COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton mom has been charged with a felony and a misdemeanor after she allegedly put methamphetamine in her child’s backpack on Monday. Alexus Peppers-Wright, 28, was charged on Tuesday in Callaway County with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and misdemeanor illegally possessing drug paraphernalia. She is being held at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe pushed ahead with his proposal to eliminate Missouri’s income tax during his annual State of the State Address on Tuesday before a joint session of the General Assembly. Kehoe has talked about income tax elimination since he ran for the office. Now he’s looking to implement those ideas.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man has been charged with manslaughter in Morgan County in relation to a Sept. 16 crash that killed two people. Ruvim Izotia was charged on Monday with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of driving while using a phone, one count of second-degree assault and three misdemeanors: Driving
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Wellsville man was charged with two felonies after he was accused of sexually abusing a girl on Dec. 7. Noah Smith, 18, was charged on Monday in Montgomery County with first-degree sodomy and sex abuse. He is being held at the jail without bond, though a mugshot was not immediately available.
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A late Cole County farmer owners’ land is set to be auctioned on Feb. 7, even though he intended it to become a county park. After a large group of family, friends and neighbors of Lawrence Renn Jr. showed up to continue their fight to stop the sale of the Elston
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Supreme Court of Missouri upheld a state law banning minors from receiving gender-affirming. The high court sided with a Cole County judge’s decision to uphold the law that bans children from procedures like sex change surgeries or prescribing hormone therapy to help with gender transitions. The law went into effect
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JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe during his State of the State address on Tuesday recognized the law enforcement officers who exchanged gunfire and killed a Ralls County homicide suspect last year. Kehoe recognized Randolph County Sheriff’s Deputy Lt. Nathan West, Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Dustin Harrison and Sgt. Derrick Powell while promoting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers will host Auburn at Mizzou Arena on Wednesday as conference play continues. The Tigers are coming off an SEC loss to Ole Miss.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The federal government has released money for child care providers that had been held pending a closer review, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Tuesday. DESE wrote in a social media post that all the subsidy funds that had been delayed have now been received. A DESE spokesperson said
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The Cole County Commission decided on Tuesday dogs at Brooks, County and Thoenen parks must be kept on leashes.
After a resident complaint about a loose dog in a county park in fall 2025, commissioners voted unanimously to pass an animal leash and waste ordinance for all three county parks.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the advent of name, image and likeness, college athletics is in a constantly changing state. Now more than ever, programs around the nation need imagination and innovation in order to find success. It’s a challenge that Mizzou men’s basketball tasked general manager Tim Fuller when the program brought him on board
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnett man has been charged with two felonies after authorities claim he assaulted a woman last month. Williams Simms, 29, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond and a court date has not been scheduled.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Great Rivers returned to the courthouse against the state on Monday to reinstate abortion in Missouri. Planned Parenthood started opening statements and argued that the current state regulations were unreasonable and difficult to achieve, and unique to Missouri abortion clinics only. They also claimed that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education unanimously passed its new policy on artificial intelligence. The policy focuses on “generative AI,” which creates text, images, videos and other media. The new policy set forth by the Missouri School Boards’ Association says that the district must have an AI coordinator, who will monitor advancements, risks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men charged in a deadly 2022 shooting in Columbia were sentenced on Monday to 18 years in prison. Oscar Ashford and Samarion Robins entered guilty pleas last week to second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. The two are charged in the shooting death of 15-year-old Aubrey Doxley on McKee
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who previously sentenced to 50 years in prison in federal court and five years in Missouri for statutory rape and child–porn-related charges took several more plea deals on Monday. In four separate cases involving five victims, William Dahl, 41, pleaded guilty on Monday to promoting child porn, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City is accused of having a 7.5-inch, prison-made shiv in a baby powder bottle last year. Brandon Bassett, 25, was charged with having a weapon at a prison and armed criminal action. A court date has not been scheduled. Court documents allege prison staff
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate who was previously held at a Jefferson City prison has been accused of raping another inmate in October 2023. Michael Sheets, 41, was charged on Friday with first-degree sodomy in Cole County. He has since been moved to a Springfield facility. A court appearance is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car was seen in the side of a home on Monday afternoon at a Central Columbia intersection. Several first responders were seen at the corner of West Worley Street and North Garth Avenue around 4 p.m. after a car hit a home. Columbia police officers and more than a dozen Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A company that wants to build high-voltage electric lines to carry wind energy through Missouri has sued a Callaway County landowner for the right to use his land. Grain Belt Express, LLC., filed the lawsuit against Dustin Hudson of Auxvasse on Friday in county court. In its eminent domain petition, the company
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