COLUMBIA, Mo. The leader of an Amish community in Cooper County was arrested on Wednesday over claims of sexual abuse and forced labor at a rural retreat. Cooper County Sheriff Chris Class said Sam Shetler, 42, was arrested after a search warrant in the 11000 block of Hidden Valley Court at the Mercy and Truth-Amish
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men have been charged in connection with the armed robbery at the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville earlier this week. Benjamin Michael-Dass Charles, 21, of Columbia has been charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on a
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A source’s name has been corrected. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined the investigation of Wednesday’s armed robbery at the Isle of Capri Boonville casino as of Thursday morning. Lt. Eric Brown of the Missouri State Highway Patrol told ABC 17 News that the ATF joined in
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Police were at the Isle of Capri casino on the Boonville riverfront Wednesday afternoon investigating. The Howard County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a now-deleted Wednesday evening social media post that an armed robbery occurred at the casino and that multiple agencies are investigating. The sheriff’s office wrote that two men with
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Local and state health agencies are focusing on education and prevention in Mid-Missouri schools after evidence of the opioid nitazene was found during a volunteer wastewater study. According to a release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the state’s Department of Public Safety analyzed the sewage, or wastewater, of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters, friends and loved ones of Billy Hurt took part in a funeral procession for him from The Crossing church in south Columbia to the Boonville area. Hurt, a retired firefighter, was killed a week ago working safety at a sprint car track.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former corrections officer at the Cooper County Jail plans to waive her right to a jury trial, according to court filings from Monday. Rachel Atherton is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death Brooke Bailey. A motion to waive her right to a jury trial was filed on Monday and will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 71-year-old woman from Pilot Grove was killed in a Monday morning crash on Highway 135 at Route E in Cooper County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol The report says the woman was a passenger in a 2014 Toyota Venza that was driven by a 74-year-old
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 28-year-old Fayette man died in a crash on Missouri Route 124 at County Road 103 early Saturday morning, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that at 2:15 a.m., the man was driving west in a 2015 Dodge Journey when he drove across the center line
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were nearly 1,000 Ameren customers without power on Tuesday afternoon. Information from Ameren’s outages map showed 688 customers were without power in Cooper County, while another 280 had no power from the same outage in Moniteau County. Ameren’s map indicates that the outage was caused by damage from a tree at
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo, (KMIZ) One of Cooper County’s 12 battery-operated outdoor warning sirens was found to not be working properly following a recent test, according the Cooper County Emergency Management Agency. CCEMA Director Larry Oerly said the siren is located at Harley Park near the water treatment plant in Boonville. “Everything is working the way
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old Boonville man who employed girls to help manufacture and distribute weed-related items has been charged with attempted child enticement. Stanley Thomas was charged in Cooper County on Tuesday with attempted child enticement, money laundering and giving drugs to someone younger than 17 years old. He is being held at the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power was reported to be fully restored Saturday after storms left hundreds of Mid-Missourians experiencing outages. Saturday morning, Cooper County crews were working to restore power to more than 400 Ameren customers. The number of those without power started to rise again around 10:30 p.m. on Friday night. Storms began entering the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged in federal court on Thursday after he was indicted by a grand jury. Dorian Gardner, 38, is charged with illegally possessing a gun. He has a prior felony conviction and is not allowed to own guns. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail and still
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man is facing federal charges after he was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday. Johntelle Millens, 40, is charged with illegally possessing a gun and planning to distribute drugs. He is currently being held at the Howard County Jail without bond. He was accused of having the gun and
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Editor’s note: The vehicles involved in the crash have been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old Columbia man was charged with a felony after authorities claim he was in a vehicle that cause a crash on Friday morning on Interstate 70 that involved two law enforcement officers. Deangelo Jones was charged on Friday afternoon with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Indianapolis man was charged Wednesday in western Missouri’s Lafayette County after a chase that ended with a crash on Interstate 70 in Cooper County. Sawnen Wah, 18, was charged with second-degree assault on a special victim, aggravated fleeing a stop, first-degree vehicle tampering and driving without a license, a misdemeanor. Wah
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A suspect was seriously injured when a chase ended in a crash near the Blackwater exit on Interstate 70 in Cooper County. The chase started near Oak Grove, east of Kansas City, said Sgt. Justin Ewing with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop A. The suspect was in a vehicle reported stolen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pilot Grove man was charged with multiple felonies after authorities claim he got a victim younger than 21 years old drunk and sexually assaulted them. Kale Weber, 26, was charged in Cooper County with two counts of first-degree sodomy, one count of first-degree sexual abuse and misdemeanor giving alcohol to a
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A Ballwin, Missouri woman was injured in a crash that shut down part of Interstate 70 in Cooper County Saturday evening.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 34-year-old was driving a 2022 Hyundai Elantra eastbound on I-70 around 4:30 p.m., west of the Missouri River Bridge. The car hydroplaned and hit a guardrail near mile marker 133.
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