COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of stealing an ambulance from Phelps Health Hospital in Rolla on Thursday has been charged. Jason Johnson, 44, of Bland, Missouri, was charged on Friday with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail. According to the probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after being found guilty of killing an 88-year-old woman in 2021. Lyle Miller, 68, of Madison, Missouri, was convicted by a jury in March of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the December 2021 death of Betty Hayes, 88. Miller was arrested in July 2023. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An ambulance that was stolen on Thursday from Phelps Health Hospital in Rolla was recovered in St. James, according to a press release from Phelps Health. The vehicle started heading eastbound on Interstate 44. The release says that law enforcement used spike strips to stop and recover the ambulance. No injuries or
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Macon County Sheriff’s deputy was charged on Thursday with several felonies after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. Brody Clarence Lewis, 26, of Tina, Missouri, was charged in Macon County with second-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor fourth-degree domestic assault. He is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Moberly has opened applications for its chief of police. The city made the announcement Wednesday on its Facebook page and included a link to apply. Former Police Chief Troy Link announced his retirement at the end of March. The city wrote that it would conduct a comprehensive search for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was charged on Wednesday in Camden County with sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography. Zachery Todd Gramm, 30, is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, Gramm allegedly abused and photographed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bill is heading to Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk that would end income taxes on capital gains. The Missouri House approved HB 594 on a 102-41 vote Wednesday. The bill, already approved in the Senate, would exempt proceeds from sales of assets from income taxes. The legislation was a priority for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Those without a REAL ID on Wednesday can still board a plane, but a TSA spokesman says it may take longer. The federal government will require travelers 18 years and older to present a REAL ID or passport when boarding a plane or visiting certain federal offices or facilities. Transportation and Security
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Brian Yearwood is again a finalist to assume the same role at another school district. The Jefferson County School District in Kentucky shared in a press release on its website on Tuesday that Yearwood is one of its two finalists to lead its district. Yearwood is referred
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Senate held a third reading of the Second Amendment Preservation Act on Tuesday, following the passage of a bill in committee aimed at refining the law’s language to address federal court objections while preserving the state’s ban on enforcing federal gun regulations. The bill — sponsored by Rep. Bill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Article 32 preliminary hearing was held on Tuesday for a U.S. Army specialist accused of killing a soldier at Fort Leonard Wood in November. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is charged with murder and obstruction of justice in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, an Army Special
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU School of Medicine had to cut its childhood immunization program after a mass grant termination in March after grants allocated for the Department of Health and Senior Services during the COVID-19 pandemic were pulled back by the federal government. The immunization program was formed in May 2024 in collaboration with Washington
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 78-year-old man died after he was in a single-vehicle crash early Tuesday on Route N in Gasconade County, south of Highway 100, a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says. The report says the Morrison man was driving his 2025 Polaris Ranger southbound when he suffered a medical issue.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another inmate has died at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Corrections. The release says that Donald James, 58, was pronounced dead at 11:26 a.m. Sunday. He was received by the DOC on April 2 and was serving a three-year sentence for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people from Bunceton are accused of abandoning a disabled, elderly woman in a home with unsafe conditions. Jordan Hulbert and Celia Marriott are charged in Cooper County with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and a pair of misdemeanors: Elderly abuse and animal neglect. They both appeared for a hearing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With the May 16 legislative deadline fast approaching, the clock is ticking on a bill that would make Missouri an open-enrollment state. House Bill 711, sponsored by Rep. Brad Pollit (R-Sedalia), would allow K-12 public schools to decide whether to accept students from neighboring districts. It passed the state House in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ragtag Film Society in Columbia announced in a Monday press release that its grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was terminated on Friday. The group is a 501(c)(3) organization that runs and operates Ragtag Cinema on Hitt Street in Downtown Columbia and the True/False Film Fest, which has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending federal funding for NPR and PBS, public broadcasting stations in Mid-Missouri stations are bracing for impact. Trump alleged in Thursday’s executive order that public stations were biased and “government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sen. Eric Schmitt says he will introduce legislation to enhance penalties for crimes against first responders after the stabbing death of a Kansas City paramedic. Early Sunday, Kansas City firefighter-paramedic Graham Hoffman, 29, died in the line of duty after he was attacked while treating a patient. He was laid to rest
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Sedalia has announced that it is taking applications for its open Ward 1 City Council seat. Tom Oldham stepped down from his position last week after “serious allegations” were brought against him, the City of Sedalia wrote in a social media post. The city did not elaborate on the allegations
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