JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bus driver who allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed a bus filled with children in Cole County last year pleaded guilty last week. Thomas Babbit, 64, of Boonville, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, July 25, to operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner and driving a
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism was granted a motion for continuance Monday at the Randolph County Circuit Court Chism was charged in last fall with a pair of misdemeanors: Driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. A trial setting is set for Friday, Sept. 22, according to an email from the Randolph
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By Jason Kravarik, Veronica Miracle, Zoe Sottile and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A man charged with murder in the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee will stand trial in the case, a judge decided Tuesday, after the judge said evidence suggests the suspect used a knife to kill Lee. Judge Harry Dorfman made
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of students in the East Campus area of Columbia saw their leases end before a new school year starts. Curbsides were filled Monday with couches and other furniture. The City of Columbia considers the accumulation of trash or garbage a public nuisance. However, the city no longer picks up bulky
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged Monday after being accused of an armed robbery that allegedly occurred last week. Brandon Terrell Rhymes, 37, is charged with first-degree robbery, armed-criminal action and second-degree assault. He is not listed on the Cooper County Jail roster, according to online records. A warrant was issued and a
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton, Nick Valencia, Kevin Conlon and Royston Jones, CNN (CNN) — An American woman has been arrested and charged in the Bahamas for conspiring to kill her husband several months after the couple filed for divorce, a police news release and court documents viewed by CNN show. Lindsay Shiver, 36, of Thomasville, Georgia,
Continue Reading CNN, WALB By AnneClaire Stapleton, Nick Valencia, Kevin Conlon and Royston Jones, CNN (CNN) — An American woman was arrested and charged in the Bahamas for conspiring to kill her husband several months after the couple had filed for divorce, according to a police news release and court documents viewed by CNN. Lindsay Shiver, 36,
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NEW BLOOMFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree sodomy and first-degree harassment. Patrick Joseph Lutz, 35, is being held in the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, the victim and Lutz were at a campsite
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An interview with a witness led to investigators finding the remains of a Monroe County woman who disappeared more than a year ago, according to court documents.
Continue Reading By Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — An Indian railway security officer opened fire on a moving train in the country’s western Maharashtra state on Monday, killing four people, according to a spokesperson for the Western Railway. The incident occurred on a passenger train traveling from Jaipur to Mumbai around 6 a.m. local time (8:30 p.m.
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A Columbia man was sentenced to the maximum of 10 years in state prison Monday at the Boone County Courthouse for illegal gun possession after being acquitted of murder.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged Sunday with four counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. Kristofer Hahn, 32, has a confined docket hearing set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Audrain County Courthouse. A warrant was issued and no bond was set, according to court records. The victim told Audrain County Sheriff’s deputies in June
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a shots-fired incident Friday night in Downtown Columbia, according to the Columbia Police Department. Police told ABC 17 News in an email that a vehicle and a building were struck by gunfire in the 900 block of East Broadway Street. Police responded to the shots-fired call at
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Big, bright lunar displays will bookend August as the moon nears its closest point to Earth. When the moon reaches this position in its orbit while also appearing full, the result is a supermoon — and there will be two this month. The first of the supermoons will peak
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Publicly-run Boone Health said Monday that it is cutting more than 60 of its 2,320 positions but most of them are unfilled.
Continue Reading By Shawn Nottingham and Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Authorities shot a man after they say he fired shots at a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee, Monday afternoon. Memphis police were called to the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South around 12:20 p.m. ET after an armed man tried to enter the school, according
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Oregon man was arrested in Sunday in Callaway County after allegedly leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a chase through multiple counties. Juan Gonzales-Silvia, 41, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, two counts of resisting arrest, second-degree drug trafficking, unlawful use of a weapon, driving while revoked and
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope captured an unexpected observation of a nearby planet that’s having its atmosphere blasted away by energetic outbursts from its star. It’s a dramatic change from the last time Hubble checked up on the planetary system and saw nothing amiss. The red dwarf star, called AU
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Marlin Johnson pleaded guilty on Friday to the 2020 killing of Joseph Hecht. Johnson, 27, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 22 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was credited with 1,094 days served. He is currently in the Boone County Jail. According to previous
Continue Reading By Jessie Gretener and Sharon Brathwaite, CNN London (CNN) — UNESCO has recommended that one of the most popular and fragile tourist destinations in Italy be added to its heritage danger list. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is calling on the Italian government to “ensure the utmost dedication” to address “long-standing problems”
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