Mexico teacher accused of abuse sues to get job back
A Mexico, Missouri, elementary school teacher accused of abusing a student has sued her former employer to get her job back.
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Columbia man accused of exposing himself in children’s section of library faces charges
A Columbia man accused of exposing himself in the children’s section of a library now faces charges.
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Jefferson City man charged with multi-million-dollar COVID-19 fraud will remain in custody
A judge ruled Tuesday that a Jefferson City businessman charged with defrauding the government for millions in COVID-19 relief funds will stay in federal custody.
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Florida man pleads guilty in conspiracy that targeted Ft. Leonard Wood
A Florida man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in a $223,000 money-laundering conspiracy — part of an email hacking scheme with victims at Ft. Leonard Wood, according to federal prosecutors.
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Man accused of calling in bomb threat to daycare pleads guilty, released on time served
A man accused of calling in a bomb threat to his child’s daycare in May pleaded guilty in court Friday and will walk out of jail a free man.
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Prosecutor’s office charges Jefferson City teen in April shooting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City teenager is now charged in an April shooting that hurt two women. The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office charges 17-year-old Allen D. Vaughn with felony counts of first-degree assault, first-degree assault that resulted in serious physical injury, unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal action. Police officers responded
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Two sentenced on federal drug charges in separate cases
Two men, one from the state of California and another from Jefferson City, were sentenced to federal prison Monday on methamphetamine-related crimes.
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Anti-drug advocate argues secretary of state’s office incorrectly verified signatures for Legal Missouri 2022
A lawsuit wants to stop voters from deciding on the legalization of marijuana this November.
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Jury says Cooper County health board broke state open meetings laws
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) – A jury this week said Cooper County’s health board violated the state’s open meetings laws when debating possible farming rules. The jury heard arguments from a group of farmers opposed to rules the county’s heath board were crafting in 2018 over concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. That group accused the
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Mother charged in infant’s death to appear in court Friday
Lavosha Daniels is set to appear in the Boone County Courthouse Friday afternoon, after writing a letter to the judge.
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Moberly police arrest man accused in recent thefts from vehicles
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly police officers recovered stolen property Tuesday while investigating thefts from vehicles. Police said officers identified 33-year-old Dustin Wheeler, of Moberly, as a suspect during the investigation. Wheeler was arrested at a home in the 400 block of E. Rollins Street around 5:45 p.m. on a no bond parole absconder warrant, according
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Suspect in deadly Fayette shooting pleads not guilty; lawyer claims self-defense
Kundarrius Taylor, 23, is set to appear in the Howard County Court Tuesday after being charged with first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of Torrance Evans.
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New court dates set for six University of Missouri hazing suspects
Five of the men charged with hazing in connection with the University of Missouri Phi Gamma Delta hazing case are scheduled for their first appearance in court Thursday.
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Two men charged in connection with woman’s death in Phelps County
Phelps County prosecutors charged two people Monday in connection with a woman’s death.
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Judge allows Amtrak derailment lawsuits to move forward
A judge allowed lawsuits filed in connection with June’s deadly train derailment in Chariton County to proceed in court.
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Jury in MU hazing case to be brought in from outside Boone County
The jury in the trial of a former University of Missouri fraternity member accused of hazing will come from outside Boone County.
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Judge keeps Lynlee Renick from collecting husband’s inheritance
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Montgomery County judge agreed to bar a woman convicted of killing her husband from collecting any part of his inheritance. Judge Richard Scheibe ruled Thursday that Lynlee Renick cannot earn any money or property from Ben Renick’s remaining estate. A court-appointed guardian of Ben’s assets asked the judge on
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Attorney wants murdered man’s wife barred from inheritance payouts
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – An attorney handling the estate of snake breeder Ben Renick wants his wife barred from collecting anything from his inheritance. Carla Wood Tanzey, the court-appointed administrator of Renick’s belongings, asked a judge to stop Lynlee Renick from getting any part of Ben’s estate. Tanzey wrote that their daughter should be
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Second Amtrak employee files lawsuit following train derailment
A second employee from Amtrak has filed a lawsuit after the train derailment in June.
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Boone County prosecutor wants refocus on shootings, homicides
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s new prosecutor wants the office to refocus its efforts on investigating and pursuing shooting and homicide cases. Roger Johnson said the 14 lawyers that make up the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office have 26 homicide cases to deal with right now. Each one of them, Johnson said, compounds the work the
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