TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Justice Department to carry out the first execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades. The rulings, handed down just after midnight on Wednesday, allow the federal Bureau of Prisons to proceed with the execution of Lisa Montgomery.
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police conducted a narcotics search warrant a residence on the 9000 block of county road 1006 in Auxvasse and found meth, THC wax, marijuana and other drug paraphernalia. According to court documents, law enforcement arrested Darrell Cartee. During a search of Cartee’s bedroom, law enforcement says they found glass smoking pips,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former assistant coach for the University of Missouri football team claims the school still owes him money following his departure. Derek Dooley filed a lawsuit in Boone County claiming the university must still pay him a year’s worth of his salary under the terms of his contract. The university hired Dooley
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State officials have increased security around the Missouri Capitol after last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol but are not aware of specific threats in the days ahead, a highway patrol spokesman said Tuesday.
Continue Reading Columbia police officers say an armed robbery called out near the Business Loop early Tuesday morning is under investigation.
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Columbia police officers arrested a man Monday suspected of robbing a woman of her vehicle earlier in the day.
Continue Reading A federal judge granted Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, a stay of execution pending a competency hearing — just hours before she was scheduled to die. Judge James Hanlon of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana wrote in the order granting the stay, “Ms. Montgomery’s motion to
Continue Reading MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A woman who killed a pregnant woman, cut a baby from her womb and then passed off the newborn as her own is set to die for the crime. Lisa Montgomery would be the first woman executed by the federal government in some six decades if her execution happens as scheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis is charged with assaulting a person back in July. According to court documents, Christopher Henderson was visiting Columbia and assaulted the victim by punching the victim multiple times, choking the victim and hitting the victim’s face with the butt of the gun. Police report the victim’s face was badly
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for the only woman on federal death row are asking a judge to halt her execution and arguing she isn’t competent and can’t be put to death. Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her lawyers filed a petition Friday
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged on multiple counts after a teen finds a camera hidden in the bedroom and gives it to the police. According to court documents, the victim went to the police with the camera last Saturday. According to court documents, the camera had 50 files on it with
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has denied St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s appeal challenging the disqualification of her office from prosecuting Mark McCloskey who, along with his wife, drew guns on racial injustice protesters last summer. The decision Friday upholds Judge Thomas Clark II’s ruling last month that removed Gardner and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed Friday that no evidence of a bomb was found after a threat at Stephens College. Boone County emergency dispatchers received a bomb threat call at Stephens College just before 1 a.m. Friday. Columbia Police Department Sgt. Ryan Brunstrom told ABC 17 News crews at the scene that a person
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are investigating after several businesses were vandalized overnight. Diggit Graphics on Broadway had a window shattered. An employee told us they believe someone shot at the windows around 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. According to online dispatch records, police were called to ‘Bright City Lights’ on Providence Road for reports
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police will pay $725,000 to settle an excessive force complaint filed after a teenager was injured when a police sergeant allegedly put a knee on the back of his neck during an arrest. Court documents say the teenager was on his knees and not resisting when Sgt. Matthew
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City say a man has been shot to death on the city’s south side. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday when officers were called to 115th Street and Holmes Road. Arriving officers found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken by paramedics to a
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say two men have been charged in a Christmas Eve double shooting in St. Louis that left one person dead. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 41-year-old Ronald Fisher and 58-year-old Vada Cunningham, both of St. Louis, have been arrested in the shooting at an apartment complex that killed Michael
Continue ReadingFERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police say a St. Louis County man has been charged in the New Year’s Day shooting death of another man in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis announced on Wednesday that 33-year-old John Thompson has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Ozark police arrested a man after being accused of having sex with a 16-year-old on Dec. 30. According to court documents, Lake Ozark police received a call from the victim saying that Christopher Jacobs had attempted to get into the victim’s pants. One day later, the victim told adults that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri police investigated an incident on the University of Missouri Recreation Trail where a man allegedly was masturbating in front of a runner on Nov. 1, 2020. Officials say the woman was running the trail when a male rode past her on a bike and would stay to stare at
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