Emergency community meeting to address increase in fatal drug overdoses
The goal of the meeting is to raise awareness about the highly potent drug fentanyl and to educate the community on the use of Narcan.
Continue ReadingThe goal of the meeting is to raise awareness about the highly potent drug fentanyl and to educate the community on the use of Narcan.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police have determined a bomb threat in Downtown Columbia Tuesday morning was unfounded. According to the Columbia Police Department, officers responded to the Daniel Boone Building for the reported bomb threat at 7:10 a.m. Police said a bomb detection dog from the University of Missouri Police Department helped officers search the area.
Continue ReadingA Callaway County prosecutor has charged a Fulton man after he allegedly shot a woman in the leg Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingA Callaway County prosecutor has charged an Elseberry man after he attempted to disarm a Callaway County deputy on Sunday morning.
Continue ReadingMichael Humphrey is charged with first-degree murder in the 2017 death of Ben Renick. The trial is being held in Audrain County on a change of venue.
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Sedalia police department is warning businesses of a counterfeit money scheme. According to police, 19 businesses have reported suspects using fake $100 bills over the past week. Only a few businesses were able to identify the bills as counterfeit because they are passing the marker test but the electronic devices are
Continue ReadingA bond hearing has been set for Friday afternoon for the man accused in a California, Missouri homicide.
Continue ReadingAfter a string of shootings in Downtown Columbia, residents are curious why officials haven’t been more diligent in communicating about the violence.
Continue ReadingCALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County deputies arrested a man after a shooting that injured one person Friday afternoon. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of shots fired at 2:43 p.m. on County Road 256. According to the press release, deputies were told shots had been fired and someone had
Continue ReadingProsecutors charged a Camdenton man accused of exposing himself to minors.
Continue ReadingJames Collier is scheduled to be arraigned on murder and assault charges on Monday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jury selection wrapped up today in the case against a man accused of killing a Montgomery County reptile breeder. Michael Humphrey is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ben Renick. Humphrey and his ex-girlfriend Lynlee Renick are accused of killing Ben back in 2017. Jury selection for the trial happened
Continue ReadingABC 17 News discovered James Hundle, 52, owned Ruckus Bar and Grill and Splasher’s Laundromat in Columbia for several years. Both businesses have since changed hands, but one former employee of Hundle’s remembered him as a good boss that enjoyed having fun.
Continue ReadingThe June 23 crash killed Wesley Griffith, 39. Police said at the time he was not wearing a seat belt. He was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
Continue ReadingA Cole County prosecutor has charged a Jefferson City woman after she allegedly ran onto a football field naked in front of a group of eighth-graders practicing football.
Continue ReadingThe reporter discovered Social Security numbers were easily accessed on an education department website. The paper reported the findings to the state before publishing the story.
Continue ReadingThe Moniteau County prosecutor charged James L. Collier on Wednesday with first-degree murder and assault of a special victim. California police called the Missouri State Highway Patrol early Wednesday for help with a death investigation in an apartment at 310 S. East St., according to a probable cause statement released by California police.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A New Bloomfield man pleaded guilty Wednesday after a shooting investigation in Jefferson City on March 27, 2020. William Homfeldt-Nevins will get five years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm. Jefferson City police responded to a shooting in the 200 block of East McCarty Street. Officials
Continue ReadingA man that shot himself while in custody of the Cole County Jail has pleaded guilty to trafficking meth and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Continue ReadingAccording to a news release, officers went to a home in the 4800 block of Marble Cedars Drive around 11:30 a.m. for a well-being check. They found James Hundle, 52, dead with a gunshot wound
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