Missing Osage Beach woman found
Joyce D. Leathers was last seen late Monday when she went to bed, police said in a news release. She was missing by the time someone checked on her at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
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Illinois man dies at Lake of the Ozarks
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Stephen Jones, 51, of Peoria, Illinois, jumped into the lake off a diving board in an unnamed cove at the 17.6 mile mark Sunday evening and didn’t come back up. The Camden County coroner pronounced him dead about two hours later.
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Man flown to University Hospital after motorcycle crash in Camden County
One man was flown to the hospital after Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers say he failed to negotiate a turn, traveled off the left side of the road and overturned.
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Continue Reading Illinois man dies in Osage Beach crash
Donald Leffler of Warsaw, Illinois, tried to exit onto Key Largo from Highway 54 on his Harley-Davidson Trike when he went off the road and hit an electrical box, the Osage Beach Police Department said in a news release. Leffler was thrown from the Trike and pronounced dead at Lake Regional Hospital, police said.
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MSHP readies extra troopers ahead of Lake of the Ozarks Bikefest
Osage Beach, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it will have additional staff in the lake area for increased traffic ahead of Bikefest. The five-day event will take place from Wednesday to Sunday. The Bagnell Dam will be closed for MoDOT repairs this year, but Bagnell Dam Strip businesses will remain open. Heather
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Parents file wrongful death lawsuit against three men after son drowns
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a man that drowned in August in Morgan County have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against three men. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Camden County seeks damages for the death of Sean Jouglard. The three men, Dylan McEwen and Eric Goette, along with Sean, were out on the
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Woman charged in murder-for-hire plot tests positive for THC while out on bond
A Camden County woman charged in a murder-for-hire plot tested positive for THC while out on bond in August.
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Troopers on high alert for Labor Day Weekend
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers are out on high alert as the organization expects more traffic on highways and waterways for the Labor Day weekend. “I think over the next several days there’s gonna be a significant increase in traffic on all the major highways and interstates throughout the state and throughout
Continue Reading Sunrise Beach city employee pleaded guilty to dumping treated sewage water
SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach city employee has pleaded guilty to federal crimes related to sewage dumping at the Lake of the Ozarks. Brian Scheiter, 60, pleaded guilty to dumping treated sewage water from Sunrise Beach Wastewater Treatment Facility into a tributary of the lake. This happened from Oct. 2019 through Jan. of
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Bagnell Dam Bridge rehabilitation begins Tuesday
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Rehabilitation of the Bagnell Dam Bridge at Lake Ozark is set to begin Tuesday. The work will include repairs to the bridge deck, expansion joints, sidewalks, and barrier wall. Crews constructed the bridge in 1929. For three months during construction, the bridge will close at Highway 54, but the Bagnell Dam
Continue Reading MoDOT completes new Highway 54 Lake of the Ozarks interchange
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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Man drowns at Lake of the Ozarks after jumping off cliff
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 man flown to hospital following boat incident
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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Iowa man drowns at Lake of the Ozark Wednesday night
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
Continue Reading August’s fifth drowning reported at the Lake of the Ozarks
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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School of the Osage comments after former school resource officer charged
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 Former school resource officer charged with sexual contact with a student at School of the Osage
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 One person dies after carbon monoxide poisoning exposure on a boat at the Lake of the Ozarks
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 Warrensburg man drown Sunday night at Lake of the Ozarks
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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