Multiple Secret Service personnel from the Pittsburgh Field Office and one member of Donald Trump’s security detail involved in the advance planning for Trump’s July 13 rally have been reassigned to administrative duties and ordered to work from home, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.
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The Royals are on a roll.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council held a work session Thursday evening to discuss the fiscal year 2025 budget. Mayor Ron Fitzwater presented his $86.4 million budget plan to the council members, marking the first time the city has used the OpenGov software for financial planning. “So it’s the first year that we’ve
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lane closures will be required on Scott Boulevard and West Broadway in west Columbia as crews begin building a new sidewalk, according to a Thursday press release from the City of Columbia Public Works. Work begins at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 and is expected to be completed by “early winter,” the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with second-degree statutory rape and second-degree sodomy on Thursday. Jesus Hernandez, 37, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 1:54 a.m. Thursday and is being held without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, Hernandez identified himself to a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of stabbing the mother of his child to death had a motion hearing on Thursday that determined he could still face the possibility of being sentenced to death. Sergio L. Sayles, 36, was charged in April 2023 with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, evidence tampering and
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A look at some of this week’s major recalls.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The foster parent of a young Jefferson City student said his foster child was on a school bus for around three hours on Tuesday. Chad Derstein is the foster dad to a 3-year-old boy with special needs who attends Jefferson City’s Southwest Early Childhood Center. After his child’s bus arrived late
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles woman was charged on Thursday with first-degree child sex trafficking of a youth younger than 12 years old. Stacy Schumacher, 48, is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, law enforcement was informed
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested on Wednesday evening following a multi-county chase and search was charged with several felonies on Thursday. Zachery Wheeler, of Washington, Missouri, was charged in Osage County with illegal gun possession, resisting arrest, first-degree property damage, leaving the scene of an accident and misdemeanor reckless driving. He
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Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is blocking an executive order to ban various unregulated forms of the cannabis compound THC over “hurt feelings.” Parson endorsed Ashcroft’s opponent in the state’s recent gubernatorial primary, which Ashcroft went on to lose. Parson said Thursday that Ashcroft
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of assaulting another person on Aug. 10 in front of a Downtown Columbia bar was booked into the Boone County Jail on Wednesday. David Jeremiah Moore, 19, was charged with first-degree assault. His address is listed as Columbia on Casenet, but was listed as Fulton on the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was convicted in federal court on Feb. 16 was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Thursday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Tre Joseph Connor, 30, was found guilty of bank robbery, brandishing a gun during a violent crime, and one count
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Authorities brought a 54-year-old Iowa man to Boone County this week to face allegations that he molested a child over about two years in Iowa and Missouri.
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have resentenced death row inmate Marcellus Williams to life without parole after new testing of DNA evidence complicated his innocence claim. A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge has now set the agreement aside and scheduled an evidentiary hearing for
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The Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney announced on Wednesday the mother of a 5-year-old killed in 2023 was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty.
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Wednesday night was a night to showcase the vice presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention.
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With the growing homeless population in Boone County, the Voluntary Action Center is building The Opportunity Campus with the hopes of getting people back on their feet.
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RENICK, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people had minor-to-moderate injuries in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday on Highway 63 in Randolph County, about a mile east of Renick, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says a 2015 Chrysler 200 – driven by Sarah Dowling, 20, of Moberly – was facing westbound on Business
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Providence Road in Columbia was closed at the intersection with Worley Street on Wednesday evening after a crash with multiple vehicles occurred. A notification from Boone County Joint Communications at 9:42 p.m. stated the intersection was closed. The intersection reopened at 10:30 p.m. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a car stopped
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