COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Camden County deputy and school resource officer was sentenced to nine years in prison for charges related to child sex abuse materials. Darrin Skinner, 52, was convicted of receiving child sex abuse materials. He will have 10 years of supervised probation after he is released from prison. According to previous
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a source error, an incorrect vehicle model year has been corrected. An 86-year-old man from Kansas City was killed in a Wednesday crash at Sportsman Drive in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man backed a 2023
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach alderman has been charged with multiple felonies in Camden County. Ward 1 Alderman John Robert “Bob” O’Steen was charged on Wednesday with delivery of a controlled substance, two counts of drug possession and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. A warrant was requested on Wednesday. The city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 49-year-old Climax Springs man was seriously hurt after a crash in Camden County just before 3 p.m. Thursday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 1962 International Scout on Coffman Bend Dr., 1000 feet south of Holeoft Road, down a hill. Troopers
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camdenton Board of Aldermen unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on the approval of data centers within its city limits. Aldermen met on Tuesday to consider the pause on the permits, approval and construction. Columbia is also considering a similar one-year ban. Meeting documents say the city’s code of ordinances “does not
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A 55-year-old man from Imperial, Missouri, is dead after drowning in the Lake of the Ozarks.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was originally charged with first-degree murder in a 2024 shooting pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery on Tuesday. Fernando Hutchinson, 21, of Osage Beach, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was previously charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The case was originally tried in Camden County,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,100 electricity customers in Camden County were without power after a storm with hail went through the Lake of the Ozarks area on Tuesday afternoon. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ map shows 1,056 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers without power and another 89 Laclede Electric customers had no electricity. Most
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 33-year-old man was seriously injured in a crash on Monday evening on Deans Creek Road in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred in the 1700 block of the road. A 33-year-old Richland man was described as a pedestrian
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored after severe storms rolled through parts of Mid-Missouri Wednesday night. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, power has been fully restored in Camden and Cole Counties. Wednesday night, 1,500 Ameren customers were without power in Cole County. The threat of severe storms in Mid-Missouri prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Republican candidates seeking their party’s nomination for Missouri’s Sixth Senate District have raised more than $1 million combined for their campaigns, according to reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. State Rep. Rudy Veit, who represents rural Cole County, has taken in the most money so far, raising more than $324,000 for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcycle rider was flown to University Hospital on Saturday night after they crashed in Osage Beach, according to a Monday press release form the Osage Beach Police Department. The crash occurred at 10:26 p.m. Saturday, the release says. The release says someone from Texas road a 2006 Victory Kingpin on Barry
Continue Reading A Macks Creek woman was seriously hurt after a crash in Camden County Saturday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second time this week, Camdenton Schools was at the center of a school threat. Camdenton Police said in a news release that three students reported receiving a bomb threat over the phone. The caller said he was “going to bomb the school and no one would escape,” according to police.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two 13-year-old boys were accused of making threats against Camdenton Middle School, according to a Monday press release from the Camdenton Police Department. CPD wrote that it received information at 8:15 p.m. Sunday about threats shared to a social media website “of an individual threatening to shoot up Camdenton Middle School.” The
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Thousands of Missourians are expected to join millions of protesters nationwide Saturday in over 3,000 “No Kings” protests.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sex offender in Camden County was charged on Wednesday with two felonies. Jeffrey Ball, 52, of Camdenton, was charged with child enticement and failure to register as a sex offender. He is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. A hearing was held on Thursday and his next one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach Mayor Michael Harmison and his business Harmy’s Cheese Store and More have been named in a civil suit out of the state of New York. The lawsuit was filed in Monroe County, New York on March 17, but documents were dated March 13. The complaint claims Favo Funding LLC went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sexual harassment and retaliation investigation report filed by the law office of Vessel, Bridges and Murphy says a jury or judge would likely rule a Camden County commissioner retaliated against an employee. The report claims actions by Steve Dougan, Camden County’s Second District commissioner, would likely be ruled as retaliation, though
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four Texas men who were charged in early 2025 for their alleged roles in ATM thefts in Camden County were indicted by a Cole County grand jury earlier this week. Mylek Freeman, Christopher Delasbour, Augustus Sherman and Tyrese Holloway were all charged in Cole County with accessory to stealing more than $750,
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