Cooper County chase and crash started with attempted warrant arrest
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is asking drivers to avoid Interstate 70 eastbound in Cooper County after a crash involving a stolen vehicle.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol is asking drivers to avoid Interstate 70 eastbound in Cooper County after a crash involving a stolen vehicle.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is set to be sentenced in July after he pleaded guilty Friday to four felonies including child molestation and child endangerment. Cale J. Kliethermes, 43, faces between five and 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree child molestation, two counts of attempted child endangerment and one count
Continue ReadingA young public radio journalist has died after being struck by a stray bullet inside her Kansas City apartment.
Continue ReadingData from “NoMoDeaths,” a state collaborative project to help combat the opioid crisis, shows the first three quarters of 2020 saw a nearly 31% increase in opioid-involved overdose deaths.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many Columbia residents and students said they have mixed feelings about the safety of the area after the armed carjacking at the Hitt Street Garage, early Saturday morning. Zi Tompkins, a junior at Mizzou, works just a few blocks from the Hitt Street Garage and said she couldn’t find an Uber late
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: According to MUPD, the stolen Nissan Sentra has been located. It was found on a residential street in Columbia. ORIGINAL: The University of Missouri Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects in an alleged carjacking early Saturday morning. The University of Missouri sent out an alert
Continue ReadingLAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Ozark Police arrested a man after he fired 12 shots into a hillside Friday afternoon in the area of 1140 Bagnell Dam Blvd. Police responded intially to several reports, one of shots fired and the other of a man in the middle of the street causing problems and threatening passing
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A prescription drug take-back event is being hosted by the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Youth Community Coalition and law enforcement agencies throughout Boone County including Ashland, Columbia, Centralia, Hallsville, University of Missouri, and VA Hospital Police Departments at multiple locations on Saturday. This effort is undertaken to provide
Continue ReadingHALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Levi Gaddy Hallsville police reportedly found multiple drugs inside the vehicle after pulling over Levi Gaddy, 35, of Columbia, Thursday night for a traffic violation. According to a social media post by the city, a probable cause search of the vehicle revealed nearly 2.5 pounds of marijuana, 14 THC vape cartridges and
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department said officers were sent to a shots-fired call in the 3100 block of Jenne Hill Drive at about 4 am.
Continue ReadingST. JAMES, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and woman are now charged in connection with a St. James homicide investigation. According to court documents, 20-year-old Josue Martinez is seen stabbing the victim, Donald Wethy, 14 times at a motel in St. James on surveillance video. Minutes prior to the stabbing, video captured Martinez talking with his
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has been charged with abandonment of a corpse after being arrested in late March. According to court documents, Columbia police began a death investigation in the 3100 block of Wingate Court on March 22 after a drug overdose at a Columbia hotel. Columbia police arrested Kenneth C. Jones, 32,
Continue ReadingELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chesterfield man is now charged after he allegedly fired a gun inside an Eldon funeral home Wednesday at noon. After Eldon police arrived on scene, tey found three men on the ground at the funeral home and Bradley Duncan had his hand on the trigger of a gun. A victim told
Continue ReadingA nine-day jury trial has been scheduled for a Jefferson City teenager accused of a 2018 murder.
Continue ReadingEldon police say a shooting at a funeral Wednesday afternoon ended with one person being arrested.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has now been charged for two recent weekend robberies. Santios Leake is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $200,000 cash only bond. Police say he stole $194 from the Break Time in the 2400 block of Paris road. According to court documents he handed the cashier
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies recovered dozens of stolen guns reported stolen in September 2020. On April 7 while searching for a suspect with an active warrant, Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies found multiple guns in the corner of a shed. According to a social media post, deputies checked the serial numbers
Continue ReadingELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Eldon police responded after a report of shots fired at a at a local business Wednesday afternoon. According to a social media post, the suspect fired one shot in a crowded room containing family. No one was hit or injured by the shot that was fired. Officials took the suspect into custody
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors in Benton County upgraded charges against the four people accused of helping kill a child. Kourtney Aumen and Ethan Mast now face a charge of first-degree murder in the death of 4-year-old Jessica Mast. Prosecutors on Wednesday changed the charge from second-degree murder. Both also faces two counts of armed criminal
Continue ReadingA St. Louis husband and wife facing criminal charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters last summer are asking a judge to send their case back to the grand jury, citing concerns about Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s handling of it.
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