Boonville Archives

Governor extends order to help Gygr-Gas customers

December 29, 2022 5:21 PM Matthew Sanders

Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed an executive order to continue to allow customers of a Boonville-based propane supplier to get their tanks filled by other companies.

Mid-Missouri store owners brave the weather, stay open in frigid temps

December 22, 2022 10:06 PM Marina Diaz

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While many stores, businesses, and restaurants chose to shut their doors today, a few local restaurants chose to stay open despite the snow. Southside Pizza in Columbia and the Boonville Store and Cafe chose to keep their restaurants open to serve their customers despite the frigid temperature and early morning snowfall. Boonville

Governor signs order to help customers of Mid-Missouri gas company

December 15, 2022 1:59 PM Matthew Sanders

Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order Thursday that will help customers of a Boonville-based propane company that has stopped making deliveries and responding to communication.

Boone, Cole counties to hold meetings about proposed budgets

November 29, 2022 7:55 AM Kennedy Miller

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. and COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission plans to hear feedback Tuesday night about the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2023. Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing for the nearly $123 million budget at 7 p.m. BooneCountyBudget-2023-ProposedDownload Boone County plans to prioritize five items next year, according

Inflation, drought drive up Christmas tree prices

November 25, 2022 6:13 PM Hannah Falcon

Decking the halls may hurt your wallet a little more than usual this year.

Cooper County Sheriff: Jackson County man faces several charges after allegedly stealing truck, ATM, setting truck on fire

November 18, 2022 4:09 PM Ryan Shiner

BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) An Independence man was charged with several felonies on Thursday in Cooper County in relation to an alleged incident that occurred in October. Joshua Dillon, 40, was charged with: Three counts of tampering with a motor vehicleTwo counts of stealing a motor vehicleSecond-degree burglaryFirst-degree property damageStealing $750 or moreReceiving stolen propertyKnowingly burning

Crews respond to small overnight fire in Cooper County

October 24, 2022 6:55 AM Joushua Blount

COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters contained another fire early Monday morning near the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River. An ABC 17 News crew saw the small fire from the bridge in Cooper County around 4:15 a.m. There were no reports of injuries, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. Over the weekend,

Cooper County man charged following police chase in Columbia

September 30, 2022 4:15 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged with multiple crimes Wednesday after causing a police chase in north Columbia. Cameron Comstock, 22, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and driving while revoked — second or third offense. A Boone County police officer came across Comstock driving a stolen GMC Yukon in

Boonville PD to add extra patrols for joggers following concerns from residents

September 15, 2022 6:21 AM Ben Fein

The Boonville Police Department announced it would increase patrols on Main Street, after residents raised concerns following attacks on joggers across the nation.

Report: Speed, drugs likely factors in deadly Howard County crash

September 7, 2022 1:22 PM Matthew Sanders

Speeding and drugs are listed as probable contributing factors in a July crash that killed two people on Highway 124 in Howard County.

Moberly woman hit by car, killed on Interstate 70 in Cooper County

September 2, 2022 11:53 AM Matthew Sanders

A Moberly woman was hit and killed while standing on Interstate 70 eastbound in Cooper County on Friday morning, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

Jury says Cooper County health board broke state open meetings laws

September 2, 2022 8:41 PM Lucas Geisler

BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) – A jury this week said Cooper County’s health board violated the state’s open meetings laws when debating possible farming rules. The jury heard arguments from a group of farmers opposed to rules the county’s heath board were crafting in 2018 over concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. That group accused the

Judge sentences Bunceton man to probation for hitting child with vehicle

August 11, 2022 8:33 AM Zachary Farwell

COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County judge sentenced a Bunceton man to probation for hitting a child with a vehicle in 2021. Judge Robert L. Koffman sentenced Treyvon Korte at a hearing on Monday to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in physical

Two friends share the life of two people killed in a fatal car crash on Highway 124

July 12, 2022 6:29 PM Kennedy Miller

On Tuesday, close friends talked about the life of two people from Boonville who died in a car crash on Highway 124 a few miles outside of Fayette on Monday night.

Local store held a firework safety course for the Fourth of July

July 2, 2022 5:26 AM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the Fourth of July weekend begins firework shows will be taking place but if you plan to host your own, officials want you to do it safely. To help with those efforts, Spirit of ’76 Fireworks store is holding a free firework safety class Saturday. The safety class started at 11 a.m.

Boonville man charged with a sex crime after incident at a park

July 1, 2022 4:41 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Cooper County prosecutor has charged Robert Lee Kelly, 24, with first-degree sexual misconduct.

Former Cooper County man accused in 1989 child sex crimes

May 16, 2022 12:00 PM Zachary Farwell

Prosecutors charged a Cooper County man last week in connection with a 1989 sexual assault.

Mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies to host prescription drug take back events

April 29, 2022 8:44 AM Zachary Farwell

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies will join a nationwide effort to collect expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office will partner with police departments from Ashland, Columbia, Centralia, Hallsville, the University of Missouri, and Truman VA Hospital for events at several locations. Collection Site Locator On Friday, law

MoDOT work in Cole, Cooper counties expected to cause lane closures starting Monday

April 22, 2022 5:50 AM Ben Fein

The Missouri Department of Transportation is set to begin multiple projects Monday, expected to cause delays and lane closures in the area.

Crews remove semi-truck from along eastbound Interstate 70 near Boonville after crash

April 19, 2022 5:56 AM Zachary Farwell

COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) 8:50 a.m. Update: Crews have removed a semi-truck from the side of eastbound Interstate 70 in Cooper County. The Missouri Department of Transportation posted on Twitter Tuesday morning that crews were still cleaning up along the eastbound lanes past exit 101. I-70/COOPER COUNTY UPDATE:The tractor trailer has been removed from the