COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities detained two suspects and are now investigating after a human trafficking operation led to the discovery and rescue of nine victims and two children. The Columbia Police Department, Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, and other local, state, and federal agencies detained the two suspects
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Heidelberg and On the Rocks are just two of the downtown businesses that are preparing for an increased number of people to be downtown this weekend. Matt McGee, owner of On the Rocks bar said, “The last few nights have been busy, whether that is due to the health order being
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The Family Access Center of Excellence (FACE), will highlight the plan to enhance mental health support for about 24,000 school-aged children and their families in Boone County schools during a news conference Friday at the Boone County Government Center.
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Police said Dacota Pierson, 22, of Fulton, and Clayton Duniphan, 17, of Columbia, have both been arrested for second-degree burglary and receiving stolen property.
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The University of Missouri’s College of Arts and Science will kick off this weekend’s graduation ceremonies on Friday afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Local health departments advise following the CDC’s new recommendations on fully vaccinated people no longer having to wear a mask. The University of Missouri says it’s taking the new CDC guidelines into consideration and is carefully reviewing the information. Thursday, the CDC announced fully vaccinated individuals would no longer have to wear
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Gerrod Taylor, 20, and Dequan Hughes, 21, for their alleged roles in the incident that happened Monday. Columbia police were sent at 8 p.m. to a shots-fired call at Walmart on West Broadway. The incident continued with shots fired near the Hy-Vee gas station after those involved ran across the road.
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The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday that motions have been filed to revoke probation for Gerrod Taylor, 20, of Columbia.
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Vaccinators across Mid-Missouri will begin to administer Pfizer’s Coronavirus vaccine to children ages 12 to 15 years old after the CDC recommended the use of the vaccine.
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The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a shed fire shortly after 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Boone Health is holding the first vaccination clinic for ages 12-15 in the mid-Missouri area at the Columbia Mall on Thursday morning.
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Columbia and Boone County are no longer under health orders that included a mask mandate.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Electric Co-op is reporting two power outages, one in Rocheport and one in southwest Columbia affecting 380 customers. The Rochepot outage is affecting one customer while the southwest Columbia outage is affecting 379 customers. On the outage map, Boone Electric reports the southwest Columbia outage was reported at 10:04 p.m. and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a man in connection to the Monday night shooting at the Walmart on Broadway. DeAngelo D. Hughes Police arrested DeAngelo D. Hughes, 21, for the charge of tampering with evidence in a felony prosecution and has been taken into the custody of the Boone County Jail. Three men are
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Nickie Davis, Executive Director of Columbia’s Downtown Community Improvement District said in an email while many businesses are eager for the health order to end, others are worried it may lead to another lockdown.
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Boone Health is among the first Mid-Missouri health care providers to publicize plans for a coronavirus shot clinic for people ages 12-15.
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The Molly Bowden Neighborhood Policing Center in north Columbia includes community meeting space in addition to serving as a northern precinct for CPD, according to a news release. The nearly $10 million project is being paid for with voter-approved capital improvement sales tax revenue.
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Prosecutors have charged a Columbia man with three felonies including murder in a 2017 killing in an upscale subdivision that investigators have tied to a drug-trafficking ring.
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On Wednesday, the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services will let the health order expire at noon and will no longer require businesses to enforce social distancing and mask-wearing.
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