Former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism testified before the state’s public safety director Monday in a hearing to decide the future of his peace officer’s license.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Democratic Party in Missouri has released its full list of in-person polling locations for the 2024 presidential primary. The Missouri Legislature in 2022 designated a new party-run voting system for the presidential primary. Republicans switched to a caucus system, which was held on Saturday. Democratic voters can request a mail-in ballot
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The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday released the name of a man killed in a weekend shooting in Steedman.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 100 Ameren customers in Callaway County were experiencing a power outage on Monday night. According to Ameren’s outage map, 128 customers in Callaway County lost power. There were 27 outages reported in Camden County and another eight in Miller County at each outage’s peak. At 10:35 p.m., Camden County was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple fires were reported this weekend around Mid-Missouri More than 60 acres caught fire Sunday in Auxvasse, according to a social media post from the North Callaway Fire Protection District. Four other departments were called in for help. According to the Montgomery County Fire Protection District, someone was burning trash when the
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – One person died after a shooting in southern Callaway County on Saturday morning. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that its deputies were dispatched to the 8000 block of State Road CC outside of Steedman at 1:41 a.m. The post said an employee of a business shot a
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Fulton High School will begin offering a course next year for students interested in firefighting as a career.
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MOKANE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mokane couple has been charged after they were accused of stealing money from an elderly man by forging checks and fraudulently using gas cards from a nursing home. Eric Glenn Hollowell, 54, was charged with two counts of identity theft, two counts of forgery, two counts of stealing more than $750
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The Fulton City Council is set to vote on an agreement to acquire cameras to identify vehicles connected with crime reports.
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The state’s public safety director will soon decide whether to punish suspended Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism for a series of incidents involving Chism drinking alcohol on and off the clock.
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo (KMIZ) Monday, the Missouri Department of Transportation will begin renovating the Callaway County Route BB bridge northwest of Tebbets for the Bridge Deck Replacement Project. Although the bridge, constructed in 1968, maintains a robust base, the deterioration of the deck necessitates this temporary shutdown. The closure is anticipated to significantly impact daily
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 74,000 AT&T customers across the nation reported being without service Thursday morning after the company’s network went down, according to reporting from CNN. For many iPhone users, the word “SOS” appeared in the top right corner of phone screens, where the device’s cell signal is typically located. The word indicates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals will be hearing oral arguments for cases for a couple of days next month at area colleges. Four cases each day will be heard, with the first being 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12 at the University of Missouri School of Law and the second at
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged after authorities said he drunkenly shot at a bar early Wednesday. Christopher Bergesch, 32, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set.
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with 12 felonies after he was accused of mutilating a dog in a “sacrifice” and raping a woman in Holts Summit. Elijah Paul Juarez, 23, is being held without bond at the Callaway County Jail. He was charged with: Two counts of first-degree sodomy First-degree kidnapping
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A man scheduled to die in April for the killing of his cousins in New Bloomfield is seeking a stay, arguing that Missouri’s lethal injection method would violate his religious beliefs and be unnecessarily painful.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 43-year-old Dixon woman suffered serious injuries Saturday in a crash in the westbound lanes of Highway 54 at Route D, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred when a 2011 Ford Taurus – driven by Tiffany Steen – was driving south on Route
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged with two child pornography charges after authorities said he uploaded multiple videos to the social media application Kik. Paul Daniel Randolph, 31, was charged with possession of child pornography and first-degree promoting child pornography. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond, according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kirksville man who was accused in a 2022 fatal shooting at a Moser’s parking lot on North Keene Street in Columbia pleaded guilty to two felonies on Monday. Joshua Dudley, 24, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and first-degree attempted robbery, according to an email from Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson. He
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man and a Florence woman were both sentenced in federal court on Friday for drug crimes, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Matthew Gunnar White, 32, and Krista Huddleston, 30, were sentenced in separate court appearances, the release states. White was sentenced to 15 years
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