COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An entertainment district at the Lake of the Ozarks that is expected to open next year will receive additional funding from the state’s Property Assessed Clean Energy program. Oasis at Lakeport in Osage Beach –which will be located at Highway 54 and Jeffries Road, adjacent to the Grand Glaize Bridge – will
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Several Veterans Day ceremonies will take place across Mid-Missouri Tuesday to honor those who served in the armed forces. The Missouri Office of Administration and the Missouri Veterans Commission will be unveiling the new memorial obelisk at the Missouri Veterans Memorial at 11 a.m. on the north side of the Capitol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage County authorities charged an Indiana man Tuesday with five felonies and a misdemeanor for allegedly stealing two wheels from an Osage County R-2 car. Tanner M. Cripe of South Wabash, Indiana, was charged with two counts of felony stealing and one count each of tampering, second-degree burglary and first-degree property damage.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) FEMA individual assistance was approved for 20 Missouri counties that were damaged in storms that took place from March 30-April 8, according to a Friday press release from SEMA. Assistance is available to residents in Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cooper, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Ozark, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was found guilty on Friday of multiple child sex crimes in Osage County, according to a press release from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Louis Galvan was found guilty of first-degree statutory sodomy, first-degree child molestation and second-degree child molestation. He was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a child who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage County man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for multiple child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Osage prosecutor’s office. A jury trial was held on April 30 and May 1 for Matthew Johnson, who was found guilty of attempted statutory rape, second-degree child molestation and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An advisory that was issued for a missing St. Louis-area man with dementia has been canceled, according to an updated email from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Francis L. Lewis, 77, of Rock Hill, was found safe, according to the release. Lewis is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs about 180 pounds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage County Sheriff’s Office plans to reopen the county jail on Monday. County Sheriff Mike Bonham said Wednesday that he needed to close the jail and move inmates to other facilities in May due to a lack of staffing. He said the county has made new hires and now has seven
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a man killed in a 2023 plane crash in Camden County claims their son died as a result of the pilot acting negligently. A wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday by Gary and Penny Vandiver alleges the pilot of the plane — Hayden Ritchhart, who also died in the crash
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 500 Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Friday afternoon. The Co-op serves parts of seven counties, including Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Moniteau and Osage. Its outage map showed 544 customers without power, primarily in Maries County, but the outage included parts of Osage and Miller counties.
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Westphalia man died after his UTV flipped over in Osage County early Saturday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 42-year-old man was driving a 2021 Polaris Ranger 1000 on Missouri Route 133 just after midnight. The vehicle entered a left curve and traveled off the
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A 73-year-old Osage Beach man suffered moderate injuries in a crash on Friday in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An executive order signed by President Donald Trump aims to cut federal funding to the Institute of Museums and Library Services, which could lead to the loss of millions of dollars for Missouri libraries. Trump signed the order last week. The institute is the only federal agency that funds libraries and museums
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former secretary of the Belle Fire Protection District has been charged with a felony after she allegedly embezzled more than $70,000 from 2022-24. Courtney Ann Abel, of Belle, was charged in Osage County with stealing more than $25,000. A criminal summons was issued on Tuesday. An arraignment is scheduled for 10
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Rivers Electric Cooperative is asking its customers to conserve energy after the recent cold spell made its grid experience “maximum load.” The cooperative – which serves Cole, Maries, Miller, Gasconade, Osage and Moniteau counties – asked its customers on social media Thursday to try to conserve energy from 6-10 a.m. Friday.
Continue Reading OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mid-Missouri homeless couple filed a lawsuit against the City of Osage Beach in the Western District Court of Missouri this week over claims they did not violate the city’s ordinance in regards to panhandling. The lawsuit, filed by Jackie and Brittany Pugh, state the two are a homeless married couple
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several power outages were reported near the Lake of the Ozarks late Sunday afternoon. According to the Ameren outage map, more than 3,500 customers were without power. The outages were reported near Osage Beach and the Village of Four Seasons. Ameren officials said there was weather damage around substations and that crews
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of charges in Osage County were dismissed last week for a St. James man who was accused of domestic assault. Andrew Zachery is currently charged with first-degree kidnapping and second-degree domestic assault in Cole County. He was previously also charged with third-degree domestic assault and second-degree kidnapping. Those last two
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Belle man was charged with fourth-degree child molestation on Wednesday. Joshua Gray was arrested during a traffic stop on Tuesday in Cole County, court documents say. A mugshot was not immediately available. A court date has not been scheduled. A $25,000 bond was set. The probable cause statement says that the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man was charged Tuesday with causing another person’s death in an Osage County DWI crash. Nathan L. Timpe, 20, was charged with DWI causing death, two counts of DWI causing serious injuries and one count of careless driving, a misdemeanor. Timpe was driving a Jeep Wrangler in Osage County last
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