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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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 4-year-old Sedalia boy died Sunday in a UTV crash in the 25000 block of Liberty School Road in Pettis County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Crash occurred as a 2022 Canam UTV – driven by April Headley, 34, of Sedalia – was driving north through a
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Moniteau County Presiding Commissioner Joe Lutz was fined $8,244 last week by the Missouri Ethics Commission. According to documents from the Missouri Ethics Commission, the entity investigated a complaint and found multiple mismanagement issues with fundraising and spending during Lutz’s 2022 campaign. He was elected to the commission in the November 2022
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was described as an employee at a high school has been charged with several child sex crimes. Rikki Laughlin, 25, of Saint James, was charged on Monday with possession of child pornography, tampering with a victim, second-degree statutory rape, sexual exploitation of a minor, tampering with physical evidence,
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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
Continue Reading PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Rolla man was seriously injured Monday in a crash on Route E in Phelps County, north of Route Y, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 1992 Nissan 300zx – driven by Andrew Sadl, 20, of Rolla – was heading north on
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman on a walking trail in May. Jacob Beul, 26, pleaded guilty on Thursday to first-degree sexual abuse, according to an email from Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson. His sentencing hearing is set for 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, at
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HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) One person suffered minor burns Monday morning in an RV fire on 1st Street in Hartsburg, according to a social media post from the Southern Boone County Fire Protection District. The post states that crews were dispatched to a fully engulfed RV at 5:08 a.m. and the fire was put out shortly.
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Beginning next month, Jefferson City residents will dispose of their yard waste in a new place for the first fall in more than a decade at a city-run site.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A state lawmaker filed an initiative petition about two months ago in an effort to enact a tax freeze for seniors. A state law allowing a property tax freeze for seniors went into effect Aug. 28. On Aug. 29, state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) filed an initiative petition to let voters
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman was charged on Monday with stealing $37,420.87 in public-assistance benefits. Abisoye Jones, 39, was charged with stealing $25,000 or more and unlawfully receiving more than $750 in public assistance benefits. A criminal summons was issued on Monday and an initial court appearance is set for 9 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused for his alleged involvement in the shooting death of a 3-year-old in September was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Larry Brownlee Jr., 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montreal, Missouri, man pleaded guilty on Monday to abandoning a corpse and was sentenced to four years in prison. According to previous reporting, Eric Cole, 41, was initially charged in 2022 with second-degree murder, stealing, abandonment of a corpse and conspiracy to commit a felony. Cole pleaded guilty before going
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More than 500 Boone Electric Cooperative members in southern Boone County have their power back after they lost it Monday afternoon, the utility reported on its website.
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Two people from Moberly suffered serious injuries when they rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Highway 63 on Sunday afternoon, the highway patrol says.
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Ashland’s suspended police chief says in a lawsuit filed Monday that the city removed him from the job illegally because he criticized the mayor on social media.
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A head-on crash on the Highway 54 bypass in Mexico killed two people Sunday night, police say.
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One year after the Wooldridge fire burned over 3,000 acres and destroyed at least 23 buildings in the Cooper County town, the rebuilding continues for those affected by the natural disaster.
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A Boone County Fire Protection District official on the scene told ABC 17 News the man was conscious and breathing as he was being loaded into the ambulance.
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JONESBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents recount how a Scrap Mart Metal Friday morning caused several residents to shelter in place. Jonesburg Elementary School and multiple neighborhoods are just two miles east of where the fire occurred. Most residents were at work when the fire was happening. However, Kenneth Shaw was home when he saw multiple fire
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