Attorneys for Charles Erickson filed an appeal Tuesday asking a court to let him out of prison. “This petition was a very long time coming,” Landon Magnusson, Erickson’s attorney, said. “We are very excited to have another chance at obtaining justice for Charles Erickson after sixteen years in prison as an innocent man.” Erickson was sentenced to 25
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As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase in Boone County, Columbia Parks and Recreation is planning Fire in the Sky accordingly. This year the event will only include the firework show.
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Columbia Public Schools parents have until Tuesday, June 30, to decide whether their students will attend fall classes in-person or virtually.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a civil dispute tied to a 2014 Columbia arson case.
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Absentee voting for the Aug. 4 primary begins on Tuesday with new guidelines.
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Columbia Public Schools students will get a much different classroom experience in the fall, according to plans released Monday for a return to school amid COVID-19.
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Columbia police say a teenager was shot late Sunday along Scott Boulevard, the third teen to be shot there over the weekend.
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Witnesses told police they saw the person who shot a man in the leg Friday in central Columbia carrying a rifle in Douglass Park.
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Columbia and Boone County will see a new health order go into effect on Tuesday despite a rise in COVID-19 cases.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several eateries in downtown Columbia were busy with customers on Sunday, but on Tuesday more people will be allowed inside after months of health orders. The Boone County Health Department’s current health order expires Monday night and will be replaced by a new relaxed order which does not put an occupancy limit
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As COVID-19 related restrictions continue to ease, youth baseball returned to Columbia this weekend.
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Police arrested a 19-year-old for a shooting at Douglass Park on Friday night.
Continue Reading Juneteenth organizers speak out as one man was shot after the event ended Friday at Douglass Park in Columbia.
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities are investigating after two people were shot in south Columbia Saturday morning. Law enforcement responded to a call for shots fired near the 500 block of South Scott Boulevard around 2 a.m. A police department news release said the two victims, 13- and 16-years-old, went to the hospital in two separate
Continue ReadingA Cuba, Missouri man was booked Thursday into the Boone County Jail on allegations that he threatened to post nude photos and videos of other people.
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A Columbia city leader said Friday that she doesn’t think a recent large jump in COVID-19 cases will result in more limits on business and movement, but officials are ready to respond in 24 hours if it does.
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Boone County deputies arrested a Columbia man Friday after a raid on his home in which they allegedly found images and a video of children having sex.
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Columbia police said Friday that they have submitted reports to the Boone County prosecutor’s office in the cases of two protesters hit by vehicles and are now investigating further.
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Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Boone County hosts several events to celebrate Juneteenth, a national commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States on Friday.
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