COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man accused of being in a standoff with law enforcement last year in Miller County was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday. Lawrance J. Giddens, 44, is now charged in federal court with being a felon with a gun and having an unregistered gun. Charges still appear in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An associate judge has named Jeff Smith as the interim Miller County prosecutor. The order appointing Smith was made by 26th Judicial Circuit Presiding Judge Aaron G. Koeppen. Smith will take on the roles until Gov. Mike Kehoe makes an appointment. The appointment was necessary after Prosecutor Matthew Howard died on Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Miller County Prosecutor Matthew Howard died on Monday. He was 64. Howard served as Miller County’s prosecutor from 2002-14 and again from 2022 until his death. Howard’s obituary says a visitation and funeral service will be held Saturday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Eldon, followed by a burial at Eldon City Cemetary.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach Mayor Michael Harmison and his business Harmy’s Cheese Store and More have been named in a civil suit out of the state of New York. The lawsuit was filed in Monroe County, New York on March 17, but documents were dated March 13. The complaint claims Favo Funding LLC went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man was charged on Monday after authorities claim he threatened to shoot a cat and pointed a gun at a woman’s head. Robert Russell, 18, was charged in Miller County with second-degree domestic assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was released from the Miller County Jail on Tuesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man has been charged with two misdemeanors after he was accused of exposing himself at a Miller County bar on Friday. Jeremy Chorpening, 38, was charged on Saturday with resisting arrest and first-degree sexual misconduct. He was arrested, but posted a $2,000 bond, according to Monday court filings. An
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Three homes at the Lake of the Ozarks caught fire on Friday afternoon, according to an email from the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District. Fire crews were called at 12:44 p.m. for a report of a house fire in an area off of Route W in Eldon. Firefighters found three residences on
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man who was charged with second-degree statutory rape last month in Morgan County is now facing the same charge in Miller County. Ethan Wood, 22, was charged on Wednesday in Miller County with second-degree statutory rape. A $30,000 bond was requested in that case. In his Morgan County case, court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tuscumbia man died after a crash in Miller County on Thursday afternoon. Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened on Route C, half a mile north of Ulman Ridge Road in Miller County. Troopers said a 47-year-old man from Tuscumbia was driving a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 truck when it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old motorcycle rider was seriously injured in a Tuesday afternoon crash on Route W in Miller County, just east of Lighthouse Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man rode his 2013 Harley Davidson 1200 Custom westbound when he crossed the centerline
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges Friday against a Jefferson City man arrested following a high-speed chase that spanned two counties. Donraye Roper, 20, faces one count of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention. No court hearing has been scheduled as of Friday night. According to the probable cause statement,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was wanted for child sex crimes in Wyoming was booked into the Miller County Jail on Tuesday. Ellis Martin Bay, 43, of Marys Home, Missouri, was charged in Miller County with being a fugitive from out of state. He is being held without bond. He is charged in Campbell
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pettis County deputy who shot and killed a 25-year-old Sedalia woman in June 2020 had his child pornography case moved from Pettis County to Cooper County on Wednesday. Jordan Schutte, 40, of Sedalia, is charged with child porn possession and first-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Miller County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was the subject of an endangered person advisory on Saturday was found dead in her wrecked vehicle the next day. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office issued the alert Saturday, saying Amanda Rodgers, 35, had been seen leaving Eldon around 3 a.m. in her Chevrolet Malibu. The alert says Rodgers
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montreal man was seriously injured in a crash in Miller County early Saturday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 23-year-old was driving a 2007 Ford F150 south near Forgotten Lane around 2 a.m. The report states the man failed to negotiate a curve– traveled off
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach Officer Phylicia Carson died during a police chase in August 2024, and over a year later, the city is holding a bridge dedication ceremony in her honor. The Officer Phylicia Carson Memorial Bridge on Highway 54 runs over the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Candidates in a race to represent part of Mid-Missouri in the state Senate have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to compete in the August primary. Four Republicans have formed committees to raise money for their campaigns in the Sixth Senate District, which covers Cole, Callaway, Miller, Morgan and Moniteau counties. The
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Versailles man was killed in a car crash in Miller County Saturday night, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the crash happened on Highway 54, east of Midway Road, around 1 p.m. The man was headed eastbound in a 2012 Mazda 3 and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Lake Ozark announced in a Thursday press release that it will received a $300,000 Community Development Block Grant from the state’s Department of Economic Development for a demolition project. The release says the money will be put toward a $433,030 demolition project “focused on improving safety and redevelopment opportunities
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man was charged on Wednesday in Miller County after he allegedly sent revenge porn to his ex-wife. Brad Hulsey, 51, was charged with nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images. He was arrested on Wednesday and bonded out of jail at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, according to Miller County Jail records. An
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