MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 600 Macon Electric Cooperative customers in Macon County were still without power Wednesday afternoon. Thousands were without power as early as Tuesday morning, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. More than 2,600 members of the Macon Electric Cooperative in Macon County were without power on Tuesday,
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LA PLATA, Mo. (KMIZ) Classes were called off in the La Plata School District on Friday after an early morning fire caused damage to the elementary school. The fire was reported just before 5 a.m. At the school on West Moore Street. The La Plata Community Fire Protection District said on its Facebook page that the northwest corner
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon man was charged with several felonies after was accused of firing a gun at a woman outside of a Moberly bar. Tyrese Mayfield, 18, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence. He is being held
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a crash after hitting a deer while riding his motorcycle, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A 2016 Harley Davidson – driven by Michael James, 57, of St. Charles – hit a deer on Lace Avenue in Macon County,
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BEVIER, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon County couple who run a daycare in Bevier have been charged with child abuse after authorities say one of them fractured a toddler’s femur. Joshuea Leodon Teter, 28, of Bevier, was charged with child abuse in two separate cases – one stemming from last week and another from November 2022.
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 74-year-old Moberly man died Thursday in a motorcycle crash on Route T in Macon County about a mile and a half east of College Mound, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the crash report, Ronald Wilson died after he hit a deer with his 2002
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A judge has barred the Missouri Department of Natural Resources from issuing a permit for a Randolph County animal waste lagoon, for now.
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three teens are recovering in the hospital from serious injuries after a crash Saturday night in Macon County, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to Troopers, the crash happened just after 10:00 p.m. on Route T one mile east of College Mound. The Highway Patrol says, a 17-year-old, 18-year-old Anthony
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, two men were seriously hurt in a Macon County crash on Thursday night. Troopers say 82-year-old Randall Watson failed to yield along Highway O at Highway AX and hit a car with a man and woman inside of it. The driver of the
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New Bloomfield came out of Gov. Mike Parson’s budget deliberations a loser of millions meant to improve sewer and water systems.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Public Works announced road closures Wednesday due to flooding. Storms hit the area early Wednesday. The following roads were closed: 8700 block of Payne Road in Russellville.2800 block of Meadowsford Road near Lohman.8400 block of Oakland Road in Cole County. The Missouri Department of Transportation also announced a closure
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Atlanta, Missouri, man pleaded guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter Friday at the Moniteau County Courthouse. Joseph Harrington, 34, was given a suspended sentence of four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, with five years of supervised probation. Harrington was initially charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in relation to a fatal
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A La Plata teenager was hurt Monday morning after a crash involving a UTV in Macon County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Highway 63 at Highway 156 after 9:35 a.m. Troopers said the UTV driven by a 13-year-old boy failed to yield to a pickup
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A Macon County man died at a hospital after a Wednesday morning crash.
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is dead after a crash Thursday on Highway 5 in Macon County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 5 p.m. about 8 miles west of Atlanta, Missouri. Troopers said a van driven by 68-year-old Cecil W. Bender, of Macon, flipped over after the vehicle
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon man accused of abandoning a litter of puppies faces possible charges. According to the Macon County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested Logan J. Hoag, Wednesday on five counts of animal neglect. Deputies said a tip from the community led them to investigate Hoag for abandoning the puppies. On Tuesday, a
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MACON, Mo. (KMIZ) A 25-year-old Macon man was flown to the hospital after a motorcycle crash on Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, troopers say Brant Bull was driving along US 36 near Bevier, when he swerved to miss an oncoming vehicle. Bull’s bike then went off the left side
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Prosecutors charged a Cooper County man last week in connection with a 1989 sexual assault.
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BENTON, Co. (KMIZ) Multiple people were seriously hurt in several mid-Missouri crashes on Saturday. Benton County A man was flown to the hospital after a motorcycle crash. 45-year-old Corey Wheeler was driving along Macks Camp Ave. on Saturday night when he lost control of his motorcycle. He then overcorrected and overturned. Wheeler was seriously hurt
Continue Reading MACON COUNTY, Mo(KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway troopers arrested Roger A. Cupp, 54, of Marceline, on Friday, for multiple sex crimes. Cupp is charged with felony sex offenses ranging from sexual exploitation of A minor, first-degree child molestation, first-degree statutory Sodomy – 1st Degree, and Possession of Child Pornography. Law enforcement arrested cup after an
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