KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach nurses pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal drug charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Charles Welch Jr. 65, pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, the release says. He was a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Lake Ozark Anesthesia –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 88-year-old Linn Creek man drowned Tuesday at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F wrote on its social media. Troop F wrote that the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities received a report of a man face down in the water near Racetrack Hollow
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County detectives on Wednesday found deer bones in a vehicle that was being used for a fire department extrication demonstration, a Thursday press release says. The release says that detectives responded to the Lake Career Technical Center after Mid-County Fire Protection firefighters found bones in a vehicle they were using for
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters who haven’t yet cast their ballots will be faced with the question of whether they support a casino on the Osage River in Lake Ozark. Voting yes on Amendment 5 would change the state constitution to allow for 14 gambling boat licenses instead of the current 13. This would open
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A Florida woman’s body was pulled Monday from the Lake of the Ozarks, the Missouri State Highway Patrol says.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused in the death of an Osage Beach police officer has been charged with murder. Christopher Wehmeyer, 23, of Camdenton, is now charged with aggravated fleeing and second-degree murder in the death of Officer Phylicia Carson. His bond was amended to $100,000 and jail records indicate that he
Continue Reading OSAGE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged in a crash that killed an Osage Beach police officer could be charged with murder. Camden County Prosecutor Richelle Grosvenor filed a motion on Tuesday to charge Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer with second-degree murder. He is currently charged with aggravated fleeing from a traffic stop resulting in death. A
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A visitation and funeral service will be held Thursday in honor of an Osage Beach police officer killed in the line of duty.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police officer Phylicia Carson’s name will soon go on the wall of the state’s Law Enforcement Memorial on the north side of the Capitol in Jefferson City. The plaque will rest not far from Angela Koepke’s son-in-law, Mason Griffith. “There’s not a day that goes by that we’re not
Continue Reading A man charged in the death of an Osage Beach police officer told investigators that he was racing a friend before the high-speed chase that claimed the officer’s life.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol is encouraging people to boat safely as the summer season nears an end.
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Visitation and funeral arrangments were set Monday for an Osage Beach police officer who died over the weekend during a car chase.
Continue Reading OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach police officer died in a car crash while chasing another vehicle, the department said on Saturday morning. The Osage Beach Police Department said that Officer Phylicia Carson died on Saturday while pursuing another car. Chief Todd Davis said in a news conference on Saturday that officers saw a
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A plan for a casino on the Osage River in the Lake of the Ozarks area will appear before voters in November.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A major expansion is coming to Camdenton Memorial-Lake Regional Airport. The City of Camdenton announced in a Tuesday press release that a construction project will add 20 new hangars to the airport. The first nine hangers are expected to be completed by early 2025, the release says. “We are incredibly excited to
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Supporters of an Osage River gambling boat say Missouri’s Secretary of State illegally deprived voters of their rights to put the issue on the November ballot.
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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to bring a casino to the Missouri tourist destination of the Lake of the Ozarks is suing to bring the proposal before voters. The secretary of state’s office last week said the campaign did not collect enough voter signatures for the constitutional amendment to go on
Continue Reading CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake of the Ozarks area business owner was charged with several felonies on Monday. Ricky Loren Simmons II, of Sunrise Beach, was charged with four counts of deceptive business practices and two counts of financially exploiting an elderly person. A criminal summons was issued for Simmons on Monday. An initial court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 100 Ameren customers in Miller County lost power on Tuesday night. Some power outages were reported throughout the night in multiple counties on the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperative’s outage map after storm cells rolled through areas near the Lake of the Ozarks. There were 106 Ameren customers without power
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BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Warsaw, Missouri, woman was charged with two felonies after authorities say she stabbed her husband on Thursday. Pamela Roberts, 56, was charged on Friday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Benton County Jail on a $250,000 bond. An initial court appearance is
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