Father of 3-year-old Callaway County crash victim remembers daughter
A Macon, Missouri man is grieving the loss of his daughter Trinity who was killed when a car rolled on a snowy Highway 54 exit ramp in Holts Summit Wednesday.
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Charges updated for Holts Summit man accused of child sex crimes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been updated for a man accused of several child sex crimes in Callaway County following a grand jury indictment that was filed on Tuesday. Memphis Raines Dils, 23, of Holts Summit, was charged with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree statutory sodomy, tampering with a witness,
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Public works crews use different salting methods to clear roads
COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia, Jefferson City and Cole County public works crews each have already used up to 2,000 tons of rock salt to treat the roads this winter season. All departments use rock salt, but every department has a different method of mixing the salt with other additives before it’s put on the road.
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Cole County, Jefferson City to equip more buildings with AEDs
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County and Jefferson City plan to add AEDs in all new or remodeled county- and city-owned buildings in honor of February being American Heart Month. The county and city set the goal earlier this month, along with plans to establish a defibrillator map and educate the community on CPR and AED
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Winter storm will trigger local laws in Mid-Missouri cities
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents in Mid-Missouri communities will have some legally defined snow-removal responsibilities with Wednesday’s winter storm. The City of Columbia says there are 555 miles of sidewalk throughout the city and property owners are urged to clear their sidewalks of snow and ice adjacent to their home or business. ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather
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Competency hearing set for woman accused of killing Jefferson City toddler
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A competency hearing has been scheduled for a Jefferson City woman who is accused of killing a toddler in 2018 and abandoning the corpse. Quatavia Givens, 32, was charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse in relation to the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray in
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Woman saves dog that fell through ice, boat gets stuck, gets pulled back to land by police
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit woman saved a dog on Thursday before getting pulled to safety. The Holts Summit Police Department wrote in a Thursday social media post that an officer and an animal control officer were called after a dog fell through ice at a lake near Dogwood Drive and Summertree Lane. Police
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ATM thefts reported in Osage Beach, Lohman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities announced on Wednesday that ATM thefts were reported in two Mid-Missouri cities. The Cole County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that deputies were called to Farmers Bank on Route C in Lohman at 1:17 a.m. for an ATM alarm. Deputies saw that an ATM was broken into and “an undetermined
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2 DOC inmates die at Mid-Missouri facilities on Monday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two inmates at separate Missouri Department of Corrections facilities died on Monday, the DOC stated in separate press releases on Tuesday. Gregory Peck, 45, was pronounced dead at 3:54 a.m. at Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City. The release says that he was serving a 15-year sentence for selling and possessing drugs
Continue Reading Woman accused of murdering toddler deemed competent by Department of Mental Health
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman accused of murdering a toddler in 2018 and abandoning the corpse has been deemed competent to stand trial by the Department of Mental Health. Quatavia Givens, 32, was charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse in relation to the death
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Frigid cold leads to area schools to call off Tuesday classes; Columbia Public Schools to have late start
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dangerously cold temperatures have led to a number of area schools to either call off classes on Tuesday or have a late start. Overnight wind chills in parts of Mid-Missouri are expected to hit minus-20 degrees, according to the ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team, who issued a Weather Alert Day for
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Inmate charged with assaulting corrections officer
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron was charged on Thursday after he was accused of assaulting a corrections officer on May 11, 2023. Jaquan Brown, 27, was charged in Cole County with first-degree assault and violence to a Department of Corrections employee. A warrant was issued and no bond was
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Jefferson City crews clean up the snow in preparation for Kehoe inauguration
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s Public Works started hauling snow out of the Capitol area at 2 a.m. Saturday for general snow clean up and to also help prepare for Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe’s inauguration. “That operation is ongoing, same with our parking division, they’ll be coming in early on Monday morning checking everything, because we’re
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Bond reduced for man accused in Jefferson City man’s 2018 death
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bond for a man accused in the death of a Jefferson City man in 2018 was reduced on Friday. Berry Jones, 32, of Davenport, Iowa, was charged with accessory to second-degree murder, accessory to first-degree robbery, accessory to delivery of a controlled substance and accessory to tampering with evidence. Jones pleaded
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Missouri snowplow crews face fatigue as more winter weather looms
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
Continue Reading Jefferson City School District to have late start Thursday, Columbia Public Schools will be in session
View a full list of area closures and delays on our closings on our website. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road conditions from this weekend’s winter storm have caused more delays and closures in Mid-Missouri. The Jefferson City School District shared on its social media that it would have a two-hour late start on Thursday. The school
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Road crews expect covered roads to last through Monday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Those handling road clearing for Mid-Missouri expect major roads to stay covered well into Monday. Machelle Watkins, an engineer for MoDOT’s central district, said the continued snow and freezing cold temperatures overnight make it difficult for plow drivers to clear state roads across the area. The state has 1,500 plows working across
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Missouri officials warn of road dangers as harsh winter weather moves in
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Public safety offices across the Show Me State warned residents to stay off the roads Saturday. “If the precipitation hasn’t started in your area, it’s coming, and conditions will change quickly,” the Missouri Department of Transportation said in a social media post. The department’s traveler information map showed snow and ice covered
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Jefferson City prepared for incoming snow, but plans open to change
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Public Works tells ABC 17 News it’s confident about the plan it has in place for the upcoming snowstorm rolling into Missouri this weekend. Materials, manpower and snow plows are in no shortage according to Britt Smith, Operations Division Director for Jefferson City’s Public Works Department. However, its the
Continue Reading Man charged with leaving the scene of a Jefferson City accident that injured multiple people
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A box truck driver was charged with two felonies on Tuesday. Colton McGaughey, 32, of Vienna, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that caused physical injury and leaving the scene of an accident where more than $1,000 in property damage occurred. A warrant was issued on Tuesday and no
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