FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Indiana woman who pleaded guilty in October to hindering the prosecution in a murder has been sentenced. Emily Ricketts, 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison and was given credit for six months served. According to previous reporting, she was previously charged in 2019 with accessory
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Suspended Callaway County sheriff Clay Chism continues to collect pay from the county weeks after admitting to driving while intoxicated.
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A Holts Summit man suffered serious injuries in a crash Tuesday night during a vehicle pursuit with a Callaway County deputy, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department will be on the lookout for drunk drivers on this New Year’s Eve. ABC 17 was able to do a ride along with Jefferson City Police Officer Jeff Skinner, and he said officers will have a little bit higher awareness due to the holidays. Officer Skinner
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Another $7.9 million in ARPA funding was awarded on Friday, according to a press release from the Department of Economic Development. The release states grants will be awarded to 14 projects to construct new towers that provide quality cellular service and greater 911 connectivity to high-cost areas. This is the second round of funding.
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Two former Columbia Police Department officers who resigned amid blowback from a video showing a violent confrontation outside a downtown bar have been hired in Callaway County.
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The Fulton Police Department is giving city residents the option to register in a community camera program that authorities say could help solve property crimes.
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Deputies arrested a hotel owner and employees on felony charges related to alleged drug sales at their business.
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man was charged with four felonies after he allegedly threatened to burn down a home and tried to hit a woman with his Jeep. Keith Findley, 58, was charged with first-degree harassment, first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. He is being held at the Callaway
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Courtney Doyle is the City of Fulton’s new director of administration, according to a Wednesday press release from the city. The release states that Doyle was appointed to the position by the Fulton City Council during Tuesday night’s council meeting. Doyle was named the interim director in July after Renee Tyler was fired
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were arrested and charged following a chase with Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies on Sunday. Dontay Lonell Williams, 18, of Springfield, Illinois, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, resisting arrest by fleeing, leaving the scene of an accident while cause $1,000 worth of property damage and two
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has accepted the guilty plea from former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism, according to an email from the Randolph County prosecutor. Chism had pleaded guilty on Thursday to misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. He was previously charged with DWI and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation.
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Former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism pleaded guilty Thursday in his Randolph County DWI and resisting arrest case, according to online court records.
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A man convicted in 2008 of the murders of a New Bloomfield couple is set to be executed in April.
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces multiple sodomy charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Friday in Holts Summit. Curtis Koelling, 59, was charged on Saturday with first-degree sodomy and two counts of second-degree sodomy. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A hearing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation on Friday set the dates for the state’s deer and turkey hunting seasons through January 2025, according to a press release from the MDC. The dates can be found below: 2024 Spring and Fall Turkey Hunting Dates Spring Youth Portion: April 6-7Regular Spring Turkey Season: April
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged with several felonies on Friday after he allegedly admitted to drugging his wife. Kevin Bentley, 57, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, stealing, delivery of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, drug possession and misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the probable cause statement,
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Candidates could officially put their names in for local elections starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Filing in most places will continue during regular business hours for the city or county government building until 5 p.m. Dec. 26.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A grand jury indictment was filed on Monday for a Holts Summit man accused of multiple child sex crimes. Dennis Wayne Gallatin, 72, was charged with two counts of statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 12 years old and tampering with a witness. He is being held at the Callaway County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mid-Missouri man was charged on Wednesday with possessing child pornography. Kelvin Maurice Powell Jr., 34, is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. He was first booked into the Callaway County Jail at 5:26 p.m. Wednesday, and was brought to the Boone County Jail at 10:27 a.m. Thursday, according
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