COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire in south Columbia Wednesday morning marked the 40th call for assistance from the Red Cross this month as fires continue to rise while temperatures drop across Mid-Missouri The Columbia Fire Department was called to a home in the 4400 block of Glen Eagle Drive at 6:22 a.m. When crews arrived
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JEFFESRON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Felony charges are no longer pending for one of four former corrections officers accused in the death of Othel Moore. Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson told ABC 17 News in an email on Wednesday that charges are not pending for Aaron Brown, who was previously charged with second-degree felony murder and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman who was accused in the death of a man who was found dead in the median of Interstate 70 in March has been sentenced to probation. Tyia Alisa Bush pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor reckless driving. She was sentenced to five years of probation,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Belle man was charged with fourth-degree child molestation on Wednesday. Joshua Gray was arrested during a traffic stop on Tuesday in Cole County, court documents say. A mugshot was not immediately available. A court date has not been scheduled. A $25,000 bond was set. The probable cause statement says that the
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Christopher Collings became the fourth person this year to die by lethal injection in Missouri on Tuesday. Missouri is among 27 states to have the death penalty on the books and one of the most prolific in using it — only Alabama and Texas have used it more in 2024, according to the Death Penalty
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of protestors braved the elements in Columbia on Tuesday night to protest the execution of a Missouri man. Christopher Collings, 49, was executed on Tuesday for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl and then dumping her body in a sinkhole. Collings was a family friend of the victim, Rowan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) prefiled a proposed anti-abortion amendment following the passage of Amendment 3. Members of the Missouri Legislature began prefiling bills on Dec. 1. According to a Tuesday press release, Coleman’s Amendment SJR 25 titled “Protecting Life with Compassion and Clarity,” if approved by voters would ban all
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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri executes a man for sexually assaulting and strangling a 9-year-old girl in 2007.
Continue Reading Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Rowan Ford knew Christopher Collings as “Uncle Chris” after he spent several months living with her family. On Tuesday, Collings was executed for sexually assaulting and killing the child, then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside a small Missouri town. Collings, 49, was put to death with
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man has died from injuries he suffered in a crash that involved a Miller County deputy, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman and crash report. A 26-year-old pedestrian was hit on Nov. 21 on Highway 17, north of Tuscumbia, according to the crash report. The crash report
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers worked four deadly crash scenes over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period including one in Boone County. The patrol reported deaths on highways in eastern, southwest and southern Missouri in its initial report on holiday traffic statistics released Tuesday. The report was later revised to include a deadly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County couple have been charged after they allegedly performed a circumcision on a child at their home. Tyler Wade Gibson was charged with child abuse and performing an unauthorized surgery. An arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Morgan County Courthouse. Bailey Alexus Gibson was charged with child
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Boonville-based propane supplier Gygr Gas was ordered on Wednesday to pay the state of Missouri $377,167.11 in a 2022 lawsuit. The Attorney General’s Office – then headed by Eric Schmitt – sued Gygr Gas in December 2022 after the company abruptly closed and failed to notify its customers that it would
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-member City of Columbia Public Works snowplow crew will report for duty at 5 a.m. Saturday, a Friday press release from the city says. The ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team declared Saturday as a Weather Alert Day for the first potential snowfall of the season. Up to 3 inches of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hollywood Feed Carolina Made Chicken Chips The Food and Drug Administration has recalled Hollywood Feed Carolina Made Chicken Chips. Regulators issued the recall because the dog food has a potential salmonella threat. This recall affects 5-ounce bags that were sold online and in stores in about 20 states, including Missouri according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday and Sunday afternoon and evening are the busiest travel days over Thanksgiving weekend, according to a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP trooper Luke Benke said extra troopers will be put patrolling the roads until Sunday night when the holiday counting period ends. MSHP will count data — including
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Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge has upheld a Missouri law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem found the law constitutional Tuesday. Voting rights advocates had sued to overturn the law. They say getting the records needed to obtain proper photo
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Division of Drug and Crime Control are urging people to take extra time to examine gas pumps prior to making a credit card payment.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Trevor Foley will become the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, according to a press release from Governor-elect Mike Kehoe’s office. Foley was named the acting director last year after former DOC Director Anne Precythe announced her retirement. “I’m grateful to Governor-Elect Kehoe for this opportunity to continue my service to
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Maries County Prosecutor says that claims he declined to press charges against Sheriff Chris Heitman are false. Last week, Judge Brenden Fox ordered the release of criminal investigation records that allege Sheriff Chris Heitman falsified written statements, altered a death investigation for insurance benefits, defrauded the Missouri Highway Safety Systems overtime
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