Reproductive issues top-of-mind in Missouri as elections approach
Abortion and reproductive issues have become a battleground in the 2024 elections, including in Missouri.
Continue ReadingAbortion and reproductive issues have become a battleground in the 2024 elections, including in Missouri.
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was arrested on Monday for allegedly taking thousands of dollars and a home from an elderly woman who has Alzheimer’s. Brian Vinson was charged with financially exploiting an elderly person. He is being held at the Pettis County Jail on a $1 million bond, according to a social media
Continue ReadingCALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning in a crash in Moniteau County at the intersection of Highway 50 and Business 50, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash report states that a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier – driven by Michael Collins, 39 – hit a 2005
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved to name a soil testing and research laboratory after former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, according to a Tuesday press release. The Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory will be at the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center in Portageville, Missouri, the release
Continue ReadingMore than 400 Boone Electric Cooperative members in Boone County were without electricity mid-morning Tuesday after a truck crashed into a utility pole and the driver ran.
Continue ReadingA Linn, Missouri, man pleaded guilty to two counts of murder last week in a 2021 double killing.
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Continue ReadingPolice in Nashville are asking for help to find a University of Missouri student and fraternity member last seen at a bar over the weekend.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Justin Hicks (R-Lake St. Louis) announced – in a Monday press release — his intent to run for the U.S. Congressional 3rd District seat in Missouri. The seat will be open after Republican Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer announced he will not be running for reelection. The 3rd District includes Boone, Callaway,
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man was charged with several felonies after he was accused of trying to light another man on fire and then attempt to hit him with a machete. Colin Humphrey, 18, was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Jail inmate was accused of assaulting three detention officers on Saturday. William Benz, 35, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree assault, two counts of third-degree assault and a count of first-degree property damage. He’s being held at the jail without bond. An initial court appearance was set for Monday.
Continue ReadingFormer Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism testified before the state’s public safety director Monday in a hearing to decide the future of his peace officer’s license.
Continue ReadingROSEBUD, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rosebud man was charged with several felonies after he was arrested on Sunday, following a standoff. Matthew Gerlemann was charged with three counts of second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. A warrant was served and a $100,000 bond was set. An arraignment was scheduled for 9
Continue ReadingAs construction on the much-anticipated Interstate 70 widening project nears, a private women’s college in Columbia is taking advantage of the upcoming project to promote a new apprenticeship program meant to create more diversity in the workforce.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Missouri) on Monday warned of scammers impersonating him on Facebook messenger. Luetkemeyer shared that message, along with screenshots of a fake profile impersonating him on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The screenshots appear to show the profile trying to get residents to join a “program.”
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) About 43,000 pounds of french fries spilled onto a road early Sunday after an alleged drunken driver forced a tractor-trailer off of Interstate 70, according to a social media post from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The crash occurred at 1:14 a.m. Sunday in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70 near
Continue ReadingMILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Business Route 54 on the Bagnell Dam in Miller County will close for a few hours on Tuesday for repairs, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release states that traffic will be closed at 9 a.m. and will reopen at 4 p.m. The construction was referred
Continue ReadingMEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged with a pair of child sex crimes on Friday. Nickolas Gage Crum – whose birth year is listed as 2005 – was charged with first-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old. He is being held at the Audrain County
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Divisions between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu burst out into the open again over the weekend as the two traded barbs in interviews over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. In a Saturday interview with MSNBC, Biden said Netanyahu was “hurting Israel more than
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