COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Auditing criminal cases arising from incidents downtown and adding county deputies and state troopers to patrol shifts are among the plans Columbia and University of Missouri leaders have for reducing crime. MU and the City of Columbia on Wednesday put out a list of actions they’re taking to make downtown safer after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flowers, photos, balloons and candles were seen outside of a Columbia bar on Wednesday for a Stephens College student who was killed in a shooting over the weekend. Aiyanna Williams, 21, of Columbia, died after she was shot early Saturday morning in downtown Columbia. The memorial was placed outside of Nash Vegas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s School of Medicine’s Emergency Department held a “simulated mass casualty event” at Faurot Field on Wednesday. Emergency medicine resident physicians trained for six different scenarios, including cardiac arrest, a field stampede incident, a player spinal injury and more. The students used several actors and mannequins–plus a mobile lab to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday to firing a gun in a north Columbia early last month. Tanajee Hickem-Ricketts, 30, of Columbia, was charged in September with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. She was booked into the Boone County Jail around 1 p.m. Tuesday and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi is inviting City of Columbia officials to take to the streets with him Saturday evening for a walkthrough of downtown Columbia, according to an email obtained by ABC 17 News. “You’ll be able to witness for yourself what business owners, your constituents, students and parents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri immigration lawyer says due to new immigration policies, he has had to stop taking on removal cases for immigrants in detention. “Changes to the immigration court system, how evidence is being evaluated, how charges are being brought, people are being placed in removal proceedings with far greater ease,” said David
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 30-year-old Columbia man was arrested after he was accused of leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase on Tuesday night. James Miller is charged with drug possession, delivery of a controlled substance, aggravated fleeing, driving without a license and misdemeanor reckless driving. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man whose sentence was commuted by former President Joe Biden but was later accused of violating his parole was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Wednesday A judge ruled Malcolm Redmon, 42 go back to prison for a little more than a year after a hearing on Wednesday. He’ll
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine will be going through simulated mass casualty training at Faurot Field Wednesday morning. MU Health Care spokesperson Eric Maze told ABC 17 News that around 24 emergency medicine resident physicians will be engaging in six different scenarios such as
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man in ICE detention was taken into custody by federal authorities because of convictions for possession of marijuana and cocaine, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Tuesday. Owen Ramsingh was detained by agents in Chicago after returning from the Netherlands and landing at O’Hare International Airport. He has been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State lawmakers are reacting to the outpouring response by local leaders and community organizations following a deadly downtown Columbia shooting over the University of Missouri’s Homecoming weekend. Columbia police responded to a shooting in the 800 block of East Broadway just before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police found three people shot; one woman,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing two women on Interstate 70 in Columbia in 2024 accepted a plea deal on Tuesday that reduces his charges. Walter Montejo, 27, entered open pleas for two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of fourth-degree assault. The defense and prosecution agreed to the open plea, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude wrote in an email Tuesday that her department is prioritizing downtown crime, enhancing technology to solve cases and collaborating with Boone County, city leaders and the Missouri State Highway Patrol to develop a plan to improve safety in Columbia. The letter was Schlude’s first public statement since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility will host a customer input open house next week about the construction of its new recycling facility, according to a Tuesday press release. The meeting will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Activity and Recreation Center at 1701 Est Ash Street,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with four felonies after he allegedly stabbed a woman on Sept. 25. Richard McCracken, 52, was charged in Boone County with first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s top prosecutor says a Florida man has now been charged with murder in the death of a Stephens College student. Misael Covarrubias, 23, will be charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Aiyanna Williams. He is also charged with three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will increase its reimbursement rates paid to University of Missouri Health Care by 3.5% each year under a deal reached this summer. The deal, which was agreed to in August but took effect retroactively on April 1, was the result of months of negotiations between the insurance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Boone County will buy space at a Jefferson City cemetery to house dozens of unclaimed remains at the medical examiner’s office. The county commission approved the $6,600 contract with Hawthorn Memorial Gardens at its Tuesday meeting. The contract allows the Boone/Callaway Medical Examiner’s Office to keep unclaimed cremated remains at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five hundred people in Missouri jails have been deemed incompetent to stand trial and are waiting for a bed with the Department of Mental Health. But there are no beds available. The state has 922 beds available for criminal commitment, or committing someone to mental health treatment while they await trial. Jeanette
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Owen Ramsingh flew to Europe with his friend Robert Olson as a free man. His wife, Diana, said it was a trip he had made every year for the past five years. Ramsingh, who came to the United States from the Netherlands as a child, traveled annually to visit his family. Olson
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