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Deadly head-on crash closes Route K, Old Plank Road
A head-on crash closed Route K and Old Plank Road on Friday evening.
Continue ReadingA head-on crash closed Route K and Old Plank Road on Friday evening.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Phase 1B Tier 3 of the state’s vaccine distribution plan will be activated on Monday. Educators, government officials, and communication services employees will become eligible to receive a vaccine. Boone County hosted its first mass vaccination clinic in partnership with the Missouri National Guard, Friday. The clinic is expected to administer 2,300
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Nadria Wright, an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a September 2019 Columbia shooting, feels like justice wasn’t served today. “I was told explicitly how they [the prosecution] feel about it,” Hamilton said. “That they don’t represent me and my family and now that I know that, I’m gonna
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A rape allegation leads to charges after an investigation of a residence on the 1300 block of Paris road. According to court documents, Jay Strausbaugh allegedly had sex with the victim and then wrote a note apologizing for it last Friday. The victim told police that she was drunk and fell asleep
Continue ReadingThe Missouri National Guard partnered with Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services to host a mass vaccination clinic Friday at Columbia Sports Fieldhouse.
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Continue ReadingA bill that would allow state and local governments to collect online sales tax from companies without a physical presence in Missouri could win House approval as early as Thursday.
Continue ReadingNearly 1,200 customers were without power when the outage began just after noon.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested after a March 3 incident where he allegedly hijacked a vehicle. According to court documents, Ahmad Chairse-McCutcheon broke a windshield of a vehicle and put it into drive as it moved onto Business Loop 70 with children inside the car. Chairse-McCutcheon also took the phone away from
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of shooting another person at Douglass Park in Columbia has been sentenced. A judge sentenced Gerrod Taylor to five years of probation Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon. Witnesses saw him carrying a rifle through the park. One person was shot in the leg. Taylor
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Missouri National Teachers Association and Columbia Public Schools continued labor negotiations Wednesday night. The two groups are negotiating in good faith.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former University of Missouri baseball player Cade Bormet has filed suit against the curators of the University of Missouri – University Athletics after being injured during a game in May 2018. According to the lawsuit, Bormet went for a foul ball at Taylor Stadium when he slid into a brick wall. Bormet
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools saw a more than 10% increase in its staff vaccination rate in just a single day.
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Continue ReadingBOONE/HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is inviting nearby residents and travelers to share their thoughts on the possible replacements of the Route 240 spur bridge over Moniteau Creek, near Rocheport, and the Route 40 bridge over Salt Creek and the Katy Trail. Officials report the the 58-year-old Moniteau Creek bridge and
Continue ReadingSome COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites in Mid-Missouri have closed or plan to close due to a decrease in demand.
Continue ReadingInformation about the plan was shared during a meeting with vaccine distributors and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Tuesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department has been working to review disparities in traffic stops among certain groups of the community.
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