Missouri State Highway Patrol encourages water safety as summer wraps up
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is encouraging people to boat safely as the summer season nears an end.
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Arrangements set for Osage Beach police officer who died in action
Visitation and funeral arrangments were set Monday for an Osage Beach police officer who died over the weekend during a car chase.
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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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Judge orders Lake of the Ozarks-area casino question onto November ballot
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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20 hangars to be added to Camdenton airport
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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Lawsuit claims Secretary of State’s Office did not count valid signatures for Lake casino question
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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Campaign to bring casino to Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks sues to get measure on ballot
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
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Sunrise Beach construction business owner charged with deceptive business practices
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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More than 100 Ameren customers without power in Miller County
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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Court docs: Benton County woman charged after stabbing husband
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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78-year-old man drowns at Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 78-year-old man from Ontario, Canada, was found dead Friday evening at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The report states that at 6:56 p.m., Lawrence Moore suffered a possible medical emergency and went into the water from a dock at the 45-mile mark
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Camden County Sheriff’s Office looking for 7 ‘persons of interest’ after server dragged into water last month
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its social media Tuesday that it is looking for seven “persons of interest” after related to a dine-and-dash last month where a server was assaulted. A server at Fish and Company Restaurant in Camdenton was pulled into a lake on June 28 during an attempted
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Kansas man injured after getting hit by propeller at Lake of the Ozarks
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A 54-year-old Kansas man was seriously injured Thursday at the Lake of the Ozarks after he was hit by a boat propeller, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the boat – a 2015 Regal driven by Aidan Lee, 22, of Manhattan, Kansas –
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Lake of the Ozarks officials remind boaters to ‘put safety first’ for the holiday weekend
The Fourth of July is expected to attract large crowds to the Lake of the Ozarks area.
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Server at Lake of the Ozarks dragged into water by customers in dine-and-dash
A server at a lakeside restaurant and bar says she was dragged into the Lake of the Ozarks while chasing down dine-and-dash culprits last weekend.
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Members of Lake-area ‘motorcycle gang’ accused of drug crimes, violence set for federal court
Six members of a group federal prosecutors say is a ruthless motorcycle gang whose members dealt methamphetamine have court dates set for this week.
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Kentucky man injured in boating incident at Lake of the Ozarks
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A 58-year-old Kentucky man was seriously injured Tuesday evening in a boating incident at Jobson Hollow Cove at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states that a 1997 Landau Pontoon – driven by Joseph Pelligrino, 45, of
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Court docs: Oak Grove man charged after stabbing another man in the knee
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Oak Grove man was charged with four felonies after he allegedly stabbed another man in the knee early Wednesday in Morgan County. Dana Ritchie, 27, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Morgan County
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81-year-old Jefferson City man drowns in Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 81-year-old man from Jefferson City drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks early Tuesday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s drowning report, Allan Mueller was last seen on his dock around 5 p.m. Monday and was reported as a missing person. Mueller entered the water at an unknown
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MSHP reminds people of safety after three UTV crashes over the weekend
Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reminding people who own a UTV to take safety precautions before riding. On Friday, Troop F posted to its ‘X’ account detailing the importance of safety equipment. The post came after Troop F responded to two UTV crashes at the Lake of the Ozark on Friday
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