COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The day of the drowning has been corrected from Friday to Saturday. Five people were killed in crashes on state highways, and another person drowned over the Labor Day weekend in Missouri. The five deaths were part of 222 crashes resulting in 204 injuries reported by the Missouri State Highway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Climax Springs man suffered serious injuries after a motorcycle crash in Camden County on Thursday afternoon. According to an online crash report, a 42-year-old man on a Yamaha V Star motorcycle crossed the center line on Bollinger Creek Road north of Crainshaw and hit a minivan head-on. The man on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters with Mid-County Fire Protection District responded to a residential structure fire late Wednesday night. In a post on social media, the agency said crews were called to a mobile home at 10:28 p.m. in the 9900 block of State Route D in Camden County on Wednesday. Crews found the home fully
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 58-year-old woman was crushed by a boat that she was attempting to tie to the dock on the Lake of the Ozarks. The woman is from Junction City, Kansas, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online report. The report states that she was tying up the boat at about 7:14
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly man from Macks Creek was flown to University Hospital on Friday after he was seriously injured in a crash in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred on eastbound Highway 54. A 2002 Chevrolet Silverado was heading east
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services claims someone who contracted a rare brain infection may have been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks. A Wednesday press release from the DHSS says a Missouri resident has a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, which is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Delano, Minnesota woman was injured after getting into an ATV crash in Camden County early Saturday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 19-year-old woman was driving a 2019 Polaris Sportsman on Central Ozarks Road just before 1 a.m. The crash happened as the vehicle overturned–
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with two felonies after he allegedly attacked a youth on Wednesday in Camden County. Kenneth Shumate, 36, of Jefferson City, was charged Thursday in Camden County with first-degree domestic assault and child abuse. He is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. A bond hearing is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were charged in a child abuse case after children were found living in unsanitary conditions on Tuesday, according to court documents. Jonathan Cunningham, 23, of Camdenton, was charged on Wednesday with drug possession and three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A man with ties to Boone County and the Lake of the Ozarks area has a history of repeated run-ins with the law. Alexander E. Nolan, 26, was arrested after a more than two-hour standoff occurred Tuesday night at an Ashland duplex on James Court. According to a Facebook post from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were charged in a prostitution sting in Camden County over the weekend. Justin Merz, 49, of Wenztville, was charged with drug possession and third-degree promoting prostitution. He is being held on a $25,000 bond at the Camden County Jail and a court date has not been scheduled. Christine Clay, 46,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several firefighters had to be treated for heat-related issues at the scene of a house fire in Camdenton on Wednesday, according to a social media post from the Mid-County Fire Protection District. The post says none of the firefighters needed to be brought to a hospital. No additional injuries were reported. Crews
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was flown to University Hospital from the Lake of the Ozarks after she fell from a cliff near the 6 mile-maker, according to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F. Deputy Chief Steve Lucas, of the Osage Beach Fire Protection District, told ABC 17 News
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mid-County Fire Protection District is urging boaters get their boats serviced and to follow proper safety protocols after multiple boat fires have occurred since the end of June. Boating incidents this summer included two boat explosions on June 27 and July 8, and a boat fire on July 13. “We probably
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A ranger for Missouri State Parks was charged Sunday with three child sex crimes. Prosecutors charged Billy G. Stephens III, 34, with child molestation, second-degree statutory sodomy, second-degree statutory rape, witness tampering and evidence tampering. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office began investigating on Saturday after park ranger command staff told them about
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy from Mesquite, Texas, was seriously injured on Piney Point Road, just south of Damascus Road in Camden County Saturday night according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The crash happened around 7:27 p.m. when a 2025 Honda TRX ATV was driving north on Piney Point Road when it
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a man is dead after drowning in the Niangua River at the Lake of the Ozarks. The MSHP Drowning Report says that the victim, a 46 year old man from Deepwater, MO went under and never resurfaced as he was attempting to pull other swimmers
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A burglary suspect from Independence Day weekend was arrested after a more than two-week long search. According to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, Matthew A. Taylor, 39 was arrested Friday after evading law enforcement since Independence Day weekend. The sheriff’s office had asked for the public’s help
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a man killed in a 2023 plane crash in Camden County claims their son died as a result of the pilot acting negligently. A wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday by Gary and Penny Vandiver alleges the pilot of the plane — Hayden Ritchhart, who also died in the crash
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F responded to a boat fire Sunday afternoon at the Lake of the Ozarks. Sgt. Kyle Green with the highway patrol tells ABC 17 News troopers were called around 2:20 in the afternoon to a boat fire at the 10 mile marker of the main channel on
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