COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman was seriously injured while four youths had minor injuries in a Friday morning crash in Miller County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on Highway 42, east of Highway 134, the report says. The report says a 17-year-old Osage Beach girl
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen is reviewing a bill that would allow the creation of entertainment districts. The bill would create procedures to apply for a special license for an entertainment district and set out regulations. Osage Beach Mayor Richard Ross told ABC 17 News that the bill would
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Zach Williams, 23, was killed in a hit-and-run crash near Camdenton over Labor Day weekend on Sunday, Sept. 6. His cousin, Kelsey Trower, is asking anyone with information to contact investigators. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a vehicle struck a pedestrian on westbound U.S. Highway 54 near Cedar Heights Drive,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old Osage Beach man was seriously hurt during a crash in Camden County just before 1 a.m. Monday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on Storm Cove Dr. at Dennison Dr. The man was driving a 2022 Jeep Cherokee west when the car went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a toddler who was found dead in the Lake of the Ozarks in March 2025 filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday. The lawsuit names as defendants various directors or employees of the Missouri Department of Social Services, Missouri Children’s Division, Camden County Juvenile Office and Camden County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old Kansas City man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 5:13 p.m. at the intersection of Route MM and Shawnee Four Drive. The man was driving a 2007 Harley-Davidson CVO Softail Springer eastbound on Route MM when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas woman has died after she was involved in a motorcycle crash in Osage Beach on Thursday. A 55-year-old passenger died at the hospital, according to Osage Beach Police Department Lt. Michael O’Day Friday morning. The woman was one of three people involved in a crash on Highway 54 near Key
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were more than 2,600 electricity customers without power on Wednesday in Camden County after storms went through the area. Roughly 15 reports of outages were called in by Ameren customers mostly along Highway 54. There were 1,005 Ameren customers affected. Most of those outages were reported after 5 p.m. with restoration
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Vernon County man died Sunday morning after he was hit by a vehicle in Camden County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash was reported around midnight on westbound Highway 54 at Cedar Heights Drive just west of Camdenton and the Niangua Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 64-year-old man from Pleasant Hill was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday on Willow Creek Road in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man rode his 2008 Harley Davison FLHTC northbound and the bike started to skid on a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man described as a marijuana supplier for the Gathering of the Juggalos remained behind bars on Thursday after a bond hearing earlier this week. Kevin “Bluntman” Jones, 45, of Eastonm Pennsylvania, is charged in Camden County with first-degree drug trafficking. A bond hearing was held on Tuesday and he was denied
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old Kaiser woman was seriously hurt during a crash in Camden County just before 7 p.m. Monday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the woman was driving a 2008 Honda Element south on Highway D at Locust Road. The report says she was speeding down the curvy road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 64-year-old St. Charles man was killed during a crash in Camden County just after 3:15 p.m. Sunday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2018 Ford F250 east on US 54 near Route A when the truck went off the right side of the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men who were charged with felonies for having hundreds of pounds of drugs while heading to the Gathering of the Juggalos in Macks Creek appeared in court on Friday. Kevin “Bluntman” Jones, 45, of Easton, Pennsylvania, was charged earlier this week with first-degree drug trafficking and delivery of a controlled substance.
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MACKS CREEK, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency responders across Camden County are staging resources as thousands of attendees arrived for the annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival on Wednesday. The four-day event, hosted by the rap group Insane Clown Posse, runs through Saturday at Mother Nature’s Riverfront Retreat. Officials expect total attendance to reach 10,000 people throughout
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The spelling of Pradhan’s name has been corrected. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that deputies have seized hundreds of pounds of drugs from people associated with the Gathering of the Juggalos festival at Macks Creek. The busts were made in partnership with the Mid-Missouri Drug Task Force, the
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County has opened its first Safe Haven baby box outside of the Mid County Fire Protection District station in Camdenton. Community members and first responders gathered Wednesday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially unveil the safety box and conduct a final inspection of its alert system. The box allows parents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a man on Monday who was described as a marijuana supplier for The Gathering of the Juggalos for 20 years. Kevin Jones, 45, of Bearre Easton, Pennsylvania, was charged in Camden County on Tuesday with first-degree drug trafficking and delivery of a controlled substance. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some people in Camden County this week may notice a bit more Faygo and face paint. The annual Gathering of the Juggalos will be held from Wednesday through Saturday at Mother Nature’s Riverfront Retreat in Macks Creek. The ticket processing lot will be located at 1776 Bar and Grill, according to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 75-year-old Camdenton man was seriously hurt in a crash in Camden County at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2021 BMW R9T motorcycle on Resort Road, south of Barnes Hollow Dr., when he crossed the center line and hit a
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