COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mike Hestir paces the front of a room. He’s discussing firearm use and grip techniques with 14 recruits to the Columbia Police Department in the newly renovated basement of a law office that the city purchased. The recruits take notes on paper and tablets with the CPD logo and the emblem for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters noted a possible natural gas leak at a house explosion in Jefferson City on Saturday. However, the cause of ignition is still under investigation, according to a fire incident report. The explosion leveled the home on 2432 St. Louis Road, leaving an empty plot of ash and damage to neighboring
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Residents and businesses have differing opinions on solid waste services in Jefferson City. Jefferson City will show the results of a survey regarding trash services at multiple meetings next month, according to a Tuesday press release. The survey was conducted from Oct. 3-Nov. 8 and received 400 responses from residents and 31
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Maries County Prosecutor says that claims he declined to press charges against Sheriff Chris Heitman are false. Last week, Judge Brenden Fox ordered the release of criminal investigation records that allege Sheriff Chris Heitman falsified written statements, altered a death investigation for insurance benefits, defrauded the Missouri Highway Safety Systems overtime
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The deaths of two people who were found in a home on Sept. 5 in a west Columbia neighborhood were ruled accidental, according to autopsy reports from the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office. Wang Sik Kim and Chunghee Lee died from carbon monoxide poisoning, the reports say. Both people were 71 years
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Maries County judge ordered the release of criminal investigation records that allege Sheriff Chris Heitman intimidated witnesses, falsified written statements and misappropriated funds for personal use. Heitman maintains that he has done nothing wrong and claims the allegations are a result of “lies and corruption.” On Monday, Judge Brenden Fox issued
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Fear Fest Haunted House has made no official announcement about whether or not it will be operating this Halloween season after racking up 15 safety violations during the Boone County Fire Protection District’s annual inspection. According to the inspection documents from the Boone County Fire Protection District, the violations spanned multiple
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The Columbia woman accused of paying someone to set a Mexican restaurant on fire and impersonating public officials allegedly pretended to be a southeast Missouri county commissioner to state alcohol regulators.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a year after receiving its first of two odor complaints from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the City of Moberly claims it is “moving in the right direction.” Moberly received its first violation last from the DNR in November and a second warning in January, due to an order stemming
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Former University of Missouri Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois will owe the school $2 million for leaving in February for another job.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the cause of a deadly crash on Interstate 70 in July was due to distracted driving.
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Nearly eight years into the city charging developers for closing streets, sidewalks and parking downtown, Columbia has not spent any of the money collected.
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It’s a hot day on a crammed city bus when a fight breaks out.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A July 21 fire at Orr Street Studios in Columbia was started unintentionally, according to a fire incident report. The fire has since left the business closed. A sign posted on the door of the business on Wednesday showed it was still closed. The fire incident report claims $110,00 of contents and
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Calls to Missouri’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline have increased significantly from its first to second year, according to data provided by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) A report from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission has provided new details into what occurred in the hours leading up to Riley Strain’s death. The University of Missouri student went missing on March 8 after being kicked out of a downtown Nashville bar. He was later discovered floating in the Cumberland River
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents in a low-incoming housing building in Jefferson City are fed up with the building’s conditions. ABC 17 News received a complaint about the Kenneth Lock Apartments, a 55 and older housing facility operated by the Housing Authority of Jefferson City. The complaint claimed there was an “infestation of bed bugs,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department believes that a trailer fire on a Little Dixie Construction site was started by a homeless person trying to stay warm. On April 5, the Columbia Fire Department was dispatched to a fire in the 1600 Block of East Business Loop 70 at 2:13 a.m. The site of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Repairs are underway for the Columbia Police Department’s armored vehicle that was damaged during a lengthy standoff in Sturgeon on Tuesday. Columbia’s BearCat was one of two armored vehicles that received significant damage during the exchange of gunfire, according to Capt. Brian Leer of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. The second damaged
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The rides at Centralia’s annual Anchor Fest should be safe to ride when the event kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday.
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