FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Howard County judge sided with a school district in a lawsuit over open records. Judge Scott Hayes ruled that Howard County coroner Frank Flaspohler made a purposeful violation of the state’s open records law when he denied the Glasgow School District a transcript of a coroner’s inquest in 2017. Hayes ordered
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones confirmed to ABC 17 News that a 24-year-old man accused of a recent homicide turned himself in Thursday. Marlin C. Johnson is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Joseph Hecht, 38, of Sturgeon. Jones and CPD officer Matt Stephens held a news conference Wednesday and
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The investigation into a deadly Pettis County deputy-involved shooting is now in the hands of a prosecutor for review. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop A tweeted that the Division of Drug and Crime Control sent its work to Pettis County Prosecutor Phillip Sawyer. Update: The investigation of the Pettis County officer
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ABC 17 News will livestream the 3:30 p.m. news conference.
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The Missouri State Senate pushed forward Senate Bill 1 and submitted two new bills on Tuesday as the state’s special session on violent crime continues.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department is investigating a report of an armed robbery. According to a news release, it happened before 4:30 a.m. Tuesday near Panera Bread on Missouri Boulevard. The victim, a restaurant employee, told police that two men approached him with a gun and demanded he let them inside
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Police blocked part of Clark Lane in north Columbia for a shooting investigation Monday night.
Continue Reading Two people face murder charges linked to a deadly shooting in downtown Columbia Saturday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man admitted to several sex crimes on Monday that took place over several years. Anthony Rowell pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree kidnapping and one count each of rape and second-degree sodomy. The crimes happened in 2017 and 2018 during three different incidents throughout Boone County. Judge Brouck
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Lawmakers will head to Jefferson City for a special session on violent crime Monday.
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A Columbia police officer accused of killing a 4-year-old child in 2019 pleaded not guilty to a count of involuntary manslaughter Monday morning.
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The Camden County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Friday shooting.
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One man is being held in the Randolph County Jail after a residential fire.
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Joseph Hecht, 38, of Sturgeon died from injuries he received in a shooting in downtown Columbia on Saturday.
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One man was arrested in Fulton on Sunday morning after a complaint someone was using drugs at the Post Office Bar and Grill.
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Three adults and two juveniles were taken into custody after authorities investigated a theft.
Continue Reading Columbia Police officers on scene at downtown shooting, near Locust St. and 8th St. COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: According to reports from the Columbia Police Department, upon arrival, officers learned a 38-year-old man had been shot and was taken in a personal vehicle to a local emergency room with non-life threatening injuries before officers arrived.
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A Columbia man was charged in federal court for allegedly possessing and sending child pornography recently.
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A candidate for Randolph County sheriff faces a misdemeanor crime involving his campaign. Special prosecutor Corey Moon charged William H. Barger on Wednesday with a class four election offense. The prosecutor claims Barger promised voters he would cut his salary if elected. State law prohibits candidates from doing so “as an inducement
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The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says it has booked a woman in the Boone County Jail for allegedly stabbing a man on Demeret Drive in east Columbia. According to a Facebook post on the Sheriff’s Department page, deputies were called out to the 5300 block of Godas Drive around 5:38 a.m. Tuesday morning. Authorities say
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