UPDATE: Charges against Freeman were later dropped. CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Deputies have arrested one person after they and another were shot in Callaway County on Saturday morning. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said that it arrested 42-year-old Kibby Freeman of Mexico, Mo. The office said in a Facebook post that Freeman was a
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – An Auxvasse man is dead after crashing his motorcycle on Interstate 70 Saturday evening. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, James Moore, 66 was riding his motorcycle on I-70 Westbound at the 154 mile marker at 4:45 p.m. The report states the crash occurred when
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(Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the day the incident occurred.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating a carjacking that happened early Saturday morning in the 1000 block of Elleta Blvd. According to a press release from the department, officers responded to the call at around 2 a.m. Saturday.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: A misspelled name has been corrected. BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man is facing rape and murder charges stemming from a 1993 Indiana case. Dana Jermaine Shepherd, 52, faces charges in Marion County, Indiana, including two counts of murder and one count of rape “with deadly force.” Boone County deputies and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department arrested a man Friday afternoon in connection with a shooting in downtown Columbia on Aug. 25., according to a press release from the department. At around 2:40 p.m. Friday, officers conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Broadway Blvd. and Highway 63. They arrested Deangelo Grant, 39,
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) New additions are expected to be added to the Columbia Farmers Market within the next year. During a Columbia Convention and Visitors Advisory Board Meeting on Tuesday, members presented the newest addition to the Columbia Farmers Market, a community welcome center set to come in 2025. According to the project’s website, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri high school football season kicked off Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road. Below are the scores from games involving Mid-Missouri teams.
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A man accused of killing his daughter and abandoning her corpse was sentenced to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 500 Columbia Water and Light customers experienced a power outage on Friday evening. An outage was reported at 8:55 p.m. in Central Columbia on Range Line Street near the intersection with Lakeview Avenue, according to the city’s outage map. There are 506 customers impacted by the outage. The outage was
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation issued a recall on Friday for marijuana products from Blue Sky Health and Wellness, a Friday press release from the Department of Health and Senior Services says. The press release says that products from the company were recalled after they were not compliantly tracked in
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A woman was killed when two vehicles collided head-on on a railroad overpass, the Mexico, Missouri, Department of Public Safety said Friday.
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A plan for a casino on the Osage River in the Lake of the Ozarks area will appear before voters in November.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Work on the Grindstone Parkway Sidewalk Project in Columbia will require lane closures beginning on Sept. 10, according to a Friday press release from the city. Work was originally set to begin on Tuesday, and will be completed by late fall. The project will address a sidewalk gap on the south side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The driver of a tractor-trailer that crashed on Interstate 70 in Cooper County on Wednesday evening is in critical condition. An MU Health Care spokesperson confirmed Christopher Wanager’s condition in an email on Friday. Wanager had to be pulled from a 2005 Freightliner Columbia after crashing it at mile marker 112, Lt.
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A Columbia man pleaded guilty in court Friday morning and was sentenced 18 years in prison after being arrested in June 2023 following a fire and a 16-hour manhunt.
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One man was killed after he allegedly broke into a home and was shot by the homeowner on Friday morning in Pettis County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An influx of drivers is expected to hit Missouri highways for Labor Day weekend. AAA released a recent report detailing gas prices ahead of holiday travel. On this report the average statewide gas price in Missouri is $3.04, which is $0.46 less per gallon compared to this time last year. Drivers in
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Another summer holiday weekend is here.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) 11th ranked Mizzou Football was locked in from the opening kick of Thursday night’s season opener against Murray State. The Tigers began the 2024 campaign with a 51-0 win over the Racers in front of Faurot Field’s sixth straight sold-out crowd. You can watch extended highlights from Thursday’s big win in the
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Mizzou football is again getting a head start on its season with a Thursday night kickoff.
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