CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Callaway County approved two half-cent sales tax propositions on Tuesday’s ballot to increase law enforcement pay and fund capital improvements for criminal justice centers. “It’s a game-changer,” said Sheriff Clay Chism. “Not only for community safety but for officer safety.” The approval of Proposition 1 will allow the sheriff’s department
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Callaway County approved two half-cent sales tax propositions on the ballot Tuesday that, if passed, would increase law enforcement pay and fund capital improvements for criminal justice centers. Voter turnout was at 15.26 percent. Proposition 1 passed 3,099-1,129, or about 72 percent in favor and will allow the Callaway County
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The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire that left one person dead Saturday night.
Continue ReadingAccording to the Federal Communications Commission, more than 1.26 million Missourians do not have access to high-speed internet, that’s 20% of the population. University of Missouri extension along with state leaders discussed Missouri’s are planning to have everyone in the state online by 2028. The main concern is for people in rural parts of the
Continue ReadingA Fulton woman turned herself in to police on Thursday morning after she was accused of stealing money and inventory from her employer. Police were alerted in August to an employee theft at Tractor Supply in Fulton. After investigating, police found that a manager at the business, Jennifer L. Begemann, 46, was allegedly stealing inventory
Continue ReadingThe Callaway County Circuit Court found a Fulton man guilty of felony sodomy with a child less than 12 years old on Wednesday after he waived his right to a jury trial. Christopher Feltner was charged in November after authorities conducted an “extensive criminal investigation” into child sex crimes against him. Feltner will be sentenced
Continue ReadingFulton police arrested a man Wednesday afternoon in connection with an assault investigation. Andrew Anyaeto of Fulton, was taken into custody at the 600 block of Old Jefferson City Road Wednesday around 2:40 p.m. The Fulton Police Department said officers were called to a residence for a suspected domestic assault. Officers reported Anyaeto was threatening
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A former Fulton and Southern Boone District teacher was sentenced to three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on Monday. Teneil Stevenson pleaded guilty to first-degree stalking in August after he was originally indicted for attempted enticement of a child in September 2018, according to online court records. According to the indictment, he sent
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The Fulton police chief said his team responded well after a weapons scare at Fulton Public Schools on Friday. “We all handled the situation as we were trained to do,” Chief Steve Myers said Fulton police received a 911 call reporting a gun at Fulton Middle School on Friday and investigators traced that call to
Continue ReadingA call that originated from Fulton High School claiming there was a gun on the middle school campus set off a weapons scare Friday, with law enforcement officers swarming the two campuses. Fulton Public Schools officials said no one was hurt in the incident. Fulton police received a 911 call reporting a gun at Fulton
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A former Fulton Dairy Queen employee was arrested Tuesday after she was accused of stealing money from the business on two separate occassions. Mary P. Ostrander, 26, of New Bloomfield, allegedly worked at the business in November 2018 and took more than $750 from the business through false refunds, according to a news release from
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