COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are looking for a “vehicle of interest” in relation to a Fulton teenager’s death, Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig told ABC 17 News on Tuesday. Police wrote on Monday that Mason Sheets, 17, was found on Sunday night with gunshot wounds in a vehicle near South Business 54 and Commons Drive.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a Fulton man who was killed after an October shooting is increasing the incentive for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect. The Fulton Police Department announced in a Friday press release that Dominique Ford’s grandfather spoke with them to raise the amount of money for a
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Cpl. Justin Bax has returned to full-duty status 94 days after being shot during a traffic stop.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The total number of deer harvested during the 2024-25 hunting season dropped 15% from the year before, the Missouri Department of Conservation wrote in a Thursday press release. The season ended on Wednesday. There were 276,262 deer harvested this season compared to 326,448 during the 2023-24 season, the release says. This year’s
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An Associate Circuit Judge has been appointed to handle a child sex crimes case involving Joshua Jungermann, a relative of a Callaway County commissioner, after the previous judge was taken off the case due to a conflict.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A new center that its creators say will support displaced foster care youth and at-risk children will take over the hospital in Fulton that has been vacant since 2022. According to a release, Cornerstone Treatment Center is taking over the hospital. More than 400,000 children in the U.S. are in foster care.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton State Hospital patient who is accused of killing another patient last week was booked into the Callaway County Jail on Tuesday morning. Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He was booked into the jail at 8 a.m. and an initial court appearance was scheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A warrant was issued on Monday for a man accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital last week. Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. Fulton police wrote in a press release last week that he is “in a secure facility being held with no
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital earlier this week, the Fulton Police Department wrote in a Friday evening press release. Police wrote that Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is accused of killing another patient following an assault that occurred on Monday. Police wrote that they were called
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged in Callaway County with several child pornography charges. Joshua Jungermann, 38, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor child, first-degree promoting child pornography, child porn possession and five counts of first-degree promoting obscenity. An address was not listed in court records. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Winter weather is entering Mid-Missouri on Thursday evening and Friday morning and area schools are being impacted once again. Columbia Public Schools will be closed Friday. CPS had multiple days out earlier this week because of road conditions from this past weekend’s storm. Students are asked to focus on “alternative methods of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A patient at Fulton State Hospital died following an incident that occurred with another patient on Monday, a Missouri Department of Mental Health spokesperson wrote in an email. Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig wrote in an email to ABC 17 News that the incident is being investigated as a homicide. Police referred
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina man suffered serious injuries in a crash early Thursday on Interstate 70 in Callaway County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 25-year-old man was driving eastbound at the 139.2-mile marker at about 1:45 a.m. His 2015 Honda Accord went off the right side of the road, rolled and
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View a full list of area closures and delays on our closings on our website. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road conditions from this weekend’s winter storm have caused more delays and closures in Mid-Missouri. The Jefferson City School District shared on its social media that it would have a two-hour late start on Thursday. The school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Public safety offices across the Show Me State warned residents to stay off the roads Saturday. “If the precipitation hasn’t started in your area, it’s coming, and conditions will change quickly,” the Missouri Department of Transportation said in a social media post. The department’s traveler information map showed snow and ice covered
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor for allegedly impersonating a U.S. marshal and felonies for a drug crime and resisting arrest. John P. Wallace, 56, was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer and fourth-degree assault — both misdemeanors — along with attempting to steal drugs and resisting arrest,
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County’s top prosecutor and local police are yet to release the name of a man accused of impersonating a federal officer and engaging in a standoff with authorities Tuesday. Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney Sandra Colhour told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that she would not disclose the suspect’s name. Fulton police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was charged with four counts of possessing child pornography in Callaway County. Ryan Joele Gamble, 43, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Callaway County Courthouse. According to the probable cause statement, a child
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A 70-year-old Fulton man who was charged with first-degree child molestation is in custody. Charles Woodrow Easley was charged on Friday with molesting a child in 2018, according to court filings. He was booked into the Callaway County Jail at 3:10 p.m. Friday and is being held without bond. An initial court
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