COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay on injections granted by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Friday, ensuring the 2022 congressional map will be used for the November 2026 election. The order from the Justice Brett Kavanaugh will remain in effect “pending any further order of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Flock camera that had surveilled an area of Parkside Drive in Cosmo Park has apparently been removed. The pole where the camera was located appeared to be sheared off near ground level when seen Friday. It wasn’t clear when the pole came down. Flock cameras are automatic license plate readers that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge sentenced a woman to four years in prison for tampering with evidence in a deadly drug overdose, according to a news release from the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office. Adrian Sumler pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of tampering with physical evidence. Her four-year sentence is the maximum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a toddler who was found dead in the Lake of the Ozarks in March 2025 filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday. The lawsuit names as defendants various directors or employees of the Missouri Department of Social Services, Missouri Children’s Division, Camden County Juvenile Office and Camden County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested two 19-year-old men early Friday after calls of people breaking into cars on the Columbia College campus and a carjacking. Prosecutors filed charges against Emmanuel Ernest and Ja’Marion Dalton, 19, Friday morning with vehicle hijacking, armed criminal action and stealing a vehicle. Court documents state that officers were called
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a year has passed since a Stephens College student was shot and killed in downtown Columbia, and the police department still doesn’t have a unit dedicated to downtown — an area that has become a flashpoint between the city government and University of Missouri leadership. “I believe there is much
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have charged a man with first-degree terrorist threat and resisting arrest following a four-hour standoff on Wednesday. Police identified the suspect as 34-year-old Christopher Dow of Columbia. Officers arrested Dow shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday at his home on Hidden Creek Court on a warrant for third-degree domestic assault. According to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge sentenced a Jefferson City man to eight years in prison Thursday for being a felon in possession of a gun. Derrick Crumble, 34, pleaded guilty in February, and was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison without parole and three years of supervised release. According to a news release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged in the murder of a 4-year-old in Benton County has waived her right to a jury trial. Kourtney Aumen is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, child endangerment and assault. She is accused of being part of the murder of 4-year-old Jessica Mast in December 2020. Mast’s parents have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Downtown Community Improvement District issued a statement Wednesday criticizing officials who have labeled a downtown bar a “public nuisance.” The statement was issued in response to a letter from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway sent to Reign Bar between Walnut and Ninth Street, addressing the “nuisance conditions.” Downtown CID Director Nickie Davis
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police officers arrested a man after a standoff on Wednesday in the northeast part of the city. ABC 17 News saw several police officers on the scene with some of them pointing guns at the home on Hidden Creek Court, a cul-de-sac off of Rice Road and Hanover Boulevard. Columbia Police
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COLUMBIA. Mo (KMIZ) A fourth person has been charged for their role in a shooting in Columbia on Aug. 2. Walter Ricketts, 43, of Columbia was charged on Aug. 12, but not made public until after his arrest on Tuesday. He is charged with two counts of armed criminal action, one count of first-degree assault
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University of Missouri President Mun Choi has been applying pressure on city leaders on downtown crime issues for weeks. During that pressure campaign, one bar in particular has drawn a direct callout — Reign. Now the state’s top law enforcement official is applying pressure of her own. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Tuesday that her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced on Tuesday that her office sent a letter to a downtown Columbia bar that was previously targeted by University of Missouri System President Mun Choi. Hanaway issued a letter to Reign Bar – located on East Walnut Street between Eighth and Ninth streets – to address
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An appeals court in Missouri’s western district upheld the conviction of a Cole County man who is serving two life sentences after he was found guilty of raping women. Francis H. Kempker, 55, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole for two rapes committed during spring 2016 at his Centertown
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged in a Benton County child’s death was deemed competent to stand trial again on Monday. Kourtney Aumen, 26, of Lincoln, Missouri, is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was sentenced on Friday to 90 years in state prison for a drive-by shooting that occurred last year in a Boone County neighborhood. Kevin Buckner, 27, was found guilty on Aug. 5 by a Boone County jury on four counts of first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A third person was charged in a shooting that occurred on Aug. 2 in Columbia. Charges appeared on Wednesday for Montrez Ricketts, 47, of Columbia, which included first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s been nearly one year since a Stephens College student was shot and killed in downtown Columbia, and MU students differ on their feelings about warnings from the University of Missouri to avoid certain areas of downtown at night. “Walking downtown at night, it can definitely vary based on the time of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Warrenton Police Department arrested “multiple juveniles” on Monday after shots were fired at a gas station at Highway 47 and Interstate 70. Lt. Jason Hanner of WPD told ABC 17 News that shots were fired at a Rocket gas station after youths met for a drug deal. Hanner did not say
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