Emergency crews responded to a crash involving a semi in Boone County on Friday night. It happened in the westbound lanes near Route Z just before 8:45 p.m., according to online dispatch records. Boone County Joint Communications tweeted about the wreck, urging drivers to avoid the area. BOONE CO JOINT COM: Motor Vehicle Collision I70
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Student Association approved a resolution Thursday for University Operations to start winter weather preparations a month earlier. MSA passed the senate imperative resolution 59-06 addressing hazardous winter weather conditions on a vote of 33-0-2. “A Resolution of Imperative Action to Support Students Regarding Hazardous Weather Conditions on Campus,”
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A construction project on Route H is currently shut down due to cold weather, according to Columbia Spokesperson Brian Adkisson. The work comes ahead of a runway expansion project at Columbia Regional Airport. Crews completed Phase 3 of the project Thursday morning which closed North Rangeline Road Connection and limited traffic to one lane at
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Is it really an honor or are organizations just looking for ways to get your hard-earned money?
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The University of Missouri receives — and fulfills — hundreds of requests each year for student directory information.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia and Boone County officials announced a partnership on Friday in order to get the most accurate information for the 2020 census. Mayor Brian Treece and Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill announced Friday that Dr. Tracy-Greever Rice, a rural sociology professor at MU, and county clerk Brianna Lennon will co-chair the Boone
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested six people on Wednesday after they found about 160 grams of methamphetamine at a home north of Columbia. Deputies served a search warrant on Wednesday in the 5600 block of Pinehurst Lane at a home where people were previously arrested for drug activity. Deputies arrested six
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Inspectors from MU’s Environmental Health and Safety department completed 221 inspections at 39 food facilities inside Faurot Field. “Our number one priority is the safety of our guests, so we’re going to do everything possible to make sure that they’re having a good experience while they’re at the game, and of course that includes having
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The Columbia Police Department is working vigorously on several 2019 shooting homicide cases, according to Chief Geoff Jones. Police have investigated eight deadly shootings so far this year. Five people died in four separate incidents in September alone. No arrests have been made in two of those cases. In the other six, at least one
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As vaping related-illnesses continue to make headlines across the country, local leaders have varying opinions about how to move forward with regulations.
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A panel of judges with the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday over a case challenging the formation of a special taxing district along Business Loop 70 in Columbia.
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The Boone County Clerk’s Office is asking the public to help pick the next design for its iconic “I Voted” stickers.
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A Columbia man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday in a case tied to a home invasion killing in a posh subdivision and the theft of a U-Haul loaded with marijuana.
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After inches of snow fell across areas of Mid-Missouri, road crews plowed more streets than usual. Columbia Public Works this year added about 50 miles of roadways to their workload in the form of third-priority snow routes. Before the addition, there were only first and second priority streets. “We’re trying to increase efficiency without increasing
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Boone Electric Cooperative confirmed power was restored around 8:20 p.m. Officials said there were two separate outages. The first was caused by a bad connection that led to a burnt wire. In order to fix that issue, crews had to cause a second outage. ORIGINAL: Hundreds of Boone County residents
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Boone County Road & Bridge used the sun’s help on Tuesday to try and clear snow-covered roads.
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A Columbia man will plead guilty after he was charged with setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Road treatment methods will be ineffective overnight as temperatures continue to fall, a Columbia Public Works official said Monday. “Right now we have a 24-person crew that’s out … until 7 p.m.,” said Richard Stone, engineering and operations manager for Columbia Public Works. “We may scale back after that to an eight-person
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators Finance Committee will take up increased room and board rates when it meets Tuesday. Predominant room and board plans are expected to increase for each school. University of Missouri Room: $6,722, $69 increase Board: $2,950, $50 decrease University of Missouri Kansas City Room: $7,378, $145
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Columbia police are searching for four suspects after a home invasion and robbery Saturday in Columbia left one victim with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The Columbia Police Department said four suspects claiming to be with the FBI entered the home in the 1100 block of Eastland Circle around 10 p.m. and ordered the people inside
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