COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will be held on Saturday, April 26. A press release from the Jefferson City Police Department says the DEA will collect tablets, capsule, patches and other forms of solid prescription drugs that day. A drop-off location will be available from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was charged with several child sex crimes after he was accused of raping a teenager for several years. Jacob Brush, 38, was charged Friday in Callaway County with first-degree statutory rape, first-degree rape and second-degree statutory rape. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Monday that Brush is in
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two senior citizens were injured – one seriously – in a crash Thursday night on Highway 63, near the Boone-Callaway County line, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says that a 2013 Nissan Quest was heading southbound in the passing lane just north of County Road 399
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe requested that President Donald Trump approve a major disaster declaration to give federal assistance for storms that caused significant damage in Missouri counties on March 14 and 15. A Wednesday release from the governor’s office say that Kehoe is requesting FEMA individual assistance for 25 counties, including: Bollinger, Butler,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A child suffered minor injuries from burns in a residential fire Monday evening in Fulton, according to a press release from the Fulton Fire Department. The fire occurred after 6 p.m. in the 1000 block of Cote Sans Dessein Road. Crews saw black smoke coming from the garage, the release says. The
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Holts Summit Police Department is investigating a death on Highway 54 between the Simon Boulevard and Center Street overpasses, according to a social media post from the city. The post stated the driving lane of Highway 54 heading towards Jefferson City was shut down while officers investigated. A city spokesperson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A scheduled lane closure on Interstate 70 in Kingdom City that was supposed to occur this weekend has been moved, a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation says. The closure will now begin at 7 p.m. Friday, April 4 and last through 6 a.m. Sunday, April 6. Crews are
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The alleged driver who led law enforcement on a car chase last week in Callaway County was arrested Wednesday in Jefferson City, the county sheriff’s office said. Dillion Johnson, 33, of Jefferson City, was arrested a little after 5 p.m. Wednesday after a foot chase in Jefferson City, according to a
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lane closure on Interstate 70 in Kingdom City will occur this weekend, according a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Crews are continuing to remove the railroad bridge just west of Highway 54, the release says. One lane of the east- and westbound lanes near the exit will
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has identified the passenger who was arrested in an alleged stolen vehicle chase. Callaway County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Crystal Kent told ABC 17 News that Orion Kenneth Mullins, 31, was arrested in a home in Fulton on Sunday. Mullins is charged with misdemeanor second-degree tampering with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old man and two juveniles were accused of breaking into a trailer at North Callaway Middle School on Thursday night. Taylor Dale Harold Killian, of Centralia, was charged with three counts of second-degree burglary, one count of misdemeanor second-degree property damage and two counts of misdemeanor stealing. He is being held
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office identified the man allegedly involved in a vehicle pursuit Saturday. According to a Sunday press release, deputies identified Dillion Johnson, 33, of Jefferson City as the driver of the stolen vehicle. A felony no bond warrant has been issued for his arrest. The Callaway County Sheriff’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office announced in a Thursday press release that FEMA will participate in preliminary damage assessment for storms that rolled through Missouri last week. Kehoe’s office asked FEMA to join the assessment on Monday. Joint PDA teams are made up of representatives from FEMA, SEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A New Bloomfield man was charged with first-degree child molestation on Monday. Benjamin Speaks, 19, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The probable cause statement says the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office was given a report on Feb. 28
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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
Continue Reading 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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