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Hundreds still without power in Mid-Missouri after storms Tuesday morning

July 16, 2024 9:27 AM Madison Stuerman

More than 4,000 customers are without power Tuesday morning in Chariton, Howard and Randolph Counties after storms rolled through.

Brunswick man charged with child molestation

June 27, 2024 3:33 PM Ryan Shiner

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brunswick man was charged in Chariton County with several child sex crimes on Thursday. Mikel Deal was charged with three counts of third-degree child molestation of a child younger than 14 years old and three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. A warrant was issued on Thursday

More than 3,000 electric customers without power in Boone County, no timetable for restoration announced

June 13, 2024 8:15 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of power outages were reported in counties in Mid-Missouri on Thursday night as storms went through the area. A tornado warning was issued for Boone County before 9:30 p.m. It is expected to expire at 9:45 p.m. There are more than 2,900 customers affected by power outages reported in Boone County,

More than 800 power outages reported in Benton County now resolved

April 16, 2024 3:53 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of electricity customers in Benton County were without power on Tuesday afternoon. Storms had rolled through Mid-Missouri earlier in the day and much of Mid-Missouri is in a tornado watch that is set to expire around 8 p.m. There were 835 electric customers without power in Benton County at its peak,

$5 million in ARPA money given to Missouri law enforcement, fire departments, EMS

April 10, 2024 5:03 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety approved 70 grants that totaled $5 million to first-responder agencies, a Wednesday press release from Gov. Mike Parson’s office stated. According to the release, law enforcement, fire service and EMS providers in “class three” counties applied for funds, which came from American Rescue Plan Act funds.

MSHP report: 3-year-old boy dies after getting hit by truck

March 4, 2024 3:18 PM Ryan Shiner

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 3-year-old boy died after he was hit by a truck on Sunday on private property on Route C in Chariton County, about 10 miles southwest of Marceline, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The name of the boy was not released in the report. The report states the

More than 600 co-op members remain without power in Macon County

January 10, 2024 2:47 PM Ryan Shiner

MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 600 Macon Electric Cooperative customers in Macon County were still without power Wednesday afternoon. Thousands were without power as early as Tuesday morning, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. More than 2,600 members of the Macon Electric Cooperative in Macon County were without power on Tuesday,

Keytesville man dies in Chariton County crash

December 27, 2023 9:35 PM Ryan Shiner

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Keytesville man died in a crash that occurred Tuesday in Chariton County on Highway 5, about three miles south of Marceline, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Raymond Smith died in the crash. He was 69. The crash report states he was not wearing a seatbelt. The

Water back on in Keytesville after water main break; schools reopen

November 30, 2023 5:54 AM Gabrielle Teiner

KEYETSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Water has been turned back on in Keytesville, after a water main break on Wednesday caused the city to shut water off. According to Chariton County’s non-emergency line service, the water was turned back on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. All residents in Keytesville were affected, according to a Facebook post from Chariton

Water shut off in Keytesville due to water main break; schools closed

November 29, 2023 2:36 PM Ryan Shiner

Water has been shut off in Keyetsville due to a water main break, according to a Facebook post from Chariton County EMS.

Teenager seriously injured in Chariton County crash

November 10, 2023 3:31 PM Ryan Shiner

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old girl from Keytesville suffered serious injuries Friday in a single-vehicle crash on Pat Road, about 10 miles north of Keytesville, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash report states the vehicle – a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze — was traveling southbound when the girl

Residents raise concerns over MoDOT’s proposed rail crossing closures in Chariton County

November 9, 2023 3:34 AM Mitchell Kaminski, Gabrielle Teiner

MENDON, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, the Missouri Department of Transportation held a public meeting to discuss a safety study of the BNSF Marceline Subdivision after a deadly train derailment killed four and injured 150 people back in June 2022. The meeting was held in the Northwestern School District’s Commons area in Mendon. During the meeting,

Chariton County Sheriff’s Office searches for driver of stolen vehicle; lockdown held Wednesday for Salisbury R-4 school district

November 9, 2023 9:28 AM Madison Stuerman

The Chariton County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the driver of a stolen vehicle that resulted in the Salisbury R-IV School Stirct going on a soft lockdown on Wednesday.

Multiple people arrested in Mid-Missouri, accused of breaking Halloween sex offender rules

November 1, 2023 4:16 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple people were arrested in Mid-Missouri on Tuesday on suspicion of not complying with sex-offender Halloween restrictions. In Chariton County, Timothy Schnetzler, 42, of Salisbury, was arrested on suspicion of several charges. He was charged with failure to register as a sex offender, drug possession, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare

Carrollton woman killed in Chariton County crash

October 9, 2023 7:48 AM Erika McGuire

CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person died in a crash in Chariton County Sunday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash at 2:50 p.m. on Highway 11 one mile north of Brunswick. Troopers said 68-year-old Caren Bittiker, of Carrollton, was traveling southbound when her vehicle went off the right side of the

No criminal charges expected for Chariton County Sheriff

September 29, 2023 3:39 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No criminal charges are expected to be filed on Chariton County Sheriff Erick Billups, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman. Billups was under investigation earlier this month by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug Crime Control. MSHP did not say why Billups was under investigation. “The investigation is

Chariton County sheriff under criminal investigation

September 13, 2023 4:56 PM Mitchell Kaminski

KEYETSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Chariton County Sheriff Erick Billups is under a criminal investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug Crime Control. An MSHP spokesman said Monday that the Chariton County prosecuting attorney made the request for the investigation on Saturday. The prosecuting attorney declined to comment. MSHP did not say what, specifically,

No one hurt when train hits side-by-side on tracks near Mendon

September 11, 2023 11:24 AM Matthew Sanders

No one was hurt when a train and a special vehicle designed to operate on railroad tracks collided Monday near the site of a deadly crash last year.

Train crash wrongful death lawsuit filed by trucker’s widow set for trial

September 4, 2023 3:13 PM Matthew Sanders

A trial in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of a truck driver whose vehicle collided with an Amtrak train in Chariton County is tentatively scheduled for October 2024.

NTSB: Crossing design contributed to deadly Chariton County Amtrak crash

August 2, 2023 1:50 PM Matthew Sanders

National accident investigators say in their final report that the design of the railroad crossing in Mendon where a dump truck hit an Amtrak train last summer contributed to the deadly crash.