COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol will no longer publish the names of those involved in its preliminary online traffic crash and boat/drowning reports, a Friday press release says. The release says MSHP was “recently notified of scam incidents across the state” that targets crash victims or people who know someone involved in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A soldier at Fort Leonard Wood who was found dead in a dumpster may have been killed a day before she was reported missing, officials said on Friday. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. During a Friday press
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Phelps County Sheriff’s Deputy pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court to child sex crimes, a release from the Department of Justice says. The release says Justin Bradley Durham, 43, of Rolla, admitted to “engaging in sex acts with a minor, requesting and receiving child pornography and destroying evidence to impede
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office said in a Friday press release that one sex offender was arrested and another 16 were noncompliant during Halloween checks. The release says 135 sex offenders in the county were checked. Sex offenders are required by law to avoid Halloween-related contact with children and must remain
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Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge on Friday denied a Republican committeeman’s effort to force the state’s third-largest county to allow watchers or challengers to observe early voting. The judge didn’t consider the merits of the committeeman’s lawsuit but dismissed the challenge because it wasn’t written meeting state legal standards. Missouri
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A Steedman man who was reported missing and an Endangered Silver Advisory on Thursday has been found safely.
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Watch the debate live at this link. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and challenger Lucas Kunce will take the debate stage at 7 p.m. Thursday in St. Louis. The debate is being aired by Nextstar and will appear in Mid-Missouri on MyZouTV. Hawley, a Republican, and Kunce, a Democrat, will be on Tuesday’s ballot for one
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man who was accused of driving a school bus while he was drunk is facing more than two dozen more charges. Brett Emehiser was charged with 43 counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. The amended complaint was filed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation will delay stocking rainbow trout at Cosmo-Bethel Lake in Columbia until next week, according to a Thursday press release. Catch-and-release season for trout typically begins on Nov. 1, however MDC fisheries staff do not stock trout in lakes when the water temperatures are warmer than 65
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people were without power on Wednesday night after storms rolled through the area. There were 311 electricity customers without on Wednesday night in Monroe County, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. And there were 532 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Inc. customers in Moniteau County without electricity. Of
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Republicans look to continue their statewide political dominance in Missouri with this year’s U.S. Senate election. Sen. Josh Hawley will represent the Republican Party in hopes of securing another six-year term. Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce will try to to swing the seat back to the Democratic Party, which last held the office
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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say it was an accident when a reporter was hit by flyaway metal as Missouri’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate fired an AR-15-style rifle at a shooting range. Prosecutors declined to charge U.S. Senate hopeful Lucas Kunce. The reporter told the sheriff that he felt a pinch at
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man was seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Highway 65, north of Mount Olive in Saline County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says a 2019 International tractor-trailer – driven by Gerardo Velasquez Valladares, 29 – was heading northbound when it went off the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A newly released video shows the moments before the death of a prison inmate whose family has sued the state. Othel Moore, 38, died last December in the Jefferson City Correctional Center after he was not given emergency care in what the family calls indifference and complete disregard for the sanctity
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has rescinded an executive order that set modest goals for state agencies to make purchases from businesses owned by minorities and women, claiming the goals carried “legal concerns.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that the Republican governor rescinded 177 executive orders on Oct. 23, including
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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ads promoting a November ballot measur e to legalize sports betting in Missouri tout the potential for millions of new tax dollars devoted to schools. If voters approve the measure, it’s a good bet they will see even more ads offering special promotions for bettors. Many of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) People in Jefferson City gathered in Community Park on Friday evening to honor the life of Darnell Gray. Friday marked the sixth anniversary of Gray’s death after the toddler was allegedly struck and smothered to death by his caretaker. The event — put on by Missouri Missing and In the Gap
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As “pink cocaine” makes headlines following the death of a One Direction member, the Drug Enforcement Administration said the substance is still uncommon in Missouri. A toxicology report revealed the substance was found in the body of singer Liam Payne after he fell from a balcony and died last week, KABC reports.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation said in a Thursday press release that it is closing the Capitol View Access in Callaway County “due to boat ramp development issues and improper use of the area.” The access will close immediately. MDC wrote several factors were considered, including increased vandalism since the boat
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Among many things on the ballot, Missouri voters will decide who they feel will best serve as the state’s attorney general in the upcoming election on Nov. 5. Republican and current Attorney General Andrew Bailey is running for a full term. He was appointed in January 2023 after his predecessor, Eric Schmitt, was voted
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