BELLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Maries County Sheriff believes the City of Belle is continuing to break Sunshine Laws. A petition was filed last week by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office alleging that the City of Belle violated open meeting laws. The City of Belle held an “Emergency Special Closed Meeting” on Dec. 21 and Maries
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The Maries County sheriff still hadn’t heard from Mayor Daryl White on Thursday morning after a search of Belle City Hall the day before.
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BELLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A petition filed by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office alleges that the City of Belle violated open meeting laws. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday and a summons was issued for the City of Belle on Wednesday. The city must respond within 30 days. The petition claims the city did not: Post
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BELLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A search warrant was executed at Belle City Hall on Wednesday and the Maries County Sheriff says Mayor Daryl White is the sole person of interest. Maries County Sheriff Chris Heitman told ABC 17 News that his office received a report about items stolen and obtained a search warrant for financial records
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of several child sex crimes in Maries County requested a change of venue on Tuesday. Rikki Lynn Laughlin, 24, was charged with second-degree statutory rape, possession of child pornography, tampering with a victim, sexual exploitation of a minor, tampering with physical evidence, furnishing pornographic material to a minor
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Some calls for sheriff’s deputies that would have taken place in person will be handled by phone for the next few days to weeks in Maries County.
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VIENNA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man was charged on Monday in Maries County with second-degree statutory sodomy and incest. A warrant was issued on Tuesday for Michael Kevin Kean, 65. The probable cause statement says that law enforcement spoke with a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Kean for several years as a
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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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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Maries County Emergency Management announced Monday on its Facebook page that the Maries County Courthouse was the target of a cyber attack and that the attack is now over. Maries County EM said the attack began last week and appeared to have caused intermittent phone and internet issues, before causing issues
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man suffered a serious injury Sunday morning in a crash in Maries County on Highway 133, about a mile and a half south of Van Cleve, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe – driven by Dale Bosley, 40
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Local government and nonprofits in 33 Missouri counties will receive federal aid after President Joe Biden approved Gov. Mike Parson’s request for a “major disaster declaration,” according to a Thursday press release from the governor’s office. Federal aid will go to several counties, including Benton, Camden and Maries counties. Parson announced
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Storms moved through parts of Mid-Missouri on Monday, knocking down trees and powerlines.
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man has died after a crash Thursday afternoon in Maries County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 3:38 p.m. on Highway 63 just south of Vienna. The crash report states that Denny W. Brautigam, 69, of Fulton was traveling southbound on Highway 63 when
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In a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jose Morales, 15, is believed to have been taken by his biological father.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several people were seriously hurt in Mid-Missouri crashes over the weekend. Cooper County A 33-year-old woman suffered serious injuries in a Cooper County crash on Sunday. Highway Patrol says the crash occurred when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road and overturned into a utility pole. Passenger Jennifer Schelling
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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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VIENNA, Mo (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the Vienna Police Department has issued an endangered person advisory and is asking the community to keep an eye out for a missing man. Authorities say he went missing at 174 Ballpark Rd. in Vienna around 6:00 p.m. Thursday evening. Vienna Police say the missing man
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A Rolla woman was in fair condition at University Hospital in Columbia on Tuesday after she suffered serious injuries in an early morning crash in Maries County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Maries County Sheriff Chris Heitman announced Tuesday morning he will not pursue reelection after his term expires on Jan. 1, 2025. Sheriff Heitman has served as an elected law enforcement officer since 2005 and was elected as the Maries County Sheriff in 2008. In a media release, Sheriff Heitman says toward the
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Heitman posted on Facebook that the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and Missouri law allow the sheriff, during civil unrest or times of emergency need to protect the life or property of county citizens, to create a posse.
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