COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man left a car running in a garage after he had listened to music on its stereo, leading to the deaths of five people in a Rolla residence in June, the coroner’s office wrote in a statement posted to social media Monday. The carbon monoxide poisoning on June 19 killed a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old Rolla man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Thursday night on Phelps County Road 5280, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man was riding the 2021 Honda Rebel 300 westbound when he went off the right side of the road,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Edgar Springs man was seriously hurt during a crash in Phelps County just before 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened in the 1500 block of Highway 72 in Rolla. The report states the man was driving a 2022 Honda dirt bike.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash on Interstate 44 involving a Missouri Department of Transportation truck has shut down the road near mile marker 179 near Doolittle, according to multiple agencies. The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District and Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed a MoDOT truck was involved. The crash occurred in the westbound lanes and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 34-year-old Newburg man was flown to the hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Phelps County just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2000 Harley-Davidson motorcycle east on County Road 3060, east of Highway V, when he crossed
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured – one seriously – in a Tuesday morning crash in Phelps County on County Road 3060, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2000 Harley Davidson – rode by a 34-year-old Newburg man – was heading eastbound when the bike
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old Saint James man was killed during a crash in Phelps County at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2005 Ford F-150 west on Highway YY, one mile west of the Crawford County line, when he failed to navigate a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were taken to the hospital, three with serious injuries, after a crash in Phelps County around 11:15 p.m. Sunday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 17-year-old girl from Newburg, an 18-year-old man from Salem, an 18-year-old man from Rolla, a 20-year-old woman from Rolla and a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man suffered serious injuries in a Phelps County crash Sunday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 32-year-old Rolla man was driving his 2016 Dodge Journey eastbound on I-44 near mile marker 178.8 at 10:22 p.m. Sunday. The man hit the back of a tractor-trailer, went off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man was charged with 11 felonies after a child was reported to have several serious injuries when they were brought to a Phelps County hospital on Jan. 14, 2025. Devin McCollum was charged with one count of first-degree sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old and 10 counts
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Timothy Morris/Phelps County Jail COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man was charged on Monday in Phelps County with seven counts of possessing child sex abuse materials. Timothy Morris, 41, is being held at the Phelps County Jail without bond. He applied for a public defender on Monday. A hearing has not been scheduled. The
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Weather Service Office in Springfield confirmed on Friday afternoon that an EF-0 tornado traveled through Rolla for about a minute on Thursday night. The maximum width of the tornado was 200 yards and it traveled more than a half mile from 10:02-03 p.m., the NWS shared on social media. Winds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A swatting call led to a large police response Friday morning in Rolla, the Rolla Police Department wrote on its social media. Police wrote that it responded to “to a report of a domestic disturbance involving a firearm” on Vichy Road. Officers quickly learned the home was vacant and “no disturbance had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people were without power in Morgan County and surrounding counties on Friday morning. There are 4,912 electricity customers without power in Morgan County between Co-Mo Electric Cooperative (2,780) and Ameren (2,132) users. Additionally, 895 Ameren customers in Miller County were without power on Friday morning. Benton County saw 269 Co-Mo
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 3-year-old girl and 33-year-old woman from Newburg were both seriously injured in a Thursday morning crash at a Phelps County intersection, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred at County Roads 6120 and 6110. The woman drove her 2005 Chevrolet Malibu
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Rolla man was flown to University Hospital with serious injuries after he was seriously injured in a crash on Monday afternoon on Highway 63 in Maries County, north of County Road 333, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says a 35-year-old Columbia woman tried to make
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a brief investigation, Rolla-area fire officials determined a Saturday night house fire to have been caused by fireworks. According to a social media post, at 10:33 p.m. Saturday the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District and the Rolla Rural Fire Protection District were dispatched to the 16000 block of County Road 8200.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 29-year-old woman from Pacifica, California, was killed in a crash Friday morning on Interstate 44 in Phelps County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the woman failed to stop her 2010 Honda Odyssey at a stop sign on the outer road and went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 29-year-old Rolla woman died in a crash on Sunday in the 21000 block of Route J in Phelps County, according to a Missouri State Highway crash report. The report says the crash occurred when a 2005 Toyota Camry – driven by a 21-year-old Rolla man – was heading southbound when it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Phelps County coroner announced in a Monday social media post that a car that was left running in a garage on June 19 led to the deaths of five people. Four men and a woman were found dead that day in a home in the 11000 block of Village Circle in
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