JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe became Missouri’s 58th governor Monday afternoon, promising to focus on pubic safety and crime reduction as he takes office. Kehoe, a St. Louis native who rose through business and politics over 30 years in Jefferson City, took the oath on the South Lawn of the Capitol. Andy Blunt,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Elected officials who won the November 2024 election were sworn in outside the Missouri Capitol today. Among those to take the oath was first-time Gov. Mike Kehoe. Kehoe, a Republican, was elected governor after serving as lieutenant governor. Another Mid-Missouri resident, Denny Hoskins, was sworn in for the first time as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was in a nearly day-long standoff with law enforcement in Moberly in 2022 was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Monday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Stephen Thorp, 62, was found guilty by a jury in July for being a felon in possession of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A boil advisory near the 500 block of Patton Street in Moberly was extended on Monday. The city had announced an advisory on Saturday after water service was interrupted on Saturday because of water main repairs. The city wrote in Monday’s press release that an emergency water main repair occurred on Monday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Inauguration Day for Missouri Govenor-elect Mike Kehoe has arrived and capital, local, state and county agencies are preparing to make the day as safe as possible. According to Capital police, there will be check points on the south lawn, which is typical for inauguration day, and there will be a weapons
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri law enforcement officials are warning drivers to be on the lookout for “snow missiles” or “snow mattresses,” in the midst of winter weather in the state. “What happens is after it snows or the ice storm, it builds up and has a tendency to, to melt a little bit and refreeze,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No fatalities have been reported on Missouri roads, but nearly 300 crashes have occurred during a counting period related to Thursday night’s winter storm, the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote in a Friday evening social media post. Roughly 4 inches of snow fell in Columbia on Thursday night and Friday morning, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital earlier this week, the Fulton Police Department wrote in a Friday evening press release. Police wrote that Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is accused of killing another patient following an assault that occurred on Monday. Police wrote that they were called
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A committee of Missouri House and Senate members say communication with Capitol Police has been an issue. The lawmakers met Thursday as the Joint Committee on Capitol Security with Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe’s inauguration just days away. Members told ABC 17 News on Friday that they are concerned about Capitol security in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Friday with child molestation after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child last week at a restaurant in Moberly. Hector Marcos-Perez, 32, was charged with second-degree child molestation of a child younger than 12 years old. A press release from the Moberly Police Department says that Marcos-Perez is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A winter storm blanketed Mid-Missouri for the second time in a week overnight, shutting down schools and making travel hazardous. Snow began falling Thursday night and continued into Friday morning. The Columbia Regional Airport had measured 3.3 inches of new snow by 6 a.m. on top of accumulation already on the ground.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After logging heavy hours clearing the state’s roadways this past week, roughly 1,500 snowplow operators across Missouri are bracing for another round of winter weather. Mid-Missouri was hit hard with a winter storm over the weekend with some areas in Randolph County receiving up to 8.5 inches of snow. Jefferson City Public
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As Inauguration Day for Missouri Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe approaches, capital, local, state and county agencies are preparing to make the day as safe as possible. “We will have some checkpoints on the South Lawn, which is very typical of an inauguration every four years,” said Zim Schwartze, Chief of Missouri Capitol
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A patient at Fulton State Hospital died following an incident that occurred with another patient on Monday, a Missouri Department of Mental Health spokesperson wrote in an email. Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig wrote in an email to ABC 17 News that the incident is being investigated as a homicide. Police referred
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who was already sentenced to 50 years in prison was given another sentence for five years on Thursday in Randolph County. William Dahl, 40, was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after he entered an Alford plea for first-degree statutory rape. He was previously sentenced 50
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Republican state Rep. Jon Patterson, of Lee’s Summit, makes Missouri history as the first Asian American Speaker of the House after a slight hiccup in the voting process. The Missouri House of Representatives and Senate met Wednesday in its first day of session of 2025. But before any committees are made or
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a house fire in Linn Creek, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a Monday evening Facebook post. The department wrote that crews were dispatched to the Winterwood Loop area at 3 p.m. The response time was slowed because of icy road conditions, the post says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A City of Columbia snow plow crew of 16 members clocked in at 7 p.m. Monday to continue working to plow neighborhood roads during the overnight hours, the city said in a release. Plows moved into the neighborhoods during the day on Monday after getting priority roads to near-normal conditions, according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has reported one fatality has occurred on state roads over the weekend as inclement weather hit Missouri. Snow fell across the state over the weekend and Monday morning, causing the ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team to issue a Weather Alert Day. MSHP wrote on its social
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Public safety offices across the Show Me State warned residents to stay off the roads Saturday. “If the precipitation hasn’t started in your area, it’s coming, and conditions will change quickly,” the Missouri Department of Transportation said in a social media post. The department’s traveler information map showed snow and ice covered
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