EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to note the truck was state-owned. SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: The Sedalia Police Department said escaped inmate Jason Laird possibly stole a pickup truck from a Missouri Department of Transportation maintenance shed. According to a Facebook post from the department, police were notified Wednesday morning that a state
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A person is in custody after a chase in Pettis County Monday morning. According to the Pettis County Sheriff’s Department troopers assisted with the chase on Highway 50 east of Tipton. Sydney Ward reportedly drove off the road into a field where she got out the car and started running from
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pettis County prosecutors have charged a man for allegedly displaying a gun at a Monday shooting in Sedalia. Prosecutors charged Jesse Rubio with unlawful use of a weapon on Wednesday, a class E felony. Sedalia police said witnesses accused of Rubio of pulling a gun out of his waistband while in his
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sedalia police arrested two teenagers in connection with a shooting at a park on Memorial Day. Officers responded to Vermont Park for a shots fired call Monday at 7:48 p.m. Police believe this happened because of an ongoing issue between two groups of people. Authorities said the suspects left the scene but
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pettis County Sheriff’s Department investigation leads to two people charged with drug trafficking after money, guns and meth are found. According to a social media report, a search warrant was executed at a residence on Monday evening on the 2900 block of Oak Ridge Circle. Deputies found two ounces of
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a 17-year-old was seriously injured after a wreck on Route H just before 3 p.m. Friday. According to the crash report, the juvenile was driving a 2010 GMC 2500 when the vehicle traveled off the side of the road then the vehicle became airborne hitting
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) The Cole County Health Department says it’s seeing fewer people at its clinic than expected, as many doses are being saved due to the lack of demand. Cole County Health Department in partnership with other local health systems and hospitals has recently opened a permanent vaccine clinic at the Capital Mall in
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Pettis County Coroner Robert Smith identified the remains as 39-year-old Timothy Gibson, who was last seen on March 26, 2015, when he was taken to a hospital and then released. The coroner said he was not able to determine a cause of death because of the condition of Gibson’s remains but there was no evidence of foul play.
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A Sedalia man was seriously hurt in a two-vehicle wreck just south of Sedalia city limits on Sunday afternoon.
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CLINTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Clinton man was arrested Wednesday for possession of child pornography that was found on a cellphone. According to a release, Derek Roberts was arrested in Sedalia after law enforcement could not find him in Clinton. According to a release, the Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office formally charged Roberts with three counts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services along with the Missouri National Guard and SEMA is moving forward with coronavirus vaccination clinics Monday. This comes as both the state and much of the nation faced distribution delays brought about by severe winter weather. Vaccination clinics are taking place in both Versailles
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) John Fizer, the father of Hannah Fizer, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against deputy Jordan Schutte Wednesday. The deputy killed the 25-year-old during a traffic stop in June. The deputy had told investigators that Fizer said she had a gun in the car and she said she was going to shoot him.
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Continue Reading SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old in an abandoned cargo container. The victim told Sedalia police in Nov. 2020that Nathaniel Siefkas had a sexual relationship with her when she was 14 and possibly fathered her child that was born in Jan. 2020 according to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia vaccination site ended Saturday with a total of just over 2,300 people getting their COVID-19 vaccine over the past three days. The Bothwell Regional Health Center and the Pettis County Health Center hosted the event at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. The Missouri National Guard also helped out with the event.
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Randolph, Pettis and Audrain counties will hold mass vaccination clinics Friday for residents in Phase 1B, tiers one and two of the vaccine plan.
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