MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Aneesa Williams was found safe by the Sheriff’s Department Saturday afternoon. ORIGINAL: The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol issued an Endangered Person Advisory for Aneesa Williams, a 2-month-old girl. Williams was last seen in Mountain Grove at 11 a.m. on Friday. She is described as
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was injured in a fire at the Margaritaville Resort early Sunday morning. Osage Beach Fire Protection District was dispatched to Margaritaville Resort on the Lake of the Ozarks shortly after midnight Sunday. Crews found smoke in the stairwell and coming from an air conditioning unit. Resort security was using
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TODAY: Patchy fog early with temperatures in the mid-30s. With clouds filtering out, temperatures rise a few degrees compared to yesterday as we reach the upper 40s. Winds will be fairly breezy from the north with gusts up to 25 mph. TOMORROW: Clouds return early in the day, setting back the warmup to the lower
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Deputies in Miller County are on the hunt for an arson suspect. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office says they are looking for Jason Ekstam Jr. According to the sheriff’s office, Ekstam is wanted in connection to an arson investigation that happened Friday in Tuscumbia. Deputies say they have issued an arrest
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Torry Upchurch, a man who pleaded guilty to killing two people on Thanksgiving in 2019 is scheduled to appear in Cole County court on Monday to learn how much time he will face for the crimes. According to online court records, Upchurch will be sentenced Monday at 3:30 p.m. at the Cole County
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NASHVILLE, Tn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team couldn’t hang on against the top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide, falling 72-61 in the program’s first-ever SEC semifinal game. “Overall we held our own. We did a great job, just slipped at the end with those defensive assignments,” guard DeAndre Gholston said. “We’re gonna watch film and get
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TODAY: Light showers begin just after sunrise, spreading areawide and lasting through the evening. Temperatures still manage to steadily climb to the mid-40s. Flurries could mix in across far northern Missouri but no accumulations are expected for our area and rainfall should amount to less than a half inch. TOMORROW: A few sprinkles could linger
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daylight Saving Time will be starting at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. Although, not everyone follows daylight saving in the U.S. people in Hawaii, most of Arizona, and U.S. territories in the Pacific and Caribbean don’t follow the time change. For the ones that do like Missouri, remembering to set your clock a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Little Tree Pediatrics is offering free individual and group therapy sessions for Rock Bridge High School students following the death of Cash Martin. The 15-year-old tragically lost his life Monday in a motorcycle accident on a busy south Columbia road. Students were invited to attend a memorial service on Friday. Rock Bridge
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced a contract extension for first-year men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates on Friday night, just hours after MU advanced to the semifinal round of the SEC Tournament with a win over Tennessee. The extension will run through the 2028-29 season. He will see an annual salary increase to $4 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been accused for his alleged involvement in an October shooting at the roundabout at Nifong Boulevard and Sinclair Road. Semaj Clark, 22, is accused of first-degree assault, armed-criminal action, fourth-degree assault, operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license and operating a motor vehicle in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daylight Saving Time began on Sunday. There’s been debate around this topic for years about whether the country should continue making the time change every spring and fall. Do you think Daylight Saving Time should be permanent nationwide? Let us know in the poll.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who ran an unlicensed daycare has yet another charge related to sexually assaulting a child. In total, Leland Bryan, 62, is now charged in Morgan County with: 10 counts of statutory sodomyUnlawful use of a weaponArmed-criminal actionChild molestation A detective spoke with another one of Bryan’s alleged victims in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after allegedly pulling a gun out on someone. Ryan Michael, 21, is charged with third-degree kidnapping, two counts of armed-criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and fourth-degree domestic assault. He was arrested by Columbia police early Friday. He is being held in the Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A school bus driver was arrested this week in Cole County and and faces 31 charges. Robert Hern, 59, is charged with first-degree property damage, operating a motor vehicle in a careless manner, leaving the scene of an accident and 28 counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Hern was
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The No. 4-seeded Mizzou men’s basketball team is headed to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament with a 79-71 win over No. 5-seeded Tennessee on Friday. D’Moi Hodge, Kobe Brown and DeAndre Gholston all hit double-digit scoring in the win. Hodge led the team with 26 points along with one steal. Brown was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is accused of trying to rob a Break Time and pointing a gun at a man was arrested by Columbia police early Friday and had an arraignment. Nakwon Harris, 21, is charged with first-degree attempted robbery, armed-criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree kidnapping. An initial arraignment
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City NAACP will hold a pair of candidate forums next week ahead of the April 4 election. Both events can be viewed on the Jefferson City NAACP’s Facebook page. A forum for Jefferson City Council will be held at 6 p.m. Monday. The school board forum will be 6
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Otis Taylor, the longtime Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver who along with quarterback Len Dawson formed one of the NFL’s dynamic duos, died Thursday after more than a decade of health problems. He was 80. Taylor’s family, who had been caring for him as
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Clerk’s office announced on Friday that Randy Hoselton will be withdrawing from the Ward 1 City Council race. Hoselton completed the candidacy withdrawal form on Thursday. The clerk’s office said his name will still appear on the ballot on April 4. Randy-Hoselton-WithdrawalDownload Here are the rest of the
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