COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man who ran a daycare is facing additional child sex crimes after a grand jury indictment was filed on Tuesday in Callaway County. Jacob Stockglausner, 39, is now charged in Callaway County with three counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old and three counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Jeff Vernetti (R-Camdenton) announced his reelection bid in the Missouri House of Representatives in a Wednesday press release. Vernetti first won his seat last year. State representatives serve two-year terms. The release says focuses of his campaign include “accessibility and constituent service.” He owns LOZ Sports Training and Vernetti’s Italian
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Trent Vallandingham announced his bid for the Jefferson City Board of Education in a Wednesday press release. Vallandingham is the second person this week to announce their candidacy. Michelle Rodemeyer announced her bid earlier this week. Three seats on the board are up for election. Candidates can begin filing across the state
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Two massive data center projects are moving forward in Montgomery County — one as part of Amazon’s data center campus.
The Montgomery County Commission received an administrative review confirming land approval for the proposed data canters near the Interstate 70 and Highway 19 interchange.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state senator who represents Columbia clapped back on social media after Gov. Mike Kehoe shared images of his meeting with University of Missouri President Mun Choi. Kehoe posted on social media with photos of him and Choi meeting with public safety officials, including Missouri State Highway Patrol leaders. “This week, our
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The Massachusetts jury weighing the case of Brian Walshe saw a collection of evidence on Wednesday, including photos of items covered in what looked like blood, as prosecutors work to prove he murdered his wife around New Year’s 2023. The evidence capped the third day of witness testimony
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly Joint Communications wrote in a Wednesday press release that it has been taking fire calls for several Randolph County agencies since Nov. 3. It now handles dispatch calls for the Westran Fire Protection District, Eastern Fire Protection District, Northeast Fire Protection District, Higbee Fire Protection District, Southeastern Fire Protection District, Moberly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Deputies are looking for more than one person in a Tuesday morning shooting that injured a 15-year-old, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. Brian Leer, of the sheriff’s office, told ABC 17 News in an email on Wednesday that law enforcement is looking for more than one person, but would
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Carver School Apartments, once home to Fulton’s George Washington Carver School, opened Wednesday, adding 33 affordable senior apartments to the city’s housing stock. Victor Pasley, a member of the George Washington Carver Cultural Center and former student at Carver school from 1952-60, was inspired by a similar project in Sedalia that
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A group of New York state lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday to ban demonstrations outside of houses of worship and reproductive health care clinics, days after a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside a prominent Manhattan synagogue led to criticism of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s response. The bill would amend New York’s existing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Nigerian national who admitted earlier this year to fraudulently obtaining a student visa and other documents was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in federal court, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. Mercy Ojedeji pleaded guilty in federal court in April to unlawful use of fraudulent immigration documents
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Throw another shrimp on the barbie. President Donald Trump said he’s looking Down Under for inspiration on how to improve the retirement savings system in the US. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Sticker shock The average
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A popular bar in Columbia will close for 15 days after its liquor license was suspended by the state. Tropical Liqueurs – colloquially known as “Trops” by locals – will shut the doors of both of its locations in town beginning on Thursday, the business announced on its social media page. Trops
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has chosen a Columbia-based contractor to head up the team designing and building a section of the widened Interstate 70 between Columbia and Rocheport. The commission awarded Emery Sapp and Sons and Parsons Transportation Group as contractors for a $441 million project to widen and improve
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scholastic is selling its headquarters in New York and its distribution center in Jefferson City through a lease-back deal, according to a press release from the company’s website. A leaseback occurs when a business sells a location to another party and leases it from the buyer. Scholastic is selling the Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday is National Signing Day for high school football players to select which school they will attend. Mizzou football’s Eli Drinkwitz held a news conference at noon to talk about Missouri’s signings. Watch it in the video player.
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By Alayna Treene, Alejandra Jaramillo, Betul Tuncer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled plans to rescind fuel-economy standards for vehicles put in place under the Biden administration. “These policies forced automakers to build cars using expensive technologies that drove up costs, drove up prices, and made the car much worse,” Trump said
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN New York (CNN) — The news that Olivia Nuzzi had a book coming out was, in political and journalistic circles, the sensation of the fall season. In October of 2024, Nuzzi had lost her post at New York Magazine, where she’d been a star profiler of politicians, when it turned out
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition on Wednesday boycotted a Knesset vote endorsing US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. The vote, initiated by opposition leader Yair Lapid, passed with 39 votes in favor and none against. As the period to debate the proposal began, members of
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is issuing a “full and unconditional” pardon to Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, using a lengthy social media post to accuse the Biden administration of targeting political opponents, even within its own party. “One of the clearest examples of
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