COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported Monday in a Boone County house fire in the 2400 block of East Alan Circle. Boone County fire was dispatched at 7:26 p.m. for a fire on the outside of the house, according to Boone County Fire Protections District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp. Blomenkamp said some siding was
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While a large blast at the Missouri River bridge construction site Sunday seemed to take locals by surprise, crews can be seen laying material Friday over the top of the piers that were blasted.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) – A lawyer in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office is planning a run for the 44th House District’s Republican nomination. Bryce Beal, 25, filed paperwork with the Missouri Ethics Commission to run in the August 2024 primary. Beal works in the special litigation division in the state attorney general’s office and lives
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lawrence, Kansas, man has been sentenced in federal court on Friday for soliciting child pornography from two Boone County children, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Kyle G. Gibler, 30, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison without parole and 10 years of supervised release.
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A Harrisburg man was killed in a Saturday crash and another man is suspected of causing the deadly rollover while intoxicated.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Sunday Room At The Inn’s winter shelter opened its doors and will remain open every night of the year. According to a press release, this is the first year in which there is no closing date since the shelter first opened 16 years ago. Room At The Inn is an emergency
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The final of three MU Health Care drive-thru vaccine clinics began at 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at South Providence Medical Park. At the event, patients were able to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine and a flu vaccine. According to an email from MU Health spokesman Eric Slusher, at the previous two
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Route F bridge over Croon Creek in Boone County reopened on Friday, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. That area of the route closed in August for repairs after the Perche Creek bridge reopened, as part of an ongoing bridge improvement project. The entirety of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ten people that say they lost their jobs at a marijuana dispensary while trying to organize a union will get money back after settling their labor cases. The National Labor Relations Board said the owners of Shangri-La South and workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 resolved their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of a 3-year-old boy who was shot and killed in September is suing the man accused of shooting him. An attorney for Gabrielle Harris filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday against Larry Brownlee Jr. A summons was issued for Brownlee on Thursday. Brownlee, 28, of Columbia, was charged in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was charged with drug trafficking and other felonies was booked into the Boone County Jail on Tuesday night. Devin Weakley, 22, of Columbia was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, three counts of stealing a gun and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged in September with child sex trafficking was booked into the Boone County Jail on Tuesday night. Julian Velez, 19, was charged with second-degree child sex trafficking and child enticement. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Casenet indicates his address as Columbia. However,
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View a live look of the scene in the web player above. BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt in a house fire Tuesday off of Route E in Boone County in the 5500 block of West Tracy Court, according to Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp. Blomenkamp stated that when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three men were arrested and charged on Tuesday after a truck, a gun and 18 catalytic converters were apparently stolen from A to Z Auto Repair in Columbia. Zachary Davidson, 32, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree burglary, stealing a motor vehicle, stealing a catalytic converter, stealing a gun, first-degree tampering with
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Two Mid-Missouri not-for-profits will get grants for more than $100,000 to help them serve local communities.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Monday announced its first “Grown Your Own” grants aimed at recruiting teachers to area schools, according to a DESE press release. There were 125 local education agencies awards were awarded one-time $10,000 grants, according to the release. DESE set around $2.5 million in its
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HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) One person suffered minor burns Monday morning in an RV fire on 1st Street in Hartsburg, according to a social media post from the Southern Boone County Fire Protection District. The post states that crews were dispatched to a fully engulfed RV at 5:08 a.m. and the fire was put out shortly.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A state lawmaker filed an initiative petition about two months ago in an effort to enact a tax freeze for seniors. A state law allowing a property tax freeze for seniors went into effect Aug. 28. On Aug. 29, state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) filed an initiative petition to let voters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused for his alleged involvement in the shooting death of a 3-year-old in September was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Larry Brownlee Jr., 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without
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More than 500 Boone Electric Cooperative members in southern Boone County have their power back after they lost it Monday afternoon, the utility reported on its website.
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