COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were brought to an area hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire occurred Tuesday morning at a residence in Osage Beach, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a press release. The district wrote that the fire is under investigation “but it appears that it started in the front
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach Police Department patrol vehicle was totaled after a crash on the Grand Glaize Bridge Friday morning. According to a release from the city, the officer was not in his car as he was helping a semi-truck driver from a separate crash when the second truck crashed into the patrol
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who had been charged with felony murder in a 2021 shooting death of a Lake Ozark bar was sentenced this week to probation after taking a plea deal. Craig B. Hawkins Jr. of Columbia pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree assault in connection with the death of Vonza Watson on May
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a house fire in Linn Creek, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a Monday evening Facebook post. The department wrote that crews were dispatched to the Winterwood Loop area at 3 p.m. The response time was slowed because of icy road conditions, the post says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several power outages were reported near the Lake of the Ozarks late Sunday afternoon. According to the Ameren outage map, more than 3,500 customers were without power. The outages were reported near Osage Beach and the Village of Four Seasons. Ameren officials said there was weather damage around substations and that crews
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 63-year-old Camdenton man was seriously injured in a crash Friday on Highway 7 near Tranquil Woods Road in Camden County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says a 2007 Ford Escape was heading southbound when it went off the right side of the road, hit a traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) School of the Osage has canceled all Thursday night activities and home athletic events after a threat was phone into its middle school, the district wrote in a Thursday afternoon social media post. “Today at 2:58 PM, our middle school received a phoned-in threat to the building. Immediately upon receiving the information
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach nurses pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal drug charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Charles Welch Jr. 65, pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, the release says. He was a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Lake Ozark Anesthesia –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man who was accused of causing a fatal boat crash last year at the Lake of the Ozarks entered an Alford plea on Monday. Bobby Gene Childers, 61, entered an Alford plea for boating while intoxicated – causing the death of another, BWI causing serious physical injury and BWI
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 74-year-old Linn Creek, Missouri, woman went missing and the local sheriff’s office is asking for public help to find her. Carolin M. Barton was last seen Tuesday afternoon at 126 Myers Road in Linn Creek, according to an Endangered Silver Advisory distributed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She has Alzheimer’s,
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old man Sunrise Beach man died in a crash Monday in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Earlier on Monday, the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District posted on its social media that Route F was closed down near Route TT. The crash report
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County detectives on Wednesday found deer bones in a vehicle that was being used for a fire department extrication demonstration, a Thursday press release says. The release says that detectives responded to the Lake Career Technical Center after Mid-County Fire Protection firefighters found bones in a vehicle they were using for
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, man was sentenced to 40 years in prison without parole on Tuesday for child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Robert Norman Kennedy, 41, pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 53-year-old Kaiser woman was seriously injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Route TT, just north of Putt N Bay Drive, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says that the crash occurred when a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer – driven by the woman – was heading south
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man who was accused of driving a school bus while he was drunk is facing more than two dozen more charges. Brett Emehiser was charged with 43 counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. The amended complaint was filed
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who crashed his car in Camden County over the weekend is accused of driving while drunk, according to a pair of reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to a crash report, Jermaine Jackson, 25, of Springfield, Missouri, was seriously injured in a crash on Sunday on Highway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A deputy shot a Camdenton man with a rifle early Friday after going to a call about a dead body, according to a news release. Camdenton police and Camden County deputies were called to 95 Third St., with the caller saying someone at the residence was dead, the release says. Law enforcement
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A couple from Springfield, Missouri, was charged with assault after one of them allegedly hit a child with a car on Tuesday night. Chasimus Quinn, 36, was charged with first-degree assault, illegal gun possession and armed criminal action. Ashley Coleman, 34, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Both
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Editor’s note: This brief was updated on Tuesday to say Ted Lange died from his injuries. The brief was updated after the crash report updated on Tuesday. CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 67-year-old Climax Springs man was killed in a crash on Monday on North Highway 7 in Camden County. According to a Missouri State
Continue Reading OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was charged with multiple felonies after he was accused of driving a vehicle into Osage Beach apartment buildings while he was drunk. John Vest was charged with driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an accident where damage exceeded $1,000. Court documents say Vest was
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