JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A project to repair the Highway 54 overpass over Highway 50 and McCarty Street in Jefferson City will begin Monday, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Lanes will be reduced to one lane in each direction on Monday, July 15, the release says. All on-and-off
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Hundreds of Three Rivers Electric Cooperative members were left without power Tuesday amid rising temperatures after a tractor-trailer crashed into a utility pole.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Saturday, the teen driving school B.R.A.K.E.S. traveled to Jefferson City to host training sessions for teenagers in Cole County. B.R.A.K.E.S, which stands for be responsible and keep everyone safe is a nonprofit whose mission is to prevent injuries and save lives. The company works to train and educate teenage drivers
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) Holts Summit hosted its annual Fireworks Festival in Greenway Park on Friday night. The family event includes live music performances, food vendors, a petting zoo and a stand out firework show. With people of all ages attending the festival, safety is of the upmost importance. Holts Summit in partnership with their
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Jefferson City officials are considering the purchase of a device that would allow people to safely drop off infants instead of abandoning them.
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The City of Jefferson detailed a new technology Jefferson City Police Department has equipped its K9 vehicles in a Facebook post Wednesday.
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Nearly 255,000 children in Missouri face food insecurity, according to the not-for-profit Feeding America.
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A man convicted in April of bonding women out of jail to rape them was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a Lincoln University student in 2018 saw his appeal rejected on Tuesday. Alfred Chism Jr, of Jefferson City, was sentenced in April 2023 to 25 years for second-degree murder and five years for armed-criminal action. The sentences will run consecutively. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested and a youth was detained after they were accused of robbing three people on Monday in the 2700 block of South Old 63, according to a Tuesday night press release from the Columbia Police Department. Cz’Toia De Vose, 19, of Columbia, was arrested and the name of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash on Monday at the Missouri River Bridge on Highway 54 in Jefferson City was caused from a trailer that became unhooked from a flipped vehicle, according to a Jefferson City Police Department spokesman. The crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. Traffic stalled for more than an hour. Lanes are blocked
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A man accused of first-degree murder in the death of two people at a Jefferson City bar is asking the judge to stop the state’s attempt at seeking the death penalty.
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Six members of a group federal prosecutors say is a ruthless motorcycle gang whose members dealt methamphetamine have court dates set for this week.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly stabbed another man with a pen in a public bathroom on Wednesday. Timothy Dale was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. Dale appeared
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with a pair of felonies after he allegedly got into a fight with a woman and took her gun on Tuesday. Cornell Manley II was charged with illegal gun possession and third-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents in a low-incoming housing building in Jefferson City are fed up with the building’s conditions. ABC 17 News received a complaint about the Kenneth Lock Apartments, a 55 and older housing facility operated by the Housing Authority of Jefferson City. The complaint claimed there was an “infestation of bed bugs,”
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The Jefferson City Public Works & Planning Committee met Thursday to discuss possibly changing the city rental inspection program.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with third-degree child molestation. Stephen Kelly Kersey was arrested by the Jefferson City Police Department at 1:13 p.m. Thursday. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager who was riding a motorcycle was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday in Jefferson City in the 4400 block of Rainbow Drive, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states. The report states that the crash occurred as a 2022 Jeep Wrangler – driven by Lacota Graham, 27,
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A man convicted in the killing of a Jefferson City couple has died for those crimes.
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