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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports three new coronavirus-related deaths, seven new cases

March 18, 2022 4:09 PM Karl Wehmhoener

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Trooper charged for allegedly falsifying race info, searches on traffic stop reports

March 9, 2022 3:10 PM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper faces charges for allegedly lying on traffic stop reports. Special prosecutor Kelly King charged Master Sergeant Zach Czerniewski with 12 crimes across Montgomery and Cooper counties. Czerniewski faces ten charges in Montgomery County and two in Cooper County. The patrol said it began an

St. Louis man killed in crash on I-70 in Montgomery County

March 2, 2022 6:29 AM Zachary Farwell

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified a St. Louis man killed Tuesday night in a crash on eastbound Interstate 70 in Montgomery County. Troopers said a car driven by 30-year-old Camaron D. Turner crashed into the back of a semi-truck trailer near the 166 mile-marker around 9:37 p.m. The semi-truck

CDC masking recommendations for mid-Missouri

February 28, 2022 5:29 AM Meghan Drakas

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A majority of Americans no longer need to wear a face mask while indoors, according to new recommendations released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency classifies counties in the United States by three different community levels which are classified as low, medium, and high. These community levels are

Philadelphia man charged with drug trafficking after MSHP finds meth in cooler

February 23, 2022 4:25 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Montgomery County prosecutor has charged a Philadelphia man with trafficking drugs after a traffic stop on Interstate 70 on Monday.

Missouri State Highway Patrol recovers 30 pounds of meth during traffic stop

February 22, 2022 9:23 AM Zachary Farwell

Troopers said they found 30 pounds of meth hidden in a cooler.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County hospitalizations continue to go down

February 18, 2022 2:30 PM Karl Wehmhoener

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Convicted murderer Lynlee Renick files lawsuit against accuser

February 16, 2022 11:45 AM Zachary Farwell

A Columbia woman convicted of killing her husband has filed a defamation lawsuit against one of her accusers.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 57 new coronavirus cases; positivity rate under 14%

February 16, 2022 2:50 PM ABC 17 News Team

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MONDAY UPDATES: Audrain County offering free at-home COVID test kits at drive-thru event Thursday

February 14, 2022 3:06 PM ABC 17 News Team

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FRIDAY WINTER WEATHER UPDATES: MSHP Troop F responded to over 200 calls for service

February 4, 2022 7:42 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Lynlee Renick sentenced to 16 years for husband’s killing

January 24, 2022 2:18 PM Leila Mitchell

Lynlee Renick will be sentenced Monday afternoon for her husband’s 2017 death in Montgomery County.

Convicted murderers Joseph Elledge and Lynlee Renick both due in court Monday

January 24, 2022 5:50 AM Meghan Drakas

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two convicted murderers are both set to continue with court proceedings Monday afternoon in Boone County. Joseph Elledge Mengqi Ji and Joseph Elledge Joseph Elledge was recently sentenced to 28 years in prison for second-degree murder in his wife, Mengqi Ji’s death. Elledge reported Ji missing in October of 2019. After investigators

TUESDAY UPDATES: Southern Boone no longer requiring masks in any circumstance

January 18, 2022 11:28 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Montgomery County deputies searching for man accused of running from police

December 30, 2021 11:17 AM Zachary Farwell

According to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office, Elio Regalado, 28, of Longview, Texas, ran from New Florence police officers during a traffic stop at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday near Love’s Truck Stop.

Gov. Parson: 'We are going to push back against the federal mandates.'

Parson seeks federal disaster assessment for Missouri severe storms, tornadoes

December 16, 2021 3:46 PM Matthew Sanders

Parson’s office said the governor has asked FEMA to work with teams in Dunklin, Pemiscot and Reynolds County in southeast Missouri to catalog the damage. The worst damage happened to electric cooperatives in Dunklin and Pemiscot counties, taking out power to 30,000 members at its peak, according to a release from Parson’s office.

Jury recommends lighter sentence than prosecution sought in Renick murder trial

December 9, 2021 5:30 AM Ben Fein

Jurors found Renick guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of armed criminal action Thursday after over 13 hours of deliberations.

Jury suspends deliberation in Lynlee Renick trial

December 8, 2021 12:33 PM Matthew Sanders

The defense called Lynlee Renick to the stand as the third day of her trial at the Boone County Courthouse began. The trial is being heard here on a change of venue with a jury brought in from Clay County, Missouri.

Investigators testify to start day two of Montgomery County snake breeder murder trial

December 7, 2021 12:37 PM Matthew Sanders

Lynlee Renick is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the deadly shooting of her husband, Ben Renick, at his snake-breeding facility in 2017. Prosecutors allege Lynlee Renick enlisted two friends in her plot to kill her husband after her spa had financial troubles. However, they accuse Lynlee Renick of pulling the trigger.

Prosecution expected to continue questioning witnesses in Lynlee Renick murder trial

December 7, 2021 5:29 AM Meghan Drakas

Renick is accused of killing her husband, world-renowned snake breeder, Ben Renick on the couple’s Montgomery County property on June 8, 2017.