COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing a woman at a motel on Range Line Street in Columbia last month was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Nicholas Ayres, 35, of Crane, Missouri, is charged in Boone County with first-degree domestic assault and second-degree murder in the death of Destiny Dunn, 37, of Kansas City. Ayres
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man has been charged with a felony and two misdemeanors after he allegedly exposed himself to police during a standoff that occurred after a chase on Friday. Brandon Baldwin, 40, was charged on Monday with aggravated fleeing, misdemeanor driving while revoked and misdemeanor first-degree sexual misconduct. He is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers took a juvenile into custody Sunday for allegedly stealing a family member’s car in Jefferson City. MSHP’s Troop F said in a social media post that Flock Safety Cameras were used to find the car. 🚨Flock Camera Locates Stolen Car🚨 Troopers received notification of a car, stolen
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Editor’s note: Source name has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District hosted a ceremony for members of the Missouri Task Force 1 who were deployed to the World Trade Center during 9/11 25 years ago. University of Missouri Provost Matthew Martens and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe gave speeches at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two teenagers were seriously injured late Friday night after being thrown from a vehicle in a crash in Boone County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, five people were in a 2024 Chevrolet Impala headed north on Route J. Shortly after 11 p.m., the driver — a 16-year-old Harrisburg
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Election officials will move forward with creating ballots for the November election that align with Missouri’s 2022 congressional map rather than the 2025 “Missouri First” map. This comes amid litigation and rulings by the Missouri and U.S. Supreme court over which map will be active when voters cast their ballot.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Highway 63 reopened Thursday morning north of Columbia after a crash shut it down. First responders shut down the highway north of the intersection with Range Line Street. Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert just before 9:30 a.m. An ABC 17 News reporter saw one northbound lane and both southbound
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EASLEY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County firefighters have recovered a boat that was drifting down the Missouri River on Thursday morning. Boone County Fire Protection District said there were two individuals on the boat that was rescued. No injuries were reported. Boone County Fire Protection District boats launched from Coopers Landing in southern Boone County after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Results from a trial run of expanded rideshare parking spaces in downtown Columbia last year showed promise in making the area safer. On Tuesday night, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that will block off 32 more parking spaces to designate for taxis and rideshare services in downtown, making 66
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from Texas who is charged in Boone County with child sex crimes was booked into the Boone County Jail on Tuesday. Michael Moya, 33, of Austin, Texas, was charged on Aug. 26 with child enticement, misrepresenting his age while soliciting a minor, sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of trying to toss someone out of a two-story window in January has been booked into the Boone County Jail. Michael Wright, 39, of Columbia, was charged in February with first-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree domestic assault. He was booked into the jail at 11:04 p.m. Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is scheduled to formally adopt a 1% public safety sales tax passed by Columbia voters in August at its meeting on Tuesday. The tax would then take effect on Jan. 1. City leaders project the tax to generate an additional $38 million each year to support police and
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The 67th Heart of America Marathon took place Monday morning, with runners enjoying cooler weather than had been around over the weekend. The race, which goes around parts of southwest Columbia and southwestern Boone County, started at 6 a.m. Temperatures stayed lower than they had been Saturday and Sunday; the high temperatures on those days
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members and supporters of Laborers’ Local 955 marched through the University of Missouri’s campus on Thursday and called for “livable wages” outside of the school’s new $250 million north end zone renovations. It was the opening game for the Mizzou Tigers’ season, and the first with the new upgrades to Memorial Stadium.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A recent decision by a federal appeals court judge to dismiss a charge for ‘possession of virtual child sexual abuse material’ has raised concerns for one Missouri advocate. Steven Anderegg was originally charged with producing, distributing and possessing child sex abuse materials and sending the material to a minor. Anderegg allegedly produced
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eight men who were arrested during a week-long sting in Boone County over child sex crimes have had their cases moved up to federal court, the Western District of Missouri announced in a Wednesday press release. Deputies arrested several men in June who attempted to meet with who they thought were minors
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County will receive a $307,205.85 grant to fight cyber crimes, according to documentation provided to ABC 17 News. That figure is up from the grant it received last year, which was worth $303,044. The county applied for the cyber-crimes grant with the state and was notified of its award on Aug.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 20 adoption applications were submitted within the first 30 minutes of applications opening for more than 70 farm animals found abandoned at a Boone County property, according to the Central Missouri Humane Society. Columbia/Boone County Animal Control Supervisor Kevin Meyers said his department received a call July 29 about livestock believed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old man was charged Monday on accusations that he tried to pay one or more teenagers for sex at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. Boone County prosecutors charged Colton Cranford on Monday with a single count of patronizing prostitution with a person between the ages of 15 and 18. In a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Patients and visitors to University Hospital in Columbia are being encouraged to allow extra time due to construction at the main entrance. MU Health Care shared on Facebook that the main entrance and circle drive will be closed until the end of September for construction starting Monday. This includes both vehicle and
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