FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) Howard County prosecutors have reduced the charges of a Fayette murder suspect from August. Kundarrius Taylor is now charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter after he is accused of shooting Torrance Evans. Court documents say Taylor “recklessly caused the death of Torrance Evans Junior by shooting him.” The range of time served is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is charged with several felonies after he was accused of rape and other charges. Samuel Buckins Jr., 41, is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-degree domestic assault and first-degree property damage. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment hearing
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico Public Safety Department said in a press release that it responded to a house fire at 4:57 a.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Harwood Street. The department found flames coming from a couple of rooms in the house, the press release stated. The fire was eventually extinguished with the
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Ozark Fire Protection District announced in a Friday press release that Cyanokits to all frontline paramedic units. Cyanokits are used to prevent cyanide poisoning. Up to 35% of all fire victims are found to have some levels of cyanide in their bloodstream, the press release stated. These levels can range
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All it took was about 70 seconds for a person to walk into a store on Columbia’s Business Loop 70 and walk out with all the cash from the registers.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – People incarcerated for certain marijuana crimes can now apply to have their sentences thrown out. The Missouri State Public Defender’s Office released the application on its website. The one-page form allows for people in a jail, prison or halfway house to ask a court to order their release on drug charges
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A masked man with a handgun robbed a Boonville convenience store and might have had an accomplice, police say.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing was held Friday at the Boone County Courthouse for a man accused of murdering his baby. Staffone Fountain, 30, of Independence, appeared by video from the Boone County Jail. He is charged with first-degree murder and abandoning a corpse. He is being held without bond in the Boone County Jail. Samone Daniels,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri has found a temporary hub for operations with the help of City of Refuge. The charity will move into its temporary office space on Monday. The building — located next to City of Refuge at 2 E. Walnut Street in Columbia — will be the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri Department of Transportation announced in separate press releases on Friday that they will participate in a trafficking awareness initiative next week. January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, marking the anniversary of the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, MoDOT said. “Human trafficking remains a
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One or more people were responsible for starting a fire that killed a 60-year-old woman a few days before Christmas.
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A Lake of the Ozarks-area man was killed by police Thursday night in Laurie.
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two years to the day since U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s now-famous raised-fist salute to rioters at the U.S. Capitol, a Marine veteran who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2022 has announced that he’ll try to unseat Hawley in 2024. Lucas Kunce announced his bid on Friday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The process to make recreational marijuana more accessible to Missourians will take a step forward this weekend. Starting Saturday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will post applications for personal cultivation licenses. The license will allow approved applicants to grow their own marijuana. The future use of recreational marijuana
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One person died in a crash on Highway 50 in Osage County on Thursday.
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Last year Republican lawmakers and Gov. Mike Parson celebrated the passage of a massive income tax cut worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders shut down a part of College Avenue on Thursday after a driver flipped their car off the side of the road. The Columbia Fire Department tweeted that it is working to pull someone from car. Photos showed a car upside down. Columbia Fire Department working a extrication accident in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new study by the Missouri State Medical Association highlights the growing trend in fentanyl deaths in Missouri. The study shows there was an increase in the number of deadly opioid overdose deaths in 2021 compared to 2020. This is according the study published in Missouri Medicine, the journal of the Missouri State
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on Wednesday approved the funding of 28 local transportation projects using $75 million in budget stabilization funds under the state’s Transportation Cost-Share Program. The Missouri Department of Transportation and Missouri Department of Economic Development selected the projects with the goal of building partnerships with local
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police found shell casings on Thursday night in the 1000 block of Claudell Lane at Columbia Square Apartments. Police responded to a shots-fired call and a separate domestic disturbance call. An ABC 17 News reporter saw eight police vehicles, including a K-9 unit on the scene searching the area. Police have
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