COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is facing a lawsuit in Pulaski County over a September crash that involved a trooper. The petition was filed by Orin Miller, of Waynesville, on Monday. The lawsuit accuses MSHP of negligence and negligence per se. The plaintiff is suing for personal injuries and property damage, court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Elverta, California man was seriously injured in a crash in Pulaski County on Sunday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred around 8 a.m. at the 150 mile marker on Interstate 44. The report says the 59-year-old was driving a 1998 Kenworth truck eastbound, when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri law enforcement agencies continue to expand their participation in a federal immigration enforcement partnership more than nine months after the state first moved to align itself with President Donald Trump’s directive to broaden cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A 1996 federal law allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of Ameren Missouri customers in the Osage County area lost power Thursday afternoon after a wave of strong thunderstorms moved through. An Ameren Missouri spokesperson said the outages were because of the weather. About 500 meters were dark in the Loose Creek and Westphalia area early Thursday afternoon. More than 200
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old Elkand woman was seriously injured in a crash Friday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. At around 11:05 p.m., a woman, driving with a 27-year-old Pleasant Hope man, was going westbound on I-44 near mile 152 in a 2004 Ford Expedition. The pair drove into the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman from the Chicagoland area was seriously injured in a crash on Monday afternoon at mile-marker 166 on Interstate 44 in Pulaski County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says a 2022 Infiniti QX50 – driven by a 56-year-old woman from Aurora, Illinois – was heading
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County substitute teacher and paraprofessional charged with 19 felonies a year for allegedly offering children money, drugs and alcohol for sex has been sentenced to prison. Carissa J. Smith, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of child endangerment and two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was killed in a crash Tuesday night in at the 150-mile marker of eastbound Interstate 44 in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2012 Dodge Ram – driven by the 48-year-old Lebanon, Missouri, woman – was stopped in the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Jefferson City woman accused of killing a 4-year-old boy will take place next summer with a jury brought in from a different county. Online court records say a July 26, 2026, trial date was set for Quatavia Givens, who is accused of the 2018 death of Darnell
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning this Saturday, the west gate at Fort Leonard Wood will be closed on weekends. The Army wrote in a social media post that the change comes, “due to changes and impacts to resources.” The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass a funding bill. The Senate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Wanyesville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty last month to voluntary manslaughter. Colin Mar was previously charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action after he was accused of shooting someone in a St. Robert home in March. Court documents in previous reporting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KM(Z) No injuries were reported after a small plane crashed over the weekend at a golf course near Richland Municipal Airport in Pulaski County. A social media post from the Tri-County Fire Protection District says first responders were called at 5:38 p.m. Saturday after a “small, ultralight type aircraft went down on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Pulaski County on Wednesday after she allegedly put a dead fetus into a cooler and gave it to a man. Makayla Haedt was charged with first-degree harassment. An arraignment was held on Friday and a bond hearing was scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28. Information about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 75-year-old man from Williamsville, Missouri, was seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Route U in Pulaski County at Brush Lane, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man was driving a 2003 Cadillac Deville northbound when it went off the right side
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former substitute teacher from a Pulaski County school district pleaded guilty on Wednesday to child sex crimes. Carissa Smith, of Dixon, Missouri, pleaded guilty to first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of having sexual contact with a student. She was previously charged with 19 felonies, including statutory
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe and U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are united in their drive to get the Trump administration to designate Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County as a training center for ICE agents. On Thursday, Schmitt sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighting that the military base
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Each of Missouri’s U.S. senators is asking the Trump administration to make Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County an ICE training center. Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter last week to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem highlighting the fort as a potential training spot for immigration agents. “To facilitate the swift and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County school was put on a temporary lockdown on Thursday as a man was getting arrested. Ronald Brown, of Orrick, Missouri, was charged with resisting arrest. A warrant was ordered on Friday and no hearings have been scheduled. The probable cause statement says law enforcement tried to serve a warrant
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials at Fort Leonard Wood on Monday released the name of a soldier who died last week on a rifle training range. Private Andrey Okunev, 18, was a National Guard soldier from California, the fort posted on its Facebook page. Fort Leonard Wood police and Army investigators are continuing their probe of
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old soldier from California died during training on a rifle range at Fort Leonard Wood on Friday. The soldier was assigned to the First Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment. The death was pronounced at 10:33 a.m. on site by Gen. Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital staff, Fort Leonard Wood officials wrote in
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