COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was found guilty on Friday of multiple child sex crimes in Osage County, according to a press release from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Louis Galvan was found guilty of first-degree statutory sodomy, first-degree child molestation and second-degree child molestation. He was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a child who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Hallsville who was arrested on Thursday was charged with two felonies. Eric Gathings, 51, was charged on Friday with failure to register as a sex offender and residing too close to a school. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several sex crimes after he was accused of repeatedly raping and sodomizing a child over the course of several years. Zackary Ray, 27, was charged with two counts of first-degree rape of a child younger than 12 years old, one count of first-degree sodomy of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was already in law enforcement custody has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill a detective from the Columbia Police Department. Nikolaus Harvey, 26, was charged on Thursday with conspiracy to commit a Class A felony. He was moved from the Boone County Jail to the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from California, Missouri, who is facing felony charges in two counties has now been charged in Moniteau County with 29 counts of possessing child pornography. Ernest Blair Jr., 21, was served a warrant on Thursday, according to court records. He was previously charged in Miller County with first-degree making a
Continue Reading HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of law enforcement officers were seen in Hallsville on Thursday as they arrested a sex offender who had a warrant for his arrest, according to a social media post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Eric Dwayne Gathings, 51, of Hallsville, is currently being held in the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has allowed the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to block an attempted nationwide layoff that would affect employees at the Columbia Environmental Research Center. The lawsuit — filed in California — showed the Department of Interior was looking to lay off 80 employees at the Columbia location and more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly used a knife to stab his brother in his leg. Steven Swanson, 32, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Travelers Insurance officially appealed a Cole County judge’s decision to award Ryan Ferguson more than $45 million for his wrongful conviction. The insurance company filed a notice of appeal with the state’s Western District Court of Appeals on October 21. Travelers Insurance will challenge applications of the law and different ways
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“With all that’s transpired in the past few days, he’s not holding up well. Frankly, it’s a tough place. The conditions are horrible. The food, the water aren’t drinkable or edible. It’s violent all the time. You never know what’s going to happen next minute. And there is no medical help. There’s no medication being given
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged with several felonies after authorities say he raped a woman in Fayette on Tuesday morning. Christopher Neal, 41, was charged in Howard County with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and third-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Howard County Jail on a $30,000 bond. A judge
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders in Boone County will partake in active shooter incident management training from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri on Vandiver Drive. A Wednesday press release says the Boone County Office of Emergency Management and Boone County Public Safety Advisory Committee are hosting a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman sued Columbia Urgent Care on Friday after claiming the business discriminated against her. The plaintiff’s name is redacted in the petition, but she alleges in documents that CUC LLC and Dr. Jonathan Morris violated the Missouri Human Rights Act by committing sex discrimination during the duration of her employment, as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rocheport woman was sentenced on Monday to two years of supervised probation in connection with an overdose death from 2023. Jeanne Hovis pleaded guilty on Monday in Boone County to delivery of a controlled substance. If she violates probation, she faces a three-year prison sentence. She was originally charged with second-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia-based attorneys are preparing to run for a Boone County judge set in 2026. Bill Ellis and James Egan have both announced campaigns for the Division 9 associate circuit judgeship in Boone County. Ellis plans to run as a Democrat and Egan plans to campaign as a Republican. The two are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged after he was accused of brutally killing his ex-girlfriend’s dog after he broke into her home on Friday. Allen Lyons, 34, was charged on Wednesday with second-degree burglary, second-degree animal abuse, first-degree harassment and armed criminal action. The Mexico Department of Public Safety wrote in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department announced on Tuesday evening that it arrested a man who was wanted for sexually assaulting a child last week. Augustus Armstead Jr., 37, was charged on Friday with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A mugshot was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An arson investigation is underway after officials say a church in Johnson County was intentionally set on fire on Monday night. The Johnson County Fire Protection District wrote in a Tuesday morning press release that Leeton United Methodist Church in the 100 block of North Wall Street was set ablaze. Crews were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager from Paris, Missouri, had his Audrain County homicide case refiled on Tuesday. Charles Armour, born in 2006, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree robbery in the Nov. 30, 2023, death of Matthew Stewart. Stewart, 23, was found dead with gunshot
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Gasconade County after he allegedly admitted to shooting his brother on Monday in the 3000 block of Idel Road near Rosebud. Carson Adams, of Rosebud, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He was detained and a $50,000 bond was set. His mother Cynthia
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