By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution. Hosier is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the 2009 deaths of Angela and Rodney Gilpin of Jefferson City. His lawyer
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A southern Missouri man pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting and harassing federal officers at Fort Leonard Wood.
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CAMEDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An armed woman barricaded herself inside an abandoned vehicle Saturday in a wooded area in Climax Springs, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Sgt. Kyle Green with MSHP said Camden County deputies attempted to serve a felony warrant on the woman. The mother of the woman’s boyfriend reported the woman
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Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect a new statement from Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary since two teenagers were killed, and four others were injured in a shooting at a vacant Boone County house. On June 4, 2023, Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was accused of murder in the death of a University of Missouri student in January 2023 will remain in the care of the Department of Mental Health until at least her next hearing, court records show. Emma Adams, 22, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with
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MONROE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hunnewell, Missouri, man who was accused of embezzling $3.5 million in Monroe County has been arrested. Ryan Edlin, 41, was charged on April 15 with money laundering, five counts of stealing more than $25,000, forgery and deceptive business practices, a misdemeanor. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnett, Missouri, man was charged with a pair of child sex crimes on Friday. Stephen Michael Jones was charged in Morgan County with child porn possession and third-degree child molestation. A no-bond warrant was issued on Friday. He was not listed on the Morgan County Jail roster on Friday afternoon.
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Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty Friday to criminal charges in Arizona where he is accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Court documents filed on Thursday indicate that multiple men who were wanted for murder in the June 2023 shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia are in custody after they were arrested by Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police in Oklahoma. Deazes Turner, 20, Deljuan Turner, 20, Â and Alqueze Jones were arrested, according to
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The past few weeks have seen several high-profile incidents of gun violence, including the death of a man who fired at police at a northeast Columbia apartment complex on Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Court records filed on Thursday indicate that multiple men who were wanted for murder in the June 2023 shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia are in custody in Oklahoma. Deazes Turner, 20, Deljuan Turner, 20, and Alqueze Jones were arrested, according to Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson and court entries. All three
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An advocacy group shared in a Thursday social media post that it was submitting a petition that asked for clemency for a man convicted of murder. Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty said in a video that its petition had more than 6,000 signatures. David Hosier, 69, was found guilty by
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The Callaway County prosecutor will not file charges against the man who shot and killed another man outside of a bar earlier this year.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with a child sex crime and other felonies on Thursday. Jermaine Brannon was charged with first-degree kidnapping, third-degree domestic assault and child enticement by a person older than 21 years old with a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the
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A Columbia man convicted in 2022 of murdering his wife is asking for a new trial, claiming his lawyers were not effective.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has expunged the misdemeanor convictions of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their mansion in 2020. Now they want their guns back. Attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey filed a request in January to have the convictions wiped away. Judge Joseph P. Whyte wrote
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The Columbia Police Department SWAT team and Crisis Negotiation teams were engaged in a standoff Thursday in northeast Columbia.
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents in Sturgeon are wanting things to get back to normal after a police standoff Tuesday left one man dead. Damion Linder died Tuesday evening after an hours-long standoff with multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Sturgeon Police and Columbia Police. Law enforcement had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Repairs are underway for the Columbia Police Department’s armored vehicle that was damaged during a lengthy standoff in Sturgeon on Tuesday. Columbia’s BearCat was one of two armored vehicles that received significant damage during the exchange of gunfire, according to Capt. Brian Leer of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. The second damaged
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Miller County man was charged with first-degree domestic assault and second-degree property damage after he allegedly rammed his truck into a woman’s vehicle on Tuesday. A warrant was issued on Wednesday for Brent Whittle, of Brumley. He was not listed on the Cole County Jail online roster on Wednesday afternoon
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