COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former secretary of the Belle Fire Protection District has been charged with a felony after she allegedly embezzled more than $70,000 from 2022-24. Courtney Ann Abel, of Belle, was charged in Osage County with stealing more than $25,000. A criminal summons was issued on Tuesday. An arraignment is scheduled for 10
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Commission has declared a state of emergency after roughly 30 buildings “were either damaged or destroyed,” according to a Friday night Facebook post from the county’s office of emergency management. “The EOC was activated, Road & Bridge provided heavy equipment and the Sheriff’s Department provided intelligence and reconnaissance for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Maries County prosecutors charged a Bland, Missouri man on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to solicit a minor into sexual conduct and give her alcohol. Scott Gene Birmingham, 52, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, resisting arrest, third-degree assault and second-degree sexual misconduct. According to a probable cause statement,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon, Missouri, man was charged Tuesday with shooting at a woman off a Maries County road. Ricky L. Veasman was charged with first-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon, illegal gun possession, armed criminal action, resisting arrest and felony drug possession. A woman told Maries County deputies on Sunday afternoon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Rivers Electric Cooperative is asking its customers to conserve energy after the recent cold spell made its grid experience “maximum load.” The cooperative – which serves Cole, Maries, Miller, Gasconade, Osage and Moniteau counties – asked its customers on social media Thursday to try to conserve energy from 6-10 a.m. Friday.
Continue Reading 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 19-year-old Vienna man was killed Friday morning in a crash on Highway 133 in Maries County, a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says. The report says that the man was driving a 2005 Ford Focus southbound on the road when it crossed the center line and hit a
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Odessa man pleaded guilty to five felonies in a December 2023 crash that knocked out power for hundreds of people in Maries County. Jeramy Sisk pleaded guilty to resisting arrest, three counts of first-degree property damage and one count of stealing a car. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Belle in Maries County has lifted its boil advisory. The City Clerk’s Office told ABC 17 News that testing samples indicated that water was now safe to consume. The city issued the advisory on Friday after multiple water line breaks were reported.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Belle in Maries County is under a boil advisory until Tuesday after three water line breaks occurred within the city. The city clerk’s office told ABC 17 News that the advisory is in effect until Tuesday in order to give time for testing. The clerk’s office said that some
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Steelville man was seriously injured in a crash on Thursday in Maries County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a 2010 Hyundai Sonata – driven by a 43-year-old Steelville man – was heading southbound on Highway 63, about two miles north of Vienna, when
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Maries County Prosecutor says that claims he declined to press charges against Sheriff Chris Heitman are false. Last week, Judge Brenden Fox ordered the release of criminal investigation records that allege Sheriff Chris Heitman falsified written statements, altered a death investigation for insurance benefits, defrauded the Missouri Highway Safety Systems overtime
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Maries County judge ordered the release of criminal investigation records that allege Sheriff Chris Heitman intimidated witnesses, falsified written statements and misappropriated funds for personal use. Heitman maintains that he has done nothing wrong and claims the allegations are a result of “lies and corruption.” On Monday, Judge Brenden Fox issued
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flooding from recent storms will cause the Maries County R-1 School District to not hold in-person classes on Thursday, the school district wrote on its Facebook page on Wednesday night. “Due to the local flooding and Hwy 63 closing, Maries R-1 will NOT be in session on Thursday, November 7, but WILL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Vienna, Missouri, woman was flown to University Hospital on Thursday after her car went off the road and hit a rock bluff. Nicole Constable, 38, was on Highway 63 a few miles north of Vichy in Maries County when she went of the road on a curve, overcorrected and went off
Continue Reading MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Meta, Missouri, woman was charged with three child sex crimes on Thursday in Maries County. Brenda Bax was charged with use of a child in a sexual performance and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving sexual conduct. Court records indicate a warrant was served on
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Maries County with two felonies and a misdemeanor following a multi-county chase on Monday. Jacob Pitucha was charged with aggravated fleeing causing physical injury, first-degree property damage and misdemeanor driving while revoked. He is being held at the Maries County Jail without bond. A court date
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Locust Grove, Arkansas man was killed in a crash in Maries County on Sunday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened on Highway 28 east of Highway C at 6:47 p.m. According to the online crash report, Michael Edington, 41, of Rolla crossed the center line and
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Hundreds of electric cooperative members lost power as storms moved through parts of mid-Missouri on Thursday night.
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