JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway reached a deal with her former client, Grain Belt Expres,s in the company’s lawsuit over the state’s demand for documents. Hanaway was the lead counsel for Grain Belt when she worked at law firm Husch Blackwell. She left that job when she was appointed attorney general
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from Salisbury, Missouri, has been charged after authorities claim he molested a child in November. Gregory Calvert, 28, was charged on Wednesday in Chariton County with second-degree child molestation of a child younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Drivers across Mid Missouri should plan for delays as several road construction and improvement projects continue or begin next week in multiple counties. Many of the projects will run from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4. The impacted counties include: Boone Co., Callaway Co., Camden Co., Crawford Co., Howard Co., Laclede Co., Maries
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two wrongful death lawsuits in a 2022 Amtrak crash have been settled. The crash with a dumptruck killed four people and injured dozens more in June 27, 2022, near Mendon, Missouri. Settlements have been reached in wrongful death lawsuits filed by the families of Rachelle Cook and Kim Holsapple. There are two other lawsuits
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Boone Health plans to build a new health clinic in Howard County. The provider announced on Thursday that it is building a new clinic in Glasgow, about 20 minutes northwest of Fayette and 50 minutes away from Columbia. The new clinic will allow them to add more staff and install an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A cabinetry manufacturer has opened a new facility in Glasgow, Missouri. Heritage Wood Mills invested $925,000 into the facility and created 30 new jobs, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The release says Heritage Wood Mills will benefit from the Missouri Works program, a tool
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 85-year-old woman from Salisbury, Missouri, died in a crash Wednesday on Highway 24 near Highway 129 in Chariton County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2008 Ford Taurus – driven by the woman – was heading north when it pulled into the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brunswick man was charged in Chariton County with a slew of sex crimes on Thursday. Kenneth Paul Jr. was charged with six counts of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of fourth-degree child molestation and a lone count of third-degree assault. He was arrested on Thursday and his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was detained by law enforcement on Tuesday after another person was found with a gunshot wound in the 200 block of North Wood Street in Brunswick, according to a social media post from the Chariton County Sheriff’s Office. The post says first responders were called at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rothville, Missouri, man was charged on Wednesday with two counts of fourth-degree child molestation. A warrant was issued for Ronald Winn — born in 1963 — and a $20,000 bond was set. A court date has not been scheduled. Court documents say that Winn sexually assaulted the victim on June 30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old woman from Brookfield, Missouri, was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning on Highway 11, about a mile east of Mendon, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says that the woman drove a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado westbound when it went off
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Wednesday that he is demanding documents to back up the claims made about the Grain Belt Express wind energy project. The project will cross Missouri to deliver power from western wind fields to Illinois. The route will run through Mid-Missouri and a connection is planned
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were charged with misdemeanors after deputies found several malnourished dogs at an empty residence in Keytesville. Vincent Brummer and Emily Brummer were charged with three counts of animal abuse and three counts of animal neglect. Warrants were issued on Monday and $1,500 bonds were set. According to the probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The widow of a truck driver who died in a crash in 2022 and the railway company she sued in a wrongful death lawsuit have agreed to a settlement. Erin Barton, of Brookfield, Missouri, had sued Burlington Northern Santa Fe in July 2022 after her husband, Billy Barton II, was killed on
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CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were seriously hurt after a crash in Chariton County just before 9 p.m. Thursday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that a 20-year-old man from Brookfield was driving a 2014 Ford Mustang on Hwy 11 with three passengers: an 18-year-old woman from Brunswick,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Sumner man was seriously injured in a crash Friday morning on Highway 139 in Chariton County, about 7 miles north of Sumner. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says that a 1999 Chevrolet Camaro — driven by the man — was heading northbound when it went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After logging heavy hours clearing the state’s roadways this past week, roughly 1,500 snowplow operators across Missouri are bracing for another round of winter weather. Mid-Missouri was hit hard with a winter storm over the weekend with some areas in Randolph County receiving up to 8.5 inches of snow. Jefferson City Public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights were able to be seen in Mid-Missouri once again on Thursday evening. Check out some viewer-submitted photos in the gallery above. Do you have any photographs you want shared? Add them to our Facebook page and they can end up on-air and online. We will be adding more photos
Continue Reading CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Paris, Missouri, man has been charged with several felonies after he allegedly threatened to kill three people in Chariton County. Kody Jo Ryan Berrey was charged on Monday with first-degree domestic assault, first-degree assault, tampering with a witness and first-degree harassment. A warrant was issued and a $10,000 bond was
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Two teenagers from Salisbury, Missouri, were hurt in a crash Tuesday morning after trying to turn in the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer.
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