FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of mutilating a dog in a “sacrifice” and raping a woman in Holts Summit was indicted by a grand jury. A grand jury indictment was filed on Tuesday for Elijah Paul Juarez, 23. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail. An arraignment is scheduled for
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged on Tuesday after he led deputies on a chase on Monday, court documents say. Prentice Harris, 34, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, two counts of resisting arrest and two misdemeanors: Speeding 26 miles per hour over the limit and driving while
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement that was proposed in federal bankruptcy court for Noble Health has been accepted by a judge. Nobel Health announced the closure of its hospitals in Fulton and Mexico in 2022. Rural health care has been an issue across Missouri. according to the 2021 Health in Rural Missouri report, there are 55
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies in the past 10 days have warned residents about a scam that impersonates their deputies or each sheriff’s office. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Monday social media post that it had received reports of someone claiming to be Deputy John Clark was calling people
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged in Callaway County on Wednesday after he allegedly broke into a Helitech parking lot on Tuesday and setting fire to a trailer. Josef Wayne Black was charged with knowingly burning or exploding, two counts of first-degree property damage and one count of first-degree trespassing, a
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A car hauler overturned on Interstate 70 on Wednesday afternoon near mile marker 153 in Callaway County, just east of the Kingdom City exit. The Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote on social media that multiple vehicles fell off the hauler after the crash occurred in the eastbound lanes. Vehicles landed on
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The three youth Holts Summit police said were involved in a recent string of vandalism have been identified, according to a Thursday press release from the city. Holts Summit police asked the public for help on Wednesday in identifying three juveniles who allegedly damaged multiple mailboxes in the areas of North
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Thursday with possessing child pornography and failure to register as a sex offender. Aaron Michael Dannenmueller, 33, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office Cyber
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HOLTS SUMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Holts Summit Police Department is asking for help tracking down the people responsible for a string of vandalism that occurred to multiple mailboxes and property damage to a storage unit facility. On Tuesday night, multiple mailboxes were damaged in the areas of North Greenway Drive, Brookstone Drive and Sommer Court,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kingdom City business owner who pleaded guilty last year to a federal fraud charge was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison without parole. Scott Allen Maples, 40, was also ordered to pay $684,034 in restitution to the Small Business Administration. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 7, 2023, to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Superintendents from Boone County schools and neighboring districts signed a letter on Friday that asks Gov. Mike Parson to veto a bill that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. SB727 passed the Missouri House last month. The bill mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning to begin making improvements to I-70 from Columbia to Kingdom City in July, according to a project director. On Wednesday night, the department held the first of two open houses this week to gain feedback from the public, as well as display design changes coming
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People who live near a Fulton business that went up in flames Monday night say the experience was a frightening one.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation in a press release announced a pair of open house meetings will occur this week in regards to the Improve I-70 Project. The project will add a third lane to Interstate 70 from Highway 63 in Columbia to the Kingdom City exit. According to the release, there
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A court case was dismissed Monday after former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism submitted a formal letter of resignation.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man accused of several child sex crimes has an arraignment scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 6 at the Callaway County Courthouse. Freeman Myron Larnerd, 53, was charged with child porn possession, unlawful use of a weapon, statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 14 years old, first-degree statutory
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MILLERSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday in Callaway County on Route WW, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as Julie Schafer, 43, of Florissant, was heading eastbound in her 2003 Dodge Caravan and failed to negotiate a turn.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Thursday after he allegedly pushed a woman off a bridge in Memorial Park in Fulton on Wednesday, according to court documents. Timothy Lee Stewart, 48, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, first-degree property damage and two misdemeanors: First-degree trespassing and violating a restraining order. The probable
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been proposed for former employees who worked at Nobel Health facilities in Fulton and Mexico. Nobel Health announced the closure of its hospitals in 2022. Rural health care has been an issue across Missouri. according to the 2021 Health in Rural Missouri report, there are 55 rural counties
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation will be performing subsurface boring operations next week in both directions on sections of Interstate 70 and Highway 63, according to a Friday press release. Work will begin on Wednesday, April 17, and is expected to last through Friday, April 26, the release says. Intermittent closures of
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