JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County sheriff made a pitch to county commissioners Tuesday for a sales tax to expand the jail. Sheriff John Wheeler pitched to commissioners a half-cent sales tax that would expire after bonds used to expand the jail are paid off. Wheeler asked for the issue to be on the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge ruled Monday in favor of the state, rejecting claims that a ballot issue to eliminate Missouri’s income tax violated the state constitution. Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh ruled against the plaintiff, Jill Owens, on all four counts and declared the judgment final after Gov. Mike Kehoe decided last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is dead after a crash in Cole County Sunday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 46-year-old man was driving a 2015 Jeep Wrangler on Route CC south of South Fox Moor Court just after 4:30 p.m. in Cole County. The man traveled off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new judge was assigned on Friday to a Cole County murder from 1991. William “Chris” Niemet, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree murder in a 1991 death of his classmate in Russellville. Niemet, of Fulton, is accused of killing his classmate, Greg Jones, in April 1991 in Russellville. Jones was 14. Niemet
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge is set to hear arguments Friday morning in a lawsuit against Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and multiple lawmakers over language used for the ballot question of eliminating state income tax. Jill Owens from Kansas City, who is spearheading the lawsuit, claims that the ballot question
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A road-improvement project just north of Jefferson City is expected to begin next week and will last nearly a year. Beginning Monday, June 1, Missouri Department of Transportation crews will start widening Westbound Highway 54 from Highway 64 to the Missouri River Bridge, according to a Wednesday press release from MoDOT. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Jefferson City and Columbia will be asked to approve new sales taxes this summer, while voters statewide will decide on whether to phase out the income tax. Ballot issues were due to election authorities on Tuesday, creating the first picture of which questions will appear on the Aug. 4 primary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon woman was charged on Tuesday in Cole County after she allegedly sold 1,000 ounces – or roughly 62.5 pounds – of someone else’s breast milk that she led a customer to believe it was her own. Emily Buckley is charged with committing deceptive business practices. Court filings show she posted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Public Works is spending $20,900 to buy five speed radar signs that will be used around the county. Public Works Director Eric Landwehr told ABC 17 News in a statement that Henwick Lane will be the first road to see the signs placed. “We have had numerous citizen complaints regarding
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man has made an Alford plea to reduced charges in a 2017 Cole County homicide. Zacchaeus D. Silva pleaded guilty earlier this month to accessory to second-degree assault in the beating death of Jerry Robertson on April 20, 2017, court records show. Silva had been indicted with second-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A home health aide was charged on Friday in Cole County after authorities claimed she stole $2,200 from an elderly woman in October 2025. Elondra Johnson-Lopez, of Holts Summit, was charged with stealing more than $750 and financially exploiting an elderly person. She was not listed on the Cole County Jail roster
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman initially charged with attempted murder for sneaking a poisonous plant extract into her husband’s smoothies has been given probation. Judge Daniel Green last week sentenced Sarah E. Scheffer, who now lives in Sullivan, Missouri, to five years of supervised probation with a suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty to third-degree
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) This year’s legislative session brought a major focus on public safety, as state leaders pushed a series of new laws aimed at protecting Missourians. In April, Governor Mike Kehoe signed two bills targeting child safety, along with legislation designed to strengthen law enforcement and public safety efforts. One of those measures,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man who is accused of killing his Russellville classmate in 1991 will have his case tried by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. William “Chris” Niemet’s first-degree murder case was refiled Wednesday in Cole County with Miranda Loesch, of the AG’s office, and Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson listed as the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash took out electricity close to hundreds of Ameren Missouri customers Wednesday just after noon. Ameren’s outage map reported 472 customers without service centered in the Apache Flats area of western Jefferson City just before 2 p.m. Restoration work could last hours, the map says. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement arrested a man and woman late Monday after a chase went through three counties, according to a news release from the Cole County Sheriff’s Office. The chase started when Cole County deputies tried to stop a Dodge Charger near Greenbrier Road and Monticello Road. The driver didn’t stop, and led
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The political action committee Respect Missouri Voters submitted 362,000 signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State on Sunday for an initiative petition that would require Secretary Denny Hoskins to write clear and unbiased ballot language. The group advocates that this amendment will make it harder for politicians to undo what Missouri
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A Waynesville woman was taken to MU Hospital on Saturday evening after being seriously injured in a Cole County crash.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Thursday after he allegedly tried to rob an Eagle Stop gas station in Eugene. Bakari Moody, 28, was charged with first-degree attempted robbery, armed criminal action and fourth-degree assault, which is a misdemeanor. Moody allegedly went into the Eagle Stop in Eugene at about 3
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Jefferson City, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is still missing more than 24 hours after he was last seen, but his family is not giving up the search. Nathan Spencer, 20, has been missing since around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. He was last seen leaving the scene of a crash near Cedar Creek Court and
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