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Columbia Police trying different tactics to handle protests
The City of Columbia saw protests both Monday and Tuesday of this week and Columbia PD took very different approaches to handling each night.
Continue ReadingThe City of Columbia saw protests both Monday and Tuesday of this week and Columbia PD took very different approaches to handling each night.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County health department and city volunteers are scheduled to hand out free lunches at Douglass Park starting Wednesday through the end of July. Lunches will be available Monday-Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., the department said in a news release Wednesday. Changes have been made to the annual program.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man, 20, is being held in the Boone County Jail on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Continue ReadingColumbia police made a public appeal Tuesday for help finding a missing 17-year-old boy.
Continue ReadingA group of about 50 protesters gathered at the Boone County Courthouse on Tuesday, holding signs and chanting things such as “No justice, no peace, prosecute the police.”
Continue ReadingPolice said Tuesday they have not identified any suspects in two incidents where protesters were hit by drivers Monday night.
Continue ReadingBoone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said Tuesday that voting has been slow at the Boone County Government Building.
Continue ReadingPolice are investigating a report of a home invasion in southeast Columbia and bullets hitting homes in east Columbia late Monday and early Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crowd protesting the death of George Floyd was out in downtown Columbia into the early hours Tuesday. Floyd, a black man, died in Minneapolis last week with a white police officer’s knee on his neck. Video of his death has led to protests across the country.
Continue ReadingProtests continued in downtown Columbia continued into early Tuesday morning.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE 11:10 P.M.: Protests continued late Monday night. Protesters moved to the police station before walking towards the courthouse. Watch an update from the scene in the player below: ORIGINAL: At least two people were hit by vehicles during a protest near downtown Columbia. Multiple witnesses said they saw a woman with
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As COVID-19 continues to batter the state’s revenue, the governor announced Monday that education would have to take another cut to make up for losses. Parson announced he is restricting another $209 million in state spending during the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. Of that, $41 million is being taken
Continue ReadingColumbia Mayor Brian Treece will appear live Monday on ABC 17 News at 5 and 6 ahead of the city’s council regular meeting.
Continue ReadingMissouri’s public colleges and universities will get no money from the state this month and K-12 school districts will see their payments reduced, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Monday.
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Senior Services and the National Guard are at Hickman High School in Columbia for a community testing event for Boone County residents on Monday and Tuesday.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Fire Department said Monday afternoon that crews responded to a suspicious fire at a Columbia Dollar General just after midnight.
Continue ReadingThe intersection of Broadway and Providence Road reopened around 5 a.m. Monday after protestors blocked the area for several hours overnight.
Continue ReadingProtests spilled into the streets of Columbia on Sunday after George Floyd, a black man, was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported new cases of COVID-19 Sunday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A resident at the retirement home the Bluffs in Columbia tested positive for COVID-19. The case was found as the result of facility-wide testing of all residents and staff after it was announced on Wednesday a staff member tested positive for the virus. The Bluffs said it will continue to screen residents
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