COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With hospitals closing across Missouri, access to physicians and health care is becoming difficult in rural communities. Missouri has a lower ratio of primary care providers per capita than the United States. On Wednesday the MU School of Medicine received a $16 million award from from the Health Resources and Services Administration
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were hurt – two with serious injuries – in a Tuesday crash on Highway 5 in Morgan County, just south of Harrison Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred when a 2014 Toyota Tacoma – driven by Woodrow Tweed, 75, of Linn Creek
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A Lake Ozark man died Wednesday night after his motorcycle went off the road and hit a tree, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 93-year-old St. Joseph man suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a crash in Morgan County on Highway 5, about 100 feet north of Twin Bays Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as Susan M. Pierce, 61, of De Kalb, Missouri, failed to “operate” a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were injured in a crash involving two cars in Morgan County Saturday evening. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says that Christopher Black, 48 was driving South on Highway 135 just before six o’clock. According to the report, the crash occurred when Black crossed into the middle
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man is in critical condition after suffering a serious injury Tuesday after his truck crash on Highway 52 in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred when a 2021 GMC Sierra – driven by Danny Cook, 69 – was heading
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man died in crash Wednesday night in Morgan County. Michael Kern, 79, died after his F150 overturned on Ivy Bend Road south of Bern Chipmunk Trial Road at 10:57 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers say the crash happened when Kern’s vehicle crossed the road and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The pilot of a paraglider that crashed Sunday night in Morgan County is in fair condition, an MU Health Care spokesman told ABC 17 News in a Monday email. The crash occurred just before 8 p.m. when the pilot of the paraglider hit power lines near Fortuna and was ejected, according to the Missouri State Highway
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FORTUNA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man crashed into power lines in Fortuna Sunday evening in a powered paraglider. According to a tweet from Missouri State Highway Patrol, the pilot hit the power lines and was ejected from the powered paraglider. The pilot is not hurt. Highway Patrol said an FAA inspector will report to the scene
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thunderstorms hit parts of Mid-Missouri on Tuesday evening, resulting in significant power outages for some counties. Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers in Morgan County were hit early in the evening with outages, as the cooperative reported 930 outages in the county by 10:20 p.m., with 774 coming from Co-Mo Electric Cooperative and 156
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Raytown woman was seriously injured in a car crash Saturday evening in Morgan County. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, April Berry, 50 was in the car with two other people driving down Ivy Bend Road at 5 pm. The crash occurred when the driver of
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office announced on its Facebook page Friday night that two people were found dead from “obvious gunshot wounds” at 4 p.m. Friday in the 14000 block of Coffee Drive, just south of Versailles. The Sheriff’s Office said Robert Silvey, 53, and Jennifer Silvey, 33, were found dead.
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VEVRSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man involved in a crash that killed a motorcycle rider in 2021 pleaded guilty on Monday to involuntary manslaughter and other charges. Scott Wilson, 60, pleaded guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter, failure to drive on the right side of the road and failure to yield. He was sentenced to five
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was seriously hurt after being thrown from his jet ski Saturday night at the Lake of the Ozarks. According to an online incident report, Matthew Kissinger, 23 of Parkville Missouri was injured when he was thrown from his jet ski while trying to jump a wake on the Gravois
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night in Morgan County just after 8:30 on Missouri five just before Route MM. According to a crash report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Michael Paladino, 33 was driving in his 2013 GMC terrain, when he crossed the center of the
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 71-year-old man from Otterville died after a three-car crash yesterday afternoon. Missouri state highway patrol troop f investigated the crash that happened on US 50 Eastbound at Morgan County Drive at 4 p.m. The crash happened when two cars crashed after one failed to stop, skidded of the side of the
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tipton, Missouri woman was hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Morgan County on Saturday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred when Catherine Crouch, 76, was driving Westbound on U.S. Route 50 around 5:30 pm, when she came across two vehicles that were
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four men were arrested Thursday in Pettis County in relation to a human trafficking investigation, according to a Friday press release from the Sedalia Police Department. The four men arrested, according to the release, on suspicion of patronizing prostitution were: Donald Reece, 62 of Sedalia;James Deer, 39 of Columbia;Tim Sinn, 44 of
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A federal court on Wednesday dismissed charges against a Versailles, Missouri, man who was being prosecuted for his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Two people have been arrested for driving while intoxicated after a crash in Morgan County early Friday morning.
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