JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County jury on Tuesday convicted a Kansas City man accused of post-tornado looting. The jury found Adam S. Brandt, 40, guilty of unlawful gun possession, unlawful use of a weapon, drug possession and two counts of receiving stolen property, Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said in a news
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An SUV hit and killed a woman crossing Highway 54 near Brazito on Tuesday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The patrol said in an online crash report that Rachel Welch, 46, of Eldon, died after a 2007 Lincoln Navigator hit her while she was crossing the highway at
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Six months after an EF-3 tornado blew through Jefferson City, many businesses are still trying to rebuild.
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former School of the Osage teacher pleaded guilty to statutory sodomy of a person less than 14 years old on Tuesday. Mark Edwards, of Eldon, was accused of touching a student inappropriately on two separate occasions in April 2018. A detective with the sheriff’s office looked at the school bus
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Human remains discovered in a Nebraska stock trailer appear to be from one of two Wisconsin brothers who were fatally shot by a Missouri farmer, authorities said Monday.
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The trial of a man accused in a deadly 2018 shooting at a Columbia Waffle House is scheduled to start Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council voted unanimously Monday to move forward with the construction of a new terminal at the Columbia Regional Airport. The city, in partnership with Burns & McDonnell Engineering, will accept proposals featuring design and building plans from companies. Once the list is narrowed, city staffers will hold a public
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was arrested over the weekend after police were notified of a child abuse case that sent a 10-month-old girl to the hospital. Police were originally notified of the case around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday after the child had to be flown by helicopter from Moberly Regional Medical Center to
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MACKS CREEK, Mo. (KMIZ) Southwest Camden County Fire Protection District said crews responded to several arson calls Monday. Firefighters said four fires were set along Highway 54. According to a fire district spokesman, the fires were set between the intersection of Highway 54 and Carroll Cut Thru and where 54 meets Highway 73. A post
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s restriction on who can have guns on campus does not violate the state constitution, a Boone County judge ruled Monday. The state attorney general was suing UM System leaders including President Mun Choi and the Board of Curators over the university’s internal regulation banning the possession and discharge
Continue ReadingBRAZITO, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers with Three Rivers Electric Cooperative made repairs at Donnie Braun and Sons Auto Repair Monday. Co-op employees repaired electrical infrastructure at the automotive shop that was destroyed by a tornado. Allen Braun, co-owner of Donnie Braun and Sons, said employees have been working out of a temporary building since May 22.
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A health care group is hoping to open up a medical marijuana dispensary in a former Ruby Tuesday building.
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Governor Mike Parson will hold a follow-up press conference to launch his vaping awareness campaign, “Clear the Air,” on Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the state of Missouri begins a public awareness campaign aimed at educating youth about the dangers of vaping, a Boone County campaign is in its third week. The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services joined with public schools to run advertisements on various social media platforms to deter
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Office of Administration’s Facility’s Division continues extermination efforts at the Harry S Truman State Office Building in Jefferson City, the home of many state offices. ABC 17 News reported Wednesday that bed bugs were found in a second-floor office of the building. “The bed bug abatement is currently ongoing,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have added a second child abuse-related count against the husband of a missing Columbia woman. The Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Monday filed an amended complaint against Joseph Elledge, who had been charged with one count of child abuse last month. The revised complaint also accuses Elledge of one count
Continue ReadingBOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old man was wounded when his friend shot him in a hunting accident Saturday near Hallsville, the Missouri Department of Conservation said Monday. Robert Himmelgarn, spokesman for the department’s Central District, said the victim was walking across a terraced soybean field when his 21-year-old hunting companion mistook him for a
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. Boone County fire crews were battling a fire at a home Monday morning on Mt. Zion Church Road. LIVE PLAYBACK of the scene can be viewed in the player below. Fire crews responded to the scene around 10 a.m. on Monday in 9700 block of Mt. Zion Road. One person was home
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office charged two people with second-degree drug trafficking following a drug bust on Friday. Shannon Chiarini, 34, of Linn Creek, and Brian Stogsdill, 42, of Mt. Vernon, were both arrested by police at the Osage Village Inn room 121. Police said about a pound of methamphetamine, syringes,
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EDINA, Mo. (AP) One person is dead after an apparent hunting accident in northeast Missouri. KTVO-TV reports the accident happened Sunday in Knox County in a rural area 175 miles northwest of St. Louis. The name of the victim and details about the accident have not been released. The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed the
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