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MU students take notice of license plate camera signs on campus

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri students are noticing new, bright-and-yellow signs popping up across campus and on high-traffic streets that are bringing attention to the school’s license-plate reading cameras. The signs feature an image of a security camera and “High-Resolution License Plate Recognition In Use.” An ABC 17 News reporter found several signs and

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Highway Patrol investigating Moniteau County elected official; northern district commissioner resigns

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol division is investigating allegations of theft and/or fraud by an elected official in Moniteau County. The Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office made the request on Jan. 28, according to MSHP Sgt. Brad Germann. The Division of Drug and Crime Control is leading the special investigation, Germann said. No

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Nancy Guthrie is seen in an undated photo.

Fulton police chief says every missing person’s case handled with same importance

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal, state and local law enforcement in Arizona are intensifying their search for Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC’s “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, who has now been missing for 11 days. On Wednesday, agents were seen searching multiple roadways near Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills. Investigators are still looking for other

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Guns stolen in Fulton vehicle break-ins

FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Police Department is looking for one or more people after several vehicle break-ins overnight. The Fulton Police Department said it received several reports of vehicle break-ins on Tuesday morning. Two of those reports included guns being stolen. The thefts were reported on Court Street, Nichols Street, West Avenue, Center Street,

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Auxvasse man pleads guilty to assaulting woman he dragged into car, sentenced to probation

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of assaulting a woman in September in Audrain County was sentenced to probation on Monday, according to an email from Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger. Lane Miles pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping and second-degree domestic assault. He was originally charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault and second-degree

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Murder charge filed in Columbia apartment shooting; cops find PCP, cocaine

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say PCP was present in the apartment where a man was fatally shot Saturday night in a senior apartment complex in central Columbia. Officers also found cocaine in the shooting suspect’s apartment, according to court documents. Michael D. Graham, 66, was charged with second-degree murder, illegal gun possession, armed criminal action,

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