COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Commission has declared a state of emergency after roughly 30 buildings “were either damaged or destroyed,” according to a Friday night Facebook post from the county’s office of emergency management. “The EOC was activated, Road & Bridge provided heavy equipment and the Sheriff’s Department provided intelligence and reconnaissance for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a Wednesday night building fire in Holts Summit, the Holts Summit Fire Protection District wrote in a Thursday afternoon press release. A large utility building – in the 12000 block of Callaway County Road 391 — was engulfed in flames when units arrived at 8:35 p.m., the
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – At least four fire agencies responded to a fire Wednesday night in southern Callaway County. Captain Josh Lippincott with South Callaway Fire Protection District told ABC 17 News in an email his department was helping with the call on the 12000 block of County Road 391. Holts Summit Fire Protection
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly man was found dead Monday afternoon in Callaway County, according to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. The post states that Callaway County Joint Communications was called at 2:52 p.m. for a possible unattended fire in the 1000 block of County Road 1027. The North Callaway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men from New York have been charged with felonies after they were accused of stealing $250,000 in cash from an elderly Callaway County couple last year. Kezhong Xie, of Staten Island, New York, and Xiaolin Zheng, of Brooklyn, New York, were each charged on Monday in Callaway County with stealing more
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a letter to the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk on Thursday calling for an immediate investigation into federal funding for the Grain Belt Express project. The project proposes constructing massive transmission lines across Missouri to transport wind-generated energy from Kansas to other states.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County deputy shot during an October 2024 traffic stop is back in the office. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office wrote Monday in a social media post that Deputy Gardner Pottorff returned to the job. Pottorff was one of two deputies shot during the Oct. 14 stop. Cpl. Justin Bax was
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old Mokane man was killed Saturday morning after being hit by a minivan in Callaway County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was walking on Route C at Thornhill Drive at 11:48 a.m. when a 2017 Dodge Caravan driven by a 33-year-old man from Mokane
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The father of a 3-year-old girl who died in a crash earlier this month in Holts Summit has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the girl’s mother, the mother’s boyfriend and the girl’s grandmother. The lawyer for Coby Durham filed a petition in Callaway County on Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges that Jessie
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man has been charged with four felonies and a misdemeanor in Callaway County after he allegedly sexually assaulted and stalked a woman. Owen Gray, 29, was charged on Tuesday with misdemeanor second-degree stalking, second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy, child porn possession and first-degree property damage. He is being held at the
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Editor’s note: More information was added to this article following additional information being shared by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were arrested at a home about 60 feet away from North Callaway Middle School on Thursday. two of the people were charged with felonies. Lamont Dyer, 36, of Mexico, Missouri,
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Two people suffered minor injuries in the crash.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A gun dealer in Fulton pleaded guilty to 16 criminal charges on Tuesday. Michael Mullet, 39, of Fulton, pleaded guilty to four counts of forgery, one count of misdemeanor fraudulent use of a credit card, three counts of felony identity theft, one count of misdemeanor identity theft, one count of fraudulent purchase
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is accused of stealing numerous firearms and firearm parts from his neighbor in Callaway County, according to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. Joseph Underwood, 33 was arrested on Feb. 6. He’s being held in the Callaway County jail on multiple charges including unlawful possession
Continue Reading A Macon, Missouri man is grieving the loss of his daughter Trinity who was killed when a car rolled on a snowy Highway 54 exit ramp in Holts Summit Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been updated for a man accused of several child sex crimes in Callaway County following a grand jury indictment that was filed on Tuesday. Memphis Raines Dils, 23, of Holts Summit, was charged with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree statutory sodomy, tampering with a witness,
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Editor’s note: A detail originally in the MSHP crash report has been updated in this story. HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Wednesday that a 3-year-old girl was killed when a car rolled on a snowy Highway 54 exit ramp in Holts Summit. The crash at about 7 a.m. at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Monday in Callaway County with second-degree rape. Robert Lee Frasher Jr., 35, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Callaway County Courthouse. The probable cause statement says the victim told deputies
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit woman saved a dog on Thursday before getting pulled to safety. The Holts Summit Police Department wrote in a Thursday social media post that an officer and an animal control officer were called after a dog fell through ice at a lake near Dogwood Drive and Summertree Lane. Police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mental examination was ordered on Tuesday for a Fulton State Hospital patient who is accused of killing another patient at the facility. Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault in the death of Christos Karagiannis. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond.
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