Police visited Columbia motel hundreds of times in past year
Police have visited a Columbia motel where a person was found dead Tuesday from a gunshot wound hundreds of times in the past year.
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Court denies insurance company’s appeal in Ryan Ferguson lawsuit
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District judges sided with Ryan Ferguson after an insurance company appealed a Boone County court ruling that awarded Ferguson $5.3 million in a wrongful conviction lawsuit.
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Police identify man killed in Columbia shooting
Columbia Police on scene of homicide at Welcome Inn in north Columbia COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say they found a 36-year-old Columbia man dead in a car at a north Columbia motel late Monday. Police on patrol saw a running vehicle in the parking lot of Welcome Inn on North Providence Road at about 11:50
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Columbia liquor store robbed for second time in less than a month
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are investigating the second armed robbery in a little more than a month at a southwest Columbia liquor store. Officers were called at about 5 p.m. Monday to Xpress Liquor & Smokes on Corona Road in the Cherry Hill area of Columbia. A man wearing a camouflage jacket with dark pants
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Columbia Board of Education approves revised seclusion, isolation and restraint policy
The Columbia Board of Education will consider items including a final reading of a revised policy on seclusion, isolation and restraint of students when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
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Advocate: Deadly pedestrian crash on College Avenue “preventable”
The City of Columbia has identified College Avenue as a “priority street,” one of the 3 percent of roads in the city on which 70 percent of fatal and serious injury crashes happen.
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Columbia house fire claims dog’s life
A dog was killed and a home suffered extensive smoke damage in a fire Monday afternoon.
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Christmas tree causes Columbia house fire
A small artificial Christmas tree caught fire Monday, damaging a west Columbia home.
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MidiCi suddenly shut its doors Sunday
MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza Company posted to its Instagram and Facebook Sunday night, announcing it was closing its doors within hours.
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One person injured after kitchen fire in Columbia
Columbia Fire Department officials said one person was treated for minor injuries after a fire. The department was called to the 200 block of Maple Grove Way Saturday afternoon. Crews found a small kitchen fire in the home. The individual who was hurt was treated at the scene. No one else was injured.
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Family, friends remember teenager killed in Columbia police chase
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of a Hallsville teenager killed in a crash early Friday called him a “loving young man who made a stupid mistake.” Hayden Holt, 17, died when his vehicle crashed into a utility pole during a chance involving police. Holt’s mother, Kari Hallowell, described her son as loving. “I will say
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One man dies after pedestrian crash on College Avenue
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old man died Friday night after he was struck by a vehicle on College Avenue. Logan M. Warnecke of Columbia was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries where he after died. According to a media release, Kathrine E Madigan, 21, was driving north on College Avenue when she struck Warnecke.
Continue ReadingColumbia P&Z recommends denying a drive-thru for Raising Cane’s
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council will decide if the city’s proposed Raising Cane’s restaurant will get a drive-thru after the planning and zoning commission recommended denying the restaurant’s request. P&Z Commissioners decided on a 5-2 vote Thursday night. Raising Cane’s plan is to have the drive-thru lane enter and exit from the same entrance
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Search for Mengqi Ji Elledge suspended until Tuesday
COOPER COUNTY, Mo. Divers will resume their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Tuesday. Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said authorities were pausing their search for the weekend as the sun set Friday. Friday was the fifth day divers were at the De Bourgmont Lamine River Access. Crews also
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Police: Driver in deadly Columbia chase hit parked cars
In a media release, police noted Hayden Holt, 17, struck several parked vehicles during the chase.
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Battle for custody of missing woman’s child continues in Boone County
A custody hearing began Friday to determine who will have temporary guardianship over the child of Joseph and Mengqi Ji Elledge. It comes nearly two months after Mengqi Ji was reported missing by her husband, Joseph Elledge, prompting a weeks-long search. Jean Elledge, Joseph Elledge’s mother, filed for guardianship of the couple’s child in late
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Former Columbia police chief pleads guilty to excessive blood alcohol
Columbia’s former police chief pleaded guilty Friday to driving with excessive blood-alcohol content, his attorney said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An off-duty Columbia police officer told his co-workers he saw former police chief Ken Burton drinking prior to officers pulling Burton over and ticketing him. Defense attorney Andrew Popplewell disclosed some of the details of Burton’s arrest in a motion to suppress evidence in the case. Burton faces one count of driving
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Boone County plans to transfer fairgrounds to city of Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Columbia could take over ownership of the Central Missouri Events Center, formerly known as the Boone County Fairgrounds, under an agreement unveiled Thursday at a joint news conference. City and county leaders gathered at City Hall to announce the transfer of ownership of 135.9 acres to the city, according
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Columbia fire chief finalists meet with public
The public had the opportunity to meet with the three finalists for the Columbia Fire Chief position on Thursday. Maria Beermann-Foat, Christopher Riley and Andy Woody met with the community at REDI from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. ABC 17 News asked each candidate what his or her priorities would be if selected for the job.
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