COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission will hold “listening sessions” about its master plan for residents later this month, according to a Thursday press release. “Boone County Government is undertaking a master planning process with the intention of developing a vision for our communities and establishing countywide priorities for future growth and land use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Stephens college President Dianne Lynch will retire in May 2025, according to a Thursday press release. Lynch began working at Stephens College in 2009, the release states. “Under President Lynch’s leadership, Stephens College has flourished, embarking on numerous transformative initiatives that have enriched academic programs and significantly enhanced campus life,” Stephens College
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Two Columbia men were charged with felony murder Thursday in a 2023 fentanyl overdose.
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Demolition started Wednesday on the old Plush Lounge building in Columbia. John Simon, of the city’s Building and Site Development, told ABC 17 that he is “confident that only the burned structure will need to be removed.” The surrounding buildings near the intersection of Business Loop 70 and Range Line Street include
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five Columbia Police Department officers were described to have been involved during an incident at a Columbia apartment complex in August that resulted in a man getting killed by police, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol The Aug. 4 shooting at The Landing in Columbia left 22-year-old Marquis
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The number of chronically absent students in Missouri has increased in the past five years, and some of Mid-Missouri’s largest school districts are experiencing the trend.
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Columbia Public Schools will convene a special session of the board of education next week to consider new elementary school attendance areas.
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County residents will have another chance to weigh in their thoughts regarding housing in the county Wednesday night by contributing to the Boone County Housing Study. The meeting will take place at the Hallsville Community Center at 324 E. Hwy OO from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Residents are asked to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County residents on Tuesday were able to attend a of housing meeting studies meeting, the first in a series of meetings that will take place this week throughout the county. Tuesday’s meeting took place at The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri in Columbia. Owner of Amarach Planning Services, the
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Columbia Public Schools approved a bid with Communications Technologies Inc. for weapons detection systems at its board of education meeting Monday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged after he was accused of threatening students at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri with a knife and a pipe on Monday. Heath Garrett Waller, 38, was charged with second-degree making a terroristic threat, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree endangering the welfare of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged on Monday with nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images after she was accused of blackmailing a man in June. A warrant was ordered on Tuesday for Monet Ann-Jaiden Graves and her bond was set at $4,500. She was not in custody on Tuesday, according to Boone County Jail
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A man accused of murder in the deadly stabbing of another man in a central Columbia park told police he was defending himself, court documents say.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is dead and another was arrested following a stabbing at Douglass Park on Monday night, according to a Columbia Police Department spokesman. CPD spokesman Brian McNeill did not give the identity of the victim or the man arrested on Monday night. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a tarp placed in the
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The city of Poplar Bluff will welcome 40,000 extra people — more than doubling its population — to watch Monday’s solar eclipse in the “Total Eclipse of the Bluff,” the city’s Chamber of Commerce president said.
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View a replay of the ABC 17 News Eclipse Special in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) People around the country were able to see a solar eclipse on Monday. View photos of some of the scenes from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Carbondale, Illinois, which were both in the path of totality. Photos of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday the Columbia Board of Education is expected to approve a bid from Communications Technology Inc. to provide weapon detection systems for all three comprehensive high schools. CPS had an interview team comprised of six members to review proposals from six vendors. After the interview process, the team selected Alliance Technology
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that occurred last month at The Links, a Columbia apartment complex area, was determined to have started from a stove burner that was left on by accident, according to an email from a Columbia Fire Department spokesperson. The fire was ruled unintentional, the email states. Firefighters responded to a fire
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The Central Missouri Astronomical Association had been looking forward to Monday’s solar eclipse for around 25 years.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bay Springs, Mississippi, man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for a child enticement charge that involved a teenager from Columbia, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Zachary Wes Buckley, 49, pleaded guilty in November to child enticement and was sentenced to 16 years in federal
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