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Car slams into Columbia police cruiser, shutting down Highway 63

February 24, 2020 7:23 AM Madison Fleck

A car fire that shut down Highway 63 on Monday morning ignited after a vehicle slammed into a Columbia Police Department cruiser.

Authorities apprehended three people after a multi-county police chase ended near Ashland.

Car submerged, three in custody after multi-county chase ends in Boone County

February 22, 2020 3:31 PM Barry Mangold

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities apprehended three people after a multi-county, multi-agency chase ended near the Columbia Regional Airport. Sgt. Scott White with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Jefferson City police began pursuing a stolen SUV around 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Authorities received information on the car from a caller who reported a theft at

Experienced prosecutor helps with backlog of murder cases

February 21, 2020 8:17 PM Sydney Olsen

Morley Swingle has been working as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Boone County for two weeks.

Crash on Grindstone Parkway closes eastbound lane

February 21, 2020 8:18 PM Sydney Olsen

A crash involving three vehicles closed the eastbound lane of Grindstone Parkway around 8 p.m. Friday.

Ambulance theft suspect: ‘I should’ve jacked a car’

February 21, 2020 5:40 PM Matthew Sanders

A man suspected of stealing an ambulance in Columbia to escape from law enforcement allegedly told state troopers that he “should’ve just jacked a car.”

Feds provide $800,000 to start flight to Charlotte from Columbia

February 21, 2020 5:07 PM Matthew Sanders

City officials hope a federal grant will help entice a carrier to provide flights from the Columbia Regional Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina.

Woman charged with murder in connection with Columbia teen’s shooting death

February 21, 2020 2:27 PM Sydney Olsen

Prosecutors on Friday charged a woman in connection with the Feb. 5 deadly shooting of a 17-year-old in north Columbia.

Friend of missing Columbia woman speaks out about disappearance

February 21, 2020 9:08 AM Joe McLean

Less than a month before Mengqi Ji went missing in October, the Columbia mother called her friend, Muzhen Li, to complain about a fight she was having with her husband, Joseph Elledge.

Criminal defense attorney speaks about alleged strangulation in Elledge case

February 20, 2020 7:46 PM Sydney Olsen

A second probable cause statement filed in the murder case of a missing Columbia woman alleges her husband may have strangled her.

Residents voice concerns over Route Z after bus crash

February 20, 2020 9:46 PM Zach Boetto

Boone County Fire officials say a crash between an SUV and a Columbia Public Schools’ bus left at least one student injured Thursday.

Centralia woman injured in school bus crash east of Columbia

February 20, 2020 3:16 PM Matthew Sanders

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia woman was injured in a school bus crash Thursday afternoon that closed a state highway. The Boone County Fire Protection District said firefighters were called just after 3 p.m. to a crash between a car and a school bus on Route Z near Judy School Road. Route Z was

Court documents reveal additional details of days leading to Mengqi Ji Elledge disappearance

February 20, 2020 9:35 AM Madison Fleck

New court documents suggest Joseph Elledge might have killed his wife under the pretense of giving her a massage.

Joseph Elledge pleads not guilty to three felony charges.

Judge sets April trial date for Elledge child abuse charges

February 20, 2020 11:53 AM Joe McLean

Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs set a trial date Thursday in the child abuse case against the husband of a missing Columbia woman.

Murder charge filed in case of missing Columbia woman

February 19, 2020 4:43 PM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors have filed a murder charge against the husband of a missing Columbia woman.

Former prosecuting attorney speaks about Elledge murder charge

February 19, 2020 9:59 PM Sydney Olsen

Prosecutors charged Joseph Elledge with first-degree murder Wednesday in connection to the disappearance of his wife Mengqi Ji Elledge.

Large law enforcement presence in Boone County

February 20, 2020 3:49 AM Deborah Kendrick

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies are on scene investigating an incident west of Columbia. Jeff Pitts, public information officer for Columbia Police, said the incident started as a vehicle chase and ended on Nebo Cemetery Road in Boone County. Authorities are currently searching the area of Nebo Cemetery Road, near Highway

Attorneys say Supreme Court overlooked law in Columbia business owner’s case

February 19, 2020 10:59 PM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Attorneys for a Columbia man said the Supreme Court of Missouri overlooked precedent and law when it reversed a decision granting him a chance at parole. Kent Gipson and Taylor Rickard of Kansas City filed the request to rehear the case of Dimetrious Woods with the high court on Tuesday. The