COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Crocker, Missouri, man died in a Tuesday morning crash on Highway 133 in Pulaski County, nearly a mile east of Highway 17, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says that a 2004 Ford F-150 – driven by the 48-year-old man – was heading eastbound when it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old Wanyesville man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on Tuesday in Pulaski County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred at the intersection of Route AA and Route AB. The report says the man was riding a 2020 Honda motorcycle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center has been charged with being a fugitive from out of state after being charged with murder in Kern County in the state of California. Miles Clancy, 40, of Marshfield, Missouri, was charged with being an out-of-state fugitive on Tuesday. He is serving a five-year sentence
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to nearly 1,200 calls for service during Tuesday’s statewide snowstorm, with tractor-trailer crashes becoming a major issue in the southern portion of the Show-Me State. From 9 a.m. Tuesday-3 p.m. Wednesday, MHSP says it received 1,186 calls for service and reported 521 stranded motorists. During that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County high school teacher who pleaded guilty in September to having sexual contact with a student was denied release following a 120-day sex offender treatment program. Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 27, of Waynesville, was sentenced in October to four years in prison. She was a teacher at Laquey High School and was previously
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 26-year-old Vicksburg, Mississippi, man was seriously injured Thursday in a crash in Pulaski County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man was driving a 2018 Kenworth when while heading eastbound on Interstate 44 near mile marker 145. The Kenworth was going to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon, Missouri, man was charged with four felonies on Wednesday after he was accused of shooting a 78-year-old woman in Pulaski County. Jesse Ray Roberts, 31, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree burglary, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He was arrested in Springfield, Missouri, earlier this week
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Dixon Police Department said the man accused in the shooting of a 78-year-old woman that occurred on Tuesday morning has been detained. DPD wrote on its Facebook page that the woman was shot around 6:25 a.m. in the 300 block of East 10th Street in Dixon. She was shot in the
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 47-year-old St. Robert woman was killed in a Saturday morning crash on I-44 at the 167 mm in Pulaski County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the woman was driving a 2014 Ford Escape just after 2 a.m. Saturday heading west when she
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who had a five-hour standoff with law enforcement officers this week in Richland seemingly tried to gun down his wife as she returned home, before she even got out of her vehicle, according to court documents. Joshua R. Hackmann was charged Thursday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is helping the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office investigate an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday night in Richland. Deputies shot the suspect — who authorities have not named — after responding to a domestic assault call on North Pine Street and finding a victim, according to the sheriff’s
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old girl from Dixon, Missouri, was seriously injured Sunday in a crash on Highway 28 in Pulaski County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe was heading westbound when it went off the left side of the road, became airborne, hit a mailbox
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former substitute school teacher and paraprofessional for a Pulaski County school district was charged last week with 19 felony counts related to child sex crime allegations. Carissa J. Smith of Dixon, Missouri, faces charges including statutory rape, statutory sodomy, child sex trafficking and paying a child for sex. Smith was in
Continue ReadingPULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Both directions of I-44 in Pulaski County are closed due to flooding, according to MoDOT. The closure is between St. Robert and Rolla and is expected to last several hours. MoDOT says to avoid the closure, eastbound drivers on I-44 should exit at U.S. route 65 in Springfield to use U.S.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, man was sentenced to 40 years in prison without parole on Tuesday for child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Robert Norman Kennedy, 41, pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Military investigators are seeking charges against a U.S. Army specialist for allegedly killing one of his fellow soldiers. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, Fort Leonard Wood officials wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. The base in Pulaski
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody in the death of a sergeant stationed at Fort Leonard Wood. The base’s Facebook page posted an update Thursday afternoon saying a “person of interest” had been taken into custody in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. Her death is being investigated as a homicide. U.S. Army
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A soldier at Mid-Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood who was reported missing was found dead Monday. The U.S. Army base in Pulaski County posted a social media alert asking for help finding Sgt. Sarah Roque on Sunday. She had last been seen in the area of the base and her family and commanders
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Clifton-Carmack was also sentenced to a 120-day sex offender treatment and assessment program. She will be released on probation if she completes it successfully. PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County high school teacher who pleaded guilty in September to having sexual contact with a student was sentenced on Friday. Hailey Clifton-Carmack
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Editor’s note: Language around the custody status of some of the students has been clarified. DIXON, Mo. (KMIZ) Threats were reported at multiple Mid-Missouri schools on Thursday, with one school district canceling class as a result. The Dixon R-1 School District in Pulaski County will not hold classes on Friday after a threat was made
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