MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole Camp man was charged in Montgomery County on Monday with two counts of first-degree child molestation. Michael Wayne Pitts was charged after court documents say he repeatedly sexually assaulted a child from 2014 through 2021. A warrant was issued on Monday and no bond was set. A court date
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MONTGEROMY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery County firefighter suffered minor injuries while responding to a Sunday fire. According to the Montgomery County Fire Protection District’s Facebook page, a home was “fully involved, the propane tank had direct impingement from the flames and was popping off.” A shed was also “fully burnt,” the post says. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights were able to be seen in Mid-Missouri once again on Thursday evening. Check out some viewer-submitted photos in the gallery above. Do you have any photographs you want shared? Add them to our Facebook page and they can end up on-air and online. We will be adding more photos
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A Montgomery County man has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child resulting in the death of a child and three drug felonies after a 2-year-old was found dead on Tuesday.
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old man was arrested Tuesday evening after a 2-year-old was found dead in an apartment. Bryan Danter, of Montgomery City, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree drug trafficking and drug possession, according to a Wednesday night press release from the Missouri State Highway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were seven deaths on Missouri roads over Labor Day weekend, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. This year’s total for fatalities and crashes are lower than last year, where 12 deaths and 306 crashes were reported, according to previous reporting. MSHP states that 223 crashes,
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cottleville man died after drowning in the Golden Eagle Lake, the Montgomery county sheriffs office said on Sunday. According to a social media post from the sheriffs office, Montgomery County Communication received a call from a residence on Redbud Ct. at Golden Eagle Lake in High Hill, Missouri at 5:06
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chesterfield man who was seriously injured in a Sunday evening crash was also arrested, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports. According to an MSHP crash report, Alexander Volkomirsky, 41, crashed a 2012 Subaru Forester on Sunday evening in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70 at mile marker 171 in
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MONTGOMERY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chesterfield man was arrested after he was seriously injured in a crash in Montgomery County Sunday night. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Alexander Volkomirsky, 41, of Chesterfield was driving eastbound on I-70 when he traveled off the right side of the road and struck a
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Callaway County deputies arrested two people Friday morning who escaped from Montgomery County authorities during a high-speed chase the previous night.
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery City woman was seriously injured Monday evening in a crash on eastbound I-70 at mile marker 183 in Montgomery County. According to the online crash report, Linda Riechers, 69, was stopped in the passing lane when the back of her 2016 Nissan Rogue was hit by a 2023 Chevrolet
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were taken into custody Sunday afternoon in Montgomery County, according to a social media post from the Montgomery County Sheriffs Office. Around 11:30 a.m. the sheriffs office posted on its Facebook page that law enforcement was looking for two suspects in the area around Stella and White Road. The
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man was seriously injured in an early Monday crash on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County at mile marker 183, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a 2008 Mack 600 was totaled after it went off the left side of the eastbound lane,
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Virginia man died in a crash Monday morning that occurred in the westbound lane of Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states. According to the report, a 2010 Mercedes Benz was heading west when it ran off the left side of the road
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for the SUV that injured a cyclist in a hit-and-run and caused him to lay injured near the Loutre River Bridge for 13 hours on May 29-30. The first name of the victim has not been released, but a Thursday press release refers
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager was seriously injured Monday in a crash at mile marker 179 on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2019 Freightliner Cascadia – driven by Alfa Brockelman, 58, of Salina, Kansas — was
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was riding a bicycle laid injured near the Loutre River bridge in southern Montgomery County for 13 hours following an alleged hit-and-run incident, according to a Monday press release from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The release states that deputies were called at 9:12 a.m. Thursday for a
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake St. Louis man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County Sunday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened on Westbound I-70 at the 181-mile marker at 10:34 p.m. Troopers say Joshua Jenkins, 21, was driving in the left lane of Westbound I-70 when his
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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged in Montgomery County on Thursday after he led law enforcement on a chase Wednesday on Interstate 70, court documents say. Marvin Coney Jr. was charged with receiving stolen property and resisting arrest by fleeing, as well as three misdemeanors: Reckless driving, failure to register a motor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Storms rolled through Mid-Missouri on Thursday and hail fell throughout the area. Several viewers shared photos of hail they picked up near their homes that ranged drastically in size. Did you get any photos of the storms or hail? Send them to us through our share page or share them with us
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