COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery City man who pleaded guilty to murder in a toddler’s 2024 overdoes death was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday. Bryan Danter, 37, pleaded guilty in April to felony murder, second-degree drug trafficking and illegal gun possession. He was previously charged with felony murder, second-degree drug trafficking, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Montgomery County Commission on Monday unanimously approved tax breaks to Google for its $15 billion data center that was announced last month. Presiding Commissioner Ryan Poston confirmed the 3-0 vote in a text message to ABC 17 News. The plan was prepared under Missouri’s Chapter 100 law and called for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed its annual bus inspections. A Wednesday press release from MSHP says 10,239 buses were approved on its initial inspection, while 849 were rated “defective” and 283 were determined to be “out of service.” The release says that defective components require repair within 10 days, “out-of-service”
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is developing Project Green, a new data center in New Florence, Montgomery County, that will draw water from an aquifer deep beneath the city. And Amazon hopes to tap the source with a high-yield well. Project Green Site Plan. Courtesy of Amazon Web Services. The data center complex will be located
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Middletown, Missouri, man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, at around 9 p.m., the 32-year-old man was driving a 2018 Yamaha YZF-R3 south on Highway 161 near Highway A when he flipped off the right
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Wellsville man has been charged with several child sex crimes. Jerry Wayne Fischer was charged on Friday in Montgomery County with three counts of second-degree statutory rape and five counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. A no-bond warrant was served. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The probable
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery County man was charged on Thursday with several counts related to child sex crimes. Dante Lawrence, of Jonesburg, was charged with three counts of statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 12 years old and three counts second-degree child molestation of a youth younger than 12 years old. A warrant
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Montgomery County officials have released a cost-benefit analysis for a massive Google data center project that would use up to $100 billion in industrial revenue bonds and provide the company with an estimated $1.62 billion to $2.19 billion in personal property tax savings over 25 years. The plan, prepared under Missouri’s
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Gov. Mike Kehoe joined executives from Google on Wednesday in High Hill to celebrate the company’s plan to build a data center near New Florence in Montgomery County. Part of the message emphasized the benefits of such projects for local communities. In this case, Kehoe said Google plans to invest $15 billion, including infrastructure upgrades.
Continue Reading HIGH HILL, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe and leaders from Google unveiled a data center project Wednesday that includes a $15 billion infrastructure investment from the tech giant. Kehoe joined local officials and Google executives at the Laborers and Contractors Training Center in High Hill on Wednesday afternoon. Speakers touted the jobs the project will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement officers found two .45-caliber pistols and two rifles, one with a load in the chamber, at the end of a multi-county chase Saturday in which the suspect allegedly shot at officers. Clayton Wulf of Ellisville, Missouri, in the St. Louis area, was arrested after crashing his pickup truck at East
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused in the overdose death of a Montgomery City toddler in 2024 has pleaded guilty. Bryan Danter pleaded guilty on Monday to felony murder, second-degree drug trafficking and illegal gun possession. He was previously charged with felony murder, second-degree drug trafficking, two counts of drug possession, one count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people suffered serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery County on Sunday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 29-year-old man from Kansas City was driving a 2014 Toyota Tundra eastbound on Interstate 70 at the 166-mile marker in Montgomery County at 9:50 p.m. on Sunday. The crash
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two teenagers were hurt Friday night after a crash on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 22-year-old man from Grandview, Missouri, was driving a 2022 Kenworth T680 eastbound on I-70 and merged into the left lane shortly after 4 p.m. The tractor-trailer’s towed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person died after a fire late Thursday near New Florence in Montgomery County. The New Florence Fire Protection District was called to the structure fire on Buechele Road at about 10:30 p.m., according to a social media post. Firefighters pulled one person from inside the structure, who was pronounced dead by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple customers are without power Wednesday morning, following overnight storms in Mid-Missouri. According to the statewide outage map from the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Benton County has the most outages with 795 customers without power as of 7:53 a.m. Wednesday. After Boone County customers had their power restored just before 5
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The state senator who serves Callaway and Montgomery counties said Monday that he will not seek reelection, instead taking a job with a public-private economic development partnership. Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit), announced on his Facebook page Monday — the day before filing for the August primary begins — that he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of Montgomery County residents and property owners has filed a lawsuit to stop the construction of a data center. Preserve Montgomery County, LLC, is suing two parties, Montgomery County and the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The group is asking for a Cole County judge to invalidate and ban the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A staff member suffered minor injuries when a Montgomery County school bus was hit by a car Wednesday morning. The Montgomery County R-2 bus was hit at about 7:30 a.m. on Highway 19 near Route WW just north of New Florence, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. A Hyundai
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bridge replacement will begin on Feb. 18 on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says the project will replace the bridge with a wider bridge and update the interchange layout. One Wednesday, Feb. 18, the Route E/Y interchange
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