COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old man from Cleveland, Missouri, was seriously injured Thursday morning in a crash on Highway 5 in Morgan County, just south of the Santa Fe Trail, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man was heading northbound in his 2018 GMC Denali 1500
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EDITOR’S NOTE: An update has been made detailing the first crash. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 46-year-old Rocky Mount man was killed Friday after being hit by a car. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was lying in the northbound lane of State Route Y just North of Brendel Boulevard after being thrown
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of murder in Morgan County had another felony case bound over to the Morgan County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Robert Anselmo is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Johnetta Yeager. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail. That case was moved to
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An Osage Beach woman was airlifted with serious injuries after a crash in Morgan County Saturday night.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 32-year-old was a passenger in a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro driven by a 37-year-old man from Ivy Bend.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in the Gravois Fire Protection District will decide on Nov. 3 whether to approve a one-percent sales tax known as Proposition Fire. Fire Chief Dustin Hancock said the district needs more revenue as calls increase, costs rise and positions remain unfilled. The district serves parts of Morgan and Camden counties.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 7-year-old boy from Versailles was seriously injured Monday morning in a crash on North Mt. Zion Road in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 15-year-old boy rode a tractor northbound and the 7-year-old – who was riding a bicycle –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A student who made a threat about the Morgan County R-1 School District last week is no longer enrolled, according to a Monday social media post from the school district. The statement says the student made a post that included a weapon on the social media application SnapChat around 11 p.m. Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old Ashland man was seriously injured Friday in a car accident. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 4 p.m. The man was outside of Gravois Mills driving a 2011 Dodge Ram 2500 south on Missouri Highway 5. At around the Santa Fe Trail, the man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man drowned Wednesday morning at the Lake of the Ozarks after he suffered a head injury, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man jumped from a deck into shallow water and injured his head at the 4.8 mile marker of the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 43-year-old Osage Beach man and a 41-year-old Lake Ozark woman were seriously injured after a crash Saturday afternoon in Morgan County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 4:10 p.m. on Route J at Swan Drive near Gravois Mills. The Osage Beach man was slowing down to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old Sunrise Beach man died in a crash on Thursday on Highway 135 in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says than man drove a 2022 International HV507 southbound when it went off the left side of the road and hit a
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) President Donald Trump approved Missouri’s request for a major disaster declaration on Wednesday, FEMA and the governor’s office announced in a pair of press releases. The declaration approves FEMA public assistance for Bollinger, Crawford, Iron, Madison, Morgan, Reynolds, Ripley, Washington and Wayne counties for storms that occurred July 9-11. The estimated cost for recovery from the federal government is $19.9 million,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power outages were reported around Mid-Missouri on Thursday after heavy rain and storms went through the area. At 2:27 p.m., Columbia had two outages affecting 126 electricity customers on Stadium Boulevard and in a neighborhood near Forum Boulevard. The outage map for the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives showed 477 Callaway Electric
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Morgan County was included in Gov. Mike Kehoe’s request for a federal disaster declaration on Wednesday. Kehoe asked the federal government to approve a major disaster declaration to help nine counties that experienced flash flooding from July 9-11. Preliminary damage assessments indicate there could be an estimated $26.5 million in emergency response
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Missouri’s 6th Senatorial District has been represented by Republican Mike Bernskoetter since 2019. As his time serving Camden, Cole, Miller and Moniteau counties comes to an end due to term limits, voters have six Republican hopefuls vying to fill the seat.
Seeking the nomination in a crowded GOP primary are candidates Amber Buckles, Derrick Spicer, Todd “Ike” Skelton, Lisa Thomas, Rudy Veit and Jake Vogel.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas man drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol drowning report, the 62-year-old man entered the water around 4:40 p.m. from a dock and came back up initially. He then went back under the water and never resurfaced. The report said his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Kehoe announced Friday that he is asking for local, state and federal damage assessments from flash flooding and storms over July 9-11. The request comes in advance of an expected request for a federal disaster declaration. Kehoe said in a news release that the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released his audit of Morgan County on Thursday and gave it a “fair” rating. “The good news is the county doesn’t show any signs of excessive waste or fraud, but it does have several areas lacking controls and procedures, which can lead to inefficiency and increase the possibility
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – First responders say a tanker with ammonium nitrate did not spill after tipping over in Morgan County on Sunday night. Gravois Fire Protection District chief Dustin Hancock said in a news release that several agencies helped respond to a crash on Lake Trail Road around 7 p.m. on July 12. Hancock
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ROCKY MOUNT, Mo. (KMIZ) A severe morning storm caused tree damage and a widespread power outage across Morgan County on July 10, and residents spent much of the day preparing for possible storms later at night. In an email to ABC 17 News, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative representative Patrick Wood said at one point nearly 3,000
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