Pettis Archives

Unlicensed daycare operator charged with manslaughter in infant’s death

August 18, 2022 2:32 PM Matthew Sanders

An unlicensed Sedalia daycare operator was charged last week with manslaughter and other crimes in connection with the December death of a 5-month-old boy.

Pettis County woman dies Tuesday night following Highway 127 crash

August 3, 2022 6:59 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A La Monte woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 127 Tuesday night.

Jefferson City Break Time location selling unleaded fuel again after diesel mix-up

July 29, 2022 8:00 AM Hannah Falcon

A Columbia-based business is starting to resume the sale of unleaded fuel at some of its gas stations.

Sedalia police searching for second person wanted in car wash burglary

July 28, 2022 8:51 AM Zachary Farwell

SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police officers in Sedalia are looking for a second person wanted in a recent car wash burglary. According to the Sedalia Police Department, surveillance cameras caught two people stealing $188 in money and property from the Hurricane Bay Car Wash off Winchester Drive on July 11 around 12:15 a.m. The suspects reportedly

Prosecutor’s office charges Sedalia man after accidental shooting of boy

July 25, 2022 1:07 PM Zachary Farwell

SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pettis County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Sedalia man accused of accidentally shooting a boy. Byron A. Guider Jr. is charged in Pettis County with felony counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child that resulted in serious injury and unlawful use of a firearm. Police officers responded to a

Sedalia man arrested after 5-year-old injured during shooting

July 22, 2022 6:45 PM Karl Wehmhoener

The Sedalia police arrested a man after a 5-year-old was shot on the 1600 block of West 9th in Sedalia on Friday afternoon.

FRIDAY UPDATES: 29 COVID patients in Boone County hospitals; 58 new cases

July 22, 2022 5:14 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Three charged after bullet grazes child’s foot during an alleged drug deal in Sedalia on Friday

July 13, 2022 9:58 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Three people are facing multiple charges after an alleged drug deal that went bad resulted in a 23-month-old boy with a bullet grazing his foot in Sedalia on Friday evening.

Two more charged after toddler shot in the foot in Sedalia during alleged drug deal

July 12, 2022 4:53 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Pettis County prosecutor has charged two more people after a toddler was shot in the foot on Friday in Sedalia.

One juvenile detained, more charges sought in string of salon burglaries in Sedalia

June 20, 2022 8:18 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Sedalia Police Department say they’ve detained several juveniles in connection with a string of burglaries.

Sedalia man killed in motorcycle crash on Highway 50 in Johnson County

June 17, 2022 8:14 AM Joushua Blount

JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man is dead after a motorcycle crash Thursday night on Highway 50 in Johnson County. The crash happened around 9:15 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the highway near NE 501 Road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said Ira J. Baldwin, 48, was thrown from the

Missouri State Highway Patrol looking for witnesses after Sedalia officer-involved shooting

June 1, 2022 9:41 PM Karl Wehmhoener

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses after a Sedalia officer shooting on Sunday night.

Pettis County shooting suspect in custody

May 10, 2022 10:17 PM Karl Wehmhoener

SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pettis County Sheriff’s Department is reporting a shooting suspect is in custody. According to Sheriff Brad Anders, Dustin C. Arnold allegedly shot a person in the abdomen Monday at the Goodwill Chapel Trailer Park southeast of Sedalia. Anders says Arnold then left the area before police arrived on the scene. Anders

One person seriously hurt, two with minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash in Pettis County

April 25, 2022 5:57 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Three people were hurt after a mid-day two-vehicle crash on Highway 65 near Route H in Pettis County.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports third straight day of double-digit new COVID cases

April 15, 2022 3:35 PM Karl Wehmhoener

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Federal judge sentences Sedalia man to 10 years in prison in murder for hire plot

April 12, 2022 8:40 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A federal judge has sentenced a Sedalia man for attempting to hire an undercover law enforcement agent to murder the victim in a pending statutory sodomy case.

Man with Cole County warrants arrested in connection with Sedalia shooting investigation

March 25, 2022 10:24 AM Matthew Sanders

Sedalia police say officers have arrested a man in connection with an investigation into an early March shooting who was also wanted on Cole County warrants.