COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged with four felonies after he was accused of shooting another man in Howard County on Thursday. Johntelle Millens, 39, was charged on Friday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and illegal gun possession. He is being held at the Howard County Jail
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia TSA agent was charged Friday in federal court with allegedly soliciting nude photographs from a minor for money. Daniel P. Meenehan, 64, was charged with attempted production of child pornography in the Western District of Missouri. His first court appearance was on Friday. Columbia police arrested Meenahan on Wednesday,
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By Devon M. Sayers, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Deportation flights from the makeshift South Florida immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have begun as a “surge” of immigration arrests is on the horizon, state officials said. “What has been done here has been remarkable,” GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday at the controversial tent
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been corrected to remove a reference that said landlords are invited. They are not. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Tenants Union is inviting renters and homeowners to its meeting at the Armory in downtown Columbia from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday. The union will discuss tenant rights, landlord issues and brainstorm changes. Attendees are
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Parents around Mid-Missouri will be shopping for school supplies soon, if they haven’t started already. Many families are already shopping for supplies, hoping to buy before tariffs take effect on Aug. 1. Many of the items kids use in schools are imported from other countries that could fall under new tariffs. And inflation, of course,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Back-to-school shopping is starting earlier than usual this year, as families scramble to buy supplies before new tariffs take effect next month. For many shoppers, it’s all about beating the clock. With tariffs set to impact the cost of imported school essentials starting Aug. 1, parents and grandparents are hitting stores
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police and deputies have arrested a suspect after a man drove himself from Howard County to Boonville. Boonville police found the victim sitting in a car bleeding with a gunshot wound and Main Street, according to a news release. The shooting happened in Howard County, the release says. Boonville police and Cooper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery City man was charged with several misdemeanors after he allegedly stated he shot and killed six kittens. Nicholas Xavier Sutherlin-Richard was charged on Thursday in Montgomery County with six counts of misdemeanor animal abuse. A judge was assigned the case on Thursday. A court date has not been scheduled. Sutherlin-Richard
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was treated Thursday after a fire occurred in a kitchen of an apartment in the 200 block of Ventura Avenue in Jefferson City, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 4:55 p.m. and ended up finding a fire in the kitchen, which
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The sister of a woman who found dead in a vehicle in Boone County over the weekend is sharing her sister’s story. The body of Misty Guzman-Castro, 43, was found Saturday evening in the 2400 block of North Lake Of the Woods Road. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social
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Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed one person died after a crash on eastbound Interstate 70 in Columbia Thursday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge High School football team is switching up its practice routine for the summer heat. Matt Perkins, Rock Bridge football’s head coach, said the team’s practice schedule during the school year is usually two hours after school, starting around 4:15 or 4:30 p.m. However, with Mother Nature turning up the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a fire that severely damaged a well-known bar in downtown Columbia earlier this month is still under investigation, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. McNally’s Irish Pub on Sixth Street caught fire on July 1. The fire started in the main room of the bar, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people faced several charges in Cole County after authorities found 20 dogs and two cats in poor living conditions, court documents say. Casey Logsdon, Jessica Morgan, Ashley Ousley and Henry Ousley Jr. were charged on Thursday with 19 counts of accessory to animal abuse. None of them were listed on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City men were charged after they allegedly set someone’s vehicle on fire with a firework on July 4. John Patrick Rush and Trevor Hayden-Nigel Foley were charged on Thursday with knowingly burning and exploding. Warrants were issued for both men and a $2,500 bond was set for Rush, while a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics is keeping football coach Eli Drinkwitz around Columbia for the foreseeable future. The athletic department announced a contract extension through 2029 for the leader of the Tigers, on Thursday. The extension will also come with an enhanced salary pool for assistant coaches, strength and conditioning and football support personnel. In
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Maries County on Wednesday after authorities say she stabbed her husband and attacked a toddler. Savannah Robertson, of Belle, was charged with first-degree assault and child abuse. A warrant was served on Thursday and she is being held without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A grant that had been canceled twice has once again been given the greenlight. A Thursday press release on the website for the Business Loop 70 area says that a $2 million grant to study a portion of the street has been reapproved. The grant – which was approved for use by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A report from the Jefferson City Fire Department says the cause of a fire in a storage area of Sam’s Club on Stoneridge Parkway has not been determined. The fire occurred Wednesday afternoon. The building was evacuated after alarms went off. No injuries were reported. The report says that there was a
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Professional wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, died on Thursday at the age of 71, according to World Wrestling Entertainment. Bollea is widely recognized as the biggest wrestling star of all time and helped WWE become the behemoth that it is today. In the 1980s and 1990s,
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