A father and daughter died in a boating accident Sunday night on the Gasconade River near Pointers Creek in Osage County, according to Osage County Sheriff Michael Bonham.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol continues to encourage safety as the Labor Day Weekend continues. Since the counting period began on August 30 at 6 p.m., at last checked, there have been 44 crashes with six fatalities statewide. Of those 44 crashes, eight occurred in Mid-Missouri and of those crashed five were
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cottleville man died after drowning in the Golden Eagle Lake, the Montgomery county sheriffs office said on Sunday. According to a social media post from the sheriffs office, Montgomery County Communication received a call from a residence on Redbud Ct. at Golden Eagle Lake in High Hill, Missouri at 5:06
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man is facing charges after allegedly causing the death of an Osage Beach police officer, the Camden County prosecuting attorney confirmed on Sunday. According to a press release, Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer, 23, of Camdenton was charged with the Class A felony of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A newly implemented Missouri law could affect the charges of the suspect who fled Osage Beach Police, resulting in the death of Officer Phylicia Carson early Saturday morning. During a news conference Saturday, Camden County Prosecuting Attorney, Richelle Grosvenor, said that while charges are still pending for the suspect, Valentine’s Law could
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Smithton, Illinois man was seriously hurt after he and a woman were hit by a UTV in Camden County Saturday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash happened at around 7 p.m. on Siesta Circle in Camden County, according to the report. The crash report
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women were taken to Lake Regional Hospital with serious injuries after a golf cart crash in Camden County Saturday night, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that Misty Fischer-McHugh, 55, of Altuna, Il., and Tami Roberts, 55, of Pleasant Hill, Il., were passengers in
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach police officer died in a car crash while chasing another vehicle, the department said on Saturday morning. The Osage Beach Police Department said that Officer Phylicia Carson died on Saturday while pursuing another car. Chief Todd Davis said in a news conference on Saturday that officers saw a
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UPDATE: Charges against Freeman were later dropped. CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Deputies have arrested one person after they and another were shot in Callaway County on Saturday morning. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said that it arrested 42-year-old Kibby Freeman of Mexico, Mo. The office said in a Facebook post that Freeman was a
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – An Auxvasse man is dead after crashing his motorcycle on Interstate 70 Saturday evening. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, James Moore, 66 was riding his motorcycle on I-70 Westbound at the 154 mile marker at 4:45 p.m. The report states the crash occurred when
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(Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the day the incident occurred.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating a carjacking that happened early Saturday morning in the 1000 block of Elleta Blvd. According to a press release from the department, officers responded to the call at around 2 a.m. Saturday.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: A misspelled name has been corrected. BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man is facing rape and murder charges stemming from a 1993 Indiana case. Dana Jermaine Shepherd, 52, faces charges in Marion County, Indiana, including two counts of murder and one count of rape “with deadly force.” Boone County deputies and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department arrested a man Friday afternoon in connection with a shooting in downtown Columbia on Aug. 25., according to a press release from the department. At around 2:40 p.m. Friday, officers conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Broadway Blvd. and Highway 63. They arrested Deangelo Grant, 39,
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) New additions are expected to be added to the Columbia Farmers Market within the next year. During a Columbia Convention and Visitors Advisory Board Meeting on Tuesday, members presented the newest addition to the Columbia Farmers Market, a community welcome center set to come in 2025. According to the project’s website, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri high school football season kicked off Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road. Below are the scores from games involving Mid-Missouri teams.
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A man accused of killing his daughter and abandoning her corpse was sentenced to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 500 Columbia Water and Light customers experienced a power outage on Friday evening. An outage was reported at 8:55 p.m. in Central Columbia on Range Line Street near the intersection with Lakeview Avenue, according to the city’s outage map. There are 506 customers impacted by the outage. The outage was
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation issued a recall on Friday for marijuana products from Blue Sky Health and Wellness, a Friday press release from the Department of Health and Senior Services says. The press release says that products from the company were recalled after they were not compliantly tracked in
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A woman was killed when two vehicles collided head-on on a railroad overpass, the Mexico, Missouri, Department of Public Safety said Friday.
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A plan for a casino on the Osage River in the Lake of the Ozarks area will appear before voters in November.
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