COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been updated for a man accused of several child sex crimes in Callaway County following a grand jury indictment that was filed on Tuesday. Memphis Raines Dils, 23, of Holts Summit, was charged with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree statutory sodomy, tampering with a witness,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager who was accused in an October shooting in Columbia pleaded guilty on Monday to a pair of felonies. Derek Reynold, 19, pleaded guilty in Boone County to second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to supervised probation, which comes with a 15-year suspended sentence. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon, Missouri, man was charged with four felonies on Wednesday after he was accused of shooting a 78-year-old woman in Pulaski County. Jesse Ray Roberts, 31, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree burglary, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He was arrested in Springfield, Missouri, earlier this week
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Another key member of President Donald Trump’s national security team was confirmed Wednesday. The Senate approved Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat, to be the next director of national intelligence. She was sworn in inside the White House on Wednesday night. Gabbard’s nomination process was clouded by questions over her statements about Russia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health is closing its bariatric clinic in Columbia because of lagging demand. “We’re working to expand the high-demand area of primary care, cardiology, general surgery and maternal health,” Boone Health spokesman Christian Basi wrote in an emailed response to questions from ABC 17 News. “At the same time, we’ve seen a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Columbia Police Department vehicles were seen in Central Columbia, just south of Business Loop 70 on Wednesday evening. One man was shot on Jefferson Street and police responded to leads that a possible suspect ran into a house on Madison Street, CPD Lt. Scott Alpers said at the scene. Police have
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) After canceling classes on Wednesday, Moberly Public Schools says it plans to be in session on Thursday and will utilize snow routes for buses. Wednesday marked the sixth day of school in Moberly impacted by weather this year. District spokeswoman Cristina Wright told ABC 17 News in January that Moberly Public Schools
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia, Jefferson City and Cole County public works crews each have already used up to 2,000 tons of rock salt to treat the roads this winter season. All departments use rock salt, but every department has a different method of mixing the salt with other additives before it’s put on the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of area schools will still be impacted by weather conditions on Thursday. The Jefferson City School District wrote in an email that it will be in session, but it’s morning bus routes in Callaway County will be on their snow routes. The Southern Boone School District will also be on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former detention officer and road deputy has sued the Boone County Sheriff’s Office for claims of discrimination and retaliation. Raymond Scheeler is accusing the sheriff’s office of discrimination and retaliation in regards to his disability and interference and retaliation related to the Family and Medical Leave Act. The petition was filed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMZ) After 24 years of working for the City of Columbia, Utilities Director Dave Sorrell will retire on March 14, the city announced in a Wednesday press release. The release says Sorrell was hired as a civil engineer in 2001 and was promoted in 2006 to an engineer in the electric division of
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Updates related to the winter storm in Mid-Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Attorney General’s Office has dropped the criminal case against former Belle Mayor Daryl White Jr. White was charged in 2023 with stealing and official misconduct, both misdemeanors. He was accused of misusing the city’s credit card, stealing paint cans and taking a gun. The case was moved from Maries County to Phelps County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old woman from Licking, Missouri, was seriously injured in a crash Wednesday morning on Highway 63 in Maries County, near Highway 28, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that the woman lost control of her 2001 Buick Lesabre while heading southbound on the snow-covered roadway.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused in a January armed robbery pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies on Monday. Donzale Gaines, 58, pleaded guilty to stealing and illegal gun possession. He was previously charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. He is
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Editor’s note: A detail originally in the MSHP crash report has been updated in this story. HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Wednesday that a 3-year-old girl was killed when a car rolled on a snowy Highway 54 exit ramp in Holts Summit. The crash at about 7 a.m. at the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Dixon Police Department said the man accused in the shooting of a 78-year-old woman that occurred on Tuesday morning has been detained. DPD wrote on its Facebook page that the woman was shot around 6:25 a.m. in the 300 block of East 10th Street in Dixon. She was shot in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will not be in session Wednesday with a snowstorm expected to dump several inches of snow on Mid-Missouri. CPS sent out alerts to parents at about 4:30 p.m. saying classes would be canceled and students would be expected to study “alternative methods of instruction.” CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark wrote
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County and Jefferson City plan to add AEDs in all new or remodeled county- and city-owned buildings in honor of February being American Heart Month. The county and city set the goal earlier this month, along with plans to establish a defibrillator map and educate the community on CPR and AED
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools was among several Mid-Missouri districts to announce a shift to remote learning or class cancellations due to forecasted snowfall for Wednesday. After Wednesday, CPS will have just one remaining Alternative Method of Instruction day before it would need to extend the school year. Missouri law requires public school districts
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