COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone Electric Cooperative is reporting a power outage affecting that is now affecting nearly 400 customers on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the company said a car crash brought down power lines on New Haven Road. The outage originally was affecting more than 1,500 people. As of 9:45 p.m., 397 customers are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The current Columbia/Boone County health order is set to expire at 11:59 a.m. on Wednesday afternoon unless the order is extended or modified by the Columbia/Boone County Health Department. “Something will be issued before it expires on Wednesday,” Sarah Humm of the Columbia/Boone County Health Department said. Humm said the department takes
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Andrew Scott Lucas was indicted on an upgraded first-degree murder charge after initially being arrested and charged with second-degree murder back in December.
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After the state activated Phase 1B Tier 3 on Monday, 225,016 Missourians got vaccinated through Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than a dozen people gathered in front of Columbia’s city hall Friday evening. It was to honor the spa employees killed during a shooting spree in Atlanta on Tuesday. Demonstrators observed eight minutes of silence, one minute for each victim killed. Police released the names of victims today. Six of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County prosecutor’s office filed child pornography charges today against a Columbia man. Gary Todd is charged with two felony counts of possession of child pornography as a second offense. He was arrested Thursday. Deputies say pornographic images of children were found on accounts and devices that belonged to Todd. Officials
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Sturgeon R-V School District announced Dr. Melia Franklin as their next superintendent. Franklin currently works for the Ozark School District as the executive director of secondary learning and has been there since 2016. Franklin said she is thrilled to join the district and looks forward to meeting teachers, staff, parents, students and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A grand jury indicted a Columbia teen accused of a fatal shooting that left two people dead and three shooting survivors. Iseah Jackson was charged last month with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting last July off Volunteer Drive and North Grace Lane. The two victims were an 11-year-old and a
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Officers were sent to the area of Rice Road and Fair Lane on Friday morning on a call of a burglary with a weapon.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Consolidated Water has issued a precautionary boil water advisory due to a water main break that has caused little to no water pressure for Route E Twin Bridges area. The advisory lasts till next Tuesday. The boil advisory includes Route E between Hatton Chapel road and Sunflower St., Yeager road, Driskel
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Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Parson said Thursday after announcing a timeline for Phases 2 and 3 that the state anticipated 60% of Missouri residents will be interested in receiving the coronavirus vaccine. That still leaves 40% of the state’s population that may not be interested in receiving the vaccine at all. “Even though natural immunity
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday that vaccine supply will increase as millions of Missourians will become coronavirus vaccine-eligible in the next few weeks. “The federal government has informed us that COVID-19 vaccine allotments to Missouri are projected to increase significantly by the first week of April,” Parson said. The Governor said it’s important
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: According to the Ameren Outage Map, the power has been restored in the area. Authorities also removed the car. ORIGINAL: Several Columbia residents are without power Thursday evening after a stolen car crashed into a ground transformer box near Clark Lane. Boone Electric Cooperative is on scene restoring power for 17
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In-person court hearings could soon resume at the 13th Circuit Court at Boone County Courthouse. The courthouse moved to Phase 2 on Feb. 22 based on no in-house positives and improving numbers of COVID in both counties. The court is now moving up to Phase 3 after being in Phase 2 for
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A Wednesday night fire west of Columbia may have been caused by an exploded motorized skateboard, according to reports from the Boone County Fire Protection District.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced two appointments to the University of Missouri Board of Curators. The appointments will be submitted to the Missouri Senate on Monday upon return from the legislative spring break. The current board members will continue to serve on expired terms until their successors are confirmed. Todd P. Graves,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced Missourians in Phase 2 of the state vaccination plan will become coronavirus vaccine-eligible on March 29. Phase 3, which includes all state residents, will be activated to receive a vaccine on April 9. The activation of Phase 2 is estimated to extend vaccine eligibility to 880,000 Missourians that
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The sheriff’s department says an online tip from an internet service provider reported over 1,000 images of child pornography located on an account belonging to Gary Todd, 60.
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