A man was charged late Wednesday in Cole County with financially exploiting his elderly father. Michael Kliethermes was charged with financially exploiting an elderly person and misappropriating funds for a nursing home. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Thursday and a $25,000 bond was set. His wife, Holly Kliethermes, was charged early Wednesday
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A 77-year-old Jefferson City man was in the Cole County Jail on Thursday morning after a Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force investigation led to a raid on his home.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Bird scooters will soon leave Jefferson City, according to a press release from the city. The release states that the city was notified by Bird on Sunday that the company would be ending business in Jefferson City. The city it wasn’t notified when the removal of scooters would begin, the release
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ozark, Missouri, man was sentenced to five years in prison for a fatal 2022 crash that occurred in Jefferson City. Robert Harris, 60, pleaded guilty on Jan. 9 to DWI that cause the death of another person, second-degree involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault. He was previously charged with DWI causing
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Linn woman was charged on Tuesday with financially exploiting an elderly person in Cole County. Holly Kliethermes was accused of financially exploiting her father-in-law, according to court documents. A warrant for her arrest was issued on Wednesday and a $25,000 bond was set. The probable cause statement says Kliethermes exploited
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Jefferson City is working to improve transparency for its residents, according to information on the city government website.
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The Jefferson City Fire Department held training sessions this week to help prepare them to fight fires in electric cars and other lithium-ion batteries.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with several child sex crimes. Gary Owens, 58, was charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation, first-degree sodomy, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and incest. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. On Sunday, the victim
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Central Missouri Community Action and the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital teamed up Thursday to connect eligible veterans with housing vouchers awarded by the Office of Housing and Urban Development.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri is once again bracing for severe weather Thursday afternoon, and local electric utilities have crews on standby. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team is tracking strong to severe storms Thursday night and into the evening that could bring large hail and a low chance for tornadoes. After more than 1,400 Mid-Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler in a Thursday press release warned the public of scammers trying to impersonate his office. Wheeler said in the release that scammers are trying to call residents to tell them they have warrants for arrest in order to get them to pay the scammer over the
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During early Thursday morning storms, several utility companies reported outages across Mid-Missouri.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge has further delayed a case review for a woman accused of murdering a toddler in 2018. Quatavia Givens was charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse in relation to the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray in 2018.. She
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with rape in Arkansas was arrested Wednesday in Jefferson City, according to a Wednesday press release from the Jefferson City Police Department. Daniel Cooley, 52, was charged in Missouri on Wednesday with being a fugitive from out of state. He is being held at the Cole
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning in a crash in Moniteau County at the intersection of Highway 50 and Business 50, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash report states that a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier – driven by Michael Collins, 39 – hit a 2005
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Attorneys for the family of deceased prison inmate Othel Moore say there is a pattern of abuse in the Missouri Department of Corrections and want more information about the Corrections Emergency Response Team, known as CERT.
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An associate circuit judge who used to be Jefferson City’s municipal judge is seeking a higher job.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorneys for the family of Othel Moore, who died in the Jefferson City Correction Center back in December, are calling on the Missouri Department of Corrections to hand over its reports, video footage and names of staff involved in Moore’s death. The conference comes after four correction officers were fired Wednesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Democratic Party in Missouri has released its full list of in-person polling locations for the 2024 presidential primary. The Missouri Legislature in 2022 designated a new party-run voting system for the presidential primary. Republicans switched to a caucus system, which was held on Saturday. Democratic voters can request a mail-in ballot
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four prison workers have been fired after an internal investigation into the death of a 38-year-old man at Jefferson City Correctional Center. Othel Moore, 38, died in the Jefferson City Correctional Center on Dec. 8, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. The Cole County Sheriff’s Department is conducting an independent
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