COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man was charged on Wednesday after authorities allegedly found 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine at his residence on Tuesday. Joshua Bachman, 53, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking and drug possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia filed a response on Monday in a lawsuit over its revenue guarantee with American Airlines. Two Columbia residents — Mark Winter and Richard Shanker – filed a lawsuit against the city in June alleging the city’s revenue guarantee with American Airlines violates the gift clause of the Missouri
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Columbia’s Opportunity Campus overnight shelter has been 85-90% full each night since its opening more than two weeks ago.
The 150-bed Waypoint Shelter opened on July 13. Shelter Director Jessica McNear said about 128 to 135 people experiencing hardship and homelessness have been staying each night.
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) According to Feeding America’s new data through 2024, food insecurity numbers are up from 2023. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food security as the condition in which all people, at all times, have access to enough food for an active, healthy life. In 2023, Feeding America reported an estimated 951,330 food-insecure
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Editor’s note: A line in reference to a song that was performed at the event has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of Missouri’s state senators is looking into an LGBTQ+-themed story time event that occurred this past weekend at the Columbia Public Library. The library hosted the event on Saturday morning even after Secretary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 68-year-old Westmoreland, Tennessee, woman was seriously hurt in a crash in Boone County at 8:45 a.m. Monday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the woman was driving south on Highway UU, north of Blue Jay Way, in a 2007 Honda Goldwing when she failed to navigate a curve
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 13% of cyclosporiasis cases in Missouri are located in Boone County. The latest state data that was updated on Sunday shows that 593 cases of the diarrhea-inducing disease have been reported in the state. As of Monday afternoon, 79 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in Boone County, according to
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of a Harrisburg student who was killed in a crash last month in Iowa has filed a lawsuit against the youth’s father’s employer. Robert Orton, 14, was killed on June 3 when a 2015 Kenworth truck driven by Michael Orton, 38, of Palmyra, Missouri, crossed tracks in front of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were handcuffed and escorted off the Boone County Fairgrounds during its final night on Saturday. Jessie Kempf, the Boone County Fair Director, said Columbia police quickly took action after a fight broke out. She said the fight it all unraveled in about a minute and ended with those involved in
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COLUMBIA Mo. KMIZ 45 Missouri Task Force One crewmembers returned home from San Antonio Saturday afternoon after assisting in search and rescue operations following extreme flooding in the region. The team originally deployed to Texas roughly seven days ago in response to severe flash flooding caused by heavy rains in the state’s southern region. Following
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after a standoff with the Columbia Police Department in the 1400 block of West Worley Street on Friday evening. CPD reported in a press release that at around 11:45 p.m. Friday, 53-year-old Glen Lee Parey was reported to police after standing near the street and pointing
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Editor’s note: A line in reference to a song that was performed at the event has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Regional Library hosted “Rainbow Story Time” on Saturday after receiving threats of potential funding loss from Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The event happened in the Children’s Program Room, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a man who was killed in a 2023 crash in Columbia have sued multiple parties for wrongful death. Walker Davis, 18, was killed in the crash Aug. 5, 2023, crash at Kelly’s Ridge Apartments. Elizabeth Lopez, 26, pleaded guilty on March 23, 2026, to three counts of leaving the
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia Animal Control is temporarily pausing most stray dog pickups after it and the Central Missouri Humane Society reached capacity, prompting officials to reserve kennel space for emergencies. Animal Control says its contract with the Humane Society provides 25 primary cages. Those kennels have filled with stray dog pickups, animals being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1, an urban search and rescue team attached to the Boone County Fire Protection District, began its trip home from a deployment in flooded south Texas on Friday. The team was first sent to Texas about a week ago after heavy rains caused devastating flash flooding in the southern
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man who claimed in a 2025 federal lawsuit that elected officials got him fired over comments at public meetings in Harrisburg was paid a settlement. The Village of Harrisburg paid Michael Williams $35,000 in an agreement that was reached on July 13. The court case was dismissed on July
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traffic shift that was planned for next week on Interstate 70 in Columbia has been moved up to Thursday night, a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation says. The plan is to divert westbound traffic “traffic down and up the newly reconstructed ramps at Boone County Route J (Exit 117),”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite missing its renewable energy goal for 2026, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new plan Monday that aims to provide 40% of the city’s electricity from renewable resources by 2035. According to the report, City of Columbia Utilities purchased or generated a little under 285,00 megawatts of its total electric
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple Mid-Missouri court cases were moved up to federal court on Wednesday. Travis Moreland, 37, of Columbia, is charged with attempted child enticement, attempted child sex trafficking and sending and receiving child sex abuse materials. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Moreland is accused of trying to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Boone County firefighters put out a trailer fire Wednesday afternoon east of Columbia that damaged at least two homes. Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Chuck Doss told ABC 17 News that a trailer caught fire near two homes in the 7400 block of Suncrest Court. Joey Rimel with the
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