COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Fulton has been charged with a child sex crime. James Dale Courtney, 63, has been charged in Callaway County with statutory sodomy of a person younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says the search for an alleged armed man who ran away during a traffic stop has been resolved, after he died by suicide. The law enforcement agency wrote on its social media on Thursday night that it is looking for a man near Route E, East
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed its annual bus inspections. A Wednesday press release from MSHP says 10,239 buses were approved on its initial inspection, while 849 were rated “defective” and 283 were determined to be “out of service.” The release says that defective components require repair within 10 days, “out-of-service”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to several child sex crimes. Memphis Dils, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of possessing child sex abuse material and a count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The date that Daniels started service with MSHP has been corrected. The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Friday confirmed the name of a trooper who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. MSHP said Cpl. Gary T. Daniels was found Thursday with a gunshot wound on Callaway County Road 395,
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) No foul play is suspected in the death of a trooper, according to a Thursday media release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office and MSHP are investigating the death of a trooper on Callaway County Road 395, which is just off of Highway 63 in an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four youth and a man from St. Joseph, Missouri, were injured in a boat crash on Monday at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a social media post that that it received a call for a boating accident at the 38-mile marker and an MSHP
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A Fulton man was charged on Friday with multiple counts related to child sex crimes.
According to a Facebook post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, Phillip Likes, 29, was arrested Friday in connection with an alleged sexual assault involving a juvenile that was reported in early March.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former law enforcement officer was charged on Tuesday in Callaway County with a pair of child sex crimes. Paul Robert Winkler, 61, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree child molestation and enticing a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Holts Summit police arrested a man wanted by the U.S. Marshal’s Service following an hours-long standoff on Monday. According to a news release from the Holts Summit Police Department, police established a perimeter in the 300 block of South Summit Drive. The suspect was identified as Damien Rotter, wanted for probation violation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man who was accused of trying to carjack a woman at the Jefferson City airport last month has been charged in federal court. Brian Koch, 28, is accused of trying to pose as a police officer before pulling out a gun and a machete at a woman in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of killing a Fulton State Hospital patient while he was a patient in 2025 was indicted by a Callaway County grand jury on Thursday. Jabril Kanatzar is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault in the death of Christos Karagiannis. An arraignment for the indictment is scheduled for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State regulators on Wednesday approved Ameren Missouri’s plans to build a solar field on conservation land near its nuclear plant in southern Callaway County. The utility applied for a Certificate of Convenience to build and operate the Reform Solar Project last September. The project will be built on land owned by Ameren
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Sunday a car struck the Subway restaurant in Kingdom City and drove off. Sgt. Kyle Green, with MSHP’s Troop F, said no injuries were reported and no one is currently in custody. Green said law enforcement has a vehicle of interest that they are looking
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Two men were seriously hurt in a Callaway County crash Saturday evening.
The crash occurred shortly after 4 p.m. on Old Highway 54, just north of Proper Tee Drive, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) After a deadly car-pedestrian crash Friday afternoon, the Fulton Police Department doesn’t plan to refer charges to the Callaway County prosecutor’s office. Major Dall Hedges told ABC 17 News on Saturday that he couldn’t publicly share why. However, FPD is working to finalize an incident report that can be requested. According to
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man has been charged in Callaway County after he allegedly tried to carjack someone while posing as a police officer on Tuesday. Brian Koch, 28, was charged on Wednesday with carjacking, illegal gun possession, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of illegal use of a weapon, a count
Continue Reading A 66-year-old Fulton woman was seriously hurt in a crash in Callaway County on Saturday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury suggested sentencing a Holts Summit woman convicted of murder to up to decades in prison on Friday. The jury deliberated the sentence of Heather Smith, 38, on a change of venue from Callaway County. She was convicted on five criminal counts on Thursday, including felony murder. Smith was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit woman has been found guilty of felony murder in the 2025 shooting death of 37-year-old Kara Dills. Heather Smith, 38, was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of second-degree murder, known as felony murder. The jury also turned in a guilty verdict for three counts of unlawful use
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