COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A court official has confirmed that the 17-year-old boy accused of firing shots on Saturday night inside Dick’s Sporting Goods has been charged with three felonies. A Boone County juvenile court officer has not revealed the name of the youth accused in the shooting, but confirmed in an email that he is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman who was charged with 29 counts of animal abuse has been denied her requests for a change of venue and a bond. Melissa Sanders, 26, on Dec. 29 had asked a judge to give her a bond and to change the venue of her case. Judge Joshua Devine declined
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury found a Fayette woman guilty of murder and other charges in an 8-month-old girl’s death from 2021. Jennifer Johnson, 49, was found guilty on Thursday of felony murder in the second degree and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child in the April 2021 death
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office gave an inside look at its new $20 million Law Enforcement Training Institute on Wednesday. The facility will hold classes and trainings for prospective and current officers 48 weeks out of the year, sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Brian Leer said. “We averaged just over 30 students per academy,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second day of the trial of a Fayette woman charged with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl resumed Tuesday morning. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of “universal vaccine recommendations” for children to 11, down from the previous total of 17. One Missouri doctor worries the change may lead to confusion for families. The CDC announced on Monday that it was cutting the number of recommended vaccinations
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A press release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office issued a renewed warning regarding a phone scam involving individuals posing as members of the department. While the release says the scam has been going on for several years, it states the scam continues to evolve and has been ramping up again in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Fayette woman charged with felony murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl began Monday. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta Boulevard in north Columbia. She is accused
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Judge heard arguments on whether a Columbia dog breeder who pleaded not guilty to 29 felony counts of animal abuse should be granted a lower bond and a change of venue. Twenty-six-year-old Melissa Sanders was arrested in November after law enforcement found several dead dogs and remains at her
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Columbia teen was arrested for firing shots and a carjacking in the Shoppes at Stadium area Saturday night, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. CPD spokesman Colin Imhoff said officers were called to the area just after 7 p.m. for reports of an active assailant and
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The Columbia Police Department is hitting some installation delays with Flock cameras more than a year after the technology was approval by the city council in 2024.
101 of 118 camera locations have been installed, according to CPD Assistant Chief Lance Bolinger.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic was stopped and Interstate 70 westbound closed Friday morning after a tractor-trailer rolled onto its side around the 135 mile marker. The Missouri Department of Transportation’s Central District posted about the crash on social media at about 6:45 a.m. The crash and cleanup caused first responders to close both westbound lanes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On the first day of the 2026, the Southern Boone High School and Middle School Director of Bands spent the day representing Mid-Missouri at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Band director T.J. Higgins said he was selected in a nomination process to march in a group of 350 band directors from
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia dog breeder who was charged with 29 felony counts of animal abuse has asked a judge to reduce her bond and to change the venue of her case. Melissa Sanders, 26, has been held at the Phelps County Jail though she is listed on Boone County’s online jail roster. She
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Police arrested two brothers in northeast Columbia after a chase, including one man whose prison sentence was commuted by former president Joe Biden. Columbia police arrested Charles Key Jr. and Demetrius Key on Tuesday after a traffic stop on East Phoenix Road near Lamp Lane. Officers claim Demetrius Key was wanted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 24-year-old woman was killed on Tuesday night in a head-on crash in Boone County. The crash happened at 8:25 p.m. on Route E near Akeman Bridge Road on Tuesday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states a 23-year-old man from Harrisburg was driving a 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 when he
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is dead after two vehicles collided on Route E in northern Boone County on Tuesday night. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 8:31 p.m. stating a crash occurred on Route E near Akeman Bridge Road. The road was then shut down as first responders worked. The Missouri State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The process of verifying more than 300,000 petition signatures aimed at forcing a statewide vote on Missouri’s newly redrawn congressional map is now underway. The redrawn congressional map — which is backed by President Donald Trump — are designed to shift political control in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, currently represented by Democratic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a felony after he allegedly tried to solicit someone, who he thought was a minor, for sex. Travis Moreland, 37, was charged on Tuesday in Boone County with child enticement. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man from Sturgeon was charged on Monday after he allegedly fired two shots at a vehicle on Christmas Eve during an alleged road rage incident. Alexander Ray was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and a single count of unlawful use of a
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