Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences.
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A man was pronounced dead at a hospital Thursday after being hit by a vehicle in Columbia the previous day, police say.
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The Maries County sheriff still hadn’t heard from Mayor Daryl White on Thursday morning after a search of Belle City Hall the day before.
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Crane, who sits on Division 3 of the 13th Judicial Circuit, was elected Boone County prosecuting attorney in 1993 before winning election as judge in 2006. He has sat on the bench ever since.
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A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City football will be searching for a new head coach for the 2024 season. Effective Friday, Damon Wells resigned from his position as head coach, but said he does want to stay on board as the JC Activities Director, the district confirmed. In a statement to Jay community, Wells said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois and company landed on an architecture firm for the upcoming improvements to the north end zone at Faurot Field, on Friday morning. The project is expected to be completed in mid-August of 2026. DLR, a Kansas City-based firm, will be the consultant for the project. MU said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Regional Library Board of Trustees requested an amendment to its proposed contract with union workers on Thursday, according to an email from a DBRL spokesperson. The Board had requested an amendment to the section of the contract regarding wages. The amendment requested by the Board would allow annual renegotiation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was seen in a video earlier this year while getting punched in the face by a now-former Columbia police officer has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city, Columbia Police Department and the two former officers in the video. In the lawsuit filed on Thursday in the
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A man convicted in 2008 of the murders of a New Bloomfield couple is set to be executed in April.
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Parts of Highway 63 and Highway 124 were closed at their intersections after a crash Tuesday afternoon.
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A fire burned a shop building on residential property to the ground near Ashland on Tuesday.
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A Columbia man faces a capital murder charge after a woman found shot Friday in the neck next to a truck died.
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The City of Ashland will pay its former police chief $50,000 to go away under the terms of a settlement agreed to this week.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland Police Chief Gabe Edwards has resigned from his position, as part of a settlement reached with the city, according to Edwards’ attorney. The Ashland Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night voted 4-2 to cancel a hearing this week that would have determined Edwards’ employment status. Edwards’ attorney, Matt Uhrig, had told
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ashland Board of Aldermen at its Tuesday night meeting opted to cancel its upcoming hearing that was expected to determine if it would fire Police Chief Gabe Edwards. The Board went into a closed session during its regularly scheduled Tuesday night meeting. The Board approved the cancelation 4-2. Another date was
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An Audrain County man was charged Friday with first-degree murder.
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VANDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds on Thursday, along County Road 556 in Vandalia, according to a social media post from the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office wrote online that it had received a call shortly after 2 p.m. that it had received a report that someone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A search warrant filed in relation to the deaths of two people at a central Columbia home on Nov. 9 indicates that the deaths could have involved drugs. The document says the evidence in the home could support second-degree murder charges. Former Cole County Prosecutor Bill Tackett called the circumstances of the
Continue Reading ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Ashland has laid out its reasons why it wants to fire its suspended police chief, Gabe Edwards, in a notice of hearing. The City’s Board of Aldermen previously announced that it will hold a public hearing at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, to determine if it will fire Edwards. Edwards
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