COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to several felonies in connection with two overdose deaths in 2023. Marcus Larkins, 21, pleaded guilty to second-degree drug trafficking, tampering with evidence and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. He previously faced additional
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony in connection with a 2024 shooting in downtown Columbia. Kalvin Johnson, 22, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon. He is currently being held at the Boone County Jail. He was previously charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of South Sinclair Road in Columbia will close for a month beginning Monday, July 20, according to a Tuesday press release from the city. The closure – which is expected to last until 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 — will occur between Nifong Boulebard and Muirfield Drive to complete a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The westbound on-ramp to Interstate 70 from Providence Road in Columbia will close July 27 for several months, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Construction on the Providence Road bridge started in May and led to the closure of the off-ramp, which will stay closed for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged in Boone County after he allegedly pulled a gun out on an Uber driver on Saturday night. Kevin Bennett, 52, was charged with carjacking, first-degree harassment and fourth-degree assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. The probable cause statement says the victim
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education on Monday discussed possible changes to its policy on addressing bullying. Do you think a new policy will be effective at addressing bullying in the school district? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is getting $1 million in the newly signed state budget to use specifically on downtown public safety. When exactly the money hits the city’s account depends on Gov. Mike Kehoe releasing the funds, according to State Sen. Stephen Webber. Webber said a conversation with Columbia Police Chief Jill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city council members discussed next year’s budget at a work session Monday evening. In a presentation to the council, members heard the city is expecting a 1% increase in its general fund. But the city is looking at more than $7 million in cuts to department requests in order to balance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Board of Education member Jeanne Snodgrass resigned from her position during Monday’s meeting. She wasn’t at the meeting in person, but the board read her letter of resignation. Snodgrass submitted the letter dated July 9 saying that she is moving next month “and will no longer live within the eligible boundaries.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missourians have been mostly spared from the diarrhea-causing illness contracted by eating contaminated produce or water. Currently, the Department of Health and Senior Services has reported 43 cases since this time last year, and data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control show Missouri with zero reported cases of cyclosporiasis since July
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city attorney Nancy Thompson will retire on Oct. 14, the city announced in a Monday afternoon press release. Thompson has been the head of the city’s law department for the past 13 years and has been representing Missouri cities for more than 40 years, the release says. The city wrote that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) June 28 of each year will be recognized in the state of Missouri as Eliot and Muriel Battle Day. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 1544 on Monday, which modifies state designations. Among those designations is a day to honor Eliot Battle, the first Black faculty member at Hickman High School,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 on Monday completed its four-day deployment in Reynolds and Iron counties to respond to and help with the historic flooding in southern Missouri. The task force was originally placed as a type 3 resource, meaning only half the team was deployed, but after seeing the severity of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Voluntary Action Center’s Opportunity Campus in Columbia officially opened the doors to its overnight shelter Monday to support people experiencing hardship and homelessness. “I would not be at all surprised if we reached 150 overnight guests tonight,” Voluntary Action Center Executive Director Ed Stansberry said. The 30,000-plus-square-foot facility, capable of serving
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to show the “cuts” are suggestions based on proposals submitted by each department at the start of the process. COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is proposing cuts in its fiscal year 2027 budget due to a $7.37 million general fund deficit. City documents report the city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One team members are expected to make their return in Boone County on Monday. In a news release on Sunday, MOTF-1 said it’s nearing completion of its flood response mission in southeast Missouri after supporting statewide response efforts in Reynolds and Iron counties. Since arriving on Friday, the task
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The Columbia Public School Board is set to discuss and vote on changing who reports and intervenes in bullying incidents during the year. The policy has been under consideration since April.
According to the board’s agenda for Monday, the new policy would allow school employees, substitutes, and educational contractors who work with students to intervene and provide support to students who are being bullied.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced in a Friday press release that it is expanding its parking enforcement devices. The city will start using “wheel immobilization devices,” beginning on Monday. This is in additional to the parking barnacles the city started using last year. The release says it will be used for people
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The City of Columbia had its first in a series of forums over its proposal for a public safety sales tax that would pay for a new Columbia Police Department headquarters at a building formerly owned by IBM. The plan would spend $35 million to convert the building. Do you like the idea? Let us
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia held the first of six public forums Thursday night to explain how police and fire leaders would use a proposed 1% public safety sales tax that will appear on the city’s August ballot. Leaders from both departments plan to visit each city ward throughout the month to answer
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