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St. Louis officer dies after being shot by gunman
Authorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died.
Continue ReadingAuthorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died.
Continue ReadingA weekend boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks resulted in an arrest.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: 9:56 a.m. Columbia PD sent a press release Saturday morning confirming one suspect involved in the shooting incident downtown has been arrested. Chad Thomas, 30 of Columbia was taken into custody after witnesses were able to describe the vehicle involved. While on scene officers located several shell casings in the area
Continue ReadingMid-Missouri authorities arrested a Boonville man on Thursday after he was charged with two felonies relating to possession of child pornography.
Continue ReadingPolice department spokeswoman Brittany Hilderbrand said in an email officers chased the vehicle after it ran a stop sign near the intersection of Rice Road and Ballenger Lane around 12:42 a.m.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County will hand over records related to a sheriff’s department investigation into man’s killing. David Roland, attorney for the family of Ahmonta Harris, said the family and county settled a lawsuit Harris’ mother and widow filed in June. The family claimed the county unlawfully held onto unredacted copies of the death
Continue ReadingA Boone County Sheriff’s deputy fired at a car outside the Midway truck stop Thursday morning after a man allegedly crashed into the patrol vehicle and drove from the scene.
Continue ReadingBoone County prosecutors have charged a Columbia man with first-degree murder after another man was shot to death in a central city park.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal prosecutors want a Fulton woman to spend more than 17 years in prison for covering up the death of a man with disabilites. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri made its recommendation in Sherry Paulo’s case. Prosecutors said Paulo “directed and coordinated” family members to hide
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a Laclede County newborn.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating after a man was shot at Douglass Park in central Columbia on Tuesday night. Police responded to the scene around 8 p.m. for reports of shots fired. When they arrived there were around 100 people in the area. Some were applying pressure to the victim’s wounds.
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pettis County prosecutors charged three people with abandoning a corpse after they allegedly brought a dead teenager to an emergency room. According to the Sedalia Police Department, officers responded to Bothwell Regional Health Center on Aug. 4 after a 16-year-old boy was brought to the emergency room. Police said that the boy
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for raping a woman he met in downtown Columbia in April 2017. A jury convicted Jemell Butler of second-degree rape in January. A prosecutor said during the trial that Butler raped the woman in a wooded area off Oak
Continue ReadingA woman accused of starting fires at two Jefferson City homes has been indicted on three federal counts.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department is investigating after an early-morning shooting Tuesday.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department said in a news release that officers were called Saturday morning to the 100 block of Austin Avenue.
Continue ReadingOne woman was arrested after a high-speed chase that ended on Highway 42 and Route 134 in the Lake of the Ozarks State Park on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department will have additional officers on patrol on Friday and Saturday near areas where a large number of students have returned to Columbia.
Continue ReadingThe Moniteau County Sheriff said Friday a recent bomb threat at California R-I was linked to a hoax that also affected schools in Delaware.
Continue ReadingThe Cooper County Prosecuting Attorney said his office is recommending a former Boonville radio host serve prison time after allegedly violating the conditions of his probation.
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