GRAVOIS MILLS, Mo. (KMIZ) A sex offender in Morgan County was charged with 30 counts of failing to register as a sex offender on Friday. Travis Duane Whistler, 37, of Gravois Mills, allegedly had 30 accounts on social media, dating and sex websites that he did not register with authorities, according to the probable cause
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at the Morgan County Jail was charged on Thursday with first-degree assault after he allegedly assaulted another inmate on June 13 at the Morgan County Jail. Michael Hayden III, 35, of Versailles, is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $100,000 bond. An arraignment is scheduled for
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STOVER, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man was charged with a pair of child sex crimes on Saturday. Julian Ray Boyd, 27, was charged with two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond. An arraignment is scheduled for
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Oak Grove man was charged with four felonies after he allegedly stabbed another man in the knee early Wednesday in Morgan County. Dana Ritchie, 27, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Morgan County
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was charged on Monday with statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old. Joshua Allen Haggerman, 42, is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond. Haggerman appeared in court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty. He has a bond hearing set for 9 a.m.
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reminding people who own a UTV to take safety precautions before riding. On Friday, Troop F posted to its ‘X’ account detailing the importance of safety equipment. The post came after Troop F responded to two UTV crashes at the Lake of the Ozark on Friday
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Albany, Missouri woman was killed in a UTV crash in Morgan County Friday evening. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jacob Dye, 37, from Albany, was driving a 2023 Polaris RZR up a hill with passenger Shawna Dye, 36, from Albany. The vehicle lost traction
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnett, Missouri, man was charged with a pair of child sex crimes on Friday. Stephen Michael Jones was charged in Morgan County with child porn possession and third-degree child molestation. A no-bond warrant was issued on Friday. He was not listed on the Morgan County Jail roster on Friday afternoon.
Continue Reading A Morgan County man was flown to University Hospital on Thursday afternoon after losing consciousness and crashing.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of power outages were reported around Mid-Missouri on Wednesday. According to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map, 568 power outages were reported in Maries County at 3:15 p.m., with 480 occurring for Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers. The total was brought down to 306 by 5:15 p.m. Three
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills woman who was charged with domestic assault and other felonies claimed self-defense in shooting her boyfriend, according to court documents. Christina Christian, 35, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. She was arrested and brought to the Morgan County Jail on Thursday,
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A woman charged with child abuse died Sunday morning in the Morgan County Jail, the sheriff’s office said Wednesday.
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FLORENCE, Mo. (KMIZ) A tornado was confirmed to have touched down Saturday in Morgan County, according to the National Weather Service in Springfield. A tweet from the National Weather Service Springfield office stats that an EF-0 tornado touchdown down in southwest Florence, Missouri, between 10:29-10:36 p.m. The length of the path was 1.99 miles, and
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) An escaped federal prisoner was arrested south of Versailles early Saturday. 42-year-old Joseph Uman of Kansas City was arrested yesterday by Morgan County deputies after a car chase started by the Versailles Police Department, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies used a K-9 to track Uman after his car was found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were 826 power outages reported in Phelps County on Thursday afternoon, all of which were customers of the Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association, according to its outage map. The peak of the outage occurred before 7 p.m. By 7:07 p.m., there were 250 outages. Damage was observed around the county. One photo
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Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F continues to investigate a deadly crash on a private road in Morgan County.
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A stolen Dodge pickup truck was used to steal money from an ATM machine from the West Vue Shopping Center, according to a press release from the Versailles Police Department. The release states the Dodge was stolen from a business on South Highway 5 and the suspects attached chains from the truck
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man who was accused of child molestation had an additional charge filed on Wednesday. Shane Lee Anderson, 45, of Barnett, is now charged with two counts of third-degree child molestation where the victim was younger than 14 years old and a count of second-degree child molestation where the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Democratic Party in Missouri has released its full list of in-person polling locations for the 2024 presidential primary. The Missouri Legislature in 2022 designated a new party-run voting system for the presidential primary. Republicans switched to a caucus system, which was held on Saturday. Democratic voters can request a mail-in ballot
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Morgan County. According to the online crash report, Rickey Webb, 59, was traveling on Route T south of Coon Club Rd. at 9:38 p.m. when his 2005 Harley-Davidson crossed the center half of the road. The motorcycle then
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