COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged with felony murder is still listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Friday evening, a day after she was given a bond. Alexis Baumann, 18, of Hallsville, saw her bond reduced to $50,000 on Thursday and is eligible for home detention. She is charged with first-degree robbery, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Army specialist received a life sentence on Friday for killing a sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood. A military judge sentenced Wooster Rancy to life in prison without parole. A jury found him guilty on Wednesday of murder and obstruction of justice for the killing of Sgt. Sarah Roque in 2024
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hawthorn Bank has asked a Cole County judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by a group last week that sought to block the land auction of a piece of land. Gary Scheperle, Mark Knapp, Tony Porter, Steve Brandt, Gary Bemboom, Tony Brenneke and Charles Steck sued the bank on Friday, claiming
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday against MSHSAA in the Eastern District Court of Missouri. Hanaway accuses the Missouri State High School Activities Association of two counts of unlawful race and sex discrimination, unlawful discriminating with respect to conditions of employment and discriminatory protection of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A military jury found an Army specialist guilty of a Fort Leonard Wood murder on Wednesday. The jury convicted Specialist Wooster Rancy of murder and obstruction of justice after a week-long trial in Pulaski County, according to Army trial counsel spokesperson Michelle McCaskill. The trial will head to a sentencing phase,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motion was filed on Friday seeking to move a teenager accused in a January 2025 Columbia shooting to the Boone County Jail. Samiyon Myers, 16, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree assault, delivery of a controlled substance, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of people sued Hawthorn Bank and Cole County on Friday in order to block the land auction of a piece of land that was intended to become a county park by its former owner. Gary Scheperle, Mark Knapp, Tony Porter, Steve Brandt, Gary Bemboom, Tony Brenneke and Charles Steck are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both parties in a lawsuit over charter school applications in Boone County asked a judge on Friday to vacate a hearing next week after Saint Louis University rescinded its application for Frontier Schools. Columbia Public Schools filed a lawsuit last month, claiming the establishment of charter schools in Boone County is unconstitutional.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The unlicensed Boone County daycare owner took the stand in her own defense Thursday in the manslaughter trial against her. Brown is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter for her alleged role after Ayla Gibson died in her care on May 25, 2023. Brown detailed her experience in childcare noting she had been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of a minor who died in April 2024 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jefferson City, its police department and 10 of its officers. Shannon Gilchrist filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Cole County. The officers are listed as “John Doe” in the lawsuit because the names are not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Cole County Commission will not step in to stop the auction of a piece of land its former owner wanted to become a county park. Commissioner Sam Bushman told ABC 17 News in a statement on Wednesday morning that it would not sue Hawthorn Bank in order to stop it
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By Wednesday afternoon, the Cole County Commission will decide if it will ask Hawthorn Bank to pause an upcoming land auction, just 11 days away.
Lawrence Renn Jr. left his 178-acre Elston farmland to become a county park. He created a trust, leasing the land to the county after his death in 2021.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is facing a lawsuit in Pulaski County over a September crash that involved a trooper. The petition was filed by Orin Miller, of Waynesville, on Monday. The lawsuit accuses MSHP of negligence and negligence per se. The plaintiff is suing for personal injuries and property damage, court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A minor charged in connection with a southwest Columbia robbery-turned-shooting could be certified as an adult. The minor, whose name ABC 17 News is not releasing unless charges are filed in adult court, appeared at a hearing in juvenile court Wednesday. He was one of four people arrested Tuesday in connection with
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Editor’s note, 1/20: The story has been corrected to reflect the amount of time prosecutors claim the shooting took place over. UNION, Mo. (KMIZ) The March 2023 shooting that killed a Hermann police officer and injured another happened over just 15 seconds, prosecutors said in opening statements of the trial against the man accused of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City murder suspect will remain in the Cole County Jail without bond after his first court hearing on Friday. Malcolm M. Mayes, 29, of Jefferson City, appeared via video from the Cole County Jail. The judge noted that Mayes’ application for a public defender was approved, but he had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman who was charged with 29 counts of animal abuse has now been sued by more than a dozen dog owners from across the United States and abroad. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Boone County, names Magnum Opus German Shepherds LLC and its owner, Melissa Sanders, 26, and alleges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal experts are weighing in on the deadly shooting in Minneapolis involving an ICE agent that left one woman dead on Wednesday. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were on a residential street as they heighten their immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security claims the ICE agent shot
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Harry Adrian IV is no longer working for MoDOT. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The former state safety coordinator for the Missouri Department of Transportation, who was accused of pulling out a gun during a road-rage incident in September, pleaded guilty Tuesday in an agreement with the state. Harry Adrian IV, of Tuscumbia, pleaded guilty
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Police arrested two brothers in northeast Columbia after a chase, including one man whose prison sentence was commuted by former president Joe Biden. Columbia police arrested Charles Key Jr. and Demetrius Key on Tuesday after a traffic stop on East Phoenix Road near Lamp Lane. Officers claim Demetrius Key was wanted
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