COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bland, Missouri man is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with a homicide in Gasconade county earlier this year. According to a social media post from the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office, David M. Lueke Jr., of Bland, Missouri was arrested Friday. He’s being held in the Franklin County Adult Detention
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was released from federal custody this summer after his sentence was commuted by then-President Joe Biden is in the Boone County Jail. Malcolm Redmon, 42, of Columbia, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond on a U.S. Marshal hold, jail records indicate. Capt. Brian Leer, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s fall camp continued Saturday with a scrimmage. Watch coach Eli Drinkwitz take reporters’ questions live in the player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With back-to-school prep in full swing, parents are invited to stop by the Columbia/Boone County Health and Human Services building on Saturday to pick up some peace of mind with the department’s immunization event. The World Health Organization recommends vaccination rates to be at least 95% for the best herd immunity, but
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the first day of school just weeks away, many families are bracing for rising school supply prices. On Friday, Unity in the Community and Powerhouse Community Development teamed up to help ease that burden by handing out hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to help students get ready for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A court date has been scheduled in Ryan Ferguson’s civil case for later this month. A Cole County jury sided with Ferguson and six former Columbia police detectives in November in their lawsuit against Travelers Insurance. They claimed Travelers refused to pay out the remaining $2.9 million of a more than $11 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man is in jail after authorities say he choked a woman in June and pushed another person in southeastern Callaway County. Gary Moore, 39, of Portland, Missouri, was charged with second-degree domestic assault, two counts of third-degree domestic assault and a count of fourth-degree domestic assault – third or
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A state psychologist testified Friday that a woman charged with murdering a 4-year-old boy in Jefferson City in 2018 is mentally competent to go to trial. Tiffany Harris, a forensic examiner and senior psychologist for the Missouri Department of Mental Health, testified during a hearing in the Cole County Courthouse that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police exchanged gunfire with a shooter on the Emory University campus in Georgia on Friday afternoon, sources told ABC News. The school warned the campus on its website, saying the incident was taking place near the Emory Point CVS. A shelter-in-place order was put in place, but was lifted at 6:43 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Research Reactor will hold a routine drill at 10 a.m. Monday morning that will simulate an emergency scenario. MURR announced the drill in a Friday press release. The drill will include police, firefighters and EMS personnel at 1513 Research Park Dr.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County deputy pleaded guilty on Friday to a pair of misdemeanors related to a December 2023 crash that left a driver with serious injuries. Mercy Gonzalez, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty to reckless driving and failing to obey a traffic control device. She was sentenced to two years of unsupervised
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with murder last month in a fatal Boone County crash is facing more charges. After a grand jury indictment was filed on Friday, Donald Legleiter, 36, is now charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of first-degree property damage and a count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old man from Valley Springs, South Dakota, was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in the westbound lane of Interstate 44 in Pulaski County on Friday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man was driving a 1997 Ford F-150 that was heading
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state revoked a Columbia liquor store’s license to sell alcohol this week after the owners failed to answer multiple allegations. The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control revoked Spring Creek Liquor and Convenience Store’s license on Thursday after the owners did not appeal, a state spokesperson told ABC 17 News.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 80-year-old man from Warsaw, Missouri, was killed in a crash Friday morning on Highway 65 in Benton County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred when a 1997 Ford F-150 – driven by the 80-year-old – was heading northbound, crossed the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with two felonies after he allegedly attacked a youth on Wednesday in Camden County. Kenneth Shumate, 36, of Jefferson City, was charged Thursday in Camden County with first-degree domestic assault and child abuse. He is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. A bond hearing is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former head cook of the Jefferson City Boys and Girls Club has been charged with a child sex crime in Cole County. Scott Minor, 45, of Jefferson City was charged on Thursday with child enticement. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not
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By Alayna Treene, Marshall Cohen, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is ousting Billy Long from his role as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service just two months after he was confirmed to the position, four sources familiar told CNN. Trump has already selected Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to serve as
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By David Goldman, Samantha Delouya, Alejandra Jaramillo, Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his economic advisers are planning a historic sale of stock in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-owned mortgage giants that help provide stability and affordability to America’s home loan market. The plans, first reported by the Wall Street
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The Missouri State Fair opened for its 123rd year on Thursday, continuing a Midwestern summer agricultural and cultural tradition in the Show-Me State. Gov. Mike Kehoe is promoting the fair as the “Great American Fair” and “Show-Me 250” to coincide with the coming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The crowds
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