CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Wednesday after he was accused of driving a Ford F250 into a house on Saturday evening while he was drunk. Jason David Williams, 44, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that caused more than $1,000 worth of damage and misdemeanor DWI. He is
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people are running or Camdenton’s Ward 3 Board of Aldermen seat, according to an email from the Camdenton City Clerk. Steve Eden and Don Neuharth are running for the Ward 3 seat in the April 2 election. Aldermen serve two-year terms in Camdenton. The deadline for candidate filing was Tuesday. Ward
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County detectives are believed to have found the remains of Donnie Erwin, who was pronounced missing in December 2013. On Saturday Camden County authorities and cadaver dogs searched the pond where Erwin’s car was found. The lost car was initially discovered on Dec. 16 by a freelance videographer who was looking
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Camden County Sheriff’s deputy and school resource officer is facing child pornography charges. Darrin Skinner, 49, of Camdenton, was charged on Monday with two counts of possessing child pornography and 12 counts of promoting child pornography. He is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. Jail records
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A car belonging to a missing man was found submerged in a pond in Southern Camden County. Camden County Sheriff’s Office found the car Saturday after a tip from a property owner and freelance videographer, according to a news release. The car, a light-colored Hyundai, belonged to Donald L. Erwin, who
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RICHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, woman was killed Wednesday after she was hit by a 2005 Ford F250, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash report states that Margaret Lytell was lying in the roadway on Highway 7 — about 433 feet west of Thomas Street — when she was
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A Camden County fire that burned a mobile home, several vehicles and natural cover around the trailer early Wednesday appears to be accidental.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County woman who was accused of murder in an August overdose death is now in the Camden County Jail. Clarissa Escoffier, 20, of Climax Springs, was charged in November with second-degree murder. She is being held without bond after getting booked into the jail on Monday morning. Escoffier appeared
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cameron man who was accused of assaulting two women in 2021 in Camden County was found guilty of three felonies on Tuesday. Dustin Burkhart, 40, was found guilty of first-degree assault, first-degree burglary and armed criminal action. His sentencing will take place 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9. He was previously
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 46-year-old Fair Grove woman suffered serious injuries Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash in Camden County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred when a 1999 Pontiac Sunfire – driven by Melissa Bowles — was heading northbound on Lowell Williams Road, south of Charlie Creek Road,
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 46-year-old Fair Grove woman suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on Lowell Williams Rd, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report. According to Troopers, Melisa Bowles was driving northbound when her 1999 Pontiac Sunfire crossed the middle of the road and overcorrected. The vehicle
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested following a chase with law enforcement on Wednesday, according to a press release from the Camdenton Police Department. The man was not named in the release, but police say he was brought to the Camden County Jail. Police say in the release that an officer was patrolling on
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A former Camden County prosecutor’s office investigator used his position to intimidate another person in a dispute over damage to a van, court documents say.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man has been charged after he was accused of causing a fatal boat crash in August at the Lake of the Ozarks. Bobby Gene Childers, 60, was charged on Monday with three boating while intoxicated charges: Causing the death of another, causing serious physical injury and causing physical
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man who was charged with stealing more than $25,000 was booked into the Camden County Jail on Thursday. Douglas Miller, 53, is being held at the Camden County Jail on a $70,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to a heavily redacted probable cause statement,
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A Camden County businessman said Monday that he will seek to unseat an incumbent in the Missouri House.
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CAMDEN CO, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle car crash Friday night in Camden County. An online crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol states that Nicolas Sunderman, 18 was driving South on Route 7 at 10:20 p.m. The crash occurred when Sunderman overcorrected after his truck went
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Macks Creek boy suffered serious injuries Friday in Camden County crash on Route Y, about 1,500 feet east of Fawn Meadows Drive, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.. The teenager was not named in the report. The crash occurred as the teenager was heading east with
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The jury trial for a Jefferson City man accused of a 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at Lazy Gators has been moved back to September Chad Tariq Brewer, 31, was charged with first-degree murder, delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Monday announced its first “Grown Your Own” grants aimed at recruiting teachers to area schools, according to a DESE press release. There were 125 local education agencies awards were awarded one-time $10,000 grants, according to the release. DESE set around $2.5 million in its
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