SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Sedalia police officers are recovering Sunday after an altercation with an armed suspect ended in gunfire. Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, officers with the Sedalia Police Department were dispatched for a disturbance call in the 1000 block of State Fair Blvd. Two officers encountered James H. Kreisel, 28, of Sedalia armed with
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old woman was pulled from a burning vehicle by police after a Thursday morning crash in Sedalia, according to a press release from the Sedalia Police Department. The woman was not named in the release, but police say she is from Grain Valley, Missouri, and was brought to an area hospital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Sedalia School 200 District was awarded $293,500 grant on Thursday from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The money came from the Competency-Based Education grant program. More than $2.2 million was awarded to Lebanon R-3, Maplewood-Richmond Heights, Pattonville R-3, Ritenour, Ste. Genevieve R-2 and the Success-Ready Student Network, according
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Each night in the United States hundreds of thousands of students are without a regular place to sleep.
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the “Primrose Cheerleaders,” more famously known as the “Senior Swifties” of Primrose Retirement Community did not expect their cheer routine to take the internet by storm. The group first caught viral attention when Connie Chevalier, activities director at Primrose, shared a video of the Senior Swifties doing their “Swag Surfin'”
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Residents at a Sedalia retirement community have found a fun way to cheer on the Chiefs this Sunday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia business owner pleaded guilty on Thursday for not paying nearly $136,000 in employment taxes, according to a press release from the Department of Jusice. Floyd H. Kronk III, 48, has owned Transition Construction since 2010 and had between six-to-15 employees, according to the release. He withheld their federal income
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City officials say an anti-harassment ordinance implemented by the city of Sedalia has reduced the number of non-emergency harassment calls to 911.
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An unlicensed daycare operator in Sedalia who was charged in connection with the death of a 5-month-old baby boy in 2022 was sentenced to probation. Ashley Kratzer, 33, of Sedalia, pleaded guilty on Thursday to endangering the welfare of a child. She was sentenced to five years of supervised probation. Kratzer
Continue Reading SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were accused of stealing more than $40,000 worth of items from a Sedalia storage unit earlier this month. One of the men — Jordon Durland, 23, of Sedalia – was arrested and charged with three counts of second-degree burglary. He is being held at the Pettis County Jail on a
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A 36-year-old Sedalia man is in custody after he allegedly used a knife to rob a bank Saturday morning.
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KNOB KNOSTER, Mo. (KMIZ) An arraignment was held Monday for a Sedalia man accused of having child pornography in Johnson County. Frank Jenkins, 35, was charged with first-degree promoting child pornography, three counts of having child pornography and tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution. He is being held at the Johnson County Jail
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sedalia police arrested a Raytown man early Tuesday after he allegedly shot a gun several times in a hotel room, according to a press release from the Sedalia Police Department. Richard Ballenger, 43, was charged later on Tuesday with drug possession, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree property
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 4-year-old Sedalia boy died Sunday in a UTV crash in the 25000 block of Liberty School Road in Pettis County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Crash occurred as a 2022 Canam UTV – driven by April Headley, 34, of Sedalia – was driving north through a
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several people were injured in a three-vehicle crash Friday morning on eastbound Highway 50 in Sedalia at South Engineer Avenue, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe – driven by Kayla Blakely, 31, of Houstonia — failed to stop at a stoplight,
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit that was filed against a Pettis County Deputy who killed a Sedalia woman in June 2020. The amount in the settlement was not disclosed in court documents. Hannah Fizer, 25, of Sedalia, was killed in the shooting after a traffic stop on
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was seriously hurt after being hit by a truck in Moniteau County Monday evening. The Highway Patrol reported Jeremy Maupin, 46, was hit by Ethan Daniels, 20, on Business 50 west of County Road at 6:15 p.m. According to the online crash report, Daniels looked at this phone,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Attendance at the Missouri State Fair has exceeded pre-pandemic levels. The state fair – which was held Aug. 10-20 in Sedalia – brought 349,048 attendees this year, according to data provided by a fair spokesperson. The number of entrants was higher than any other year since at least 2018. The turnout from
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man faces multiple felony charges after he allegedly set off a “bomb” in a vehicle early Thursday. Charles Monteer, 39, was charged on Thursday with knowingly burning or exploding, first-degree property damage and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. A court date has not been set, according to
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Sedalia City Council on Monday issued an ordinance to stop telephone harassment of Public Safety agencies. Pettis County Joint Communications has been dealing with a stream of harassment through repetitive nonemergency calls. The callers would become argumentative, and at times harass and threaten operators in nonemergency situations. “I have answered calls
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