child molestation, incest and two counts of first-degree aggravated sodomy. Bulen was not on the Cooper County Jail’s online roster on Tuesday night. However, records on Casenet
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in an RV fire on Tuesday on Interstate 70 in Cooper County near mile marker 107, according to a Cooper County Fire Protection District official. According to an email from Cooper County Fire Protection spokesperson William Johnson, an RV blew a tire on the back, passenger side of
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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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