COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Holts Summit woman Thursday with six felonies in a shooting that killed one person and left two others injured. Heather M. Smith, 37, was charged with second-degree murder, child endangerment, armed criminal action and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon. She was in the Callaway County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia stabbing victim told police that he interrupted his assailant trying to steal from him before the attack, according to court documents. Arthur W. Hooks, 70, was arrested Monday after police responded to a stabbing in the 2900 block of Leeway Drive in north Columbia. Prosecutors charged Hooks with first-degree assault,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested following an hours-long standoff Friday at a West Columbia apartment complex has been charged with two felonies. Michael Whited, 59, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree making a terroristic threat, resisting arrest and three counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He was arrested on Friday and was brought
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested following a more-than-10-hour standoff Friday at an apartment complex in West Columbia. A standoff occurred as Ash Street Place Apartments, with its entrance just west of Stadium Boulevard, following a “weapons incident” around 8:30 a.m. Police said at 12:48 p.m. that a man had threatened people with a
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By Jesse Zanger Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS/WLNY) — A helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River, authorities said. The incident happened at roughly 3:15 p.m. Thursday. Multiple boats gathered could be seen gathering near Jersey City, not far from the Water’s Soul sculpture. A police helicopter was also on
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Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Global markets on Thursday were severely rattled by President Donald Trump’s historic tariff announcement, which threatens to throw the US and the rest of the world into a recession. The Dow fell 1,679 points, or 3.98%. The broader S&P 500 was down by 4.84% and the tech-heavy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to felony murder in an elderly woman’s death. Jermarion Burnett-Howard had already pleaded guilty to felony murder and a gun charge in the killing of 72-year-old Janet Jago, who was gunned down outside her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and MU Health Care failed to reach a deal on Monday, according to a Monday news release from MU Health Care. The two sides had been in contentious negotiations for months with the intent to reach an agreement by Monday’s deadline. MU Health Care will no longer
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The alleged driver who led law enforcement on a car chase last week in Callaway County was arrested Wednesday in Jefferson City, the county sheriff’s office said. Dillion Johnson, 33, of Jefferson City, was arrested a little after 5 p.m. Wednesday after a foot chase in Jefferson City, according to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a University of Missouri fraternity member who died last year on a group trip to Nashville, Tennessee, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Delta Chi fraternity and its members. The lawsuit claims the fraternity’s MU chapter did not follow its protocols for keeping members safe during the
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By Kevin Liptak and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, seeking to fulfill decades of conservative ambition to get rid of the agency, but raising new questions for the country’s millions of public schools, student-loan holders and parents. No
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina man convicted last month in a Columbia rape and assault from 1984 was sentenced Friday to two consecutive life sentences. A jury convicted Wilson of rape and first-degree assault for raping and repeatedly stabbing a 17-year-old girl in the throat in the 4000 block of Wellington Drive in northeast
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to “immediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal workforce, calling the effort a “sham.” The preliminary injunction issued from the bench Thursday by US District
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department has named the woman who was killed during an officer-involved shooting on Friday. JCPD wrote in a Monday release that Julie Knehans, 53, of Jefferson City, was killed in the shooting. The release says the officers who are involved in the shooting have been placed on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,800 Boone Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Monday afternoon. According to the co-op’s outage map, 1,759 customers were without power for an outage that occurred on Mexico Gravel Road, just west of Route Z. The power A crew fixed the outage by 2:15 p.m. Boone Electric spokesman Zach Smith
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An eight-point loss to No. 19 Kentucky on senior day isn’t how No. 15 Tiger hoops would’ve liked things to end at Mizzou Arena this season. However, a big first half effort from the Wildcats was enough grab the 91-83 win in the regular-season finale, on Saturday. With the loss, Mizzou finished
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A suspect was shot dead after police responded to a burglary call Friday afternoon in Jefferson City.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mid-Missouri presiding county commissioner was issued a summons Thursday for two felonies and a misdemeanor related to the alleged theft of a license plate camera on New Year’s Eve. Todd Isaac Skelton, better known as “Ike,” is charged with felony stealing and tampering with a service along with obstructing government operations,
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress since returning to power was both a victory lap following a consequential first 43 days in office and an attempt to justify what he’s done to an American public that may still be digesting his rapid-pace changes. On tariffs, government cuts and
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