COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A press release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office issued a renewed warning regarding a phone scam involving individuals posing as members of the department. While the release says the scam has been going on for several years, it states the scam continues to evolve and has been ramping up again in
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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) Elected officials in Cole County will take home more money in the coming years, after a vote for a 5% raise was narrowly passed at the Tuesday meeting of the Cole County Salary Commission. The vote came after a debate between members about whether to note that elected officials have not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man is facing a pair of felonies following an incident at a Lake Ozark bar on Friday. Jordan T. Cardwell was charged Saturday in Miller County with first-degree making a terrorist threat and resisting arrest on a felony charge. According to a probable cause statement, officers with the Lake Ozark
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University confirmed Friday that a hemp research project funded by the Climate Smart Commodities program in the United States Department of Agriculture will lose its benefactor. The $5 million grant was awarded in April 2023 and would have been good through April 2026. It wasn’t clear on Friday how much
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man was sentenced to serve a 120-day program in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a 2023 boat crash that left one person dead and multiple people injured. Bobby Gene Childers will spend 120 days in the state prison system. He could be paroled if he
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Crews will construct a new sidewalk on the south side of Grindstone Parkway between Hyde Park Avenue and Norefleet Drive.
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A 36-year-old Sedalia man is in custody after he allegedly used a knife to rob a bank Saturday morning.
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were killed after a motorcycle crash in Saline County Tuesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 4:35 p.m. on Route 65 at Arbor Road near Grand Pass. Dylan Giffen, 29, of Malta Bend was driving southbound with Jamie Kelly, 41, of Waverly on
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Mexico, Missouri, police say they are having trouble finding a man who shot himself in the foot Sunday night.
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The University of Missouri said Monday that 5,100 freshmen are starting their college careers at the Columbia campus.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) William Woods University in Fulton is set to welcome its largest incoming class in its history when classes begin Monday, according to a Thursday press release from the school. The University is welcoming a total of 456 new students, with 298 being on campus and 158 online. This is a 40% increase
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A Carroll County man has been arrested and charged with allegedly raping a New Franklin woman at her home late Tuesday.
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