BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Saturday afternoon car crash injured two children ages 8 and 12. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report, the children were riding with 33-year-old Emma McAdams around 1 p.m. going east on Highway 63 near Route A. As McAdams tried to cross over Highway 63, she pulled into
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A Boone County man was arrested Friday morning on several crimes after an investigation into sex crimes against a child.
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Three Centralia police officers resigned Thursday after Chief Bob Bias took early retirement effective this Sunday. One officer mentioned a lack of transparency from the city as a reason why he resigned.
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The commission’s order requires the murals to be moved to a secure location where the art can be cared for appropriately. The murals, for now, are still hanging in the courthouse.
Continue Reading Several lawyers and judges asked for the removal of the murals painted in 1994, citing their depictions of violence and slavery. But others defended the murals, saying they showed local history, which has its ugly side.
Continue Reading Three more Centralia police officers resigned Thursday after the Chief of Police Bob Bias resigned on Sept. 29 and took early retirement effective on Oct. 10.
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The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has approved multiple contracts to improve several Mid-Missouri roads.
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he Boone County Commission is set to meet Thursday and take action on murals in the Boone County Courthouse after lawyers called for them to be moved.
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Lt. Brian Leer said deputies issued a summons to Chad Cox, son of Mayor Chris Cox, for fourth-degree assault after a person said Cox confronted the Prenger Foods employee. The confrontation was allegedly over comments the person made to local media about turnover in the police department. The sheriff’s department was called to investigate to avoid any conflicts of interest, Leer said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An additional $1.5 million is now available by Ameren Missouri for families struggling to pay their utility bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ameren is directing $1.2 million to its Clean Slate program to support moderate-income customers who do not qualify for low-income programs. The company is also directing $300,000 to support
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A special prosecutor will not file charges against three Columbia police officers involved in a deadly shooting. According to the Columbia Police Department, Callaway County Prosecutor Christopher D. Wilson told the Missouri State Highway Patrol in a letter on Oct. 1 the officers acted lawfully in their use of deadly force. Special
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The state executed Ernest Lee Johnson on Tuesday, 25 years after he killed three gas station workers and following a last-ditch effort by his lawyers to save him, The Associated Press reported.
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Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted Columbia murderer Ernest Lee Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday night in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Johnson was convicted of a triple murder at Casey’s General Store along Rice Road in Columbia in 1995. In February of 1994, Johnson robbed the convenience store after using drugs and hit, shot, and stabbed
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MU Health Care is administering flu vaccines again Saturday after the clinic opened last week.
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Boone County dispatchers sent a public alert at 7:55 a.m. saying crews are working a crash at West Ash Street and Clinkscales Road. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a car partially covered with a tarp that had crashed into an attached garage.
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The Missouri Ethics Commission told Mayor Brian Treece to dissolve his campaign committee in a Friday order. Once dissolved, the commission promised to take no further action against him.
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