COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Joseph woman was charged with a pair of felonies after she allegedly kicked a 7-year-old boy into a pool on Saturday in Sedalia. Penny Badgett, born in 1963, was charged with child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. She was held at the Pettis County Jail on a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly fired a gun in a mobile home park while he was drunk on Monday evening. Phillip Etheridge, 36, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County Jail and the state has requested
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bill that could change who has the final say on high school sports and activities appeals is sitting on the governor’s desk after months of back-and-forth with the private nonprofit that organizes many of Missouri’s interscholastic activities. Senate Bill 863 would create a governor-appointed oversight commission for the Missouri State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man has been charged with four felonies after he allegedly assaulted a victim who was in a wheelchair. Arthur Wayne Hooks, 71, was charged on Tuesday with second-degree assault of a special victim, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. He
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man has made an Alford plea to reduced charges in a 2017 Cole County homicide. Zacchaeus D. Silva pleaded guilty earlier this month to accessory to second-degree assault in the beating death of Jerry Robertson on April 20, 2017, court records show. Silva had been indicted with second-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: An erroneous reference to a 120-day jail sentence has been removed. A Boonville woman who pleaded guilty last month to embezzling from a Cooper County nonprofit was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail. Judge Jeff Mittelhauser sentenced Jennifer Waibel last week to 30 days in jail and five years
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to put a 3/8-cent sales tax on the November ballot. Sheriff Dwayne Carey appeared before the commission last week to make his pitch for the tax. The commission was initially considering it for the August ballot, but moved it to November at Carey’s urging
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Columbia police officers responded to the Woodstock Mobile Home Park on New Haven Road on Monday. An ABC 17 News crew saw at least five Columbia Police Department patrol cars at the scene shortly before 8 p.m. The Columbia Fire Department confirmed several of its crews responded to the same scene
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged on Friday with a pair of felonies after authorities claim he broke into a building by crawling through a hole that housed an office air conditioning unit. Joshua Allen Kautzman was charged with second-degree burglary and first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. A warrant was issued and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A partial mistrial was declared on Friday in a Boone County child molestation case involving an Iowa man. Fred L. Fox, 56 of Humeston, Iowa, was originally charged with two counts of child molestation, one count of child enticement and sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15 years old. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of parade-goers on Monday packed East Broadway in downtown Columbia for the Gold Star Memorial Day Parade. Parade founder Sherry Wyatt marked the second year since the event’s return after a six-year hiatus, honoring fallen service members on Memorial Day. “This is extremely important to us because the greatest sacrifice that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A restaurant near the Lake of the Ozarks caught fire on Monday morning, according to a social media post from the Mid-County Fire Protection District. The post says crews were called at 2:51 a.m. Monday to Pebble Bay Club Restaurant off of Good Neighbors Road, west of Camdenton. About 25% of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The United States Exercise Tiger Foundation will honor six U.S. Army soldiers from an Iowa unit who died during the Iran conflict in March at a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony Monday morning in Columbia. “No matter what anybody may think of what we’re doing or why we’re doing it. We honor the
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A Fulton man was charged on Friday with multiple counts related to child sex crimes.
According to a Facebook post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, Phillip Likes, 29, was arrested Friday in connection with an alleged sexual assault involving a juvenile that was reported in early March.
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As over 650,000 people are expected to arrive in Kansas City this summer for the anticipated FIFA World Cup, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has partnered with national nonprofit Safe House Project to address human trafficking.
Hanaway reports that large-scale international events have led to spikes in trafficking activity.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of Moberly residents gathered to ride motorcycles, cars, and some people even watched the procession nearby in memory of 16-year-old Kayla Huff on Saturday night. People met outside of Moberly City Hall, located at 101 W. Reed St., and hit the road in memory of Huff around 8 p.m. Organizers Dustin
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Plato man is seriously hurt after a crash on Highway AW south of Highway TT Friday night, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. A 13-year-old boy was minorly hurt and a 39-year-old man was also moderately hurt in the crash. Both were from the St. Robert
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City of Columbia Manager De’Carlon Seewood highlighted community involvement and infrastructure projects during Friday’s State of the City address.
This year’s theme is “Building a Stronger Columbia Together.”
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An Amber Alert was issued Saturday morning for a four-month-old girl in Ferguson.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 22-year-old Armani Cincer Robinson-McKenzie allegedly took the baby after assaulting her mother.
Symere Murray was last seen around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday. She is a black baby with black hair and was wearing a pink Minnie Mouse shirt and pink pants, the alert says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A road at a highly traveled roundabout in Columbia was closed after a crash led to a light pole falling in the street. Country Wood Road was closed after a non-injury crash occurred. A Columbia Police Officer at the scene did not give a timeframe for how long the road would be
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