
Alcohol sales at MU football games totaling more than $600,000
The University of Missouri sold alcohol at football games for the first time in 2019.
Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri sold alcohol at football games for the first time in 2019.
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Law enforcement agencies are not giving up the search for a missing Columbia mother, Mengqi Ji Elledge. A search of the Lamine River in Cooper County stretched into its ninth day Friday as cold temperatures create an obstacle to divers. HAPPENING NOW: Day 9 in the Lamine River search for
Continue ReadingKurt Bumby, 50, from Columbia is charged with two counts of statutory sodomy in Boone County and two counts of sodomy in St. Louis County.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was arrested and charged on Friday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with a killing at the Welcome Inn in Columbia.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more people admitted to their roles in a nationwide marijuana-selling operation that’s tied to a killing in Columbia. Kurt Arthur Petersen and Norman James George, III pleaded guilty on Thursday at the Christopher Bond federal courthouse in Jefferson City. Petersen pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute more
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia could soon take over the Boone County Fairgrounds. City Council and the Boone County Commission need to approve a deal where the county will give the fairgrounds to the city in a deed. Several city council members have voiced their support for the deal, saying the recreation complex
Continue ReadingHoliday shopping season is in full swing, which means many people will make their way to the Columbia Mall and work up an appetite.
Continue ReadingThe search in a Mid-Missouri river for a missing Columbia woman was scaled back Wednesday, the seventh day that crews were on the water.
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Fair will return to Columbia in 2020 after news that the county will transfer the old fairgrounds to the city of Columbia.
Continue ReadingAuthorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Board of Education will consider items including a final reading of a revised policy on seclusion, isolation and restraint of students when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of a Hallsville teenager killed in a crash early Friday called him a “loving young man who made a stupid mistake.” Hayden Holt, 17, died when his vehicle crashed into a utility pole during a chance involving police. Holt’s mother, Kari Hallowell, described her son as loving. “I will say
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old man died Friday night after he was struck by a vehicle on College Avenue. Logan M. Warnecke of Columbia was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries where he after died. According to a media release, Kathrine E Madigan, 21, was driving north on College Avenue when she struck Warnecke.
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. Divers will resume their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Tuesday. Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said authorities were pausing their search for the weekend as the sun set Friday. Friday was the fifth day divers were at the De Bourgmont Lamine River Access. Crews also
Continue ReadingBoone County firefighters were called to an apartment fire northeast of Columbia on Friday.
Continue ReadingA custody hearing began Friday to determine who will have temporary guardianship over the child of Joseph and Mengqi Ji Elledge. It comes nearly two months after Mengqi Ji was reported missing by her husband, Joseph Elledge, prompting a weeks-long search. Jean Elledge, Joseph Elledge’s mother, filed for guardianship of the couple’s child in late
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a Thursday night shooting after a fight allegedly broke out at a home.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An off-duty Columbia police officer told his co-workers he saw former police chief Ken Burton drinking prior to officers pulling Burton over and ticketing him. Defense attorney Andrew Popplewell disclosed some of the details of Burton’s arrest in a motion to suppress evidence in the case. Burton faces one count of driving
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Columbia could take over ownership of the Central Missouri Events Center, formerly known as the Boone County Fairgrounds, under an agreement unveiled Thursday at a joint news conference. City and county leaders gathered at City Hall to announce the transfer of ownership of 135.9 acres to the city, according
Continue ReadingLawyers for a Columbia man accused of child abuse and suspected in his wife’s disappearance have asked for a change of judge.
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