Driver ‘nowhere around’ after car fire in southeast Columbia
A police spokesman said there was no additional information at this time in CPD’s portion of the investigation.
Continue ReadingA police spokesman said there was no additional information at this time in CPD’s portion of the investigation.
Continue ReadingFirefighters put out a house fire in Boone county.
Continue ReadingMU Health Care says it will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to kids ages five to 11 starting Nov. 10.
Continue ReadingThe ongoing supply chain shortage and the holidays right around the corner, The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri is feeling the impact.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) United Airlines announced Thursday it will indefinitely discontinue flights out of the Columbia Regional Airport (COU). The suspension is scheduled to start on Jan. 4, 2022. According to a press release from the City of Columbia, the airport is one of eight locations that is impacted by the suspension. The decision to
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Continue ReadingMid-Missourians vouch for new voting districts to be drawn within existing county lines at Thursday morning’s public hearing.
Continue ReadingThe trial of Joseph Elledge is expected to continue Wednesday morning, as teams will argue whether or not Elledge intended to kill his wife, Mengqi Ji.
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Continue ReadingBOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man could face charges after another man was hurt in a head-on crash south of Columbia on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened just after 12:50 p.m. on Highway 163 west of Tom Bass Road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a car driven by Jacob T. Noel,
Continue ReadingAt this point, charges have not been filed against the driver.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both sides presented their opening statements in the Joseph Elledge murder trial in court Tuesday, revealing both the prosecution and defense agree Elledge killed Mengqi Ji in their apartment. Elledge is charged with first-degree murder and is accused of killing his wife Mengqi Ji in October 2019. Both sides will work to
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council approved a resolution Monday to establish a Ward Reapportionment Committee. Establishing a Ward Reapportionment CommitteeDownload The committee is responsible for recommending to the council, to change the geography of the city’s six wards, based on the 2020 census data. Ward boundaries are reviewed roughly every 10 years to
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jury selection was finalized Monday, in the first-degree murder trial of Columbia man, Joseph Elledge. Judge Brouck Jacobs swore in the jurors around 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Jacobs, along with the prosecution and defense, spent all day Monday asking questions of jurors to find the group of people from Boone County to
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Monday with sex crimes against a child. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested Justin R. Perry, 41, on Sunday at a home in the 2400 block of East Buffalo Drive after a minor found a camera while bathing. The camera was used to
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri sophomore has died after her car was hit by a suspected drunk driver Tuesday night. Ashley Footer, 19, was driving a 2012 Honda Civic when she turned left from Providence onto Highway 163 near Route K when an SUV ran a red light Ashley’s father, Rick Footer, says
Continue ReadingBOONE Co. (KMIZ) No one was severely injured in a rollover crash in Boone County on Saturday morning, according to the Columbia Police Department. According to Columbia Police at the scene, police said a car was trying to make a left onto the entrance ramp of Highway 63 along Paris Road, when the car was
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Governor Mike Parson hopes to halt the the Biden administration’s federal vaccine mandate. Parson spoke with ABC 17 News moments before Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, along with 10 other states, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for imposing a vaccine mandate on
Continue ReadingJoseph Elledge’s defense team is set to appear in court again Friday at 9 a.m. ahead of his first-degree murder trial, set to begin Monday.
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