COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is rolling out a new safety campaign to try and curb the number of fights on public buses. On Thursday, city staff began putting up posters for a new “Ride With Respect” campaign. Each poster outlines guidelines for passengers with expectations for language, personal items and pet carriers.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of uploading child pornography to the internet in Moberly. Tyler Marsh, 23, of Centralia, was charged with possessing child pornography and first-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with seven felonies after he was allegedly found with hundreds of doses of fentanyl. Kyle Shepherd, 32, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, two counts of delivery of a controlled substance and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation has stocked rainbow trout at Cosmo-Bethel Lake in Columbia, marking the start of the winter trout season. The catch-and-release winter season typically begins on Nov. 1, but the MDC was not able to stock trout last week in Columbia and Jefferson City due to high-water temperatures at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new Westlake Ace Hardware location has opened in in the Rock Bridge Shopping Center on East Nifong Boulevard in Columbia. There are two other Ace Hardware locations in Columbia at 1910 West Worley Street and 1900 Business Loop 70 East. The company announced the third location would open in March. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daniel Boone Regional Library closed early again on Friday after more air treatment was recommended for the building, a Friday afternoon press release says. The library was closed on Thursday after its HVAC system malfunctioned, the Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 News on Thursday. The building was evacuated after smoke was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works crews held its annual dry snow run on Thursday, and staffing appears to be better than last year. “Right now, our staffing, we currently have four vacancies in the street in the street division. So, that’s pretty good going into winter,” Columbia Public Works Engineering and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man suffered serious injuries when his moped hit a vehicle on West Broadway. Police say the 60-year-old man, who was not named in a news release, was heading westbound when he changed lanes and hit a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old woman from Columbia. The collision threw the man from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina woman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on Thursday for fraudulently obtaining $20,000 from a Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2021, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Lakeysha Day, 43, was charged with one count of wire fraud. She was an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several states and city offices in Missouri observe Veterans Day on Monday, and trash services will be impacted in at least two Mid-Missouri cities. The City of Columbia wrote on its website that city offices will be closed and that curbside trash will not be picked up that day. Regular trash pickup
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge in Boone County has ordered a local man extradited to Indiana immediately to face murder and rape charges in a 1993 Indianapolis homicide. Dana Shepherd, 52, of Columbia, is accused of killing Carmen Van Huss in March 1993. Police said the victim was found dead with signs of a struggle
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public Library was evacuated Thursday morning after an HVAC system malfunctioned, according to the Columbia Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the scene on 100 East Broadway just after 7:30 a.m. Fire crews on scene told ABC 17 News that smoke was coming from the HVAC unit and a fire alarm
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amendment 3 passed in Missouri and now abortion activists are putting it to the test. Amendment 3, which restores Missouri’s near total abortion ban passed on Tuesday night with 52% of the vote. The amendment was one which became controversial in Missouri, after being put on the ballot just hours before the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works crews will partake in its annual dry snow run on Thursday, according to a Wednesday press release from the city. Crews will review safety procedures and rehears snow routes for the upcoming winter season. The release states a majority of the participants of the exercise will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with sex crimes after he was accused of raping a youth on Tuesday. Kenny Newland, 26, was charged on Wednesday with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. Court documents say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A restaurant that closed after a fire caused damage to a building over a year ago is reopening in Downtown Columbia. The District wrote on its social media that Tellers will reopen Thursday at the corner of Ninth Street and Broadway. “It’s happening! @tellers.como is opening tomorrow, Thursday Nov 7th! Columbias beloved
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The vote went smoothly overall Tuesday in Boone County despite some issues caused by the humidity, County Clerk Brianna Lennon said Wednesday. Boone County voters cast nearly 91,000 ballots, which is about 68% of the county’s 134,000-plus voters. Lennon said about 500 voters also cast provisional ballots, which will require verification before
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey won his first election Tuesday, defeating Democratic opponent Elad Gross. Bailey was originally appointed by Gov. Mike Parson to replace Eric Schmitt, who left the role after being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022. “It’s truly humbling to serve the people of the state of Missouri and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Trader Joe’s, the iconic little grocery store with a novel selection of items, plans to set up shop in Columbia. A spokesperson for the company confirmed reports Tuesday that the chain will open a Columbia location. The store is not yet posted on Trader Joe’s “opening soon” listings and the spokesperson says
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An insurance company was ordered to pay Ryan Ferguson nearly $38 million in damages after it failed to pay him from a previous wrongful conviction lawsuit. Ferguson’s attorney, Michael Berry, provided ABC 17 News with a copy of a Cole County jury verdict ruling in favor of Ferguson and six former
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