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Columbia man gets 15 years in federal prison for bank robbery

May 21, 2024 10:50 AM Matthew Sanders

A federal judge in Jefferson City sentenced a Columbia man to 15 years in prison Monday for a Boonville bank robbery.

Court docs: Two men found burning transformer parts, charged with receiving stolen property

May 6, 2024 4:00 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men allegedly found burning parts from a transformer were charged with felonies in Randolph County on Monday. Timothy Duane Still, 45, of Keytesville, and Ronald Walstead, 40, of Moberly were both charged with receiving stolen property. Both are being held at the Randolph County Jail on $15,000 bonds. Court dates have

Moberly man accused of trying to use drugs to bribe women for sex

May 6, 2024 3:15 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged on Monday after authorities claim he tried to exchange drugs for sex with a woman. Robert Polhill, 57, was charged with trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation, drug possession and keeping or maintaining a public nuisance. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on

Moberly man charged with first-degree domestic assault

April 23, 2024 5:10 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with first-degree domestic assault on Tuesday. George Kenneth Crouse, 28, was arrested on Monday and was placed on a 24-hour hold in the Randolph County Jail. A warrant was issued and served on Tuesday and a $10,000 bond was set. The warrant states he is not allowed

Investigation continues for southern Boone County plane crash

April 18, 2024 9:00 PM Jazsmin Halliburton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NTSB is still investigating the deadly crash that occurred near Hartsburg on Tuesday. Wade Bates, 58, of Arkansas died in the crash, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Parts of the Piper-PA-46 from the crash in Hartsburg were scattered in multiple directions with some pieces landing in residence’s yard. Pilot

Sheriff: Plane makes emergency landing in Randolph County field

April 17, 2024 9:36 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A small plane made an emergency landing just east of Renick, Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon, according to Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. Wilson told ABC 17 News in a text message that the pilot was not hurt and that deputies took the pilot to a hotel in Columbia. Wilson said the plane

More than 800 power outages reported in Benton County now resolved

April 16, 2024 3:53 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of electricity customers in Benton County were without power on Tuesday afternoon. Storms had rolled through Mid-Missouri earlier in the day and much of Mid-Missouri is in a tornado watch that is set to expire around 8 p.m. There were 835 electric customers without power in Benton County at its peak,

‘No foul play was found’ in death of Moberly man whose body was found in January

April 12, 2024 2:57 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) No foul play was determined in the death of a Moberly man whose body was found on Jan. 29 in the 900 block of North Moulton Street in Moberly, Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson told ABC 17 News in a text message. Wilson said a toxicology report came back that indicated Corey

Moberly man charged with murder in drug overdose death

April 11, 2024 10:19 AM Matthew Sanders

A Moberly man was booked into jail Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree murder and drug dealing in connection with a July 2023 overdose death.

‘Regularly scheduled audit’ of Randolph County begins this week

March 25, 2024 4:42 PM Ryan Shiner

HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A regularly scheduled audit of Randolph County began on Monday, according to a press release from the State Auditor’s Office. The State Auditor’s Office will have an entrance meeting with the Randolph County Commission on Tuesday. The release stats that Randolph County was last audited in 2017. The county’s previous audit resulted

Four juveniles detained in Moberly for Columbia carjackings

March 24, 2024 3:32 PM Hannah Falcon

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four juveniles are now in custody after being accused of stealing a car by assaulting the owner with a gun in Columbia. Saturday morning around 6:45, Moberly Police officers found an abandoned car that was reported stolen from Columbia, according to a news release. While looking into the incident, officers learned the

Moberly man accused of harassing prosecutor in two of his court cases

March 19, 2024 4:05 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with a felony after court documents say he tried to harass the assistant prosecutor in two of his court cases. Zachary Rice was charged on Tuesday with tampering with a judicial officer. A warrant was requested in the case. According to court documents, he called an assistant

Homicide investigation of man found dead in Moberly becomes death investigation

March 1, 2024 3:37 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The death of a Moberly man who was found dead in January with a “goose-egg knot” on his head is no longer a homicide investigation. Corey Davis was found dead on Jan. 29 near a wood line in the 900 block of North Moulton Street in Moberly. He was 35. Randolph County

Woman sentenced 15 years for child sex crimes in Audrain County

February 29, 2024 7:30 PM Ryan Shiner

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnhart woman was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sex crimes from 2018. Jennifer Huddleston, 35, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and first-degree promoting child p*rnography. She was initially charged with child sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a minor, first-degree promoting

Administrative hearing set for former Chariton County deputy accused of child sex crimes

February 28, 2024 5:22 PM Ryan Shiner

RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing on the status of a former Chariton County deputy’s peace officers license is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, according to Administrative Hearing Commission documents filed this week. Caleb Gibson, 34, was charged in January in Randolph County with two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and two counts

Moberly man charged with sodomy

February 21, 2024 7:15 PM Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with sodomy on Wednesday. Eric Moore, 34, was charged with first-degree sodomy for an alleged incident that occurred on Friday. Prosecutors say the victim was not able to give consent, according to the court documents. A court date has not been set. Moore is being held at

Randolph County Sheriff’s office investigating homicide; victim had ‘goose-egg knot’ on head

January 30, 2024 3:26 PM Mitchell Kaminski, Ryan Shiner

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation after a man was found dead near a wood line near the 900 block of North Moulton Street in Moberly. Corey Davis, 35, of Moberly, was found dead at 9 a.m. Monday, according to Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. “There was some

Highway 24 reopens after deadly crash near Moberly

January 30, 2024 5:11 AM Erika McGuire, Marina Diaz

Two people were killed in a crash involving two semis on Highway 24 in Randolph County Tuesday morning.

Moberly implements extra precautions as snow and dangerous temperatures hit Randolph County

January 12, 2024 8:00 PM Mitchell Kaminski

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Snow and dangerous temperatures expected to fall into the single digits across Randolph County on Friday forced the City of Moberly to take some extra precautions. By Friday, patchy blowing snow swept across the city. Temperatures hit a low of 13 degrees with wind chills values dipping down to minus-6 degrees by

More than 600 co-op members remain without power in Macon County

January 10, 2024 2:47 PM Ryan Shiner

MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 600 Macon Electric Cooperative customers in Macon County were still without power Wednesday afternoon. Thousands were without power as early as Tuesday morning, according to theAssociation of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. More than 2,600 members of the Macon Electric Cooperative in Macon County were without power on Tuesday,