COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Judge will decide Friday if a juvenile suspected to be involved with killing a woman at her home back in May will be tried as an adult. The hearing is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Boone County Courthouse. The judge will go through a certification hearing
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, the League of Women Voters and the Missouri NAACP lawsuit against the state of Missouri will go to trial at 9 a.m. at the Cole County Circuit Courts over the Voter ID law. The law received pushback from several groups after Governor Mike Parson signed a law in June
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments today for not one, but two court cases against the state beginning at 9 a.m. in Jefferson City. City of St. Louis, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al. The Supreme Court will hear arguments today for the city of St. Louis over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile charged with second degree murder, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action is set to having a status hearing Friday at 9 a.m. at the Boone County Courthouse after their alleged involvement with the murder of Janet Jago, 72. This hearing has already been pushed back three times before. The first
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William “Chris” Niemet, the man arrested in the 1991 shooting death of a teenager in Cole County, could find out Monday whether he will get a chance to get out of jail on bond.
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The son of a Moberly man who died in a Columbia crash is settling in a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Federal prosecutors have added 18 people to a wide-ranging case of marijuana sales that took place in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury ruled late Thursday night that a Jefferson City man is guilty of second-degree rape. Boone County assistant prosecutor Jessica Caldera said sentencing for Jemell Butler could start on March 2. The jury began discussing the case against Butler at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Prosecutors claim Butler raped a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s lead prosecutor said in court Wednesday that the husband of a missing woman is the prime suspect in her disappearance, accusing him of killing her. Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Knight said at a bond reduction hearing that investigators suspect Joseph Elledge in the October disappearance of his wife, Mengqi
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A date has been set for a trial for a man convicted in 2018 of assaulting and stealing from a 91-year-old veteran. Driss Zarhouni was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2018, convicted on multiple charges. Online court records show a new trial is set for Feb. 2, 2020, in the case. Zarhouni wants
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