COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former Jefferson City Police Detective took the stand Tuesday during the bench trial for suspected killer Sergio Sayles. “When I said she was dead and then murdered, there was no follow-up of how or anything like that and through my experience of death notifications, through all the different reactions, that’s a very
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday night reallocated $25,000 from recent bicentennial events to make security upgrades to city hall. City staff said they want to buy portable security scanners and the city’s finance director is working with the Jefferson City Police Department to determine their options. No decision has been made
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council approved a resolution at Monday’s meeting allowing the Missouri Association of Counties to preserve another portion of the historic Buescher Memorial Home. The front part of the former funeral was known to be in good condition to renovate and preserve, but MAC Executive Director Steve Hobbs said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used to help research the background for this story. A Jefferson City man accused of stabbing the mother of his child began his bench trial at the Boone County Courthouse on Monday. Sergio Sayles, 39, faces charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with evidence and first-degree
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Saturday with manslaughter after a deadly electric scooter crash on Highway 50. Jervontaye I. Warmack, 32, was charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of child endangerment and driving while intoxicated. Police say Warmack was driving a Chevrolet SUV when he hit the unnamed electric
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Winter trout season has officially kicked off at city ponds around Mid-Missouri. The City of Columbia announced in a Monday press release that today was the official start to its winter trout season at Cosmo-Bethel Park. All trout that are caught must be released and unharmed through Jan. 31, 2026. Only artificial
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Cole County judge denied the Missouri NAACP’s request to put an early hold on the state’s new congressional map. Judge Chris Limbaugh’s two-paragraph order on Friday rejected the group’s ask for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. The NAACP, along with three Missourians, wanted a judge to halt
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Old Navy store in Jefferson City opened Sunday after a deadly shooting outside the store Saturday night. Jefferson City police said one person was killed after a disturbance in the parking lot escalated into gunfire. Officers found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the area of 3500 Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department says one person is dead after a disturbance turned into a shooting. A news release from the department said officers responded to the area of 3500 Missouri Blvd at around 7:50 p.m. to investigate a disturbance. Prior to their arrival on scene, joint communications began receiving
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department says a person is dead after a crash in the 3600 block of Highway 50 West Friday evening. Preliminary scene investigation by the department’s traffic unit revealed a 2018 Chevrolet SUV was westbound on Highway 50. Someone on an electric scooter was crossing the grass median
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University’s police chief says safety is everybody’s concern for its Centennial Homecoming tradition. The department is using multiple forms of technology to keep those attending homecoming events safe, along with more than 600 Flock security cameras across campus. The campus uses the RAVE Guardian app, which allows users to directly message
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Open burning season in Jefferson City will start Saturday. The season runs from Nov. 1 to March 1 under city ordinance, and residents can burn yard waste between sunrise and sunset, the city wrote in a news release Friday. Fires should be attended to while they’re burning, and they should be
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With less than a month left until Thanksgiving, officials with the Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Department have a big reason to be thankful this year. That’s because of a large donation that funded a pair of projects, one in the spring and the other in late summer, given anonymously to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s lawyers say the lodging association suing over the city’s tax on hotel stays shouldn’t be allowed to bring the lawsuit. An attorney for the city filed a motion to dismiss the case on Thursday. The motion says the non-profit suing the city, the Jefferson City Lodging Association, started just
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Citing a dramatic increase in demand for food, the Jefferson City Salvation Army has issued a public call for donations to replenish its food bank. “Community members seeking assistance with food has drastically increased over the past 2 weeks and with SNAP benefits not renewing for many neighbors next week, we
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s not uncommon to walk into an emergency department waiting room full of people, so many that some have to sit on the floor. Patients waiting hours in emergency departments is becoming a more familiar story across the nation. Two hours. Three hours. Five hours. Six hours. Twelve hours. This is how
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EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used to help research the background for this story. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Lodging Association has filed a lawsuit against Jefferson City, the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau, claiming the city’s 7% lodging tax violates Missouri law. Jefferson City
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Jefferson City woman accused of killing a 4-year-old boy will take place next summer with a jury brought in from a different county. Online court records say a July 26, 2026, trial date was set for Quatavia Givens, who is accused of the 2018 death of Darnell
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly broke into a Jefferson City Police Department vehicle on Monday night. Andrew Zemke, 29, of Jefferson City, was charged with two counts of second-degree burglary, one count of first-degree property damage and one count of misdemeanor unlawfully entering a motor vehicle.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The average time a Missouri resident spends in an emergency department from arriving to leaving is 2 hours and 35 minutes, ranking the state 29th in the longest average wait time. Emergency department wait times have increased across the country and here in Missouri. According to the CDC, emergency departments in the
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