COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers are out on high alert as the organization expects more traffic on highways and waterways for the Labor Day weekend. “I think over the next several days there’s gonna be a significant increase in traffic on all the major highways and interstates throughout the state and throughout
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is seriously injured after a wreck on Highway 52 in Morgan County Wednesday night. According to the online crash report, Lucas Hayden, 22, of Versailles, was driving a 2003 Yamaha motorcycle and lost control. The motorcycle left the roadway and then overturned and hit a fence. Hayden was wearing
Continue Reading MONITEAU, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was seriously injured in a Morgan motorcycle crash on Friday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, 58-year-old Brad Wilson was driving his motorcycle along Buck Creek Road near Lakewood Drive when the bike went off the right side of the road. The bike then overturned and Wilson
Continue Reading MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcycle driver was seriously injured Thursday afternoon after wreck in Morgan County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Tyler Stewart, 20, of Versailles, was driving a 2007 Yamaha R1 eastbound on Anchorage Road when it went off the roadway. The motorcycle hit a barbed wire fence and
Continue Reading MORGAN Co. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Morgan County on Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, 52-year-old Michael Boettcher was driving southbound along Route 135 near Little Proctor Road when his motorcycle went off the right side of the road. The motorcycle then
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash in Morgan County left three people injured Wednesday shortly after 5 p.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report said the vehicles were traveling on Highway 5 near the Route TT North junction when a Kia Optima slowed down and stopped to make a left turn. A pickup truck
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Dept. of Conservation Facebook page is reporting three people were arrested after an investigation into the illegal paddlefish operation in Morgan County. Officials report a 13-hour investigation lead to the individuals being in possession of five whole paddlefish and about 75 pounds of paddlefish eggs, or roe. Roe is highly
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Continue Reading MORGAN, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is dead after a fatal crash in Morgan County on Saturday night. Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened at 10:10 on Saturday night on MO 52 Eastbound about 1,000 feet from Stevenson Lane. 35-year-old Jeffery Smith from Stover, was traveling eastbound on a 2003 Harley Davidson Motorcycle when
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles woman is seriously injured after a wreck on Route TT in Morgan County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Hailee Fretueg was driving northbound on Route TT, one mile north of Highway 5 when she failed to negotiate a curve. Fretueg’s 2006 Hyundai Azera traveled off the
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a local fire chief and a business owner at the Lake of the Ozarks, awareness of a boat’s condition and even its smell can help boaters prevent fuel fires. Two boats have caught fire in the last week due to fuel issues, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has approved two one-year contracts that will provide guardrail and downed median guard cable repairs in several mid-Missouri counties. The first contract entails repairs in various locations as needed in Camden, Maries and Miller Counties. The second contract will be for repairs along various routes
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) EDIT: Shooting took place at Lazy Gators. Previous reporting said Shady Gators. UPDATE: According to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, the victim, a 27-year-old black male, has died. CCSO also arrested two of three suspects, with the help of witnesses. The names of the victims
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury found a Morgan County man not guilty of murder. A Moniteau County jury returned the verdict Thursday afternoon. Thomas Capps was accused of killing Ronald Salmons in Versailles back in 2015. The case was moved to Moniteau County on a change of venue request. Prosecutors argued Capps staged a
Continue Reading Thomas Capps was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in 2019 for the March 17, 2015, death of Ronald Salmons.
Continue Reading Thomas E. Capps, 50, will face a jury trial starting Monday in Moniteau County.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a woman following a single-car crash Sunday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the woman killed in a crash Monday on Highway 50 in Morgan County. The patrol says Karen Overmiller, 70, of Four Seasons, Missouri died in the four-vehicle crash that shut down the highway. The patrol says the crash happened when Overmiller’s vehicle was approaching another
Continue Reading The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F posted on Twitter that troopers are investigating a fatal crash at highways 50 and 5, just outside Syracuse.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Roach, Mo. man is seriously injured after he was driving a golf cart that was involved in a wreck with another vehicle. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Galen Heritage, 60, was driving a golf cart and attempted to cross Highway 5 from a private driveway. The crash report states
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