COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other felonies on Monday in connection with a 2025 deadly crash in McBaine. Donald Legleiter, 37, pleaded guilty in Boone County to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, first-degree property damage and leaving the scene of an accident. He will be sentenced at 2:30 p.m. Monday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to steal a gun from the Grindstone Parkway Walmart on Tuesday. James Zoeller, 30, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree burglary and stealing a gun. He is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court appearance was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of University of Missouri students and their families are arriving in Columbia this week ahead of the start of the fall semester. Wednesday and Thursday are two of Mizzou’s main move-in days. Most students moving into university residence halls are scheduled to arrive on those days, according to Mizzou Housing. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The office of Attorney General Catherine Hanaway received a win Wednesday in the battle over gaming machines after a Cole County judge dropped a lawsuit against them. However, the group suing the office is ready to refile. The suit was filed by the Missouri Licensing Advocacy Group at the end of June,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Video obtained by ABC News shows what happened when a deck on a Huntsville apartment building collapsed last month, sending eight U.S. Marshals and county deputies plummeting to the ground. Seven law enforcement officers were hurt in the fall, including four deputy U.S. Marshals. None of the injuries were life-threatening. The team
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Storms overnight into Wednesday morning are causing some areas to lose power in mid-Missouri. According to the Ameren Outage map, around 458 customers are without power in Osage Beach as of 7:40 a.m. Power has been restored in areas near the Village of Four Seasons and Rocky Mount. The Association of Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is asking for help locating a missing man. According to a social media post from the department, 37-year-old Bruce Call of Columbia was last seen at 11:30 p.m. Aug. 15 in the 1100 block of Rollins Road. Call was driving a silver Nissan Rogue with the license plate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department responded to an apartment complex Wednesday morning after a dryer caught fire. Fire crews were called to the Grindstone Apartments in the 3100 block of Old Highway 63 just after Midnight Wednesday. Columbia Fire Shift Commander Shawn Noordsy told ABC 17 News that an appliance dryer caught fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Housing Authority is working alongside its partner organizations and the Columbia Police Department to address “serious concerns” at its Kinney Point Housing. The affordable housing complex finished moving its residents into 34 homes in January. It’s located at Garth Ave and Sexton Road in central Columbia, and cost a total
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A boy was arrested Tuesday in connection with an assault that occurred Monday evening near City Hill Court, the Columbia Police Department announced in a Tuesday night social media post. Police wrote the boy assaulted a woman on a walking trail at 6:40 p.m. Monday. The woman had minor injuries. The boy
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge heard arguments Tuesday afternoon on another initiative petition that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins determined was insufficient. Judge Daniel Green said he would have a decision on whether the initiative petition will go on the November ballot Wednesday. The group Respect Missouri Voters submitted signatures for an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge ruled on Monday that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was allowed to toss out signatures that were gathered on a petition before a certain date. Judge Christopher Limbaugh’s ruling was in relation to one of the lawsuits over the ongoing showdown between the state and a group trying
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When Missouri voters approved legal sportsbetting in November 2024, Winning for Missouri Education, backed by millions of dollars from DraftKings and FanDuel, touted millions in new revenue for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Missouri Gaming Commission initially estimated the state would collect more than $6 million in its first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 81-year-old man died from injuries he suffered in a crash with a cement truck on Monday in Jefferson City, according to a Jefferson City Police Department crash report. The report says officers responded at a two-vehicle crash at 9:22 a.m. near the intersection of Route C and Veith Drive. The report
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced in a Tuesday press release that it is launching a new website for residents to report suspicious activity. The release says showmeshield.gov, also known as Missouri: Show-Me Shielf, is replacing the SafeNation app. The release says the website should be used to report “unusual items or
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Valarie Moseley will become the new head of the Missouri Department of Corrections on Oct. 1, according to a Tuesday press release from the governor’s office. Moseley takes over for Trevor Foley, who is becoming the state’s budget director. The release says Moseley has served as the department’s deputy director since December
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a man on Monday who was described as a marijuana supplier for The Gathering of the Juggalos for 20 years. Kevin Jones, 45, of Bearre Easton, Pennsylvania, was charged in Camden County on Tuesday with first-degree drug trafficking and delivery of a controlled substance. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some people in Camden County this week may notice a bit more Faygo and face paint. The annual Gathering of the Juggalos will be held from Wednesday through Saturday at Mother Nature’s Riverfront Retreat in Macks Creek. The ticket processing lot will be located at 1776 Bar and Grill, according to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources awarded the Cole County Public Water Supply District No. 5 a $30,000 grant for a drinking water engineering report grant, according to a Tuesday press release from the DNR. The release says the district will use the money to evaluate its drinking-water system. The DNR offers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A dual bomb and gun threat led police to surround Douglass High School on Tuesday morning. Columbia police had initially said officers responded Tuesday morning to an “active threat” at Douglass High School. The Columbia Police Department later said in that officers didn’t find anything. Columbia Police Department officers were sent to
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