COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car crash closed down a road Monday night near Cedar Creek, outside of Ashland. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 10:22 p.m. stating that East Route Y was closed at South Clinkenbeard Road because of a vehicle collision. Several first responders were at the scene, including an ambulance, firefighters
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) As Election Day nears, a growing number of Missouri voters are seizing the opportunity to cast their ballots early, hoping to bypass potentially long lines on Tuesday. Voting centers in Centralia, Columbia, and Ashland were open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with about 3,400 people casting their ballots in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Clerk’s Office will have two locations on Saturday for voters to cast their no-excuse absentee ballot ahead of election day. The Southern Boone Middle School cafeteria in Ashland and Impact Support Services in Centralia will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today for no-excuse absentee voting. No-excuse absentee voting
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Changes to some Ashland roads will occur on Friday, according to two Wednesday press releases from the city. The 100-200 blocks of Burnam Avenue and the 100 block of South College Street will become one-way streets, the release says. South College Street will have southbound traffic and Burnam Avenue will take westbound
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say they rescued a youth who threatened suicide from an Ashland water tower Tuesday. Police were called to the water tower on North Henry Clay Boulevard at about 10:20 a.m. for a report of a youth who wanted to die by suicide by jumping from the tower, according to an Ashland
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is asking for community input to fill out an assessment on the county’s “food system,” a Monday press release says. The survey — which can be found online – consists of 25 questions and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete, the release says. The
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Many cases dealing with the sexual exploitation of minors that the Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force investigates occurs on social media or apps, according to Det. Andrew Evans. Evans has worked for the task force since 2014. During a parent session at the Southern Boone Middle School Monday night, Evans emphasized
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights were able to be seen in Mid-Missouri once again on Thursday evening. Check out some viewer-submitted photos in the gallery above. Do you have any photographs you want shared? Add them to our Facebook page and they can end up on-air and online. We will be adding more photos
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Editor’s note: Language around the custody status of some of the students has been clarified. DIXON, Mo. (KMIZ) Threats were reported at multiple Mid-Missouri schools on Thursday, with one school district canceling class as a result. The Dixon R-1 School District in Pulaski County will not hold classes on Friday after a threat was made
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School threats, real or hoax, are taking a toll on some Mid-Missouri parents, students and teachers.
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September has been the month of school threats.
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A student made a “threatening statement” in class Wednesday morning at Southern Boone Middle School — a school that has seen a spate of students arrested for alleged threats.
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The Southern Boone School District is hosting its first board meeting after a series of threats were made involving schools and students.
Continue Reading ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A Southern Boone Middle School student was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of making a terroristic threat, a social media post from the Ashland Police Department says. Police wrote in the past that it was “made aware of an Instagram account with content interpreted to be threatening and harassing to some SBS
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The Ashland Police Department released a statement Tuesday providing more details about alleged threats that led schools to close early Monday.
Continue Reading Several parents of Southern Boone Middle School students held a tense meeting with district administrators over apparent threats made by a student.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland police arrested two Georgia men on Friday for allegedly coercing a person to cash fraudulent checks at numerous places. Jawon Adams, 25 and D’Andre Smith, 32, both of Fairburn Georgia were arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail on charges of second-degree kidnapping, forgery, possession of a forging instrument, and
Continue Reading ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile was arrested for allegedly making a terrorist threat against a middle school, according to Ashland police. According to a social media post from the Ashland Police Department, on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. the department was made aware of a verbal threat from a SBS student. The threat was related
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Editor’s notes: This article has been updated to say Johnson was sentenced to five years of probation. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of stealing a gun from a Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle pleaded guilty to multiple felonies on Monday. Jamarie Young Johnson, 20, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man who pleaded guilty last month to two child sex crimes was sentenced on Monday. Justin Franks, 46, pleaded guilty on July 15 to statutory sodomy and second-degree child molestation. He was sentenced on Monday to 45 years in prison. According to previous reporting, court documents say law enforcement was told
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