COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman has died after she was in a crash on Saturday in Boone County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 18-year-old driver died on Sunday at 12:09 p.m. at University Hospital. The family identified her in a post on the website GoFundMe as Cally Coatney.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council unanimously approved the purchase of gun identification technology during Monday night’s meeting. The Columbia Police Department requested $208,934 from the asset forfeiture fund to purchase the technology that they say will help police be more effective in solving violent crimes in the city. The National Integrated Ballistic Information
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was injured after a vehicle caught fire Monday evening in the parking lot of the Walmart on Grindstone Parkway in Columbia. A Columbia Fire Department battalion chief at the scene said that one person was brought to an area hospital with minor burn injuries. A cause for the fire has
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The FBI received reports from almost 12,000 victims of online shopping scams during the 2022 holiday shopping season, according to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty Monday to murdering his father. Alen Muslic, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Boone County courtroom. Muslic was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after police found his father, Zufer Muslic, stabbed to death at their Columbia home in October 2023. Alen Muslic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period concludes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The counting period began Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. According to the patrol’s crash report website, as of 7:30 p.m. Sunday, three people were killed, and114 were injured in 79 traffic crashes across the state. During last
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Officials are urging drivers to stay cautious when driving on icy roads following mid-Missouri’s first snowfall of the season. According to a Sunday morning post with updated numbers, the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F responded to 289 calls for service. Of those calls, there were: 83 crashes without injuries 7 crashes
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A record 183.4 million people are planning to shop in-store and online from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, according to the National Retail Federation. NRF said that is up from the previous record of 182 million in 2023 and 18.1 million people more than five years ago in 2019.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-member City of Columbia Public Works snowplow crew will report for duty at 5 a.m. Saturday, a Friday press release from the city says. The ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team declared Saturday as a Weather Alert Day for the first potential snowfall of the season. Up to 3 inches of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to data from last year, Black Friday is one of the most popular times to buy a Christmas tree. Square research from 2023 found more than 53,000 Christmas trees were sold on Black Friday. This is due to sellers having a larger tree supply a the beginning of the season. Square
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Powerhouse Community Development is continuing the legacy of former Columbia First Ward Councilwoman Almeta Crayton by serving more than 1,600 meals at its annual Thanksgiving dinner. The event ran from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday with dozens of volunteers cooking, serving and packing meals out of Columbia’s Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. “I think
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While many people spend Thanksgiving at home with their families, the firefighters at Columbia Fire Department’s Station 1 spend the holiday on-duty and responding to calls.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rotary Club of Columbia is hosting its annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Fry Thursday at the Knights of Columbus. The Thanksgiving Day Turkey Fry is a tradition that supports local service projects. The Rotary Club will be frying a record breaking 405 turkeys and 255 of those were purchased by community members
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday and Sunday afternoon and evening are the busiest travel days over Thanksgiving weekend, according to a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP trooper Luke Benke said extra troopers will be put patrolling the roads until Sunday night when the holiday counting period ends. MSHP will count data — including
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Columbia-based nonprofit Rock The Community served a free Thanksgiving meal to dozens of families and friends at the Riechmann Indoor Pavilion in Columbia today.
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Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect Boone Electric rates. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cranking up the heat this winter will likely drive up the cost of monthly utility bills more than last year. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates heating expenses will jump 10.5% this winter and reports for Northeast and Midwest
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both lanes of westbound I-70 at mile-marker 125 are back open after a vehicle fire and crash in Columbia Wednesday morning. Columbia Police Department spokesperson Jenny Hooper said the crashed involved three vehicles and injures are unknown. Boone County Joint Communications sent out an alert just before 8 a.m. saying both westbound
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia based organization, Rock the Community will be hosting a community event to celebrate Thanksgiving on Wednesday. This event will be at the Reichmann Indoor Pavilion in Stephens Lake Park from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. with free food, games and raffles. The people who attend the event will also have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Powerhouse Community Development Corporation’s CEO Charles Stephenson anticipates 1,600 people will be served free meals on Thanksgiving Day. For the fourth year in a row, the nonprofit is working to carry on the tradition of serving free meals to people on Thanksgiving Day since taking over the event. However, the organization will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was previously charged with murder in a shooting death pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a drug charge. Isaiah Brunson pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance, according to an email from the Boone County prosecutor’s office. He was previously charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a
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