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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a driver Wednesday morning after a traffic stop leads to a drug seizure. Officials say the driver was pulled over for following someone too close on Interstate 70. A trooper then pulled the driver over and reportedly could smell burnt marijuana. Officials say the vehicle was
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has activated the Missouri National Guard as a precaution against civil unrest across the country. Parson said in a news release Thursday the order will allow the Guard, along with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, to assist local law enforcement if needed. It was not immediately clear
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Several school districts in Boone County have had to students and staff quarantine.
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Beginning Friday at 9:30 a.m., CAM, LLC, City of Columbia Public Works contractor, plans to apply a product called CRF on a section of East Briarwood Lane and West Briarwood Lane. This will result in a lane restriction until 12:30 p.m. the same day, weather permitting. CRF is an asphalt maintenance product
Continue Reading MACON, Mo (KMIZ) MoDOT officials will be doing the following work in Audrain and Boone County: Audrain County Route WW – Sept. 28, road will be closed from Audrain County Route W to CRD 581 for culvert work. This work will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m that day. Audrain County Route D
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police continue to investigate a Thursday morning armed robbery at Passions Adult Boutique, 1108 E. Business Loop 70 E. Officials say a man went into the store and demanded money while showing a handgun. Police say the suspect was last seen running southbound on Pannell street with an unknown amount of
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Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Peter Stiepleman said Thursday that bringing students back into the classroom in phases is the most practical way to return to school.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning Monday, a contractor for Bluebird Network, plans to locate an existing utility in Ashland Road. This will cause a lane closure of the westbound lane of Ashland Road between College Avenue and East Campus Drive, followed by the eastbound lane. The work associated with the closure is scheduled to be completed
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Hospitals in Missouri’s third-largest city are approaching capacity due to a continuing surge of coronavirus cases. The Springfield News-Leader reports that officials at Springfield’s two major hospital systems, CoxHealth and Mercy, told the Springfield City Council this week that they are running out of staff and capacity. Cox Medical Center South
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say a woman in Kansas City has been shot to death inside a home, and a man has been arrested in the case. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened around 4 a.m. Thursday in the South Town Fork Creek neighborhood. Officers responded to a 911
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Two fatal shootings overnight have pushed St. Louis’ death toll from homicides in 2020 to 200. One victim was found fatally shot late Thursday inside a car that had crashed into a cemetery fence. The second victim was found fatally shot between two homes. No arrests have been made in either
Continue ReadingALTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge has ordered Missouri to sell part of nearly 4,200 acres of land it bought in 2016 along the Eleven Point River. The state intended to open a new state park along the river. But a lawsuit filed in 2017 argued 625 acres of the land in Oregon County were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi and Board of Curators Chair Julia Brncic are expected to have a news conference at about 12:30 p.m. The event follows the curators’ meeting. Watch the conference in the player below.
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After Governor Mike Parson revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19, he announced he would be in isolation for 10 days. This caused some confusion as to how long one must quarantine if contracting the virus.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more suspects have been arrested in a 2017 downtown Jefferson City killing, police said Thursday. Robert Farrow, 27, was arrested within the last week in Milwaukee, police said. Devon Skinner, 25, was arrested in St. Louis. Each man was arrested on a warrant for unlawful use of a weapon, armed
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Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus after experiencing mild symptoms.
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The Columbia Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to strip the name from the field at Rock Bridge High School after scrutiny of the man it was named for.
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Columbia Public Schools leaders are set to give an update on COVID-19 and have a public discussion on potentially renaming the football field at Rock Bridge High School Thursday.
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Officers arrested a Columbia man early Thursday morning on suspicion of multiple crimes after a University of Missouri alert was sent out about the person around 2:30 a.m.
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