Convicted Cole County rapist gets life in prison
A man convicted in April of bonding women out of jail to rape them was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.
Continue ReadingA man convicted in April of bonding women out of jail to rape them was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.
Continue ReadingA look at some major product recalls this week.
Continue ReadingThe City of Jefferson detailed a new technology Jefferson City Police Department has equipped its K9 vehicles in a Facebook post Wednesday.
Continue ReadingA Hallsville man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of driving drunk and causing a head-on crash.
Continue ReadingA 16-year-old boy was hurt when he was hit by a vehicle Wednesday in Mexico, police say.
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that U.S. surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis. Do you consider gun violence a public health emergency? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
Continue ReadingOSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Florissant man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday on Route P in Osage County, east of FBF Lane, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states a 2017 Isuzu NPR HD – driven by Gary Kemp, 34 – was heading eastbound when it went
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some local gun rights and safety advocates in MidMissouri are reacting after the U.S surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis on Tuesday. The declaration came after a string of shootings across America, including in Ohio, Alabama and Arkansas that left multiple people dead or injured. According to reports from
Continue ReadingBOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County family said they received thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to their basement after a public sewer from the Boone County Regional Sewer District backed up. Howard and Cindy McHenry said that they felt misled after the Boone County Regional Sewer District allegedly told them that it would
Continue ReadingFREEBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) For the past 50 years Hilke’s Ice Company has delivered ice across Mid-Missouri, but a week ago, a piece of the Hilke family’s livelihood went up in flames. The company experienced a fire on Wednesday, June 19 at its ice plant in Freeburg. The Missouri Division of Fire Safety determined the fire
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City police officer broke his hand while arresting a man on Sunday, according to court documents. Tyrone Blanks Jr., of Jefferson City, was arrested at 1:28 p.m. Sunday and was charged on Monday with second-degree assault. A warrant was issued and no bond was set. He was not listed
Continue ReadingMARTINSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) Storms that swept through Mid-Missouri on Tuesday claimed a life in Audrain County. Mike Aherns was killed when a wooden electric pole fell on him at his family-owned farm, his brother told ABC 17 News on Wednesday. Ashley Aherns, Mike’s brother, said their family has been farming in the area since the
Continue ReadingMid-Missouri should prepare for possible flooding along the Missouri River.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a Lincoln University student in 2018 saw his appeal rejected on Tuesday. Alfred Chism Jr, of Jefferson City, was sentenced in April 2023 to 25 years for second-degree murder and five years for armed-criminal action. The sentences will run consecutively. He
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A soy oil experiment that went array was the cause of a June 18 evacuation at the Agricultural Engineering Building on the University of Missouri’s campus in Columbia, according to a damage report. The report states that $50,000 in damage was reported. Previous reporting indicates a “pressurized release” caused a response and evacuation.
Continue ReadingASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ashland Police Department will hold a response training with other law enforcement agencies this weekend at Southern Boone Primary School, according to a Wednesday press release. The training will take place from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, the release says. The training will be instructed by Advanced Law Enforcement
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people were without power on Tuesday in Mid-Missouri as storms entered the area. There were 432 Boone Electric Cooperative customers without power on 26 reported outages at the outages’ peak, according to Boone Electric’s outage map. A majority of the outages appeared to be near the Midway area. The number
Continue ReadingBOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Data from the National Traffic Highway Administration Shows that Highway 5 has seen the most deaths in the state during the past five years. The highway saw an average of 11 traffic-related deaths per year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 2018-22. On Tuesday,
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested and a youth was detained after they were accused of robbing three people on Monday in the 2700 block of South Old 63, according to a Tuesday night press release from the Columbia Police Department. Cz’Toia De Vose, 19, of Columbia, was arrested and the name of the
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