FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people who were accused in the death of a Fulton teenager were indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday. Mitchell Henderson Jr., 44, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder, illegal gun possession and armed criminal action. Quiara Walton, 19, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree murder. Emmanuel Brown, 20, of
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A fire that started in a room of the Amerihost Inn in Kingdom City led to the building’s evacuation Friday afternoon.
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Callaway County deputies arrested two people Friday morning who escaped from Montgomery County authorities during a high-speed chase the previous night.
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Editor’s note: The final paragraph of the story has been corrected to say the phone was knocked out of the victim’s hand. FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man was charged with rape and other felonies on Tuesday. Randall Morgan, 22, of Williamsburg, was charged with first-degree rape, unlawful use of a weapon, third-degree domestic
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged with four felonies and three misdemeanors after he allegedly threatened to kill multiple people in Kingdom City. Justin Clifford, 44, was charged with first-degree attempted assault, first-degree stalking, first-degree making a terroristic threat, armed criminal action, misdemeanor DWI and two counts of fourth-degree assault, which are
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A trial date has been scheduled for a former Cooper County Jail employee who was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter for the death of an inmate. The jury trial for Robyn Pfeiffer, of Boonville, was scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Callaway County Courthouse, a Thursday court entry
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Thursday in Callaway County with multiple child sex crimes. Matthew John Middleton was charged with statutory sodomy of a person younger than 12 years old, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and misdemeanor furnishing pornographic material to a minor. A warrant was issued for his arrest
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Auxvasse announced in a Friday social media post that it has named its new fire chief. The city announced Fire Chief Scott Sullivan, Assistant Fire Chief Rusty Burch and Capt. Tim McAlpin as its personnel. The city also said it has another person on staff as firefighters, though they
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Darryl Maylee’s title is changing, slightly. Maylee –who was first named acting Callaway County sheriff months ago — won his election bid in the Republican Primary on Tuesday. He won the primary with a decisive 77.54% of the vote. “The election process isn’t a fun one. It’s nerve-racking not just for me,
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Sandra Colhour will be the next prosecuting attorney in Callaway County. The 13th Judicial Circuit Court made the announcement in a Thursday press release. Colhour will replace Benjamin Miller, who was appointed to a new circuit judge seat by Gov. Mike Parson last week. Miller is expected to begin his new position
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The death toll from accidents involving tractor-trailers rose after three people were killed this week on Interstate 70 in Mid-Missouri. Officials say two women were killed on Monday in a seven-vehicle accident after a tractor-trailer in the westbound passing lane on Interstate 70 near the Stadium Boulevard exit hit a vehicle in
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An eastern Missouri man was killed when his utility truck lost control on Interstate 70 in Callaway County on Wednesday morning.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Resurfacing on Highway 54 in Callaway County will begin next week, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Resurfacing begins Monday and will require lane closures, the release says. Hours of work will depend on the location: Night work, 7 p.m.-6 a.m.: North of the Missouri
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PORTLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man was charged on Saturday after he allegedly fired a gun multiple times during an assault, according to court documents. Shannon Frady, 32, was charged with two counts of second-degree domestic assault, one count of third-degree domestic assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and a count
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged with two felonies after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and left a suspicious package on their front porch. Thomas Norton Jr., 40, was charged with second-degree sodomy and second-degree making a terroristic threat. He is being held without bond at the Callaway County Jail. An initial
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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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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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Callaway County Prosecutor Benjamin Miller got the phone call he hoped for.
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Like sitting in front of an oven.
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The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office began Thursday the first of two days of large-scale training exercises in Fulton to prepare for an active shooter.
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