COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement filed by the Stover Police Department details a violent assault that allegedly occurred just after midnight on Saturday morning. Details of the assault appeared in the probable cause statement for Austin Beckmann, who was charged in Morgan County on Monday with first-degree burglary. A warrant was issued and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people were still without power Monday afternoon near the Lake of the Ozarks. Storms caused a significant number of people to lose power earlier in the day, with more than 3,700 electricity customers in Columbia at one point being without power. The outage map for the Association of Missouri Electric
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is being restored in Mid-Missouri Monday morning after storms rolled through. According to the City of Columbia’s outage map, nearly 1,800 customers are without power due to six electrical incidents. This is an improvement from earlier Monday morning, when more than 3,700 customers were without power due to seven power incidents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four children 6 years old and younger were seriously injured Wednesday in a horse-and-buggy crash that involved a vehicle in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a horse and buggy carrying six people was heading westbound on Route C in Morgan County,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chamois man who is accused of committing deceptive business practices in multiple Mid-Missouri counties is now charged in Morgan County. Curtis Luke McCarty was charged on Monday in Morgan County with stealing more than $750 and committing deceptive business practices, both of which are felonies. A warrant with a $10,000 bond
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement arrested a man and woman late Monday after a chase went through three counties, according to a news release from the Cole County Sheriff’s Office. The chase started when Cole County deputies tried to stop a Dodge Charger near Greenbrier Road and Monticello Road. The driver didn’t stop, and led
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A Saint Charles woman was seriously hurt in Morgan County after being hit by a car Saturday.
The crash occurred at around 6:30 p.m. near 28404 Holt Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash report.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Morgan County with several child sex crimes. Joshua White, 19, of Gravois Mills, was charged on Wednesday with two counts of statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old and two counts of third-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Strong winds and heavy storms Friday night left thousands without power and caused one house to catch on fire. On Saturday morning, the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ Statewide Outage Map reported over 2,000 people in Morgan County without power. Gravois Fire Protection District Chief Dustin Hancock reported that crews responded to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Branches and trees were down around Mid-Missouri after storms rolled through the area on Friday. The threat of high winds and hail damage prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team to issue a Weather Alert Day for Friday. Most of Mid-Missouri was in tornado watch on Friday evening. Gov. Mike Kehoe had preemptively
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Morgan County R-2 School District in Versailles had a bus that was involved in a crash on Tuesday afternoon. A Wednesday press release from the school district says bus No. 24 ended up in a ditch near the Little Tigers Early Learning Center in Gravois Mills. The release says the bus’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man was charged with child enticement on Friday. Matthew DeYoung, 35, of Barnett, is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $75,000 bond. An arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office says it was notified on Thursday night about a man trying
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Road closures have been reported throughout Mid-Missouri after multiple days of rainfall. Boone County Joint Communication sent a notification at 3:24 a.m. Friday morning, stating that West Gillespie Bridge Road was flooded at Perche Creek, creating a traffic hazard. The road was reopened by 9 a.m. Friday. Route CC near Centrailia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people in Mid-Missouri were without power on Thursday morning. Columbia Water and Light shared on X at 8 a.m. that an electrical outage was affecting 1,200 customers in south Columbia. Matt Nestor, a spokesperson for the department, said a tree fell on power lines at Oak Lawn Drive. Crews were
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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) A 29-year-old Versailles man was seriously injured Friday in a motorcycle crash in Morgan County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, it occurred around 7:50 p.m. on Old Five Road, north of Leatherman Road. An 85-year-old Versailles woman was headed south in a 2016 Ford Explorer when she drove
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A volunteer firefighter for the Tuscumbia Fire Department has been charged with two child sex crimes. Izak Lachance, 25, of Eldon, was charged on Wednesday in Morgan County with second-degree child sex trafficking and child enticement. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond. A court date
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man who was charged with second-degree statutory rape last month in Morgan County is now facing the same charge in Miller County. Ethan Wood, 22, was charged on Wednesday in Miller County with second-degree statutory rape. A $30,000 bond was requested in that case. In his Morgan County case, court
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COLIMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hazardous material crews on Tuesday morning were called to the water tower at Grand Point Boulevard in Sunrise Beach after a 150-pound chlorine tank leaked, according to a Tuesday press release from the agency. The tank was being changed out in a maintenance building by Camden County Public Water and Sewer District
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A man and a woman were seriously injured in a crash in Morgan County early Sunday morning.
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