FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County woman is now in a state mental hospital after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2020 murder case. Callaway County prosecutor Chris Wilson said Lola Crews made the plea on April 26 and effectively ends the case. Wilson said that two mental evaluations found that Crews
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was arrested Monday afternoon after a vehicle chase ended at the south Fulton city limit. According to a Facebook post by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department, deputies located a stolen BMW from Osage County on US Highway 54 near New Bloomfield when the chase started. The chase ended at the
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) A MoDOT Central District tweet is saying urgent repairs will begin at 6:30 Thursday night on eastbound Route 54 lanes near Summit Drive. MoDOT officials say the repairs are caused by pavement “blow-ups”. A pavement blow-up occurs when the roadway surface expands at a crack or joint where moisture has seeped
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton City Council approved a $3.4 million dollar loan agreement with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. This is to finance a large hike in gas prices after an increase in rates from February 10th through the 20th of this year. The Fulton mayor said in February the city has had
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcycle driver was seriously injured Sunday afternoon after a two-vehicle wreck on Interstate 70 near mile marker 148.6 in Callaway County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Terry Shipley drove a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle and passed motorists on the right shoulder. Shipley then veered left to avoid
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has approved two one-year contracts that will provide guardrail and downed median guard cable repairs in several mid-Missouri counties. The first contract entails repairs in various locations as needed in Camden, Maries and Miller Counties. The second contract will be for repairs along various routes
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation contractors will will begin next Tuesday making pavement upgrades along westbound Interstate 70. Officials say the work is scheduled to switch from the eastbound lanes of I-70 to the westbound lanes Tuesday evening. Crews will be working from Kingdom City to the Boone/Callaway County line. Crews will
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people are dead and one person is recovering after a medical emergency call to the 7000 block of Kenny Drive, just south of Fulton. Officials report the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, however the investigation is ongoing. Officials report EMS personnel found two adults dead and a third adult
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is seriously injured after a wreck on Interstate 70 at mile marker 163, two miles east of Williamsburg Wednesday morning just before 7 a.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report shows Princeston Little was driving west in a 2013 Dodge Durango when it slid off the roadway,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man was seriously injured Thursday morning after a wreck in Callaway County on the 12300 block of Renz Farm road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Ryan Luebbert was driving a 2008 BMW 3 series that traveled off the right side of Renz Farm road
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Prosecutors charged Tori Taylor, 25, on Wednesday with tampering with a motor vehicle. Taylor is accused of borrowing a man’s car on April 21 and not returning the vehicle, according to a probable cause statement. The man reported the vehicle stolen on April 24, according to the document.
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A tire came off a tractor-trailer and hit another semi, causing a crash that shut down eastbound Interstate 70 early Thursday in Callaway County.
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A woman who police believed may have been the victim of a kidnapping in Fulton, Missouri, has been arrested in Illinois.
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TEBBETTS, MO (KMIZ) Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is planning to move to a new area after January vandalism, MFA Oil Company donated 3 acres for the church’s relocation efforts. Oakley Chapel was vandalized in January, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department arrested five teenagers earlier this year for allegedly breaking in and damaging the
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Police said Dacota Pierson, 22, of Fulton, and Clayton Duniphan, 17, of Columbia, have both been arrested for second-degree burglary and receiving stolen property.
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody after a morning manhunt in Callaway County in the area of Route HH and County Road 202. Local law enforcement received a suspicious person call in the area after the same person reportedly fled the scene of an overnight disturbance investigated by deputies near Fulton. A
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Police Chief Steve Myers says the investigation into Tori Taylor’s disappearance is still active. The department believes Taylor is still alive and in the mid-Missouri area. Taylor reportedly borrowed a car from a friend who lives in Fulton on April 21st but never returned the car. Several days later, a witness
Continue Reading According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, work to improve pavement will take place on I-70 over the next several months.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has approved several projects along Interstate 70 in Boone and Callaway County. One project approved by MHTC is the replacement of the Interstate 70 Outer Road bridge over Little Cedar Creek in Boone County. The current bridge, located between Boone County Route Z and North
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation contractors will be making pavement upgrades along Interstate 70 in Callaway County over the next several months beginning Wednesday. Crews will begin with eastbound lanes going from the Boone/Callaway County line and to Kingdom City. The overall project will include resurfacing the lanes and ramps between Kingdom
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