CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Climax Springs, Mo. man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday evening. According to a drowning incident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Robert Crider, 77 was found face down in the water by the docks in the 1200 block of Sunset Shores, at 5:24 p.m. Crider was
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PORTLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Saturday that the suspect who fled the scene of a shots fired incident in Callaway County Friday night was found. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Shannon Frady, 32. Frady was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, domestic assault
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Colorado man was arrested Saturday morning after a shots fired incident in Downtown Columbia. Charlie Sneed, 41 was arrested for first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence. According to a press release from the Columbia Police Department, at 2:47 a.m. officers responded to
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PORTLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County deputies and several law enforcement agencies responded to a shots-fired scene near Paradise Lakes in Portland, according to a Friday evening post on its social media. In an update at 12:02 a.m., Callaway County Sheriff’s office announced that it is believed that the suspect fled his residence before law enforcement
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash occurred Friday in the 4000 block of Highway 50 in Jefferson City after a woman tried to save a loose dog. According to a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department, a woman described as a witness saw a dog running loose on the highway and pulled her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with child sex crimes in June saw his charges updated after a grand jury indictment on Friday. Francisco Rutiaga-Santoyo, 49, is now charged with two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old and one count of first-degree child molestation. He was previously charged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old Columbia man was charged with three more child sex crimes following a grand jury indictment on Friday. Jimmy Joe Culbertson is now charged with eight counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old. He was previously charged with five counts. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of stabbing a woman on July 10 had an additional felony charge filed after a grand jury indictment on Friday. Michael Anthony James, 55, is charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and first-degree arson. He was previously charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has partnered with Turning Point to provide a temporary overnight cooling service at Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, according to a Friday press release from the city. The service at 702 Wilkes Blvd. will start Monday and will be available after 8 p.m. on nights when the overnight
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with two felonies on Friday after he was accused in a Wednesday shooting. Tristan Saint was charged with accessory to shooting at a vehicle and accessory to armed criminal action. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment is scheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s annual back-to-school sale tax holiday is underway, making certain school supplies, computers, and clothing exempt from all state and local sales taxes during a 72-hour window. The sales tax holiday began Friday morning at 12:01 a.m. and will run through midnight Sunday, Aug. 4. A state law that went into effect
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Callaway County Prosecutor Benjamin Miller got the phone call he hoped for.
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Hourly parking will not be available next week at the Eighth Street and Walnut Street parking garage in Columbia, according to a Friday press release from the city.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service “should have had eyes” on the roof where an attempted assassin fired shots at Donald Trump last month, acting Director Ronald Rowe said Friday. “This was a Secret Service failure,” Rowe told reporters. “That roof should have been covered. We should have
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — TikTok has failed to stop children from joining the app and has unlawfully collected their personal data, the US Justice Department alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit accuses TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by allowing
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By Ethan Cohen and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday. Harris will become the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead a major-party ticket. The announcement came during a virtual
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Like sitting in front of an oven.
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A man charged with first-degree murder for a shooting in a Columbia grocery store parking lot took a reduced charge in a plea deal on Thursday.
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TODAY: Friday is more mild compared to Thursday, but summer will still be in full swing, as temperatures reach near 90 with enough to humidity to make us feel a few degrees warmer. We’ll be partly cloudy by the afternoon with a mostly clear sky this morning. TONIGHT: Clouds fall after sunset, and skies clear
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday and will continue throughout the weekend. The sales tax holiday officially began just after midnight Friday and will run through midnight on Sunday. The 2024 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday exempts all state and local sales or use tax taxes during the exemption period on
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