LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation has completed improvements to the Highway 54 Lake of the Ozarks interchange after 18 months’ worth of work. “The completion of this work is a milestone moment for safe travel through the Lake of the Ozarks Region,” said Central Area Engineer Robert Lynch. “With the completion
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks after jumping off a cliff Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report, 41-year-old Thomas Painter from Bosworth, Missouri, jumped off a cliff approximately 125 feet in the air. Painter did not come up once he hit
Continue Reading One Wisconsin man was life flighted to University Hospital in Columbia following a boat crash at The Lake of The Ozarks.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iowa man drowned Wednesday night after trying to get off a boat in the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozark. According to the drowning report, Chris Oliver was getting off a docked boat when he fell into the water and didn’t resurface. This is the Missouri State
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iowa man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks on Tuesday night at the 3.7-mile marker of the Grand Glaize Arm. Chris Oliver, 50, of Indianola, Iowa, fell into the water and did not resurface as he was trying to step onto the dock from a boat, according
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The School of the Osage says it will cooperate with law enforcement after its former school resource officer was charged. Prosecutors charged Jenna Jackson for allegedly sending nude photos of herself to a student and having a sexual relationship. The school district put out a statement today saying it first learned
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A former School of the Osage school resource officer is facing multiple charges after allegedly having a relationship with a student from Dec. 2019 to March 2020. Jenna Jackson, of Osage Beach, is charged with having sexual contact with a student and sending a nude picture to a student. According to
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) One person has died and four others were injured after a carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday night on a boat that was at the Lake of the Ozarks near Big Niangua Tonka Springs Cove. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report states Steven Sutton, 66, of St. Charles died after a leak inside
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Troopers are investigating after a Warrensburg man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks. It happened Sunday night in the Darby Hollow Cove of the Osage arm. Troopers say 32-year-old Kegri Ilu died after he slipped on a dock and fell into the lake. He died at the scene just before
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According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report, Kegri Ilu was walking on a dock in the Darby Hollow Cove when he slipped and fell into the water.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri man was seriously injured in a Camden County crash Saturday just before 9 p.m. Thomas Montgomery, 22 of Preston, was traveling westbound on US Highway 54 when he failed to navigate a curve. Montgomery then crossed the center line, and traveled off the left side of the road. He
Continue Reading One woman is in serious condition after falling off a dock and striking her head at The Lake of The Ozarks.
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man’s body was recovered Tuesday afternoon after he went missing in the Lake of the Ozarks Sunday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s drowning report, James Jensen, 55, was last seen Sunday and his body was found floating Tuesday. According to the report, this is the second
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Kenneth Rybolt, 26, of Columbia, is charged in Camden County with burglary, vehicle theft, property damage and stealing and in Miller County with first-degree assault and resisting arrest.
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Divers were searching at the 20-mile marker of the lake’s main channel near Osage Beach.
Continue Reading A fatal crash involving three people occurred on Sunday at Turn Bridge Lane in Camden County at 6:50 p.m.
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The Camden County Sheriff’s Office is seeking charges against a man after he disrupted the voting process at multiple locations Tuesday.
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Camden, Cole and Callaway Counties all held special elections Tuesday, allowing voters to decide on various tax increases throughout the districts.
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas man went missing Saturday night at the Shady Gators Bar and Grill and his body was found two days later according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the drowning incident report, Cornelious Anderson, 20, of Elwood, KS. was last seen entering the water by contracted security at
Continue Reading CAMDEN, Co. (KMIZ) Multiple people were injured in a boat explosion at the Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday afternoon. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, a boat with four people onboard experienced a mechanical failure in the engine compartment which caused an explosion. The three women on board, 21-year-old Logan Waldow, 22-year-old Grace Wright,
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