COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced in federal court in Springfield on Thursday for a federal drug trafficking charge. The Department of Justice said in a press release that Michael Hunt, 43, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was found guilty in July of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit involving a data breach of MU Health Care in 2020. MU Health Care in September 2020 stated that private information about patients occurred during May 2-4 of that year. Court documents say roughly 190,000 patients were impacted. An unopposed motion for final approval
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will be holding a meeting Thursday morning to discuss the effectiveness of Alternate Methods of Instruction. The board will be going over the feedback collected from students, staff and families after multiple AMI days due to extreme winter weather. The feedback was gathered through surveys and community
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COLUMBIA. Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Sewer Utility is hosting an interested parties meeting on Wednesday to discuss the proposed Henderson Branch Sewer Extension to the Midway area. After years of debate and multiple failed attempts, the City of Columbia is once again attempting to expand its sewer system. On Wednesday, Columbia Sewer Utility
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was one of the many people pardoned by President Donald Trump this week for their alleged roles in the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021. Matt Loganbill said the decision to make the 17-hour drive to Washington D.C. that day wasn’t one that was planned far out. A day
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A jury trial begins Wednesday for a former state trooper charged with sexual assault in the first degree and kidnapping in the third degree.
The State v. Jeffery Durbin trial is expected to last two to three days at the Boone County Courthouse.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s office has launched an investigation into a Boone County haunted house that did not open its doors this past fall. The Attorney General’s office received 25 complaints from consumers about Fear Fest, according to AG spokesperson Madeline Sieren. Columbia’s Fear Fest Haunted House made an official announcement on Oct. 31
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Police Department is looking for a maroon/burgundy 2022 Jeep Compass Sport in connection to a teenager’s shooting death. Police wrote in a Wednesday afternoon press release that suspect vehicle information was developed after investigating more than 50 leads in the death of 17-year-old Mason Sheets. Police previously said on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Conley Road in Columbia between east Business Loop 70 and Trimble Road will close each night Wednesday through Saturday, the city public works department wrote in a Wednesday press release. The Missouri Department of Transportation will close both lanes from 7 p.m.-6 a.m. each night, the release says. Driver should plan alternative
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to selling crack in Mid-Missouri for several years will get out of jail a decade sooner than he was sentenced. Malcolm Redmon was arrested in August 2014 by local and federal law enforcement on Sanford Avenue in central Columbia. In 2016, he was sentenced to 24 years
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Brian Yearwood was a finalist to lead another school district. Garden City Public Schools in Garden City, Kansas, shared on its Facebook page on Sunday that Yearwood is one-of-two candidates up for the superintendent job. A short description on its page does not directly mention Columbia Public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly 13,000 animals entered shelters and rescues each day in 2023 across the nation and the need for more pet foster families is at a high, according national rescue group Best Friends. Melody Whitworth, director of Unchained Melodies Dog Rescue, said besides a new litter and mom they took in over the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former site of a Columbia children’s center has been sold to Burrell Behavioral Health, with plans to turn it into a behavioral health facility. Burrell Behavior Health announced in a Tuesday press release that it had purchased the property on 1611 Towne Drive which was the former home of Rainbow House.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump signed more than 200 executive actions on his first day in office Monday. One of them directed the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The 2015 agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change, and was signed by 194 states and the European Union in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with four felonies on Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and threatened to kill her at a hotel on Monday. Maurice Lee, 34, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City on Tuesday for his role in a series of armed robberies in Mid-Missouri, the Department of Justice wrote in a press release. Kentrail Collins, 26, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery, five counts of robbery, one count of brandishing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A box of puppies was dropped off at the Central Missouri Humane Society on Monday evening, according to a Facebook post from the group. The post features a photo of four puppies in a Scott toilet paper box. The caption states that someone had pulled behind a Humane Society employee’s car, dropped
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dangerously cold temperatures have led to a number of area schools to either call off classes on Tuesday or have a late start. Overnight wind chills in parts of Mid-Missouri are expected to hit minus-20 degrees, according to the ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team, who issued a Weather Alert Day for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed that a stolen gun was found after a shots fired incident over the weekend that led to six juveniles being detained. Two of the youth were released, while one was detained on suspicion of four counts of first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, and distribution
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As temperatures remain in the teens and single-digits with a below-zero wind chill in Mid-Missouri, some drivers might run into issues getting their cars ready to go. Tony Hoffman, service manager at Custom Complete Automotive on Providence Road, said not allowing your car enough time to warm up properly is one of
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