COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A California, Missouri, man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly pulled out a gun on Monday during a road rage incident in Cole County. Samuel Spinner, 40, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were involved in a crash in Cole County Saturday afternoon, according to a press release from Cole County EMS. The release states Cole County EMS and the Osage Fire Protection District were dispatched to a crash in the 11000 block of State Route B a little after 3 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Florida company is seeking rezoning to build 70 duplexes in west Jefferson City. Farrer JC Holdings, LLC, of Naples, Florida, has requested the city rezone 51.54 acres in the 1200 block of Wildwood Drive from commercial zoning to high-density residential. Farrer JC Holdings is also asking for approval of a
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two senior citizens were injured – one seriously – in a crash Thursday night on Highway 63, near the Boone-Callaway County line, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says that a 2013 Nissan Quest was heading southbound in the passing lane just north of County Road 399
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Jefferson City Correctional Officer has posted bond after she was charged with bringing drugs into the prison. Michelle L. Edwards, of Centertown, was charged with delivery or possession of a controlled substance at a correctional center, possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence. According to court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sodexo in Jefferson City will close and lay off its 63 employees after Lincoln University chose to stop using the business’ services, according to a WARN notice sent on Monday. The Working Adjust and Retraining Notification – dated March 6 – states that the Sodexo facility will close on April 30. “On
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a building fire Wednesday afternoon in the 4000 block of Wardsville Road in Cole County, according to a social media post from the Osage Fire Protection District. Firefighters were called to the scene at 2:04 p.m. and crews stayed until 5:30 p.m., the post says. Crews from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An executive order signed by President Donald Trump aims to cut federal funding to the Institute of Museums and Library Services, which could lead to the loss of millions of dollars for Missouri libraries. Trump signed the order last week. The institute is the only federal agency that funds libraries and museums
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri residents are asked not to burn anything into Tuesday after the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning due to dry and windy conditions. This comes just days after large wildfires in Mid-Missouri that forced people from their homes in Boone and Camden counties. The state is also entering extreme
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men have been charged with child sex crimes in Cole County. Travis Kalchbrenner, 31, was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, two counts of statutory rape, one count of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of fourth-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a Wednesday night building fire in Holts Summit, the Holts Summit Fire Protection District wrote in a Thursday afternoon press release. A large utility building – in the 12000 block of Callaway County Road 391 — was engulfed in flames when units arrived at 8:35 p.m., the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men from New York have been charged with felonies after they were accused of stealing $250,000 in cash from an elderly Callaway County couple last year. Kezhong Xie, of Staten Island, New York, and Xiaolin Zheng, of Brooklyn, New York, were each charged on Monday in Callaway County with stealing more
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County EMS set a new record in 2024, responding to 13,626 calls for service, an increase from 12,315 in 2023, according to the county’s annual report. That marks an increase of 1,311 in calls. Traffic crashes were the biggest call category with EMS responding to 985 of them last year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri state representative will not be charged after law enforcement officers responded to the Capitol for a false suicide threat using the 988 system. Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson said in a news release on Wednesday that he will not be filing charges against state Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R-Wentzville). Thompson said
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of trying to bring a gun into the Missouri Capitol in 2022 is finally ready to stand trial, a judge ordered Monday. Alok Rohra of St. Louis was charged after he allegedly told officers he brought a gun in a bag to the Capitol to show then-Gov. Mike
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Chris Kelley remembers the hours he put in to filling sandbags during the flood of 1993. He and dozens of others held open bags and shoveled sand for days as the rising waters of the Missouri River creeped into Rocheport. Those volunteer numbers, though, dwindled over time as the flood continued. Kelley,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The father of a 3-year-old girl who died in a crash earlier this month in Holts Summit has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the girl’s mother, the mother’s boyfriend and the girl’s grandmother. The lawyer for Coby Durham filed a petition in Callaway County on Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges that Jessie
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A state representative on Monday night touted “critical failures” in the state’s 988 mental health crisis hotline system after “a firsthand test” exposed them. The test, though, also has the attention of law enforcement in Jefferson City, with some dispatchers informing Byrnes of how much her “test” had tied up law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death that occurred Friday at Jefferson City Correctional Center, a Department of Corrections spokesperson told ABC 17 News. A release from the DOC states that Lewis Younce was pronounced dead at 8:55 p.m. Friday at Jefferson City Correctional Center. He was 49. Younce was
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