COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is continuing the crack down on unregulated gaming machines with a new ordinance. An ordinance was passed at Monday night’s council meeting against the maintenance and offering of illegal gaming or lottery machines. Previous reporting shows the city has been targeting unregulated machines known as “gray machines” or “no-chance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty to felonies in a case surrounding a 2023 overdose death. Chase Rieves pleaded guilty on Monday to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, delivery of a controlled substance and two counts of drug possession. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was previously charged with second-degree murder. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Tuesday with dumping a body enclosed in a trash bin into Perche Creek in Boone County over the weekend. Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the victim was a woman. Andrew B. Acton, 53, was arrested Monday after a surveillance photo showed his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was jailed in Texas on Tuesday after violating the terms of his probation. Rice was booked into the Dallas County Jail just after noon local time Tuesday, according to online jail records. An order from a Dallas County judge says Rice is to serve 30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former law enforcement officer was charged on Tuesday in Callaway County with a pair of child sex crimes. Paul Robert Winkler, 61, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree child molestation and enticing a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Monday with abandoning a corpse after allegedly leaving his roommate’s body in an apartment for what police say could have been weeks. Ira C. Baldwin was issued a summons for the Class E felony and released, according to online court records. An initial hearing is set for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bench trial has been scheduled for late next month in Gary Pinkel’s attempt to keep his driver’s license. The former Mizzou football head coach filed a lawsuit last year to keep his license after he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Pinkel allegedly refused to take a breath test
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey argued for his proposed 3/8-cent sales tax increase to be added to the ballot during a Boone County Commission meeting Monday. If approved by the commission, Boone County residents would be able to vote on the measure during the August election. Boone County Auditor Kyle Rieman estimated
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After delaying a vote earlier this month, holding hours of discussion and hearing concerns from several residents, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved placing a proposed 1% sales tax for public safety on the August ballot. Monday marked the City Council’s final opportunity to approve the proposal in time for the August
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Holts Summit police arrested a man wanted by the U.S. Marshal’s Service following an hours-long standoff on Monday. According to a news release from the Holts Summit Police Department, police established a perimeter in the 300 block of South Summit Drive. The suspect was identified as Damien Rotter, wanted for probation violation
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HUNSTVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people charged in connection with the death of a Moberly teenager appeared in court on Monday. Alayna Mason, 20, and Hunter Ames, both of Moberly, are charged with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping in the death of 16-year-old Kayla Huff. Ames faces an additional charge of tampering with evidence. Dave Kirschner
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Medical Examiner is set to perform an autopsy Tuesday on a body found in Perche Creek, an MU Health Care spokesman confirmed on Monday. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body Sunday night. The body was allegedly found altered suspiciously and in a decomposing state inside a container.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement filed by the Stover Police Department details a violent assault that allegedly occurred just after midnight on Saturday morning. Details of the assault appeared in the probable cause statement for Austin Beckmann, who was charged in Morgan County on Monday with first-degree burglary. A warrant was issued and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man is accused of breaking into a Rolla apartment and threatening to kill two people on Sunday morning. Shawn Allen, 27, is charged in Phelps County with first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man is in custody after officials claim he helped a woman accused of murder escape from law enforcement custody. Skyler Powell, 24, is charged with hindering the prosecution of a felony in Randolph County. He is accused of helping hide Alayna Mason after she allegedly stole a Randolph County Sheriff’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office Confirmed Sunday night that a body was recovered from Perche Creek near the Missouri River access. According to a social media post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, at 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Boone County Joint Communications received a report of a container being found in Perche Creek
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued a Blue Alert Sunday morning for a 42-year-old Caruthersville man who is allegedly armed and dangerous.
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Editor’s note: this story has been corrected to fix where Kayla Huff’s memorial service will be held. MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly community gathered Saturday night for 16-year-old Kayla Huff, who was found dead in the Rudolf Bennitt Conservation Area on Wednesday night. The Immanuel Baptist Church held space for people to pray, cry and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Randolph County woman and a 19-year-old man are now charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Moberly teen. Prosecutors filed an amended complaint on Friday afternoon that charges Alayna Mason and Hunter Ames with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping in the death of 16-year-old Kayla Huff. Ames faces
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been arrested in Paducah, Kentucky, in connection with this past weekend’s shooting of Mizzou running back Ahmad Hardy in Mississippi. Rashodrick Harris, 20, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault, according to Laurel Police Department Sgt. Macon Davis. He is also facing an additional count in
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