COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County will hold an open house Tuesday night regarding a new master plan for the county. The county’s current master plan was adopted in 1996, so this will be the first time in nearly 30 years that the plan is updated. The plan is a way for the county to accommodate
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A couple dozen people in Boone County lost power Saturday night because of downed power lines after strong winds and a storm swept through the area. Boone Electric Cooperative’s outage map showed nine outages affecting just after 10 p.m. Saturday. These outages popped up after Boone County Joint Communications reported power
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A Boone County jury convicted a Rocheport woman of sex trafficking her own daughter after an afternoon of deliberations Friday.
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The superintendent of the Hallsville School District will retire at the end of the current school year, the district said Friday.
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A Columbia man was charged Friday with three felonies and two misdemeanors after his arrest at Columbia Regional Airport.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile charged with second degree murder, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action is set to having a status hearing Friday at 9 a.m. at the Boone County Courthouse after their alleged involvement with the murder of Janet Jago, 72. This hearing has already been pushed back three times before. The first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement shut down the southbound lanes of Highway 63 on Thursday night in between Vandiver Drive and Clark Lane for a crash. An ABC 17 News reporter saw debris in the middle of the road, as well as a one vehicle flipped over and at least one other vehicle parked on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man has been charged with multiple felonies following a chase with law enforcement on Monday. Mark Helmich, 36, was charged with illegal gun possession, resisting arrest by fleeing and driving while revoked. He is being held in the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. Helmich’s address is listed
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was in custody following a chase on Monday near Benson Road and Highway 22 in Boone County near Sturgeon. A large law enforcement presence was seen in the area. An ABC 17 News reporter saw one man in the custody of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, as well as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire broke out Friday afternoon above Tellers Gallery and Bar which caused the restaurant to temporarily close. The fire took place in the business offices of the True/False Film Fest on the second floor above Tellers. Servpro, a restoration and cleanup company located in Columbia, was the first to arrive on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorney for the man accused of killing a baby and leaving its body behind a store wants his most-serious charges dismissed. Staffone Fountain, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without bond.
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Work to remove steel from the Missouri River after the demolition of the old Interstate 70 bridge continued Tuesday — a full day after the original timeline to clear the debris.
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A tractor-trailer hit a highway overpass along Interstate 70 in western Boone County on Tuesday afternoon.
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation announced in a Tuesday press release that traffic will be narrowed and rerouted at the Route BB overpass over Interstate 70 at 6 p.m. Thursday. Traffic on Interstate 70 will be narrowed to one lane each way and redirected to the on/off ramps at Exit 115 near
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Taxpayers are footing a 57% increase in overtime costs for fiscal 2023.
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Clearing the 6 million pounds of steel left in the Missouri River after blasting the old Interstate 70 bridge at Rocheport is taking longer than expected.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after allegedly stealing a car from a QuikTrip gas pump on Saturday. Tyler Loyd, 24, was charged on Monday with stealing a motor vehicle. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was set for Monday. According to jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged in relation to a fight at Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center in June was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Kameron Mearidy, 19, was charged with first-degree assault — knowingly causing serious physical injury. He is being held at the Boone County Jail. His bond was set at $20,000 for
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Monday marks 22 years since the terror attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon that claimed the lives of thousands of people.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was seriously hurt after a motorcycle crash in Boone County Sunday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash at 3:40 p.m. on I-70 eastbound at the 116 mile mark. Troopers said, 51-year-old Steve Coats was on a motorcycle when he turned in front of the
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