Callaway County’s sheriff no longer has a peace officer’s license in Missouri after reports that he was drinking and buying liquor on the job made their way to the state’s top law enforcement office.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) City leaders from Fulton are in Denver Colorado as Fulton is one of the 19 finalists selected for the All-American City Award through the National Civic League. Fulton has the chance to be selected as one of the ten winners after the conference Sunday night. The All-American City Award recognizes the work
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Legal marijuana advocates are raising concerns as a deadline looms to expunge most pot-related offenses from Missouri residents’ criminal records.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton leaders celebrated the opening of a new bridge Friday morning on Second Street. City leaders met on the bridge for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and thanked the community for being patient during the bridge construction. The city says crews began working on the bridge in March. The construction cost around $1.5 million and was funded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order creating a “drought alert” in the state. The executive order was signed after the director of the Department of Natural Resources advised Parson that parts of the state are experiencing “rapidly escalating drought conditions.” The U.S. Drought Monitor shows 60 Missouri counties are
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged earlier this week after allegedly assaulting a woman and two other people Saturday night at the Amerihost Inn in Kingdom City. Kevin Paul Guard, 31, is charged with second-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic assault, fourth-degree domestic assault, two counts of fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest. He is
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The start of a construction project for a new roundabout at Highway 54 in Holts Summit has lead to traffic issues, according to a social media post from the Holts Summit Police Department. Construction on the on/off ramp at Highway 54 in Holts Summit began Tuesday. Route OO and the northbound
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of area government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Offices for Boone, Cole and Callaway counties, among others, will be closed for the holiday. The City of Columbia also said in a press release. For Columbia, residential curbside trash collection will not occur Monday and will
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation announced on its social media Thursday that there will be a month-long road closure for an on/off ramp on Highway 54 in Holts Summit. Route OO and the northbound Highway 54 on/off ramps at Route OO will be closed from May 30-June 30 to construct a
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Two separate motorcycle crashes in Callaway County hospitalized three people Wednesday.
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MILLERSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) An Arkansas man suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 70 near mile marker 139 in Callaway County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2017 Indian motorcycle – driven by Richard Millsap, 50, of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas – went off the
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man suffered serious injuries after he crashed his motorcycle Sunday morning on Highway 63 at County Road 394 in Callaway County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred when a 2012 Harley Davidson went off the right side of the road, hit a stop
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Fulton police say they arrested a 20-year-old man Friday morning after he forced his way into a home, assaulted a resident and assaulted police.
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested Friday and charged with several child-sex crimes. Charles Beavers, 24, is charged with second-degree statutory rape, three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution. He is being held on a $50,000 bond at the Callaway County Jail. Beavers appeared in
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MOKANE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mokane man was seriously injured Thursday evening after his vehicle hit a parked car in Callaway County on Route C near Moore Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2008 Ford Explorer – driven by Kerri Pierson, 55, of Mokane – went off
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Friday for allegedly raping a woman in Callaway County on Wednesday. Drake Fullingim-Guerra, 30, is charged with first-degree rape. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. Jefferson City Police met with the alleged victim in the emergency room of Capital Region
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety on Monday approved more than $9.9 million in grants to 43 sheriff’s offices across the state for security and other improvements to local jails, according to a press release from the governor’s office. A number of sheriff’s offices in Mid-Missouri are benefitting from it, with
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Callaway County deputies arrested a 19-year-old Columbia man Thursday in connection with a shooting investigation, the sheriff’s office says.
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The Fulton Police Department is searching for someone accused of robbing the Break Time on North Bluff Street on Saturday night. A man wearing dark clothing and a blue ski mask pulled out a weapon and demanded money, according to a press release. He ran away after getting the money. The amount was not determined.
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism told ABC 17 News that deputies arrested Kelley S. Young just after 2 a.m. Saturday, March 4. Chism said a deputy stopped Young around Highway 54 near New Bloomfield
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