COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former mail carrier pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to stealing rebates from mail intended for Randolph County residents, a Monday press release from the Department of Justice says. Dawn Dowling, 59, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis to embezzling mail by a Postal Service employee.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager accused in the shooting death of a Moberly man on Sunday will be charged with murder. Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson told ABC 17 News that a 16-year-old boy from Columbia will be charged with second-degree murder and robbery in the death of Ethan March. A 15-year-old girl from
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Investigators have detained two juveniles in a deadly shooting in Randolph County on Sunday. According to a release from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a home on County Road 2605 at 5:11 p.m. on Sunday. Deputies found Ethan March, 22, dead with a gunshot wound, according to a
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A court case involving multiple parties of Randolph County government has been settled. ABC 17 News reported on Monday that the Randolph County Commission was granted a temporary restraining order to prevent Sheriff Aaron Wilson from accessing a bank account. Court documents claim Wilson made an unauthorized withdrawal of $7,000. A Tuesday
Continue Reading EDITOR’S NOTE: The judge’s name has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Randolph County Commission has been granted a temporary restraining order to keep the county sheriff from accessing a bank account. But the sheriff says an upcoming hearing will show he did nothing wrong. The commission alleges Sheriff Aaron Wilson used the account for
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who caused a lockdown last year in Moberly was sentenced to probation on Wednesday. Jeanette Tolson, 45, of Huntsville, pleaded guilty on Aug. 14 to two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. She was sentenced to five years of unsupervised probation on Wednesday, along with a four-year suspended sentence.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman was charged with first-degree arson after she allegedly set fire to the basement of a Moberly home. Racheal Wells, 46, is being held at the Randolph County Jail. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, police were called to a home on Myra
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with child sex crimes after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child Monday night near a park off of Grand Avenue in Moberly. David Wyatt, 51, of Moberly, was charged on Tuesday with child kidnapping and two counts of third-degree child molestation of a child younger than 14 years
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights were able to be seen in Mid-Missouri once again on Thursday evening. Check out some viewer-submitted photos in the gallery above. Do you have any photographs you want shared? Add them to our Facebook page and they can end up on-air and online. We will be adding more photos
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday is the last day for Missouri citizens to register to vote for the November election. If you have moved and need to make changes or you’re new to voting, there are a few ways you can get the process started. Starting with the option to register online. You can also print
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A second person has been with two felonies related to a hostage case on Sept. 20 in Moberly. Allison Escobar, 33, of Columbia, was charged on Friday with first-degree kidnapping and second-degree assault. She is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $100,000 bond. A court date has not been
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Moberly was awarded $1.5 million by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to improve its wastewater treatment collection system, a Friday press release from the DNR says. The release says the funding will cover the entire cost of the project, which is expected to be completed by September 2025.
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Editor’s note: Language around the custody status of some of the students has been clarified. DIXON, Mo. (KMIZ) Threats were reported at multiple Mid-Missouri schools on Thursday, with one school district canceling class as a result. The Dixon R-1 School District in Pulaski County will not hold classes on Friday after a threat was made
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a year after receiving its first of two odor complaints from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the City of Moberly claims it is “moving in the right direction.” Moberly received its first violation last from the DNR in November and a second warning in January, due to an order stemming
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with three felonies after he was accused of holding a woman hostage in an apartment for a $3,000 ransom. Ricky Morgan Jr., 37, was charged with first-degree kidnapping, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Morgan is being held at the Randolph County Jail on
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with three felonies after he was accused of sexually assaulting a child. Tony Hamm Jr., 33, was charged on Friday with statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old, sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15 years old and second-degree kidnapping. He is being
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Editor’s note: The name of the daycare was added to this story. MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who runs a daycare in Moberly was charged with four counts of child abuse on Friday. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Naomi Hess, who ran Play N’ Learn Daycare, court information states. Hess was not
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man who was charged with murder in relation to a July 2023 overdose death pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Wednesday. Michael Graves, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to six years in prison. Graves is currently being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested after he led law enforcement on a chase throughout Columbia on Monday afternoon was charged with an additional six felonies on Tuesday. Rickey Ross Deford, 46, of Huntsville, Missouri, was charged on Tuesday with aggravated fleeing from a traffic stop causing injury, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree property damage,
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RENICK, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people had minor-to-moderate injuries in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday on Highway 63 in Randolph County, about a mile east of Renick, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says a 2015 Chrysler 200 – driven by Sarah Dowling, 20, of Moberly – was facing westbound on Business
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