COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dall Hedges will be the new chief of police in Fulton on Aug. 3, the city announced in a Monday afternoon press release. The announcement comes after the city announced the retirement of Chief Bill Ladwig on Friday. His last day will also be Aug. 3. The release says Hedges was picked
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig is retiring. The City of Fulton made the announcement in a Friday press release. Ladwig will end his 26-year career on Aug. 3. The city has completed “an internal interview process” for its next police chief, though the appointment will be announced at a later date, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor after he was involved in a high-speed chase with law enforcement Wednesday in Callaway County. Carl Anderson Jr., 34, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, aggravated fleeing, misdemeanor reckless driving and tampering with evidence. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A boil advisory was issued for about 80 homes in Fulton after water was shut off to repair an emergency water leak. The city made the announcement about the repairs on Tuesday night and told residents online on Wednesday morning that five streets were affected. The affected streets include Singer Lane, Penny
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Wednesday with multiple child sex crimes. Justin Stegeman, 33, was charged in Callaway County with sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15 years old, fourth-degree child molestation and second-degree statutory rape. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A bond hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A street in the Brick District in Fulton has reopened to limited traffic nearly a week after a building collapsed, according to a press release from the Fulton Fire Department. The front of a building at 505 Nichols St. collapsed Wednesday, June 17. It led to the closure of the 500 block
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who pleaded guilty earlier this year in St. Charles County to child molestation and sodomy has died, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Corrections. Brian Tate, 62, of St. Peters, was being held at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center on Monday, June 15 and
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Fulton businesses remain closed and a block of Nichols Street is expected to stay shut down through the weekend after part of a historic building collapsed Wednesday morning, exposing a second-floor apartment and forcing evacuations. No injuries were reported in the collapse, but businesses remain displaced and the residents who lived
Continue Reading FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The front of a building in downtown Fulton collapsed Wednesday, revealing an apartment in the top floor of the two-story building. No injuries were reported, but the collapse displaced tenants, delayed a planned business opening and forced neighboring storefronts to close. Police and fire crews were called around 10:40 a.m. to 505
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Stakeholders are in active talks about a possible 800,000 square foot data center in Callaway County.
Western District Commissioner Christopher Scott told ABC 17 News that Crusoe, a Denver-based AI company, would build the 14-acre center somewhere in the north Callaway area.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal court filings from Wednesday show a man who ran a daycare at his Fulton home will plead guilty to multiple charges related to child sex abuse material. Jacob Stockglausner, 39, entered a plea agreement on May 31 to producing child sex abuse material, distributing child sex abuse material and possessing child
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Fulton has been charged with a child sex crime. James Dale Courtney, 63, has been charged in Callaway County with statutory sodomy of a person younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police detained a woman on Wednesday after she allegedly pulled out a gun “in a threatening manner” and entered a home near 12th Street and Amherst Street. The Fulton Police Department told residents in an 11:58 a.m. social media post that they should avoid 12th Street between Bluff Street and Circle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new judge was assigned on Friday to a Cole County murder from 1991. William “Chris” Niemet, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree murder in a 1991 death of his classmate in Russellville. Niemet, of Fulton, is accused of killing his classmate, Greg Jones, in April 1991 in Russellville. Jones was 14. Niemet
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A Fulton man was charged on Friday with multiple counts related to child sex crimes.
According to a Facebook post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, Phillip Likes, 29, was arrested Friday in connection with an alleged sexual assault involving a juvenile that was reported in early March.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former law enforcement officer was charged on Tuesday in Callaway County with a pair of child sex crimes. Paul Robert Winkler, 61, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree child molestation and enticing a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A national teen driving program kicked off its teaching season in the Show-Me State. Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe, held a total of five three-hour sessions over the weekend at the Missouri EVOC Training Center, with more than 180 students participating. Rick Valentine, a Senior Instructor with B.R.A.K.E.S., said the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of killing a Fulton State Hospital patient while he was a patient in 2025 was indicted by a Callaway County grand jury on Thursday. Jabril Kanatzar is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault in the death of Christos Karagiannis. An arraignment for the indictment is scheduled for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man who is accused of killing his Russellville classmate in 1991 will have his case tried by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. William “Chris” Niemet’s first-degree murder case was refiled Wednesday in Cole County with Miranda Loesch, of the AG’s office, and Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson listed as the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Corrections says air conditioning installation at some facilities will not be completed for several more months as summer temperatures approach. DOC spokeswoman Karen Pojmann said the department came across obstacles during the installation process at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center, slowing progress on the project. Pojmann said the vendor originally working with
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