COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Sedalia has announced that it is taking applications for its open Ward 1 City Council seat. Tom Oldham stepped down from his position last week after “serious allegations” were brought against him, the City of Sedalia wrote in a social media post. The city did not elaborate on the allegations
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who ran Gene Matlock Construction in Rolla has been charged with two felonies in Maries County. Gene Matlock, of St. James, was charged on Friday with committing deceptive business practices and stealing more than $25,000. A warrant was issued on Friday. A court date has not been set. The probable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe on Thursday requested that President Donald Trump approve a major disaster declaration to give federal assistance to 26 Missouri counties impacted by storm damage and flooding, a press release says. Kehoe is requesting federal assistance during the period from March 30-April 8, the release says. Eighteen of those counties
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Missouri voters could soon get another chance to decide whether abortion rights should be part of the state’s constitution. A bill moving through the Senate would put a ballot measure up for a vote in 2026 that would effectively repeal Amendment 3, which voters approved in November. Amendment 3 enshrines abortion rights in the Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Senate is discussing a bill that would make the Show Me State an open-enrollment state. On Wednesday, the Senate took up House Bill 711 for a third reading and final passage. The legislation would allow K-12 public schools to decide whether to accept students from neighboring districts. House Bill
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri Senate committee has approved putting a ballot measure before voters that would overturn Amendment 3. House Joint Resolution 73 has already been approved by the full House. Voters approved Amendment 3, which established reproductive health care — including abortion — as a constitutional right in last November’s election. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man who secretly recorded women at the hospital where he worked was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison, a press release from the Department of Justice says. Ian Wood, 45, pleaded guilty in January to producing child pornography and receiving child pornography. He admitted to recording young children
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Scott County Prosecutor’s Office has been named the special prosecutor in a pair of cases involving a Columbia restaurant owner. Crystal Umfress is charged with felonies in two cases in southeast Missouri. In one case, she’s charged with second-degree arson. In another, she was charged with two counts of filing false
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House began voting Wednesday morning on budget bills approved by the Senate — a step in hammering out a compromise version between the two chambers. The Senate approved the state’s 13 budget bills in a late-night session Tuesday. The House rejected those bills on Tuesday. With differences between the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Supporters of a voter-passed proposition rejoiced after a court’s decision on Tuesday. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Proposition A, which raised the state’s minimum wage and requires employers to offer paid sick leave, rejecting arguments from business groups that the ballot measure was misleading and unconstitutional. The court’s majority ruled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved law that increases the minimum wage and requires employers to provide paid leave. Chief Justice Mary Russell wrote the majority opinion, joined by five of the court’s seven judges. The remaining judge wrote in a separate opinion that the court does not have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lines are forming outside at least one Columbia license office as people rush to get a new Real ID ahead of a pending deadline. Columbia’s license office on Vandiver had a line out the door Tuesday morning. An employee told ABC 17 News that it takes 5 to 10 minutes to process
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested in Colorado in relation to a missing Missouri teenager. A press release from the Fort Collins Police Department says the Fort Collins Police Cyber Crimes Unit received a tip from a Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force about a possible kidnapping. A youth went missing in December. The release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man who was accused of kidnapping his children from Nebraska before getting into a crash that killed one of them entered an Alford plea on Monday. Larry Lunnin Sr. entered an Alford plea to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child abduction. An Alford plea occurs when a defendant maintains
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 82-year-old Boonville woman was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a crash on Highway 179 in Cooper County, just another of Highland School Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says that that the woman was driving a 2021 Buick Encore northbound when it went off the
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EDITOR’S NOTE: An incorrect bill number has been removed from the story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Black Missourians are reported missing at disproportionately higher rates than their share of the population, a troubling trend now affecting a Columbia family. Desire Smith, 15, has been missing for nearly four months after she was last seen in Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lee’s Summit man filed suit Friday against a law designed to give the attorney general more power in a lawsuit over abortion rights and changes how ballot questions are written. Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 22 into law on Thursday in Cole County. The law allows the attorney general to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The construction of a roundabout in Versailles will begin on Monday, May 5 at the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 5, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Work will take place 6 p.m.-6 a.m. Monday through Friday through mid-June, the release says. All work is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with six felonies after authorities claim he trafficked stolen identities. Christian Blackmore, 31, of Sunrise Beach, has been charged with trafficking stolen identities, first-degree tampering with a vehicle, two counts of drug possession, one count of tampering with evidence, driving revoked and an infraction of displaying plates
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The criminal investigation into Sedalia councilman who resigned last week may include sexual harassment of a juvenile, according to a Monday email from Pettis County Sheriff Brad Anders. Former Ward 1 Councilman Tom Oldham stepped down on Thursday after “serious allegations” were brought against him, the City of Sedalia wrote in a
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