COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County will be audited by the state, according to a Thursday press release from State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick. The release says the Camden County Commission requested the audit to help determine “determine if revenue generated by a sales tax that has been in effect since 2008 is being distributed the way
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Gov. Mike Kehoe joined executives from Google on Wednesday in High Hill to celebrate the company’s plan to build a data center near New Florence in Montgomery County. Part of the message emphasized the benefits of such projects for local communities. In this case, Kehoe said Google plans to invest $15 billion, including infrastructure upgrades.
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Republican lawmakers in Missouri are joining up to call for a special session for gas tax relief. Multiple GOP state representatives have issued statements pushing for Gov. Mike Kehoe to call a special legislative session to vote on suspending Missouri’s 29.5-cent gasoline tax. This coincides with President Donald Trump’s proposal to suspend the federal 18.4-cent
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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) 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 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) 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 Missouri group behind the push to put a new Congressional map on the ballot has filed another lawsuit involving the mid-decade redistricting efforts. People Not Politicians filed a lawsuit on Monday in Cole County that demands for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to decide whether or not the petition to put
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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) 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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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) This year’s legislative session brought a major focus on public safety, as state leaders pushed a series of new laws aimed at protecting Missourians. In April, Governor Mike Kehoe signed two bills targeting child safety, along with legislation designed to strengthen law enforcement and public safety efforts. One of those measures,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Around 6 p.m. Friday, lawmakers threw their papers in the air and began filing out of the House chamber after the Missouri General Assembly wrapped up its 2026 legislative session. Missouri lawmakers passed 100 bills during the session, the highest total since 2019 and a sharp increase from the 81 bills
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) There is growing tension between the secretary of state and the Boone County clerk over when to tie voters to a new congressional map that eliminates a safe Democratic district, and now state Sen. Rick Brattin is asking for the clerk to be removed from office. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins issued a response on Thursday to a letter from the Boone County Clerk that claimed she could not redraw congressional district lines within the county in accordance with the ‘Missouri First’ map. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon wrote in a letter on Tuesday that she couldn’t
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City woman is suing Missouri’s secretary of state and multiple lawmakers over language used for a potential ballot question this fall. The lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday, surrounds House Joint Resolution 173/174, which would put a question on whether to eliminate income tax in the state before Missouri voters.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Camden County deputy and school resource officer was sentenced to nine years in prison for charges related to child sex abuse materials. Darrin Skinner, 52, was convicted of receiving child sex abuse materials. He will have 10 years of supervised probation after he is released from prison. According to previous
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Public damage assessments began Tuesday in several Missouri counties, according to a spokesperson from the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. SEMA spokesperson Caty Luebbert told ABC 17 News in a message that assessments were approved Tuesday for Carroll, Green, Holt and Saline counties and will continue through this week. Assessments in Randolph
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon claims district lines in Boone County can’t be redrawn until the Secretary of State’s Office makes a move on a referendum petition. The Missouri Supreme Court handed down multiple rulings on Tuesday over the mid-decade redrawn federal House district maps within the state. Its rulings led to
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