Two charged with stealing MoDOT vehicle, fuel cards
A Columbia man and Jefferson City woman are accused of stealing a vehicle and fuel cards from a Missouri Department of Transportation maintenance shed in Jefferson City.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County hospital status downgraded as COVID-19 rates fall
Boone County’s hospitals were in “yellow” status Monday, meaning some are limiting transfers or procedures, according to the county’s COVID-19 dashboard. The county’s hospitals added 14 patients with COVID-19 over the weekend, jumping from a reported 29 on Friday to 43 on Monday. The health department says two of those patients are in intensive care.
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MoDOT moves 54/63 ramp work in Jefferson City to Wednesday
The closure of the Highway 63 ramp onto westbound Highway 54 in north Jefferson City has been pushed back to Wednesday.
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Last-minute ways to save in Mid-Missouri on back-to-school supplies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The new school year is approaching as Mid-Missouri families deal with inflation. There are still ways to save money on last-minute back-to-school purchases. In Columbia, PowerHouse Community Development plans to host a back-to-school bash Friday from 2 until 6 p.m. at the MU Health Pavilion on Ash Street. Children that attend the
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Police officer charged with enticing child for photos out on bond
An eastern Missouri police officer was arrested this week in Cole County after investigators allege he was giving a high school boy vape cartridges with THC in them in exchange for explicit photos.
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Jefferson City man charged with statutory rape
A Jefferson City man is accused of raping a person under the age of 17.
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School safety priority for new Jefferson City police chief
Jefferson City’s new chief of police said he is working to keep students safe once school’s back in session.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County hospitals move back to green status
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Blair Oaks hires interim superintendent
The Blair Oaks School District has hired an administrator with decades of experience in Missouri as its interim superintendent.
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Man shot during family disturbance in west Jefferson City
Police were investigating a crime scene Thursday afternoon in west Jefferson City.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 10 case drop in hospitalizations due to COVID
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Jefferson City man charged with parental kidnapping
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is facing a parental kidnapping charge after the mother reported their 3-year-old daughter missing on Friday. A Cole County prosecutor has charged Thomas Chee with one county of parental kidnapping. The child’s mother called the police after Chee allegedly picked up the child from daycare but then
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Cole County upgrades emergency dispatch system to decrease call times
Cole County Commissioners approved just under $125,000 to upgrade the emergency dispatch system used by fire, police and emergency medical services.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 73 new COVID cases
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Woman sentenced to probation for starting fire inside Jefferson City church
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge sentenced a woman Tuesday for starting a fire inside a Jefferson City church. In October, the Cole County Prosecutor’s Office charged Anne-Marie Mullins with breaking into Christian Fellowship Church on Beck Street in late May 2021. Mullins pled guilty at a court hearing Tuesday to amended misdemeanor
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports over 50 new COVID cases
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MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County nearing 50,000 COVID cases since the pandemic started
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Columbia and Jefferson City opt out of back-to-school tax holiday for the last time
Columbia and Jefferson City are among the Missouri cities opting out of the back-to-school tax holiday again this year.
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Jefferson City man charged after police say he fired gun into air during argument
A Jefferson City man is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday morning after he reportedly admitted to firing a gun in the air while police were outside his home.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 48 new COVID cases
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