ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Eldon residents are frustrated as a boil water order is entering its second week. Monday marked 13 days since people were asked to boil water in the city. The city issued the order on instructions from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources after a test revealed high levels of E. coli
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Prolonged exposure to cold can lead to hypothermia, a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, certain groups are at higher risk, including the homeless, outdoor workers, children, older adults, and people with chronic health conditions. Warming centers provide short-term shelters that open during dangerously
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A boil-water order issued by the City of Eldon after E. coli was detected in the city’s system has reached 10 days and is still going. The city issued the order on instructions from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources after a test revealed high levels of E. coli in the system
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was in the Miller County Jail on Friday morning after his arrest following a chase and crash on Christmas night. Robert E. Smith, 52, was arrested on suspicion of felony DWI, felony leaving the scene of a crash, felony resisting arrest and driving while revoked, according to a Missouri
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brumley and Columbia man were injured in a crash in Miller County Friday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on Airport Road– East of Hollar Road– around 8:20 p.m. An 18-year-old Columbia man was driving a 2000 MAZDA B4000, when the vehicle traveled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: A source error regarding the time firefighters responded has been corrected. No one was injured after a home caught fire Wednesday on Trillium Lane, according to a press release from the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District. The release says firefighters were called at 1:23 p.m. and arriving first-responders saw a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tuscumbia woman has been arrested and charged after she allegedly stabbed a man in his stomach on Sunday evening. Tiffany Eden, 34, was charged in Miller County with first-degree domestic assault, third-degree assault of a special victim and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Miller County Jail on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 40-year-old Eldon man was badly hurt in a crash in a Tuscumbia Fire District brush truck in Miller County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that the man was driving the truck east on Route A just east of Highway 17 just after 2 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Lake Ozark Board of Aldermen on Wednesday decided to enter an agreement with Osage Casinos to build an entertainment district. A press release says The Osage Nation and the City of Lake Ozark entered into an agreement that includes municipal services, infrastructure improvements and government funding. Highlights from the agreements include
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Ozark Board of Aldermen on Wednesday night will determine whether to approve or deny a deal with Osage Casinos. The new property is part of a new entertainment district in Missouri announced last fall by the Osage Nation. The proposed site is at 3501 Bagnell Damn Blvd. and is expected
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has opened an online survey to get public input on its for Lake of the Ozarks State Park’s conceptual development plan. The survey – which is available on the Missouri State Parks’ website – is the beginning of the of the conceptual development planning process for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A wrongful death lawsuit involving a Moniteau County crash was moved to Miller County on Tuesday. The parents of Deborah Kay Coville filed a wrongful death lawsuit against John Kendrick and Moniteau County on Aug. 29 after Coville died from injuries she suffered in a crash on Aug. 5. The petition alleges that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from California, Missouri, who is facing felony charges in two counties has now been charged in Moniteau County with 29 counts of possessing child pornography. Ernest Blair Jr., 21, was served a warrant on Thursday, according to court records. He was previously charged in Miller County with first-degree making a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man is facing a pair of felonies following an incident at a Lake Ozark bar on Friday. Jordan T. Cardwell was charged Saturday in Miller County with first-degree making a terrorist threat and resisting arrest on a felony charge. According to a probable cause statement, officers with the Lake Ozark
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men who were charged in separate child porn cases in Missouri were indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday. David Narcato, 41, of Columbia, was indicted in the western district of Missouri on two counts of producing child pornography and one count of child porn possession. He was previously charged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A family member of a woman who died in 2022 more than a month after she fell at a nursing home in Miller County has sued the facility for wrongful death and negligence. A petition filed Tuesday in Miller County by Brenda James — the daughter of Ursula Hill — alleges the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Miller County Coroner’s Office wrote in a Monday social media post that a man who died while in custody of the law enforcement died from a “sudden cardiac arrest, secondary to acute methamphetamine toxicity.” The coroner’s office previously wrote on Aug. 18 that Albert Clark, 54, had a plastic bag in
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach’s Board of Alderman on Thursday evening discussed the city’s panhandling ordinance. The discussion comes months after a homeless couple filed a federal lawsuit against the city. Thursday’s meeting lasted about an hour-and-a-half, but discussion on the panhandling ordinance was brief because city leaders could not comment extensively on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash in Miller County on Monday night. According to online crash reports, the 60-year-old man was riding his motorcycle westbound on Highway 54, west of Walnut Grove Road, at about 11 p.m. when he turned a curve too fast, skidded off the road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured – one seriously – in a crash Thursday on Highway 52 in Miller County, east of Admire Road, a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says. The report says three vehicles – a 2017 Nissan Armada, 2024 Genesis GV70 and 2001 Chevrolet Silverado – were stopped,
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