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Springfield police: Missing girl in Amber Alert found
A statewide alert has been put out for a 2-year-old girl abducted from Springfield, Missouri.
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged after he was accused of threatening students at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri with a knife and a pipe on Monday. Heath Garrett Waller, 38, was charged with second-degree making a terroristic threat, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree endangering the welfare of
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged on Monday with nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images after she was accused of blackmailing a man in June. A warrant was ordered on Tuesday for Monet Ann-Jaiden Graves and her bond was set at $4,500. She was not in custody on Tuesday, according to Boone County Jail
Continue ReadingA man accused of murder in the deadly stabbing of another man in a central Columbia park told police he was defending himself, court documents say.
Continue ReadingSedalia police are investigating an early morning shooting that sent a woman to the hospital.
Continue ReadingCARBONDALE, Ill. (KMIZ) We have more scenes to share from the gathering at Southern Illinois University on Monday for the total solar eclipse. Thousands of people gathered at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, with many traveling hundreds of miles for the event. View the photo gallery above to see more. View more scenes from Carbondale,
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge ordered a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” who admitted to a series of bank robberies to pay $10.8 million to a teller who was assaulted with a gun, though attorneys say the teller may never collect any money. A judge in
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. James and Jennifer Crumbley, who each had faced up
Continue ReadingBONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey is set to be executed by the State of Missouri Tuesday evening, for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, despite an outcry of support and efforts from him and his legal team to request clemency. On Monday, Gov. Mike Parson denied Dorsey’s request for
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is dead and another was arrested following a stabbing at Douglass Park on Monday night, according to a Columbia Police Department spokesman. CPD spokesman Brian McNeill did not give the identity of the victim or the man arrested on Monday night. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a tarp placed in the
Continue ReadingThe city of Poplar Bluff will welcome 40,000 extra people — more than doubling its population — to watch Monday’s solar eclipse in the “Total Eclipse of the Bluff,” the city’s Chamber of Commerce president said.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center and his wife were sentenced in separate appearances on Monday for recording a sexual assault of an unconscious 4-year-old, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Paul Emerson Schofield, 35, and his wife, Sara Ellen Schofield, 31, both of Jefferson City, had
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man on Friday was found guilty by a jury on two counts of first-degree forcible rape, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. Francis Henry Kempker, 53, will be sentenced in June, according to the release. He is currently being held in the
Continue ReadingView a replay of the ABC 17 News Eclipse Special in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) People around the country were able to see a solar eclipse on Monday. View photos of some of the scenes from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Carbondale, Illinois, which were both in the path of totality. Photos of
Continue ReadingCARBONDALE, Ill. (KMIZ) View a video of how Monday’s total solar eclipse looked at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, in the web player above.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday the Columbia Board of Education is expected to approve a bid from Communications Technology Inc. to provide weapon detection systems for all three comprehensive high schools. CPS had an interview team comprised of six members to review proposals from six vendors. After the interview process, the team selected Alliance Technology
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that occurred last month at The Links, a Columbia apartment complex area, was determined to have started from a stove burner that was left on by accident, according to an email from a Columbia Fire Department spokesperson. The fire was ruled unintentional, the email states. Firefighters responded to a fire
Continue ReadingThe Central Missouri Astronomical Association had been looking forward to Monday’s solar eclipse for around 25 years.
Continue ReadingMissourians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty are planning demonstrations against the execution of a Mid-Missouri double murderer.
Continue ReadingA southern Illinois town is preparing to host several events around its second solar eclipse in seven years.
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