COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A body was found after several agencies were called to investigate a possible drowning at a Fulton park on Thursday. Police Chief Bill Ladwig said rescuers were looking for someone in Morningside Lake. Ladwig said a 911 caller reported seeing someone in the water yelling for help around 10 a.m. Tuesday. “A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors after she allegedly bit two Jefferson City police officers while she was being detained after a road-rage incident. Bridgett Tallent, 36, of Jefferson City, was charged on Monday in Callaway County with second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree assault and one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Interstate 70 on-ramp reopened at about 11 a.m. Monday after it was closed for a tractor-trailer crash. The North Callaway Fire District posted on social media that the eastbound on-ramp at the Hatton exit at mile marker 144 was closed for a couple of hours after the crash. A photograph showed
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fayette community held a balloon release Saturday at Paige-Liberty Park to honor Zyairah Barney, a seventh grader at Fayette R-3’s Clark Middle School who died by suicide. Family members said Barney, who was biracial, had been dealing with ongoing bullying, which they claim was rooted in racism. Now, they are mourning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency crews in Fulton are asking residents to avoid the area around a commercial recycling center after a fire. The business, David’s Recycling, is a local car recycling and scrap yard. It buys old cars and sells the steel and parts. The City of Fulton shared on social media, alerting residents to
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) People who live in the eastern and southeastern portions of Callaway County typically have to wait longer to receive an ambulance, according to new data. According to a social media post from Callaway County Emergency Medical Services, a consulting company created map showing projected response times. The map depicts response times
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three former schools in Mid-Missouri are expected to see their classrooms filled again through adaptive reuse projects that focus on restoring historic buildings for new uses, specifically housing. “I love old buildings,” said Sandy Hisle, co-owner of Marshall Tower Realty. “New construction is beautiful, and it’s super energy efficient and all of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 2-year-old who was reported missing from a babysitter’s home Friday afternoon in Callaway County was found playing nearby, the sheriff’s office said. The child was reported missing at about 2:15 p.m. from an address on County Road 326 near Fulton, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit woman charged with a slew of felonies, including murder, for a shooting outside an apartment building will not go to trial this week. Heather Smith’s trial on child endangerment, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and second-degree murder charges had been scheduled to start Friday, but was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people suffered serious injuries when their crossover SUV went off the road and rolled several times on Highway 54 on Wednesday afternoon. The 2025 Nissan Rogue was traveling eastbound at Route AA in Callaway County when it went off the road, went airborne after hitting an embankment, and rolled several times
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple customers are without power Wednesday morning, following overnight storms in Mid-Missouri. According to the statewide outage map from the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Benton County has the most outages with 795 customers without power as of 7:53 a.m. Wednesday. After Boone County customers had their power restored just before 5
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was injured Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Callaway County after a teenage driver fell asleep at the wheel, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred in the eastbound lane around the 153-mile marker. The 16-year-old
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Kehoe made opening remarks at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on Friday for the 80th anniversary of the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s speech “The Sinews of Peace.” “He [Churchill] warned of an Iron Curtain descending across Europe, but he also called for something far greater: unity among free
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County sex offender who was charged last month with a slew of child sex crimes is facing more charges. Bradford Beck, 51, was charged on Wednesday with second-degree child molestation, first-degree sodomy and first-degree rape. He was charged last month with four counts of child molestation, three counts of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After more than a year of searching, William Woods University has announced its next president. Sarah Wisdom was announced on Wednesday as the university’s 14th president in a joint release. She currently works as the Superintendent of New Bloomfield R-III. The New Bloomfield Board of Education has accepted her resignation as superintendent,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) About 200 acres of woodland caught fire in Callaway County on Sunday afternoon, according to a Monday social media post from South Callaway Fire Protection District. The fire was first reported at 1:05 p.m. Sunday near Route D and the fire was contained by 3:45 p.m., the post says. No buildings were
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Holts Summit voters may have the option to approve an $8 millon bond for the Holts Summit Fire Protection District during the April 2026 election.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Public Library in Fulton will close for about 90 days beginning on March 30 as repairs are made to the building, Daniel Boone Regional Library announced in a Thursday press release. Contractors will be replacing the building’s HVAC system. A temporary location will open at 1855 North Bluff St.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The city clerk of a Callaway County town has resigned. John Joyce put in for his resignation on Feb. 6 and his last day as city clerk was Friday. First Ward Alderwoman Katie Lawrence was named the acting city clerk. The city declined to provide Joyce’s resignation letter. City attorney Nathan Nickolaus
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been updated to note that Dr. Lisa Thomas is a former House member. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The August Republican primary in Missouri’s Sixth Senate District is a crowded field after just the opening day of filing. Filing for the August primary opened Tuesday, including the seat that represents Cole,
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