PARIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The state has requested more time for evidence discovery in its case against Patty and Lois Armour. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, are charged with second-degree murder and hindering a felony prosecution. The state was expected to present its case against Lois Armour on Wednesday in a
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women who were previously charged with hindering a felony prosecution that ended with deputies exchanging gunfire with a homicide suspect have been charged with murder. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were both charged in Monroe County on Friday with second-degree felony murder. They are both
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women made their first appearance in court on Wednesday in connection with a deadly officer-involved shooting in Paris, Missouri, last weekend. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were charged with hindering a felony prosecution and are currently booked in the Randolph County Jail. They are being
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women who were jailed on Sunday in connection with a homicide case that led to a deputy being shot were charged Tuesday in Monroe County. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were charged with hindering a felony prosecution. Both are being held at the Randolph County
Continue Reading PARIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women were jailed in Randolph County on suspicion of hindering prosecution in a homicide investigation that ended with a man shot dead by law enforcement officers. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were arrested Sunday night and booked into the Randolph County Jail without bond, according
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PARIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County deputy was shot in a deputy-involved shooting in Paris on Sunday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A press release from the MSHP says Randolph County deputies and investigators with the Division of Drug and Crime Control were asked to help the Ralls County Sheriff’s Office with a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Paris High School student was taken into custody after attempting to assault another student on Friday. Paris R-II School District Superintendent said in a letter to families that a student brought a pocket knife to school. “While only minimal physical injury occurred during the altercation, the knife did make contact with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former state trooper was sentenced to three months in jail after he was found guilty of sexual assault and kidnapping. Jeffrey Durbin was found guilty of the two counts in January, but his sentencing was delayed after the defense argued juror misconduct. A Boone County judge ordered Durbin to serve three
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The crash location has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Hallsville residents were declared dead at the scene of a crash with a tractor-trailer Saturday in Monroe County. A 46-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman were killed when their Ford Escape didn’t yield to the tractor-trailer on Highway 154 west of Perry, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Mid-Missouri law-enforcement agencies are taking part in active-shooter training at the Community R-6 school district until the end of the week, the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Wednesday social media post. The post said the training occurred Wednesday and would last until Friday. “Passersby and residents will notice
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after being found guilty of killing an 88-year-old woman in 2021. Lyle Miller, 68, of Madison, Missouri, was convicted by a jury in March of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the December 2021 death of Betty Hayes, 88. Miller was arrested in July 2023. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Around half of Ralls County Electric Cooperative customers in Monroe County were without power on Friday. Outage maps on the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives and Ralls County Electric’s website show that 425 of it 826 customers were without power. The outage was mostly resolved before 7 p.m. The cause of the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Monroe County jury on Friday found a man guilty of murder in the death of a woman in 2021. Lyle Miller, of Madison, Missouri, was found guilty of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the December 2021 death of Betty Hayes, 88. Miller was arrested in July 2023. Court documents in previous reporting claim a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Commission has declared a state of emergency after roughly 30 buildings “were either damaged or destroyed,” according to a Friday night Facebook post from the county’s office of emergency management. “The EOC was activated, Road & Bridge provided heavy equipment and the Sheriff’s Department provided intelligence and reconnaissance for
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a Vandalia man with a felony arrest warrant, a Saturday social media post from the department says. The post states Michael David Ogden, 40, is wanted on multiple felony charges including kidnapping, domestic assault and burglary. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office shared in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing more than $23,000 from the Paris Athletic Booster Club. Jessica Howard, 43, of Paris, Missouri, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $750 and forgery. She was sentenced to five years of probation. She faces the possibility of serving five years in prison, if she
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Monroe County on Thursday after she allegedly stole more than $23,000 from the Paris Athletic Booster Club. Jessica Howard, 43, of Paris, Missouri, was charged with three counts of stealing more than $750, one count of forgery and two counts of fraudulently using a debit card. She
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old man from Monroe City was seriously injured in a crash on Friday on Highway 24, about three miles south of Monroe City, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 2005 Ford 500 – driven by a 60-year-old Monroe City man –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department asked for help Tuesday to find a missing 84-year-old man with dementia. Authorities canceled a silvery advisory at 8:07 p.m. Tuesday for Hansil Dean Hartle. The advisory was issued earlier in the day. He left his home in the 39000 blockMonroe County Road 556 in Stoutsville at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people were without power on Wednesday night after storms rolled through the area. There were 311 electricity customers without on Wednesday night in Monroe County, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. And there were 532 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Inc. customers in Moniteau County without electricity. Of
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