COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly attacked another person with a four-foot long, metal level on Tuesday. Eric Shea, 30, was charged on Monday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lane shift and sidewalk closure will occur in the month of July on Veterans United Drive in Columbia, according to a press release from the city. Crews will work on the sidewalk and drive approach at University of Missouri Health Care’s South Providence Medical Park beginning 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 1.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A person was hospitalized with life-threatening burns late Sunday in Columbia and police are seeking a suspect. Officers were called to the 1500 block of Paris Road to help firefighters at about 11:45 p.m. Sunday, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. A man had been rushed to the hospital after
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Protests took place in multiple Mid-Missouri cities on Saturday to coincide with a military parade held on President Donald Trump’s birthday. “No Kings” protests were held nationwide and in local cities including Columbia, Jefferson City, Boonville and Fayette. The events drew crowds with signs bearing anti-Trump slogans. In Columbia, hundreds chanted and marched in downtown.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Columbia police officers investigated at the Eastgate Apartment complex in central Columbia Sunday night. A social media post from CPD said they were responding to a shots fired call and asked the public to avoid the area. According to a CPD officer on scene, police were searching for three people they
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(Columbia, Jefferson City MO) Protests tied to the ‘No Kings’ Rally movement broke out across the country on Saturday, with demonstrators calling out the actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration. The rallies were also held in response to the Trump administration hosting an Army 250th anniversary parade in Washington, D.C., on the same day
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Protesters are expected to meet in Fayette, Boonville, Columbia and Jefferson City Saturday to join the nationwide “No Kings Rally.”
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Three young men, one armed with a gun, robbed a business in west Columbia early Saturday morning, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri mayors are reacting to Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision to sign an executive order on Thursday, activating the National Guard ahead of protests scheduled around the state and country this weekend. Columbia, Jefferson City and Boonville are among several cities across the state participating in a “No Kings Rally.” It’s one of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two vehicles appeared to be in a crash on Friday night near the Conley Road shopping area in Columbia. An ABC 17 News photographer saw Columbia Police Department officers and the Columbia Fire Department respond to the crash at the stoplight of Brickton and Trimble roads at 9:47 p.m. A red truck
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to AAA County Retail Prices, Boone and Cole counties are seeing lower prices at the pump than the national average, but one of the highest prices in the state. And with Israel’s attack and Iran and the subsequent retaliation, they could climb even higher. Friday’s report from AAA shows the national
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Candidates in the race for Columbia’s Ward 2 on Friday introduced themselves and their platforms to the Columbia Muleskinners Democratic Lunch Group. The city called for a special election on Aug. 5 after former Councilwoman Lisa Meyer announced that she would step down on May 16. Two candidates running for the position include Vera Elwood and
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Editor’s note: The sentence referring to the percentage of families who do not qualify for free or reduced lunch has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools and a Pennsylvania-based debt collection agency have agreed to go after unpaid student lunch balances and other delinquent payments beginning July 1. The Columbia Board of Education
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison her alleged connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in May 2024 on Rice Road. Quanina Lambert, 35, pleaded guilty in April to second-degree assault and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She was previously charged with first-degree assault, second-degree felony murder and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial for a man accused in a fatal 2023 shooting has been scheduled. Kimo Spivey, 35, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder, illegal gun possession, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. Another count of unlawful use of a weapon was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after he is accused of stealing a box truck and running from officers. Daylon Logan was charged with tampering with a motor vehicle, aggravated fleeing a stop and resisting arrest. Court documents state detectives saw a U-Haul box truck with Arizona registration traveling north on Paris
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe signed an executive order on Thursday, activating the National Guard ahead of protests scheduled around the state and country this weekend. “We respect, and will defend, the right to peacefully protest, but we will not tolerate violence or lawlessness in our state,” Kehoe said in the release. “While other
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lane closure has been scheduled at the intersection of Broadway and Providence Road in Columbia next week. A press release from the city says that the Stormwater Utility will repair pavement in the northwestern portion of the intersection beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 16. Work is expected to be done
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Juneteenth will be on Thursday, June 19 and city services in Columbia will be impacted, according to a press release from the city. City offices will be closed that day and residential curbside trash will not be collected. Pickup will be delayed one day for the rest of the week. The landfill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Athletic Director Laird Veatch on Thursday will speak to the media on the recent settlement reached against the NCAA. Judge Claudia Wilken last week approved the settlement between the college sports governing body and current and former student-athletes. The athletes sued over claims the NCAA illegally limited their ability to
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