Westbound Interstate 70 closed after call of van on fire
Both lanes of westbound Interstate 70 in the area of the new Missouri River bridge were shut down Tuesday afternoon after firefighters got a call of a van on fire.
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Suspension of Columbia residential recycling extended
The City of Columbia said Friday that it is extending the suspension of curbside recycling.
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Columbia unlicensed daycare operator accused of manslaughter in baby’s death
A Columbia private daycare owner was charged Wednesday with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of an infant in her care.
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Shangri-La dispensary workers narrowly vote in favor of unionizing; more votes challenged
Workers at the Shangri-La South marijuana dispensary in Columbia voted narrowly Wednesday in favor of forming a union with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655.
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MSHP names drivers who died in Highway 54 crash south of Lake of the Ozarks
Highway 54 was closed in both directions Wednesday afternoon in Camden County after a crash, the Missouri Department of Transportation tweeted.
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Woman knocked boy’s teeth out at the ARC Sunday afternoon, court documents say
A Columbia woman charged with four felonies after a fight at the Activity and Recreation Center on Sunday knocked a boy’s teeth out by pistol-whipping him, police say.
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Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents at Florida estate
Donald Trump is expected to become Tuesday the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as the city of Miami prepared for possible protests by crowds that officials said could number in the thousands.
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Callaway County sheriff removed from office after license stripped; interim appointed
Callaway County’s sheriff no longer has a peace officer’s license in Missouri after reports that he was drinking and buying liquor on the job made their way to the state’s top law enforcement office.
Continue Reading Woman charged with four felonies after fight at Columbia recreation spot
City officials and police remained quiet Monday about who was arrested over the weekend at Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center on accusations of assaulting a boy.
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Fourth former University of Missouri fraternity brother takes plea deal in hazing case
A fourth former member of a shuttered University of Missouri chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Monday.
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Columbia man pleads guilty in wife’s murder
A Columbia man who pleaded guilty Friday to his wife’s 2006 murder has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison.
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Donald Trump described Pentagon plan of attack and shared classified map, indictment says
Former President Donald Trump is facing 37 felony charges related to the mishandling of classified documents, according to an indictment unsealed Friday that alleges that he described a Pentagon “plan of attack” and shared a classified map related to a military operation.
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Centralia man pleads guilty in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot
A Centralia man charged in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty to a felony Thursday in a federal court.
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Interstate 70 reopens after hourslong shutdown on Missouri River bridge; crash caused by ‘unknown’ vehicle
Interstate 70 westbound at the Missouri River bridge reopened Tuesday afternoon more than five hours after a multi-vehicle crash shut it down.
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Michael Tisius executed for killing two Randolph County jailers
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers was executed Tuesday evening by lethal injection. Michael Tisius, 42, was executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre after Gov. Mike Parson denied him clemency Monday. In a statement Parson said, “It’s despicable that two dedicated public servants were murdered in
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Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones to retire
Geoff Jones, the chief of the Columbia Police Department, plans to retire Columbia City Manager De’Carlon Seewood told ABC 17 News on Monday.
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Court ends execution delay in Randolph County double-murder
A federal appeals court has struck down a lower court judge’s stay of execution in the case of a man accused of killing two Randolph County jailers.
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Child in Boone County head-on crash dies
A child who was hurt in the crash that killed two men southeast of Columbia earlier this week has died, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.
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Sheriff’s office identifies men killed in Boone County crash
Two men, one from Columbia and one from Fulton, were killed in an early Wednesday crash southeast of Columbia, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
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Execution in Randolph County case delayed
A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve for a man who was scheduled to be executed next week for the killing of two Randolph County jailers.
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