FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A criminal investigation is underway for a fire that killed two people on Tuesday at Potawatomi Campgrounds, just outside of Fulton. Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell confirmed to ABC 17 News in an email on Friday that the fire is listed as a criminal investigation being led by the
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Callaway County will stop paying its suspended sheriff, Clay Chism, next month.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new record has been set for harvested deer in a season. According to a Missouri Department of Conservation press release, there were 326,026 deer harvested during the 2023-24 season, which ended on Monday. The previous record was 325,457 in 2006. The top-four counties in the state were Franklin County with 7,395
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A sheriff who was removed from his position last year has nearly $12,000 on hand for a 2024 campaign. Clay Chism has an active campaign committee for the Callaway County sheriff’s race in August. Chism has $11,761.89 on hand, according to a Missouri Ethics Commission’s quarterly campaign finance report for January. The
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As people across the state prepare for snowfall this week, local school districts will make decisions about whether to cancel classes.
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Suspended Callaway County sheriff Clay Chism continues to collect pay from the county weeks after admitting to driving while intoxicated.
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Two former Columbia Police Department officers who resigned amid blowback from a video showing a violent confrontation outside a downtown bar have been hired in Callaway County.
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The Fulton Police Department is giving city residents the option to register in a community camera program that authorities say could help solve property crimes.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Courtney Doyle is the City of Fulton’s new director of administration, according to a Wednesday press release from the city. The release states that Doyle was appointed to the position by the Fulton City Council during Tuesday night’s council meeting. Doyle was named the interim director in July after Renee Tyler was fired
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were arrested and charged following a chase with Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies on Sunday. Dontay Lonell Williams, 18, of Springfield, Illinois, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, resisting arrest by fleeing, leaving the scene of an accident while cause $1,000 worth of property damage and two
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Former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism pleaded guilty Thursday in his Randolph County DWI and resisting arrest case, according to online court records.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged with several felonies on Friday after he allegedly admitted to drugging his wife. Kevin Bentley, 57, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, stealing, delivery of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, drug possession and misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the probable cause statement,
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STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton woman was seriously hurt after a crash in St. Genevieve County Sunday afternoon. The Highway Patrol responded to the crash at 2:22 p.m. on Route DD near Kinsey Road. According to online crash reports, Rebekah Love, 49, was traveling east on Route DD and another vehicle was traveling
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man was found guilty of seven counts of first-degree statutory and one count of first-degree attempted sodomy, according to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel Overstreet, 52, of Fulton, will be sentenced on Monday, Jan. 8, according to the post. Casenet has yet to
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County deputies arrested a man for drug trafficking across the street from a daycare in Fulton. John Nevins, 59, of Fulton was arrested Friday morning and is now facing several drug charges. Nevins is being held on a $50,000 bond. Nevins has previous drug and weapons charges. John Nevins, 59Courtesy: Callaway County
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Four months after the city administrator was fired, the mayor of Fulton announced the start of the search to fill the role full-time.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Thursday with a child sex crime. Shawn Weber, 33, was charged with child enticement, tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution and tampering with physical evidence. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway county man accused of murdering his in wife in April of 2002 had his initial court appearance Friday morning. Harold Dickens appeared in court via jail video at the Callaway County Courthouse. Dickens is being charged with first-degree murder, a class A felony. The punishment for that charge is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Monday announced its first “Grown Your Own” grants aimed at recruiting teachers to area schools, according to a DESE press release. There were 125 local education agencies awards were awarded one-time $10,000 grants, according to the release. DESE set around $2.5 million in its
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A man — who was already convicted of murder in another case – pleaded guilty on Friday to the 1981 killing of Ricky Ridings, according to a press release from Callaway County Prosecutor Benjamin Miller. Conrad Schmitt III, 70, pleaded guilty on Friday to manslaughter, Miller’s release states. Casenet shows that Schmitt
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