COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In about a week, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has reported that cases of cyclosporiasis in Missouri has nearly doubled from 43 to 80. “There are more cases across the country than we usually see in an entire year,” DHSS said in a Facebook Post Thursday. The Columbia/Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 has been activated by FEMA to deploy to San Antonio, Texas, to assist with a flood response, a Thursday press release from the Boone County Fire Protection District says. The release says 45 members of TF-1 and more than 100,000 pounds of equipment will be sent. TF-1 was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in Boone County and it has led to hospitalizations at area hospitals. Health officials in Boone County are still trying to determine if local cases are tied to the national outbreak that has been affecting Michigan and Ohio. Has the cyclosporiasis outbreak changed your spending
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters from three departments responded to a barn fire Wednesday afternoon in rural Audrain County. The fire happened in the 4900 block of Route Y near Clark shortly after 5 p.m. The building, which housed a custom cabinet store in the community, was destroyed. Jason Henry, chief of the Little Dixie
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nine cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in Boone County this week, according to Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services, with health officials investigating whether the cases are connected to a larger national outbreak. The PHHS initially reported eight confirmed cases earlier in the day, but an additional case was confirmed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Representative Cameron Parker’s efforts to get a law passed on camp safety regulations didn’t come to fruition in 2026. But she said she’ll try again , spurred on in part by recent floods and a camp evacuation in southeast Missouri. During the 2026 legislative session, Parker filed House Bill 3142, which establishes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is getting $1 million in the newly signed state budget to use specifically on downtown public safety. When exactly the money hits the city’s account depends on Gov. Mike Kehoe releasing the funds, according to State Sen. Stephen Webber. Webber said a conversation with Columbia Police Chief Jill
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missourians have been mostly spared from the diarrhea-causing illness contracted by eating contaminated produce or water. Currently, the Department of Health and Senior Services has reported 43 cases since this time last year, and data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control show Missouri with zero reported cases of cyclosporiasis since July
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 on Monday completed its four-day deployment in Reynolds and Iron counties to respond to and help with the historic flooding in southern Missouri. The task force was originally placed as a type 3 resource, meaning only half the team was deployed, but after seeing the severity of the
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to show the “cuts” are suggestions based on proposals submitted by each department at the start of the process. COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is proposing cuts in its fiscal year 2027 budget due to a $7.37 million general fund deficit. City documents report the city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One team members are expected to make their return in Boone County on Monday. In a news release on Sunday, MOTF-1 said it’s nearing completion of its flood response mission in southeast Missouri after supporting statewide response efforts in Reynolds and Iron counties. Since arriving on Friday, the task
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District helped get a horse that was down and unable to rise stabilized and loaded for transport to medical care. Firefighters responded to a property on Bowling Lane east of Rangeline Road and New Haven Road, where they found the horse on the ground. Working with a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a “sunset” date for its proposed public safety sales tax that will appear on the November ballot. If approved, Proposition L – which is a proposed 3/8-cent sales tax that will be used to build a new jail – will expire Dec. 31, 2042.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with two felonies after he allegedly tried to set fire to an occupied camper on Monday night in Hartsburg. Michael Briggs, 55, of Hartsburg, was charged in Boone County on Tuesday with knowingly burning or exploding and resisting arrest. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday marked two years since the death of Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Matthew Tobben. BCFPD honored Tobben on Wednesday by lowering its flags at half-staff. “We honor his memory and remain committed to carrying forward the values he exemplified throughout his career,” BCFPD Fire Chief Doug Westhoff said in
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Editor’s note: This article has been adjusted to reflect the correct city council meeting date. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two local downtown business owners are putting their support behind a proposal for an urban camping ordinance for downtown Columbia. Executive Director of Columbia’s Downtown Community Improvement District Nickie Davis said the CID plans to submit a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas man was arrested and charged after a short chase on Tuesday that began in Cooper County and ended just before the Stadium Boulevard exit on Interstate 70 in Columbia. Jonathan Myles, 36, of Topeka, Kansas, was charged in Cooper County with aggravated fleeing, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The budget to upgrade Boone County’s radio system could see a $1.13 million increase. The county entered into an agreement last month with several local agencies in order to upgrade its radio system. Previous reporting shows the county had been looking n into upgrading its VHF system to an 800MHz system for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman was transported to the hospital Sunday afternoon and both lanes of South Scott Boulevard to Christian Fellowship road were temporarily closed after a rollover crash, according to Columbia Fire Department. Capt. Dwayne Cummins with CFD said it was a single car rollover accident that trapped the woman inside. Officials say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after an air conditioning unit caught fire in a vacant Stephens College dormitory Sunday morning, according to Columbia Fire Department. At 9:25 a.m., CFD was dispatched to the residence hall in the 100 block of Melbourne Street. Stephens security staff met firefighters on site and directed them to
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