COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police officers arrested a man after a standoff who allegedly impersonated a law enforcement officer. Police wrote in a Tuesday press release that they were called the area of Route Z and Bluff Street for a call about “a subject that had removed a female from inside of her vehicle while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State and city offices will be closed on New Year’s Day, and services like trash pickup will be impacted. Trash pickup will not occur on Wednesday for the holiday in several area cities, including Columbia, Jefferson City, Fulton and Boonville. All trash pickup for the rest of the week will be delayed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a house fire on Monday in the 200 block of West 2nd Street in Fulton, according to a press release from the Fulton Fire Department. Two residents of the home were doing yard work outside when they noticed the fire and quickly told another family member in
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A 70-year-old Fulton man who was charged with first-degree child molestation is in custody. Charles Woodrow Easley was charged on Friday with molesting a child in 2018, according to court filings. He was booked into the Callaway County Jail at 3:10 p.m. Friday and is being held without bond. An initial court
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Editor’s note: The hours for the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services have been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State and city offices will be closed on Christmas Day, and some changes will occur this week for services such as trash pickup. Trash pickup will not occur on Wednesday for the holiday in several area
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Human Rights Commission and the Celia Newsom Legacy Foundation gathered on Saturday night to honor Celia Newsom, who was executed for killing her enslaver, Robert Newsom in 1855. The commission has long recognized Dec. 21 as a day dedicated to honoring Celia. However, organizers said this year’s gathering was
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Balloons, lit candles, songs and tears were the sight Wednesday night in Fulton, as community members of all ages packed into a church parking lot to honor Dominique Ford. Ford, 27, of Fulton died after an October shooting. According to an October social media post from the Fulton Police Department, police found
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man accused of trafficking methamphetamine was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Clayton Key Craddock, 40, pleaded guilty on Feb. 29 to possessing meth with the intent to distribute, the release says. The release says that law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man suffered serious injuries in a crash on Monday in Callaway County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 69-year-old man was driving a 2023 Polaris Ranger through a wooded area near Hartman Drive, lost control of the vehicle and the
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) William Woods University President Jeremy Moreland will resign from his position in January, according to a Friday press release from the university. The release says that Moreland – who joined the university in September 2021 – will leave to “pursue other professional opportunities.” Moreland was president during a number of changes, including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s investigation into a shooting on Interstate 70 that resulted in two Callaway County deputies getting shot has been completed, according to an email from Drug and Crime Control Sgt. Brad Germann. Germann wrote on Wednesday that the case file has been delivered to the Boone County prosecutor
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton woman was arrested after a traffic led to deputies finding fentanyl powder in her vehicle, according to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. Demeka Galbreath, 46, of Fulton was arrested on charges of second-degree trafficking drugs, possession of a controlled substance, three counts of unlawful possession
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were arrested for allegedly committing various sex crimes in Holts Summit, according to a Sunday release from the city. According to the release, the arrests were made in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, including out of state agencies. The release states the department has been following up on
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate died at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center on Monday after being in custody for just 10 days, according to information from the Missouri Department of Corrections. Nathaniel Cross, 40, of Columbia, was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m. Monday, a Tuesday press release from the DOC says. The release says
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Branson-area man was charged with several felonies after he allegedly took more than $111,000 from a Callaway County home and burned the residence. Gerald Roark, 54, of Reed Springs, Missouri, was charged with second-degree arson, first-degree burglary, stealing more than $25,000, illegal gun possession and stealing a gun. He is being
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was pulled from a two-vehicle crash Thursday on Interstate 70 in Callaway County, Callaway County EMS wrote on its social media. The crash occurred in the eastbound driving lane at mile marker 152, posts from Callaway County EMS and the Missouri State Highway Patrol say. MSHP posted about the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thanksgiving is already upon us and trash pickup around the area will be impacted. The state and every city office observes the holiday. Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order on Nov. 7 that will also close state offices on the day after the holiday. Columbia and Jefferson City will also have
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The video has been cropped to protect sensitive evidence at the request of police. FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police have released surveillance video of a person of interest in an October homicide investigation. Police provided ABC 17 News this week with the video from the scene of a deadly shooting on Mokane Road.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Board of Education at its Wednesday night meeting unanimously approved an agreement to get a school resource officer. The officer will be provided by the city’s police department. The agreement for the SRO begins on Jan. 6 and runs through the end of the academic school year, of until June
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Public School District will hold a school board meeting Wednesday night to discuss its agreement to add school resource officers. The Fulton Public School District and the City of Fulton, along with the Fulton Police Department has come to an agreement to have officers provide security at school campuses. The district
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