COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury on Friday found a home daycare operator not guilty of negligence that caused a baby’s death. The jury went into deliberation around 1 p.m. and came back about two hours later with its not guilty verdict. Sarah Brown faced three to 10 years in prison. Brown had been
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Editor’s note: The story has been updated to better reflect the use of the home. FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people died in an assisted care home fire on Tuesday in Fayette. The fire engulfed the building on Villers Drive behind Perkins Residential Care Center on Main Street in Fayette on Tuesday morning, Fayette co-fire chief
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A winter storm that buried Mid-Missouri in 5 inches or more of snow, depending on location, has now caused some area schools to call off Monday classes, including the biggest. Columbia Public Schools called off Monday classes a little before 2 p.m. Sunday. The Jefferson City School District told students they would
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Greene County jury found the man charged with killing a Hermann police officer guilty Saturday. The Hermann Police Department shared on Facebook that a jury found Kenneth Simpson guilty of killing Sgt. Mason Griffith and wounding Officer Adam Sullentrup in March 2023. Bill Miller Jr. from the Missourian, pool camera for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia reminded drivers to move their vehicles that are parked along heavily trafficked roads as snow continued to build up on the ground Saturday evening. Columbia Public Works wrote in a social media post that a 26-person snow-removal crew reported to work at 7 p.m. and will work overnight
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Officials are currently working to confirm reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement, the City of Minneapolis said in a post on X. The city urged the public to remain calm and avoid the area near 26th Street W and Nicollet Avenue as the situation develops and details
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,300 Ameren Missouri customers in Morgan County were without power Friday morning. The online Ameren power outage map showed 1,332 customers without power as of 9 a.m. on Friday. The map shows the outage started at 5:51 a.m. Power was restored by 10:30 a.m. An Ameren spokesperson said over email
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A meeting set up on Facebook to ostensibly sell an iPhone turned deadly in Columbia on Sunday, according to court documents. Columbia police on Tuesday arrested a woman, two men and a juvenile in connection with a deadly shooting that took place in the 1400 block of Ridgemont Court on Sunday. They
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) SSM Health and UnitedHealthcare reached a deal to keep the insurance giant’s customers in-network for “multiple years.” SSM Health didn’t say how long the agreement will be in effect in a news release Tuesday, instead labeling it simply a “multi-year” deal. SSM Health operates St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. UnitedHealthcare
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police said Monday that a man shot in a residential area Sunday night has died. Michael R. Burke, 42, of Columbia, was killed in the shooting that was called in at about 8 p.m. Sunday. Burke died at a local hospital, Columbia Police wrote in a Facebook post. Officers were sent
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UPDATE: The charges in which Peterson is facing have been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was arrested on Wednesday after an hours-long standoff has been charged with multiple felonies. Travis Peterson, 44, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree harassment and resisting arrest. A
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to specify the death was a stabbing. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife. Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson wrote in a news release that Malang J. Akbari, 46, is charged with first-degree murder,
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By Danya Gainor, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing the unprecedented federal immigration operation in the state is “a federal invasion,” and seeking a court order halting the crackdown, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. “This has to stop; it just has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An AMBER alert was canceled Monday afternoon after two children were found safe. Law enforcement took Malang Jan Akbari in custody around 1:40 p.m. after he was accused of taking two children after killing their mother. MSHP Troop A spokesperson Justin Ewing told ABC 17 News the suspect was taken into custody
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A court official has confirmed that the 17-year-old boy accused of firing shots on Saturday night inside Dick’s Sporting Goods has been charged with three felonies. A Boone County juvenile court officer has not revealed the name of the youth accused in the shooting, but confirmed in an email that he is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men accused of a 2022 murder in Columbia pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon, just days before going to trial. They’ll likely serve nearly two decades in prison per the terms of the plea agreement. Oscar Ashford and Samarion Robins entered guilty pleas to second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension of expired Affordable Care Act subsidies Thursday — the same subsidies that led to the longest-ever government shutdown last year. The House passed the legislation 230-196, with many Republican members defecting to join Democrats to approve the bill. Not among them was Rep. Mark
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By Morgan Rimmer, Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — A small bloc of Senate Republicans has delivered a notable rebuke of President Donald Trump just days after his operation ousting Venezuela’s leader, voting to advance a resolution that would limit future US military force in the nation without Congress’ approval. Five Republicans on Thursday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old woman died after being shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a large immigration operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Federal officials claim the shooting was an act of self-defense. Mayor Jacob Frey said during a news conference that the woman died despite medical intervention. He blamed the death
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,000 electric meters went dark in Columbia on Tuesday morning, according to the Columbia Water and Light outage map. The outages appeared to be clustered along Stadium Boulevard, Route E and West Broadway at about 11:30 a.m. Emergency dispatchers warned of traffic backups in the area of Stadium Boulevard and Worley
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