COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A rape case filed in Morgan County in 2025 is now in the court system of Moniteau County, according to online court records. Danny Eugene Miles, 54, faces one count of rape, one count of domestic assault and two counts of armed criminal action. Judge Aaron Koeppen approved a change of venue
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe has appointed Doug Miller to become Moniteau County’s next northern district commissioner, according to a Friday email from the governor’s office. The position became open after Doug Naros stepped down following felony charges being filed in early February for forgery and two counts of stealing property. Naros’ case was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a processing plant in California, Missouri, caught fire on Sunday night, according to a social media post from the California Fire Department. Crews were called at 11 p.m. to Pitman Family Farms on East Smith Street for a fire that was “visible in the lunchroom area and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit out of Moniteau County. Bobby and Suzanne Murphy filed on Tuesday to settle their lawsuit over the death of Deborah Coville, 66, their daughter, according to court documents. Coville died after she was in a crash on Lookout Trail Road at Industrial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were nearly 1,000 Ameren customers without power on Tuesday afternoon. Information from Ameren’s outages map showed 688 customers were without power in Cooper County, while another 280 had no power from the same outage in Moniteau County. Ameren’s map indicates that the outage was caused by damage from a tree at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Moniteau County commissioner who was charged with three felonies earlier this month will see his case moved to Morgan County. Former Northern District Commissioner Doug Naros was charged on Feb. 13 in Moniteau County with forgery and two counts of stealing. He resigned days before being charged. The case was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) People combing a creek bed in Moniteau County for deer antlers found human remains over the weekend, the sheriff said Tuesday. Sheriff Tony Wheatley said the shed hunters found a partial human skeleton along a creek on Indian Springs Road, west of Jamestown, and deputies recovered it Saturday night. The sheriff’s office
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moniteau County commissioner who resigned from his position earlier this week has been charged with three felonies. Former Northern District Commissioner Doug Naros was charged on Friday in Moniteau County with forgery and two counts of stealing. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Friday. He had resigned from
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol division is investigating allegations of theft and/or fraud by an elected official in Moniteau County. The Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office made the request on Jan. 28, according to MSHP Sgt. Brad Germann. The Division of Drug and Crime Control is leading the special investigation, Germann said. No
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged with murder in a 2025 Morgan County shooting had his case moved to Moniteau County on Monday. Robert Anselmo, 56, of Eldon, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Johnetta Yeager. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond. A
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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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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 man from California, Missouri, was charged in two separate cases on Wednesday. Addison Dunafon was charged with first-degree child molestation in one case and tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution in another. A no-bond warrant was issued in the child molestation case. He was also charged earlier this year
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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
Continue Reading 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) Court filings from Thursday show a Moniteau County dump truck driver is arguing he should be given immunity in a wrongful death case involving a crash. 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
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former worker at the prison in Tipton who pleaded guilty in August to having sex with an inmate was sentenced to probation on Friday. Jessica Baird, of Versailles, was sentenced in Moniteau County to five years of supervised probation along with a three-year suspended sentence. She is accused of having sex
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man on Thursday was sentenced to serve 17-and-half years in federal prison on Wednesday for producing child pornography, according to a press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Robert Wayne Stuart, 37, was arrested in September 2023 for multiple investigations surrounding child pornography and child exploitation. He was charged
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) California, Missouri’s police chief is warning homeowners of a recent wave of pranksters jumping on the decades-old tradition of “ding dong ditching.” Chief Scott John noticed an uptick in the prank in July when people began posting themselves ringing doorbells and knocking or kicking doors and running away on TikTok. The department
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COLUMBIA, mo. A man was charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly fired gunshots at a family in California, Missouri, on Friday. Ruben Obando-Romero was charged in Moniteau County with second-degree assault, armed criminal action and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Moniteau County Jail without bond and
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