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Marie Moyer

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Fallen trees and other damage was seen across Randolph and Monroe counties after severe storms swept through the area Monday morning.

Randolph County Emergency Management Director David Gaines said the first warning of tornadoes out came out of Chariton County around 6 a.m.

 “A lot of damage related to the wind and the storm came through the south southwest part of Randolph County and then across over into  Monroe County,” Gaines said.

A post on X from Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B alleged a tornado went through the Middle Grove Area at around 8:30 a.m. The National Weather Service has not yet confirmed a tornado.

On April 27, 2026, at approximately 0830 am, a tornado went through the Middle Grove area of Randolph & Monroe Counties in Troop B. Preliminary reports are multiple residences have sustained damage along with grain bins, trees, & powerlines. No injuries have been reported. #MSHP pic.twitter.com/rj9U7TR2OM

— MSHP Troop B (@MSHPTrooperB) April 27, 2026

Gaines added that crews from local agencies like the Western Madison Rural Fire Department and the Monroe County Rural Fire Department worked across both counties. This also included working with the MSHP and The Department of Natural Resources.

“Crews were out quickly searching for damage, making sure that those houses and structures that were damaged were not occupied, and at this time, we don’t have any reports of injuries,” Gaines said.

Middle Grove School near Madison was also damaged after a tree fell on its roof. There were also holes reported in the roof, one of the walls and damage to classroom trailers. The school later posted about the damage on Facebook and several residents — including students from the nearby Central Christian College of the Bible — helped with clean up.

“Many hands make light work and we had a fantastic turnout of our community, all sorts of people coming out just to lay hands on the building to help us get ready to go,” Middle Grove School Superintendent Aaron Vitt said. “It’s a pretty special place to be.”

Downed trees and tree limbs were seen across Moberly, with Ameren at one point reporting more than 2,100 customers without power.

“Our crews are going ward by ward,” City of Moberly spokesman Scott McGarvey said. “We have crews that are assigned to each ward in our city and as they find something that they need to report, they’re reaching out to Ameren.”

Moberly’s water and wastewater treatment plants temporarily lost internet to remote stations during the storm. The wastewater plant also fully lost power and and temporarily operated on generators before power was restored in the afternoon.

The Missouri Department of Corrections also reported damage to the Moberly Correctional Center.

“The assessment has shown downed and uprooted trees, damaged roofs, broken windows, downed utility poles and damage to the handball court,” Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann wrote in an email to ABC 17 News.

No injuries of residents or employees were reported.

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Ryan Shiner

UPDATE: This brief was updated after a Tuesday morning press release from MoDOT gave an update.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Rolling roadblocks are planned this week on Interstate 70 near the Missouri River, according to an updated press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

“Blasting operations” are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday as part of the Improve I-70 Project, according to the release.

Contractors will use explosives “to blast portions of the rock alongside the interstate between Boone County Route BB and the Missouri River,” the release says.

Short-term closures of the ramp from Route BB onto westbound Interstate 70 will be required, as will “rolling interstate roadblocks,” the release says.  

The closures are expected to last 15 minutes apiece.

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Alison Patton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The State Emergency Management Agency has a new full-time National Weather Service meteorologist in Jefferson City to aid with day-to-day operations and severe weather.

Brandon Dunstan started in the new position in February. He’s a part of the NWS’ goal for every state to have a dedicated meteorologist.

“I make sure that I’m there to help them interpret NWS product and information that’s coming out in real time, which helps reduce confusion, improves timing and ensures a clear unified message,” Dunstan said.

The previous process required a meteorologist from an NWS headquarters in Pleasant Hill or St. Louis to travel to State Emergency Management Agency in Jefferson City.

For days like Monday, when severe weather is anticipated, Dunstan can update SEMA on what risks might look like, when and where they might hit.

“I think anytime you can have that in-person coordination, it just streamlines everything,” SEMA spokesperson Caty Luebbert said. “We’re very grateful that Missouri was selected as one of the first few states as part of this initiative.”

SEMA Director Jim Remillard said he’s already seen the benefits.

“We greatly appreciate having a dedicated meteorologist at our State Emergency Operations Center, which only advances our ability to determine potential needs and make informed decisions,” he said. “We’ve already experienced the direct benefits when there’s been active severe weather in Missouri these past few weeks.”

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

More Mid-Missouri counties are experiencing power outages after another round of storms went through the area on Monday afternoon.

Mid-Missouri was hit by multiple rounds of severe weather on Monday, with storm damage being reported in multiple counties outside of Boone.

Around 6:20 p.m., there were 1,584 electricity customers in Randolph County without power, with 1,036 coming from Ameren and 547 being Howard Electric Cooperative customers.

Additionally, there were 288 consumers without power in Cole County, with 215 coming from Ameren and 73 being Three Rivers Electric customers. There were 417 residences without power in Osage County, with 257 being Three Rivers and the rest coming from Ameren.

Another 400 customers in Miller County had no power, with 263 coming from Three Rivers and the rest coming from Ameren.

Monroe County saw 111 Consolidate Electric Co-op customers without power. Boone County saw 113 Boone Electric customers without power.

In Howard County, the town of Glasgow lost power and city officials wrote online that the outage is expected to last two or three days.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Two men who were originally charged with felony murder pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a 2024 deadly shooting that occurred on Clark Lane in Columbia.

Daevion McCray, 22, and Tavion Johnson both pleaded guilty on Monday morning to two counts of second-degree assault and one count of unlawful use of a weapon in the death of Orrion Moody.

They were previously charged with second-degree murder – felony murder, two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and a pair of armed criminal action counts. They will both be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 12.

Cellphone information had allegedly tracked them to the location of the Oct. 20, 2024, shooting in the 3900 block of Clark Lane.

Court documents in previous reporting say one person admitted to firing a gun after being fired at from another residence and that Johnson was one of the shooters. Investigators used Instagram videos showing Johnson waving guns at the scene before the shooting to corroborate the identification, documents in previous reporting say.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The City of Glasgow in Howard County declared a state of emergency on Monday afternoon as more storms were entering the area.

The city wrote in a social media post that that damage was reported to several buildings, including “substantial damage to the water tower” and downed power lines.

“This event has caused the City of Glasgow to be without power and water, which impacts all of the service to the City,” the city wrote online.”

The city wrote in another post that power could be out within city limits for two-to-three days.

The city wrote that crews will be working through the night to restore power. The 2020 Census shows that nearly 1,100 people live in the town. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ outage map shows an outage for Howard Electric Cooperative affecting 47 customers.  

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Multiple rounds of severe storms rolled through Mid-Missouri on Monday.

Several counties were in a tornado warning during the afternoon and a tornado watch is in effect for most of the evening.

Hail fell in multiple counties. Audrain County’s Office of Emergency Management shared a photograph depicting hail in a variety of sizes. A viewer from Cooper County shared an image that showed apparent baseball-sized hail.

Check back for updates.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Three felony charges have been filed in Boone County against a man who was accused of stabbing someone at an apartment building in the Benton-Stephens area on Friday.

Grant Buxton, 44, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with first-degree degree, armed criminal action and drug possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held on Monday afternoon.

The probable cause statement says police were called to the 1600 block of Richardson Street for a report of an assault. Buxton allegedly told dispatchers that he got in a fight with his neighbor and stabbed him in self-defense, the statement says.

While he was being detained, Buxton allegedly told police that he and the neighbor had been arguing before the neighbor knocked on his door and asked for an air pump and a needle, the statement says. Buxton allegedly said “he wasn’t having it” and an argument started, the statement says. The neighbor started pulling Buxton’s hair and Buxton stabbed him, court documents allege.

The victim was founding laying on the ground in the parking lot while he was bleeding, the statement says. Officers noted seeing a lot of blood in various areas of the apartment.

An officer then asked Buxton if he stabbed the man in self-defense and he allegedly said he did not and was angry the victim attacked him, court documents allege.

Police eventually found drugs in Buxton’s apartment, court documents say.

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Haley Swaino

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A bond hearing was held Monday afternoon in St. Louis for a Columbia doctor accused of sexual misconduct.

Dr. Jonathan Morris, owner of Columbia Urgent Care on North Providence Road, has been charged in federal court with 15 counts of illegally prescribing drugs and 23 counts of healthcare fraud.

Morris, 46, was indicted on April 8 and arrested on Wednesday, according to the Department of Justice. He is being held at the Crawford County Jail without bond.

The judge took the defense’s arguments under advisement and could make a decision on Morris’ bond as early as Wednesday, according to court filings and a spokesperson for the Eastern District court.

Federal prosecutors allege that Morris fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid by submitting claims for services as though he had personally provided them, when in fact they were done by assistant physicians at his clinic.

APs are medical school students who have not yet entered residency programs, according to a Wednesday press release from the DOJ.

The release and bond memo also accuses Morris of giving prescription drugs to friends and “people suffering from substance use disorders and those with whom he had sexual relationships.”

Roughly 20 people are believed to have received prescriptions totaling more than 15,000 doses of controlled medications, investigators say.

Further, Morris “failed to properly train his APs, essentially rendering the clinic a free-for-all when it comes to issuing prescriptions for controlled substances,” a bond memo says.

Court documents also reference text messages in which Morris allegedly offered drugs in exchange for sexual favors, along with several accusations of sexual assault.

Some of the sexual assault allegations surfaced last fall in a Boone County discrimination case. A former employee sued Columbia Urgent Care in October 2025, alleging discrimination, harassment and unpaid wages.

The woman — whose name is withheld in court records — claimed CUC LLC and Morris violated the Missouri Human Rights Act. She brought forth claims of unwanted sex, sexual harassment, and accused the defendants of fostering a hostile work environment and retaliating against her during her employment.

Monday’s bond hearing for Morris’ indictment on 38 fraud counts is set for 1 p.m. at the St. Louis federal courthouse.

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Matthew Sanders

President Donald Trump was the target of another apparent assassination attempt Saturday night, this time at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The Secret Service rushed Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance off the stage after a man fired shots at law enforcement. Afterward, Trump and a few administration officials spoke with reporters about what happened.

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