MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 600 Ameren customers near the Lake of the Ozarks have lost power. Currently, there are 576 customers without power in Miller County. An Ameren spokesperson told ABC 17 News in an email that the outages were weather-related and that power should be restored to the area by 1 a.m. Camden
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Among the items approved at Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting was an amendment to the collective bargaining agreement with the Columbia Police Officers Association. The amendment will give a 4% increase to the salaries of police officers. The increases will be effective in the next pay period. It includes employees whose pay increase would
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A new report from the University of Missouri-St. Louis shows that Central Missouri saw a decrease in its rate of drug overdose deaths between 2021 and 2022.
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CLARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 63 about a mile south of Clark, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The crash occurred as a 2009 Cadillac CTS – driven by Kelly Burkett, 43 – was heading southbound on Highway 63, went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hartsburg woman was arrested and charged after she allegedly flashed a gun at another driver Saturday on Highway 63. Keri Lynn Stathem, 38, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. She was booked into the Boone County Jail on Saturday evening and was held on a $10,000
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WELLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rush Hill woman was arrested and charged after allegedly causing about $6,000 worth of damage to a Montgomery County cornfield. Heather Marie Garnett, 30, is charged with causing more than $1,000 of crop loss and leaving the scene of an accident that caused more than $1,000 of property damage. She was
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A crash that apparently involved a tractor-trailer caused traffic issues for eastbound Interstate 70 travelers late Tuesday morning.
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About 650 Three Rivers Electric Cooperative were without power late Tuesday morning after storms rolled through the area.
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Missouri’s foster care system has long been plagued with problems.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland’s chief of police has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to a Monday press release from City Administrator Kyle Michel. Chief of Police Gabe Edwards’ leave relates to a personnel matter, the press release states. Information will be released “when the matter is concluded,” according to the release. An interim
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The Missouri Children’s Division has been taking steps to protect kids who go missing from foster care, but one federal agency doesn’t think enough has been done.
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Columbia, Mo (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council met on Monday night and — once again — recycling was one of the topics discussed. One of the items council’s pre-meeting included the results of a Recycling and Waste Diversion Study. The project includes data collection, responding to recommendations and technical documents for waste projects. Waste collection
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 700 Ameren customers in Cooper County were without power early Monday evening. There were 690 customers without power in Cooper County. Moniteau County also had a sizable outage with 260 Ameren customers without power. An Ameren spokesperson told ABC 17 News in an email that the outage was weather-related and began
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mokane man has been charged after the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says he led multiple law enforcement agencies on a chase Sunday afternoon. Jonathan Irwin, 28, is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, fourth-degree assault, first-degree property damage, second-degree property damage and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Editor’s note: This article was updated with the latest trial information. ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man was arrested federally charged Monday after he is accused of creating child pornography. Scott Alan Barker, 31, is accused of creating and featuring himself in a video showing child pornography. The case was file in the Western District
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WELLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office stated on its Facebook page Monday that someone destroyed a “large amount of corn crop,” in Wellsville over the weekend. The sheriff’s office stated about $6,000 of corn crop was destroyed. The corn field is located off of Route AA near Red Barn Road. The sheriff’s office
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Two proposed constitutional amendments have been submitted to Missouri’s Secretary of State’s Office for certification with opposite goals: one that would allow local governments to enact gun ordinances and one that restricts gun laws to only those passed by the Missouri General Assembly.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders on Monday afternoon were dispatched to a four-vehicle crash near the 120-mile marker on Interstate 70 in Boone County, according to social media posts from the Boone County Fire Protection District. The accident occurred after 3 p.m. and led to the passing lane of westbound Interstate 70 to close for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with several felonies after he allegedly shot at another person on Saturday. Christopher Donnell Monroe, 53, is charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is set
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The University of Missouri simulated what would happen in an emergency at the campus nuclear reactor in a drill Monday.
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