JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Friday after he was accused of robbing another man at gunpoint on Thursday. Brandon Higgins, 19, was charged with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. He was arrested by Jefferson City police at 6:05 p.m. Thursday.
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A Fulton man was charged Friday with leading police on a chase this week in Jefferson City.
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Blair Oaks R-2 School District trailer caught fire on Wednesday, according to information from the Osage Fire Protection District. According to a Facebook post from the fire protection district, crews were dispatched to a “double-wide modular structure” in the 6200 block of Route B in Cole County and saw smoke coming
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report shared that 22-year-old Mercy Gonzalez was the Cole County deputy involved in a car crash late Friday night. Corporal Chris Winter with the Missouri State Highway Patrol told ABC 17 News that a deputy was injured in a crash Friday night on West Edgewood
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A death last week in a Jefferson City prison is being investigated by local authorities.
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces multiple sodomy charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Friday in Holts Summit. Curtis Koelling, 59, was charged on Saturday with first-degree sodomy and two counts of second-degree sodomy. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A hearing
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A boil water advisory has been issued for all residents in the Village of Centertown who receive their water from Centertown Waterworks
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday night voted to increase the city parking rates for the first time in almost 20 years. Council members said that the city has fallen behind as far as being comparable to other cities when it comes to parking and say that this is the right
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A Jefferson City man is suspected of driving while intoxicated after being badly injured in a crash Saturday night in Cole County.
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Jefferson City, Mo (KMIZ) Friends who knew Melvin Callahan say that he was a jack of all trades. Callahan served both his country and his community. He was also a pastor, carpenter, hunter, fisherman, volunteer, community leader and motorcyclist. And that is only scratching the surface of what Callahan could do. “He was not just
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Rivers Electric Cooperative stated on its Facebook page that 695 of its customers had lost power around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The company later stated that the outage was caused from lightning striking a pole. It appeared that power had been restored by 8:05 p.m. The Cole County R-5 School District
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man who was charged after allegedly smashing mailboxes with a school bus containing children pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three misdemeanors. Robert Hern, 60, was charged in March with first-degree property damage, operating a motor vehicle in a careless manner, leaving the scene of an accident and 28 counts of second-degree
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported, but occupants of a home in the 6500 block of Village Road were displaced after a Monday morning fire, according to a social media post from the Osage Fire Protection District. The department wrote that three sides of a one-and-a-half story house were on fire at 8:20
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Prosecutors have charged a Jefferson City woman with first-degree murder in the weekend stabbing death of an 80-year-old man.
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 27-year-old Jefferson City woman is now in custody and charged with murder in the death of an 80-year-old man. At 7:29 p.m. Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, Cole County Deputies responded to a house in the 3200 block of Landing Creek Road for an unconscious man with serious injuries. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – The president of a local nonprofit and former Illinois county official is planning a run for a southern Jefferson City Council seat. Jan Schumacher filed paperwork with the Missouri Ethics Commission to run for the Ward 4 seat in April 2024. Schumacher is the president of nonprofit Building Community Bridges
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) A former Potosi, Missouri, police officer pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to ex trafficking, solicitation of child pornography and coercion and enticement of a minor, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Matthew Skaggs, 40, was accused of giving vape cartridges, lcohol, CBD and THC to a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City men were charged on Wednesday after they were accused of breaking into home and threatening its residents. Valrey Johnson was charged with first-degree burglary and armed criminal action. Richard Love was charged with first-degree burglary, armed criminal action and fourth-degree assault. Both men are being held at the
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Deputies responded to Tanner Bridge Drive and Tara Road on Saturday at 9 a.m. for a report of a person found unconscious with no pulse.
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Firefighters responded to a fire early Monday morning on the 2200 block of Buehrle Drive, according to the Jefferson City Fire Department.
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