COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health was awarded $475,000 in ARPA funding from the Boone County Commission to expand its progressive care unit. Boone Health says that the money will help double the unit from 16 beds to 32. The hospital believes that this expansion will allow for a better flow of patients, while also helping
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man who pleaded guilty last month to two child sex crimes was sentenced on Monday. Justin Franks, 46, pleaded guilty on July 15 to statutory sodomy and second-degree child molestation. He was sentenced on Monday to 45 years in prison. According to previous reporting, court documents say law enforcement was told
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A Boone County judge sentenced an Ashland man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter to 50 years consecutively in prison on Tuesday.
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Crews will construct a new sidewalk on the south side of Grindstone Parkway between Hyde Park Avenue and Norefleet Drive.
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Nearly eight years into the city charging developers for closing streets, sidewalks and parking downtown, Columbia has not spent any of the money collected.
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One of the suspects charged in the 2022 McKee Street deadly shooting has been suspended while waiting on a mental health evaluation.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control confirmed on Monday investigators are investigating the death of an Ashland man at the Boone County Jail on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A plea hearing is set for a man accused of killing a baby several years ago in Columbia. Judge Kevin Crane set a plea hearing for Aug. 30 at 1:30 p.m. for Staffone Fountain. He’s currently charged with felony murder, endangering a child and abandoning a corpse for the death of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools and the Missouri Department of Conservation cut the ribbon to officially open the Boone County Nature School on Friday. The new school will serve fifth-grade students from all six Boone County school districts through unique “place-based” education as well as the public through special conservation-related programming. According to CPS
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with second-degree statutory rape and second-degree sodomy on Thursday. Jesus Hernandez, 37, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 1:54 a.m. Thursday and is being held without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, Hernandez identified himself to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of assaulting another person on Aug. 10 in front of a Downtown Columbia bar was booked into the Boone County Jail on Wednesday. David Jeremiah Moore, 19, was charged with first-degree assault. His address is listed as Columbia on Casenet, but was listed as Fulton on the
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Authorities brought a 54-year-old Iowa man to Boone County this week to face allegations that he molested a child over about two years in Iowa and Missouri.
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With the growing homeless population in Boone County, the Voluntary Action Center is building The Opportunity Campus with the hopes of getting people back on their feet.
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A Columbia man who was acquitted two years ago in an arson case has sued the City of Columbia, Columbia Police Department and the Boone County prosecutor.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the northbound lane of Scott Boulevard in southwest Columbia was shut down on Tuesday evening after a crash. Boone County Joint Communications issued an alert at 9:06 p.m. that a motor vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of Scott Boulevard and West Bethany Drive. First responders reopened the intersection
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Rise Initiative hosted a Back-to-School Bash Saturday at Lange Middle School on Smiley Lane. The event drew nearly a thousand people and offered free physicals, backpacks, shoes and haircuts. Families from across Columbia attended to prepare for the upcoming school year. Throughout the day, the line extended out the door,
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The number of parking spaces in Conley Avenue garage has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri will close a 700-spot parking garage on campus Saturday to make repairs. The school said in a Saturday afternoon news release that it would close the Conley Avenue Parking Structure at 511 Conley Ave.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two women in an Aug. 6 crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia received an additional charge following a grand jury indictment on Friday. Walter Montejo, 26, is now charged with two counts of first-degree manslaughter, one count of second-degree assault and
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The Boone County Collector’s Office said Thursday that it had received about 3,200 applications from seniors seeking a property tax break.
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged with stealing after she was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Centralia Band Booster Club. Jeanie Whitlatch was charged on Wednesday with stealing more than $750. A criminal summons was requested for Whitlatch. According to the probable cause statement, Whitlatch was the treasurer for the Centralia
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