COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was an employee at the Cooper County Jail has been indicted in Boone County for allegedly having sex with an inmate last year. John Dillehay, 48, was indicted on Friday on two charges, including sexual conduct in the course of public duty and misdemeanor making a false report. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) FEMA will participate in damage assessments of 25 counties that were impacted by flooding and storms earlier this month, according to a Wednesday press release from Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office. Kehoe requested the damage assessment last week for flooding that began on March 30 and storms that occurred on April 2.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ten days after a devastating EF-2 tornado hit the city, Pilot Grove’s St. Joseph Catholic Church is looking for volunteers to help with clean up efforts. Its cleanup day event will start on Route 135 at 8 a.m. with a focus on removing debris from the fields outside of town. Lunch will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and a woman suffered moderate injuries in a crash on Friday on Interstate 70 in Cooper County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says that a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee – driven by a 63-year-old man from Holden, Missouri – was heading eastbound
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second time in roughly a month, Gov. Mike Kehoe has requested FEMA to participate in joint preliminary damage assessments for counties that were damaged by storms and flooding, according to a Friday afternoon press release from the governor’s office. An EF-2 tornado ravaged Pilot Grove in Cooper County on April
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PILOT GROVE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Emergency Management Agency says a power outage is to blame for a tornado siren not activating before an EF-2 tornado touched down in Pilot Grove on Wednesday morning. The siren — described as a “Cold War-era siren” — that sits on the Pilot Grove water tower and solely
Continue Reading PILOT GROVE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pilot Grove Community is picking up their gloves and chainsaws to help with clean up efforts following a tornado Wednesday morning. After leaving her basement following the storm, Pilot Grove resident and community building board member Sue Day grabbed her rake and joined her neighbors in the cleanup. “There is
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Watch Meteorologist Chance Gotsch give a live report from Cooper County in the YouTube player. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The tornado that hit the Pilot Grove area in Cooper County on Wednesday morning was an EF-2, according to the National Weather Service. EF-2 tornadoes pack winds of up to 135 mph. This one brought down trees
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that caused traffic to stall on Interstate 70 for hours in Cooper County was caused by a tractor-trailer, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a 2006 Peterbilt 379 – driven by a 63-year-old man from Springfield, Missouri – was heading eastbound when it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of weather forecasters and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees were fired Thursday in the latest wave of cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, sparking concern among local forecasters and emergency officials. The Associated Press reports that the cuts appear to be happening in two phases, with roughly 1,300
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. Cooper County Fire Protection District has safely rescued three animals this year after falling through ice. According to a release from the agency, firefighters were called to a partially frozen lake at Warm Springs Ranch on Highway 98 in Boonville after a dog fell into the water on Sunday at 2:56 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two segments of Interstate 70 in Cooper County will narrow to one lane next week for drilling, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says that the driving lane of westbound Interstate 70 near mile marker 113 will be closed 8 p.m.-7 a.m. each night
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters in Boonville rescued a pooch who had fallen through thin ice on a pond Thursday. According to a Cooper County Fire Protection District news release, the rescue happened at about 1:30 p.m. The dog, named Boone, had walked onto the ice and fallen away from the bank. Firefighters from the Cooper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Amber Alert was issued in several Mid-Missouri counties around 4 p.m. Wednesday for a 16-year-old Wisconsin teenager who may have been abducted. The Amber Alert says that Sophia Franklin, 16, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, was last seen at her residence at 9 p.m. Feb. 2 and could have been abducted the
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville police officers were called to a report of a student with a gun on a school bus Wednesday morning. According to the Boonville Police Department, officers responded to a 911 report that a student had a gun on the school bus near 11th Street and Jefferson Road. After an investigation police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville High School student was arrested after they allegedly assaulted another student in the school’s parking lot, Boonville police wrote in a Tuesday afternoon social media. Police wrote that that they were called at 3 p.m. to help the school’s resource officer respond to an assault. Two students were allegedly fighting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered U.S. and Missouri flags to by flown at half-staff at firehouses statewide and government buildings in Howard County on Sunday in honor of firefighter Larry Roland Duncan. Flags will also be flown at half-staff at the firefighters memorial in Kingdom City. Duncan died on Wednesday, Jan. 15 from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rest areas near mile marker 104 off of Interstate 70 near Boonville will be closed for several months for renovations, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The westbound rest area will close at 6 a.m. Tuesday and the eastbound rest area is expected to close in February,
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PRAIRIE HOME, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County family is looking for information after their dogs were found dead on the side of the road Wednesday night. Ryan Bernskoetter said he found two of his labs off Campbell Bridge Road just after 7 p.m. with bullet holes in them. After receiving donations, the family is now
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Prairie Home man has been sentenced for a federal charge involving child pornography. Bradley Leigh Knecht, 30, was sentenced on Wednesday to 45 years in prison without parole, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The court also ordered that he spend the rest of his life on
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