MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Audrain County, the City of Mexico and Boone Heath have taken the next steps to get a hospital up and running. On Monday, the Audrain County Commission, County Health Department, and Boone Health signed a letter of intent to begin building a Medicare-certified critical access hospital in Mexico. This comes after city
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HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The 33rd Annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival began Saturday, bringing organizers hope after what they called a devastating past two years. A state-wide drought racked Missouri for months last year, leaving several Mid-Missouri counties in “extreme drought” conditions. According to Missouri Soybean, from April to Nov. 2023 was the seventh driest growing season
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following Monday’s City Council vote, more than 100 new surveillance cameras will be coming to Columbia. The council voted 5-2 in favor of signing a contract with Flock Group, Inc. for new cameras that will be spread across Downtown Columbia, each of the city’s six wards, several parks as well as the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was acquitted in two years ago in a felony case has filed another lawsuit against several defendants. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was accused of arson. He was acquitted in 2019. He was also acquitted in another case in 2022 where he was accused of conspiring to murder his wife. Fotoohighiam filed a lawsuit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road repairs for West Brown School Road in Boone County have been scheduled for Tuesday, according to a Friday press release from the Boone County Road and Bridge Department. Repairs will occur between Creasy Spring Road and Clearview Road and will begin at 9 a.m. Traffic is expected to be reopened by
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A search and rescue team based in Columbia is continuing its work in western North Carolina, more than two weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged the area.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights were able to be seen in Mid-Missouri once again on Thursday evening. Check out some viewer-submitted photos in the gallery above. Do you have any photographs you want shared? Add them to our Facebook page and they can end up on-air and online. We will be adding more photos
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 members are still responding to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Three members have been demobilized, according to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District. The post says Task Force 1 members are currently staged in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and have not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Housing Authority on Thursday announced it will get $3.5 million in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Missouri Housing Development Commission for the Providence Walkway Apartments project. A press release says that the funding was approved during a Sept. 24 meeting and represents the “final financial component” to begin
Continue Reading ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) Repairs will begin next week on the bridge on Interstate 70 near exit 117 in Rocheport, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The bridge was recently damaged after a vehicle hit the bridge, the release says. Repairs will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 16 and is expected
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seventeen members of Missouri Task Force 1 returned to Boone County on Wednesday after spending two weeks in parts of North Carolina and Georgia after Hurricane Helene made landfall. According to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District, the task force had to extend its typical 14-day deployment
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with four felonies after he allegedly stole $86,219.24 from his employer. Michael Masters was charged on Wednesday with stealing more than $25,000, tampering with computer data in order to defraud and two counts of forgery. A warrant was requested on Wednesday and a $25,000 bond was
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rocheport couple have been indicted in federal court on charges of making child pornography. Jeremy J. Cudney, 34, and Cassandra E. Cudney, 34, were charged Tuesday with making child pornography from August 2019 to April 2022. Three of the eight counts against them are for making child pornography with three
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday is the last day for Missouri citizens to register to vote for the November election. If you have moved and need to make changes or you’re new to voting, there are a few ways you can get the process started. Starting with the option to register online. You can also print
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia-based search and rescue team that has spent nearly two weeks in the Southeast helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene will soon move on to Hurricane Milton. Task Force 1 planned to conclude its final North Carolina mission Tuesday before preparing for Milton. Milton was a Category 4 storm in
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A Boone County church is helping to gather donations to load up a trailer to help victims of Hurricane Helene.
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Columbia police say they’ve arrested a second juvenile in connection with a shots-fired incident last Thursday.
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A suspect in an assault at a Columbia park has been arrested in Iowa, court records show.
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Work to redesign the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector as part of the I-70 widening project will begin next week, the Missouri Department of Transportation said Monday.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ozark Mountain Biscuit Bar is gearing up for day two of their weekend-long Biscuits, Beats and Brews festival on Saturday. The festival will run Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Biscuits, Beats and Brews is a free, three-day music celebration from Oct. 4-6
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