Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect new information on the power outage. ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) – Lights are back on Sunday night for thousands of Ameren customers in and around the city of Eldon. The Ameren outage map showed more than 2,000 customers without power just after 9 p.m. The largest concentration
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnett man found guilty of a dozen child sex crimes was sentenced on Monday to three consecutive life sentences and another 72 years. A Morgan County jury found Gilbert Silvey Jr. guilty in April of first-degree statutory rape, two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, second-degree statutory rape, two counts of second-degree statutory
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Extreme drought continues to impact Mid-Missouri forcing cities and counties to put burn bans in place. Mid-Missouri saw rain over the weekend, but not enough for burn bans to be lifted. The burn bans in place discourage any type of fire including bonfires, camp fired, fireworks and controlled burns. The City of
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Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Versailles, Missouri, man early Thursday after he crashed his truck in Morgan County.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pleasanton, Kansas, woman suffered serious injuries in a Tuesday golf cart crash in Morgan County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred on Main Street about 100 feet north of Sunset Drive. A golf cart traveled down a hill and the driver – Hayden Riggs,
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 6-year-old boy from Stover was flown by helicopter to University Hospital after being seriously hurt in a go-kart crash Saturday evening. According to the Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 5:17 p.m. on Marina Drive in Morgan County. Troopers said, the 6-year-old was driving a 2022 Hammerhead Mudhead 208R go-kart
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Arnold, Missouri man was hospitalized after nearly drowning at the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says, a bystander found 48-year-old Todd Faulkner face down in the water on the 5th mile mark of the lake near the Osage Arm. Online reports say, Faulkner was
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Nebraska woman was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash in Morgan County Saturday afternoon. Online crash reports say, the crash happened at 3:12 p.m. on Wilson Bend Road south of Ridgeline Drive. Sandra A. Penny, 69, was driving a 2020 Jeep Renegade when it went off the road, hit the ground,
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Oasis at Lakeport will be a $300 million family resort and entertainment district along the Lakeport property at Highway 54 and Jeffries Road, adjacent to the Grand Glaize Bridge.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnett man suffered serious injuries Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash in Morgan County on Route W, about 300 feet south of Old W Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred as a 2003 Chevrolet S10 – driven by Mark Sharon, 21 –
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sweet Springs man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash Sunday in Morgan County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2004 Harley Davidson – driven by Terry Zimmerschied, 55 — was heading southbound on Route W, south of Marvin Cutoff. Zimmerschied failed to
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County Sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent matter while causing an accident. Justin Dills, 29, was fined $130.50 plus court costs, totaling $250. Missouri POST records show that Justin W. Dills has a valid Class A license and he is
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Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed an executive order creating a “drought alert” in the state, according to a news release.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol has reported no drownings or boat crashes on the Lake of the Ozarks so far this Memorial Day weekend.
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The Lake of the Ozarks is preparing for increased boating traffic for the first big summer holiday –Memorial Day weekend.Â
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Authorities are encouraging people to keep boat safety in mind as they head out onto the water this Memorial Day.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bayfield, Colorado, man suffered serious injuries Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash on Ivy Bend Road at Proctor Road in Morgan County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2003 Ford F250 – driven by Aason Sauer, 41 — was traveling fast and went
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 80-year-old Gravois Mills woman died in a one-vehicle crash Thursday on Clover Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. Floy Beard died in the crash. She was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the report. The crash occurred after Beard lost control of her 2022 Chevrolet Equinox due
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gilbert Silvey, Jr. was found guilty last week of several child-sex crimes, according to a Wednesday press release from the Attorney General’s Office On Friday afternoon, a Morgan County jury found Silvey guilty of first-degree statutory rape, two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, second-degree statutory rape, two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy
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A Stover man was killed Wednesday night in a crash on Highway 5.
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