COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon County, man was charged with a felony and two misdemeanors after authorities allege that he raped a woman on Saturday. Cameron Hunter, 18, of Bevier, Missouri, was charged Tuesday in Macon County with first-degree rape and two misdemeanors: second-degree sexual abuse and third-degree kidnapping. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ken Rice has thrown his hat in the Second Ward Columbia City Council race. Rice made the announcement in a Tuesday afternoon press release. The city called for a special election on Aug. 5 after Ward 2 Councilwoman Lisa Meyer announced that she would step down on May 16. Rice wrote in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is accused of shooting two Pettis County deputies earlier this month is facing additional federal charges. James Joseph Elsea, 62, of Marshall, was indicted on Tuesday with possessing with intending to distribute methamphetamine, shooting a gun while committing a drug trafficking crime and being a felon with a gun.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexican national who previously lived in Osage Beach was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday for two felonies, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Israel Ramirez-Jaramillo, 33, was charged with illegal reentry by a previously deported immigrant and being an illegal alien with a gun.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was seriously injured Monday night in a crash on eastbound Interstate 44 in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred after a 29-year-old St. Robert man lost control of his 2016 Hyundai Genesis on the wet roadway, overcorrected
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three women were injured Monday in a single-vehicle crash in the westbound lane of Interstate 44 in Phelps County near mile marker 172, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred as a 2024 Chrysler Sebring – driven by a 24-year-old Salem woman
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia sex offender was indicted in federal court on Tuesday for a child pornography charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Andrew Charles Nicholls, 38, was charged last month in the Western District Court of Missouri with sending and receiving child pornography. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 61-year-old Rolla man died in a Monday evening crash in the 17000 block of County Road 522 in Maries County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says that the crash occurred as a 2021 Can-Am Defender UTV – driven by a 61-year-old Rolla woman
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri lawmaker is pushing for changes in how long-term care facilities in the state operate. Senate Bill 733, sponsored by Stephen Webber (D-Columbia), would modify several provisions related to long-term care facilities. Current law states that a certificate of need is not required to transfer ownership of an existing and operational
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Schneider Electric broke ground Tuesday on a major expansion of its Columbia manufacturing facility. The company announced an investment of over $700 million in the U.S. this year, with more than $70 million of that directed to the Columbia project. The expansion, at Schneider’s facility in the 4800 block of Paris Road,
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It’s going to get hot this week. Temperatures are forecast to be in the 80s all week, maybe even coming close to 90 degrees later in the week. And it’s not quite mid-May yet. We’ll get well above the average high, which is in the mid-70s. But we’ll stay well below Monday’s record high of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police arrested two dozen people on Friday during parties celebrating the University of Missouri’s Reading Day. Officers responded to 45 incidents in the East Campus neighborhood, according to the Columbia Police Department.Officers arrested 24 people and issued 25 summonses. Police said the arrests were for charges including minor in possession of alcohol,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Less than two decades after its last major revision, Missouri’s public school funding formula is headed for a rewrite. A newly created 16-member Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force appointed by Gov. Mike Kehoe is set to begin the process of modernizing the state’s K-12 foundation formula, which has drawn criticism
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is accused of shooting another man who was walking through yards in a residential neighborhood Friday. Kieran R. Piersee, 18, was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon for the Friday night shooting in the 900 block of Moss Street. An initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of stealing almost $6,000 from the Centralia Band Booster Club pleaded guilty on Monday. Jeanie Whitlatch pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of stealing after she stole from the club in 2024. Court records show prosecutors amended her charge from a felony count of stealing to a misdemeanor. Whitlatch
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The head of a local program focused on treating patients with autism spectrum disorder said last week that he hopes plans for a federal database can help uncover the cause of the condition, but it should protect patients’ safety and privacy. The National Institutes of Health plans to work with the Centers
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man was charged Saturday after his arrest for allegedly attacking his mother with a knife, slashing her in the forehead. Andrew Henderson is charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action for the alleged attack in an apartment on Dewberry Drive, according to court records. Deputies found
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Customers stopped a domestic assault in progress in a bathroom at the Jefferson City Hy-Vee store Saturday, according to court documents. The assault took place when Jeremie M. McClain, 33, of Jefferson City, followed a woman into the bathroom and assaulted her after she tried to end their relationship, a probable
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man remained in the Cole County Jail on Monday after he was charged the previous day with punching a 7-year-old in the head. Ryan J. Duhon, 34, is charged with first-degree assault, third-degree assault and child abuse for the incident at a mobile home park in the 5100
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sturgeon man will be in front of a judge Monday afternoon for a hearing, after a deadly shooting in Northern Boone County earlier this month. Dalton R. Perkins, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault in the death of a 56-year-old Sturgeon man. He pleaded
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