COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All Ameren Missouri customers in the Eldon had their power restored around noon Tuesday after losing it in the early morning. Ameren’s outage map showed about 250 customers in the Eldon area without power a little before 11 a.m. Tuesday. The number was down from about 1,700 earlier in the morning. The
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police said Friday that they arrested a teenager in connection with a threat that led School of the Osage to cancel nighttime events. The Osage Beach Police Department posted a news release on social media Friday afternoon saying a 15-year-old had been arrested in connection with the Thursday threat
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) School of the Osage has canceled all Thursday night activities and home athletic events after a threat was phone into its middle school, the district wrote in a Thursday afternoon social media post. “Today at 2:58 PM, our middle school received a phoned-in threat to the building. Immediately upon receiving the information
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach nurses pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal drug charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Charles Welch Jr. 65, pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, the release says. He was a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Lake Ozark Anesthesia –
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brumley man who was accused of shooting at an occupied truck on Saturday bonded out of jail on Monday. Brandon Whittle, 49, was charged on Monday with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree property damage and armed criminal action. He was booked into the Miller County Jail at
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people have been charged in an alleged theft ring that resulted in more than $11,000 of products to be taken from an Osage Beach Lowe’s over a two-month period. Christy Schulte, of Brumley, was charged in Miller County with six counts of stealing more than $750. Gary Whittle, of Brumley, was
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man has died from injuries he suffered in a crash that involved a Miller County deputy, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman and crash report. A 26-year-old pedestrian was hit on Nov. 21 on Highway 17, north of Tuscumbia, according to the crash report. The crash report
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A pedestrian was hit by a SUV in Miller County just north of Tuscumbia on Thursday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report, a 25-year-old man driving a 2024 Ford Explorer was passing oncoming traffic on Highway 17 at 9:18 p.m. when he hit a 26-year-old Eldon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A California, Missouri, man was charged with first-degree making a terrorist threat after he allegedly called in a gun threat to Eldon High School upon the request of a student. A warrant was issued on Tuesday for Ernest Blair Jr. and a $25,000 bond was set. He was not listed on the
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tuscumbia woman was seriously injured in a UTV crash on Monday at a residence in the 200 block of Crow Road in Tuscumbia, a Missouri State Highway Patrol report says. The report says a 36-year-old Tuscumbia man drove a 2016 Polaris Ranger into a field, hit a rut and the vehicle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three women are accused of stealing mail in Miller County, according to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office and court documents. Tammy Michelle Schnieders, 48, of Eldon, is charged in one case with forgery and stealing mail, and two counts of stealing mail in another case. She is being
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested on Tuesday following a high-speed chase in Miller County that went more than 180 miles per hour, according to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office According to a release sent on Wednesday, deputies were informed by Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers that they were
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ulman man was injured in a single-vehicle crash in Miller County Friday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Caleb Robinett, 26, of Ulman, was driving on Route C near Jackson Cemetery Rd. at 9:35 p.m. The crash occurred when the vehicle crossed the center of the
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man was arrested on Tuesday and accused of a pair of felonies. Brandon Long, 20, was charged on Wednesday with possessing child pornography and first-degree promoting obscenity. He is being held at the Miller County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to the
Continue Reading MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several felonies. David Eugene Wallace pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree assault and one count of resisting arrest. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation, with a 10-year suspended sentence. According to previous reporting, Eldon police were called to a
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A second man has been charged in relation to a Miller County crash that killed a woman early Sunday. Anthony Floyd II, 23, of Eldon, was charged on Tuesday with leaving the scene of an accident and tampering with evidence. He is being held at the Miller County Jail without bond.
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) An Arizona man was charged with two felonies in a Miller County crash that killed a woman early Sunday. Khalil Manygoats, 26, of Phoenix, Arizona, was charged with driving while intoxicated – causing the death of another and drug possession. He is being held at the Miller County Jail on a
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A Miller County family is searching for answers as Thursday marks three years since 18-year-old David Michael Bowers Jr. went missing. He was last seen on Sept. 12, 2021, in Affton, Missouri.
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A visitation and funeral service will be held Thursday in honor of an Osage Beach police officer killed in the line of duty.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police officer Phylicia Carson’s name will soon go on the wall of the state’s Law Enforcement Memorial on the north side of the Capitol in Jefferson City. The plaque will rest not far from Angela Koepke’s son-in-law, Mason Griffith. “There’s not a day that goes by that we’re not
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