COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A person was killed Sunday morning in a house fire in Waynesville, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the 25000 block of Red Oak Road a little after 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District said in a Facebook post. A man who had made it out of the house
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old man from Pulaski County was seriously hurt on Monday afternoon in a crash on Interstate 44. Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 2:19 p.m. on I-44 eastbound at mile marker 154.8 in Pulaski County. The crash report states the driver, a 35-year-old man from Richland, was in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville man was hurt on Monday after an early morning crash. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 12:44 a.m. on Highway NN near Springer Lane in Pulaski County. Troopers said a 54-year-old man was driving a 2025 Dodge Durango when he went off the right side of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County woman was charged with three misdemeanors after her children allegedly faced poor living conditions. Aleah Gretch was charged with three counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. A criminal summons was issued on Friday. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old man from Valley Springs, South Dakota, was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in the westbound lane of Interstate 44 in Pulaski County on Friday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man was driving a 1997 Ford F-150 that was heading
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An active-duty soldier at Fort Leonard Wood has been charged in Pulaski County with multiple child sex crimes. Juan Cabrer-Matias, of St. Robert, was charged on Monday with second-degree statutory rape, sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15 years old and fourth-degree child molestation. A warrant was served and a $75,000
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Indiana woman was seriously injured in a crash that occurred Wednesday night in the westbound lane of Interstate 44 in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred when a 2018 Dodge Challenger – driven by the 53-year-old woman from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, man was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a fatal crash that occurred on April 28 on Highway 133 in Pulaski County. William Sivell II, 19, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and three misdemeanors: Failing to drive on the right side of the road, reckless driving and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Waynesville Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying remains discovered on Jan. 9, 2023, according to a Wednesday social media post from the department. Skeletal remains were found in a wooded area near St. Robert, the release says. A sketch was used to create a possible recreation of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County man has been charged with two child sex crimes after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child. Devin Crossland, 25, was charged in Pulaski County with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving sexual contact and first-degree sodomy of a victim younger than 12 years old. A warrant was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was described as a “worship leader” in court documents – who was charged earlier this year with a child sex crime in Morgan County – has been charged again in Pulaski County. George Hancock, 36, of Richland, Missouri, was charged in Pulaski County on Wednesday with first-degree statutory rape.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville firefighter suffered minor injuries after a firetruck crashed Monday morning on Interstate 44, according to a social media post from the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District. The truck blew out a tire near mile maker 156, causing the truck to go into an embankment, hit a sign and stop on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire was reported Tuesday in the bathroom of Waynesville Middle School, according to a social media post from the St. Robert Fire Department. The department wrote that it was called around 10 a.m. and found moderate smoke in the building. It found a fire in one of the bathrooms, which was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were nearly 1,700 electricity customers in Phelps and Pulaski counties without power on Friday afternoon after severe storms came through the area. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map showed 910 Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association customers in Phelps County without power at 2:33 p.m. Additionally, 750 customers were without power
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dixon Elementary School in Pulaski County will not be in session again on Thursday as the school district is still dealing with storm damage. The Dixon R-1 School District announced on its social media that class would not be in session again for elementary students. The middle and high schools will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was seriously injured Monday night in a crash on eastbound Interstate 44 in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred after a 29-year-old St. Robert man lost control of his 2016 Hyundai Genesis on the wet roadway, overcorrected
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Article 32 preliminary hearing was held on Tuesday for a U.S. Army specialist accused of killing a soldier at Fort Leonard Wood in November. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is charged with murder and obstruction of justice in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, an Army Special
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Crocker, Mo. man was seriously injured Sunday after his pickup truck flipped over in Pulaski County. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 42-year-old man was driving a 1997 Ford F-250 on Missouri 17 just before 4 p.m, when the truck went off the road
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 31-year-old woman from Pulaski County was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 11 a.m. on Tuesday on Highway 28 three miles south of Dixon. Troopers said a 31-year-old woman was driving a 2000 Ford F150 when she went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was in basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood was arrested by Army personnel on Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree murder and concealment of death. A press release from the Fayetteville, North Carolina, Police Department says that Tyrique Zavier Leroy Williams, 26, is accused of killing Annie Lock. Williams is
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