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SUNDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 43 new COVID-19 cases
The Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,043 new COVID-19 cases on the state dashboard Sunday.
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,043 new COVID-19 cases on the state dashboard Sunday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police responded to shots heard in the 300 block of West Brookside Lane around 1 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived they found a man with life-threatening injuries. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The man was identified as 17-year-old Bryant R. Wilks II of Columbia. Officers, investigators and detectives
Continue ReadingColumbia police responded to McKee Street in northeast Columbia Saturday night shortly before 11 p.m.
Continue ReadingPolice responded to a crash at Rangeline and Blue Ridge Road around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Senior Services added 2,918 new cases of COVID-19, 113 deaths and 24,470 tests on the state dashboard.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County probable cause statement reveals why prosecutors charged a 63-year-old Columbia man with manslaughter and other charges after a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle Sunday night. Court documents reveal after the hit and run, Columbia Police began looking for a 2019-2020 white Volkswagen Jetta. Three days later
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Continue ReadingThe mother of state Rep. Chuck Basye died Thursday after a battle with COVID-19 that lasted more than a month.
Continue ReadingBoone County crews were called out to a fire Friday morning after the tree in McBaine was struck by lightning.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools Foundation donated more than $59,000 as part of its Kits for Kids campaign to give elementary student school supplies at Columbia Public Schools. The foundation and donors help raise the money so families that couldn’t purchase a pre-packaged school supply kit could still receive one. “The foundation is proud
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Boone County commissioners rebuked their fellow official on Thursday over comments he made about the county’s health department director. A letter from Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill and District 2 Commissioner Janet Thompson to Columbia city manager John Glascock criticized District 1 Commissioner Fred Parry’s reaction to the ownership change at the
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Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bevy of new defendants have pleaded guilty for taking part in a years-long marijuana-selling operation with ties to a Columbia killing. Five more people admitted on Tuesday to helping sell thousands of pounds of marijuana across the country, including mid-Missouri. That includes Craig D. Smith, Jr., the Oregon man federal
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An anonymous donor recently gifted a collection of more than 360 photos taken by world-renowned photographer Bruce Davidson to Columbia College, with an appraised value of $1.2 million according to Penelope Dixon and Associates of New York. “This is truly a landmark gift for our institution, and we appreciate the generous donation
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Continue ReadingHotels in Columbia continue to try and stay afloat during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as many have stopped traveling.
Continue ReadingCity Manager John Glascock released a statement Wednesday afternoon in response to statements made by the former hotel managers — Ed and Kathy Baker — and Boone County Southern District Commissioner Fred Parry.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Chamber of Commerce has written a letter to the city council asking for a “framework” toward extending bar and restaurant hours and other concessions related to the city’s COVID-19 health order.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have signaled a run for spots on the Columbia City Council next April. Andrea Waner and Philip Merriman have filed paperwork with the Missouri Ethics Commission to run for the Second and Sixth Ward seats respectively in 2021. Neither have run for public office before this. Waner has experience with
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Jail inmate is charged with 3rd degree assault after striking another inmate in the face allegedly. According to Boone County probable cause statment, Javion Lawhorn walked up to another inmate at the Boone County Jail and punch the victim in the head while the victim was sitting at a
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