COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than six months after an EF-3 tornado and historic flooding in mid-Missouri, an estimated 150 households will need long term assistance. The Miller and Cole County Long-Term Disaster Recovery Committee, a coalition of not-for-profit organizations, is providing victims and families with disaster case management. Ann Bax, president of the United
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Emergency responders with decades of experience said it was one of the most severe crashes they had ever seen. “I’ve been in law enforcement for 24 years and this is the first time I’ve gone to a one-vehicle, five-person fatality,” said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Scott White. White was one of many who responded
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ODESSA, Mo. (KMIZ) Joy Chance fondly remembers May 24. Her husband, Dustin, surprised her with a weekend camping trip to Majestic Oaks Campground in Miller County. It was their favorite hobby — staying nights out in the wilderness, fishing, hiking and sitting around a campfire. Those memories are framed as photos around Joy’s home in
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The ABC 17 News team revisited the people and places affected by the May 22 tornado that hit Jefferson City and Eldon for a half-hour special.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Tornado damage and flooding made 2019 a devastating year for the Show-Me State. Through it all, Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency continues to help people pick up the pieces. On the night of May 22, SEMA director Ron Walker said workers at the agency closely watched the storm system move across
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former School of the Osage teacher pleaded guilty to statutory sodomy of a person less than 14 years old on Tuesday. Mark Edwards, of Eldon, was accused of touching a student inappropriately on two separate occasions in April 2018. A detective with the sheriff’s office looked at the school bus
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Eldon, Mo continues to recover after an EF 3 tornado caused destruction on May, 22. The city received 134 building permit requests between May 24 and Oct. 18 related to tornado damage repairs. Building permit requests included new construction, roof, porch, electrical, siding replacement and remodeling. The tornado brought
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) A wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Circuit Court of Miller County accuses the owner of an Eldon RV park of causing a woman’s death. The court document shows Robert Vanbarneveld filed the lawsuit after his wife Tisha Vanbarneveld died on June 16. The couple were at Shorewood Landing Waterfront RV
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE 8:50 p.m.: Callaway County voters turned out at about a 15 percent clip Tuesday to approve two sales tax increases to pay for law enforcement. Voters approved Proposition 1, a half-cent increase to pay for sheriff’s department staffing and salary raises, 3,099-1,129, or about 72 percent in favor. They approved Proposition
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A man is charged in Miller County after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase late Sunday. Lake Ozark police accused Curtis Thorne of driving in the wrong lane on U.S. Highway 54 in Miller County just before midnight on Sunday. Court documents show an officer tried to pull over Thorne at 11:41 p.m. on
Continue ReadingA man is charged in Miller County after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase late Sunday. Lake Ozark police accused Curtis Thorne of driving in the wrong lane on U.S. Highway 54 in Miller County just before midnight on Sunday. Court documents show an officer tried to pull over Thorne at 11:41 p.m. on
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The Miller County Prosecutor’s Office charged on Friday an inmate accused of attacking workers at the detention center. James W. Simpson, 27, is charged with first-degree assault, two counts of third-degree assault and damage to jail property. Simpson attacked the workers at the Miller County Detention Center off Highway 52 on Sept. 7, according to
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Natural Resources received three complaints about foam waste from a local business making its way onto other property. DNR spokeswoman Tayna Turner said authorities have already visited the site and the investigation is ongoing. Turner said DNR is investigating the incident as a potential water pollution and solid waste dumping case.
Continue ReadingA historic motel is still undergoing repairs five months after an EF3 tornado ripped through mid-Missouri in May. Historic Randles Court owner Jennifer Hart said the 1830s motel was damaged by a fire in 2017 and she planned to have a grand reopening May 24, 2019, but the tornado struck two days before on May
Continue ReadingAt least one person was taken into custody after he led police on a multi-county chase on Sunday night. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office tried to pull over a truck at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday after Jeffrey Barlow ,the driver of the truck, allegedly went out of his lane, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol
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A Pennsylvania law firm says it has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Hy-Vee grocery store chain after a recent data breach. Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLC announced the filing in a news release posted Tuesday. Law firms in Illinois and Oklahoma are also listed on the lawsuit. The original plaintiffs listed on the
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A Miller County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies. Leonard W. Wilson appeared in the Miller County Circuit Court on Tuesday after being accused of failing to register as a sex offender multiple times. Wilson was called back into the courtroom after he admitted
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Administrators put the Miller County R-III campus on lockdown after a bullet was found in the school parking lot Tuesday. “It was brought to the administration’s attention that a single round of ammunition was found in the school’s parking lot this morning,” the school district wrote in a Facebook post. “It is unknown how or
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The superintendent for the School of the Osage is retiring at the end of the month. According to the district, the board of education approved Dr. Brent Depeé’s request at Thursday night’s meeting. Depeé has served as the superintendent since 2011. “He truly believed in the Osage mission. Lots of school districts have a mission
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Update as of 10:16 p.m.: Power is back for most Ameren customers now. The outage map shows 238 are still waiting for the lights to come back on. An Ameren spokeswoman said crews continue to work in the area. Update as of 9:33 p.m.: Power was restored for many Camden County electric cooperative members, 36
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