COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Salem, Missouri, man was sentenced to nine consecutive life sentences on Thursday in a child sex crime case, the Phelps County prosecuting attorney announced in a social media post. Dustin Drennan, 37, was found guilty by a Texas County jury on April 29 to five counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old traveling nurse was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a patient in the Phelps Health hospital emergency room. James H. Todd, 42, was in the Phelps County Jail on Tuesday on a no-bond warrant for two counts of first-degree sodomy, one count of first-degree rape and a count of first-degree sexual
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed that it has received “several” reports about a bear being spotted in St. James. The St. James Police Department shared photos of a black bear in the area on Wednesday and Thursday. A Department of Conservation spokeswoman told ABC 17 News in an email that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man is accused of breaking into a Rolla apartment and threatening to kill two people on Sunday morning. Shawn Allen, 27, is charged in Phelps County with first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A healthcare worker has been accused of sexually abusing a patient last year at Phelps Health. Alan Atkisson, of Rolla, was charged on Thursday in Phelps County with second-degree sexual abuse. A patient reported on Aug. 15. 2025, that Atkisson, who is described as a sonographer in court documents, sexually abused them
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville woman was seriously injured in a Monday morning crash in on Route Z at Teardrop Road in Phelps County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the 47-year-old Wanyesville woman failed to yield her 2015 Kia Sorento to a 2009 Ford F-150 –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man was found guilty on Thursday of stabbing two men at a St. James restaurant in early 2025. Patricio Padilla, 47, was found guilty by a Pulaski County jury of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action, according to a social media post from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rolla police shot a man early Wednesday while responding to a “disturbance.” The Rolla Police Department said in a news release that officers were sent to the 2000 block of Forum Drive at about 4 a.m. for a disturbance call. Police encountered a man armed with a gun and shot him, according
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Paul Allen Dollar COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man was charged on Monday in Phelps County with a count of possessing child pornography. Paull Allen Dollar, 62, is being held at the Phelps County Jail on a $25,000 bond. A confined docket hearing is scheduled for 8 a.m. Tuesday. The probable cause statement says police
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla woman was charged with a pair of felonies after a child allegedly fell out of a Nissan Altima on April 4. Kirsten McCracken was charged on Friday in Phelps County with child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. A warrant was issued and no bond was set. The
Continue Reading Steven Wolfe COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Phelps County man was arrested and charged after he allegedly yanked off the skin from a woman’s neck on Monday. Steven Wolfe, 25, of Rolla, was charged on Wednesday in Phelps County with first-degree assault. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail on a $250,000 bond. A
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A 23-year-old Rolla woman died in a crash early Saturday morning, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 25-year-old man died after a motorcycle crash in Phelps County on Thursday. Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened at 3:48 p.m. on Highway D, half a mile north of Interstate 44 near Arlington. The crash report states the Doolittle man was driving westbound ong Highway D on a 2022
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 79-year-old woman from Phelps County admitted to acting as a money mule in a $2 million lottery scam, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. Sharon Dolisi pleaded guilty in the Eastern District Court of Missouri to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The release says
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A type of opioid has been detected in the wastewater of several schools around the state, including a few in Mid-Missouri. A press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says nitazenes are “a highly potent class of synthetic opioids increasingly detected across the state.” The drug is roughly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tofu truck has been sitting in Doolittle, Missouri, for the past three weeks after a crash. The Doolittle Fire Protection District wrote on its social media on Sunday that the truck crashed on March 1 near mile-marker 172 on Interstate 44. DRFPD wrote that the Missouri Department of Transportation is working
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 59-year-old woman from Dixon, Missouri, was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Thursday on Route D in Phelps County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the woman drove a 2002 Dodge Ram eastbound when it went off the right side of the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is in jail after authorities claim he robbed a Rolla gas station convenience store at gunpoint on March 10. Allen White Jr. was charged Friday in Phelps County with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and first-degree kidnapping. Police confirmed in a Monday news release that White is being held without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man was charged Thursday with rape, sodomy and sexual abuse after a jailhouse phone call led to a new investigation. Anthony Delgado, 26, is accused of raping a woman at a Rolla residence in September 2024. According to a probable cause statement, Delgado forced himself on the woman as she
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Phelps County Prosecutor’s office filed charges Wednesday against a St. James man accused of possessing child pornography. Raymond Cody Scott, 34, faces 15 total criminal counts – eight counts of promoting child pornography and seven counts of possession of child pornography. According to a news release form the South Central Missouri
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