COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety approved 70 grants that totaled $5 million to first-responder agencies, a Wednesday press release from Gov. Mike Parson’s office stated. According to the release, law enforcement, fire service and EMS providers in “class three” counties applied for funds, which came from American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning in a crash in Moniteau County at the intersection of Highway 50 and Business 50, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash report states that a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier – driven by Michael Collins, 39 – hit a 2005
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Democratic Party in Missouri has released its full list of in-person polling locations for the 2024 presidential primary. The Missouri Legislature in 2022 designated a new party-run voting system for the presidential primary. Republicans switched to a caucus system, which was held on Saturday. Democratic voters can request a mail-in ballot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute teacher working for the California School District in Moniteau County was charged last week with assaulting a student in class. Kevin R. Wideman of Russellville, Missouri, was charged with fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He was issued a summons to appear in court and a hearing is set for April 9.
Continue Reading MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 63-year-old Slater man suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in Moniteau County, on Highway 50 about 500 feet north of Koerkenmeier Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, the crash occurred when a 2014 Ford Fusion – driven by
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After two years of temporary grants, lawmakers are now pushing a permanent raise to Missouri teachers’ base salary.
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CLARKSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Clarksburg is under a boil advisory for the next 48 hours, according to a social media post from the city. Charlene Jenkins, with the Clarksburg Water Department, told ABC 17 News that there was a break in a water line on Grand Avenue. Jenkins stated that repairs were completed
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Russellville woman suffered serious injuries Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 87 in Moniteau County, just south of Route A, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Jessica Taylor, 30, was injured in the crash and was flown to University Hospital, according to the report. An MU
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Moniteau County Presiding Commissioner Joe Lutz was fined $8,244 last week by the Missouri Ethics Commission. According to documents from the Missouri Ethics Commission, the entity investigated a complaint and found multiple mismanagement issues with fundraising and spending during Lutz’s 2022 campaign. He was elected to the commission in the November 2022
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 36-year-old Hannibal woman on a two-wheeled “hoverboard” suffered serious injuries in a Moniteau County crash on Friday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the crash occurred on Osage Street at East Morgan Street. According to the report, a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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A Moniteau County sheriff’s deputy was hurt early Saturday when he wrecked his patrol car in neighboring Cooper County.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial has been delayed again for a Fulton man accused of killing his Russellville classmate in 1991. William “Chris” Niemet, 46, is accused of killing his classmate, Greg Jones, in April 1991 in Russellville. Jones was 14. Niemet also would have been 14 at the time. Niemet was charged in 2020 with first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With hospitals closing across Missouri, access to physicians and health care is becoming difficult in rural communities. Missouri has a lower ratio of primary care providers per capita than the United States. On Wednesday the MU School of Medicine received a $16 million award from from the Health Resources and Services Administration
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man who was charged last week with having child pornography has now been charged with sexual misconduct involving a child. Robert Wayne Stuart, 35, was charged on Sept. 27 in Callaway County with six counts of having child pornography. Stuart has since been charged in Moniteau County with sexual misconduct
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A California, Missouri, man was arrested and posted bond on Tuesday after hitting a Sedalia man with a truck and leaving the scene, according to court documents. Ethan Daniels, 20, was charged on Tuesday with leaving the scene of an accident – causing a serious injury, and operating a vehicle in a
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was seriously hurt after being hit by a truck in Moniteau County Monday evening. The Highway Patrol reported Jeremy Maupin, 46, was hit by Ethan Daniels, 20, on Business 50 west of County Road at 6:15 p.m. According to the online crash report, Daniels looked at this phone,
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A Cole County grand jury has indicted a Moniteau County man on two felonies for allegedly taking more than $9,000 for work that wasn’t performed.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri will soon be introduced to a new area code, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Public Service Commission. The new area code – 235 – will not replace numbers that currently use 573. New numbers using the 235 area code will begin being assigned on March 24, 2024.
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Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect Ida Wolf passed away, after ABC 17 News received more information from law enforcement. CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 83-year-old woman died after she was injured in a one-vehicle crash Thursday in Moniteau County. Ida Wolf, of California, Missouri, died, according to a Friday night email from a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Inclement weather began passing through Mid-Missouri Wednesday evening and power outages have already been reported throughout the area. In Cole County, Three Rivers Electric is showing 502 customers without power and Ameren Missouri had 165 customers without power at its peak. The Ameren number has come down to 140. The storms
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