Environmental Health workers from the Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department are inspecting public and private pools across Columbia this week. The Lake of the Woods pool failed an inspection Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Summer Lunch Program is set to make its return on June 3 to provide children with free lunches throughout the summer until August 2. There will be a variety of locations for children 18 and under to go and grab a meal during the day. Public Health and Human Services will
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Columbia police say they’re trying to identify two bodies found during an investigation into two missing women.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The grand opening for MU Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital and Birthing Center was held on Wednesday. The invitation-only event featured comments from hospital leadership, as well as University of Missouri System President Mun Choi. The new facility features more than 160 beds, as well as several pediatric specialties among other amenities for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department’s swift water rescue team held a training at Perry Phillips Lake on Wednesday afternoon. Team members practiced boat operations, victim pick-ups and rope skills. CFD Capt. Tommy Goran said the department hasn’t had any water rescues so far this year, but one way to avoid needing to be rescued is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was wanted and charged in a Sept. 30 shooting at Cosmo Park has been arrested. Terron Dawayne Shelton Jr., 24, was charged on Oct. 3 with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 4:19 p.m. Tuesday and is being held without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communications stopped receiving 911 and 311 calls around 10 a.m. Tuesday after a fiber line was cut, according to a Wednesday press release. Service was restored by midnight, the release states. BCJC was notified of the disruption by Brightspeed – and phone and internet provider — and the reason
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Republicans nominated a Columbia business owner to run for a Boone County Senate district at their meeting Tuesday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday afternoon, Columbia City leaders, a Boone County commissioner and Columbia Public Schools leaders met at the district’s headquarters to discuss ways to address violence in the city of Columbia. The meeting was closed to the public. ABC 17 News attempted to speak with Deputy City Manager Matt Unrein, City Manager
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is accusing the owners of a Mexican restaurant on the south side of Columbia of lying to the state over a liquor license. Casa Maria’s Mexican Cantina’s liquor license was suspended for 52 days after the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control claimed a name was forged on a liquor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is searching for a 51-year-old man in relation to two women who were reported missing on Tuesday. CPD spokeswoman Jenny Hopper wrote in an email that the department is looking for Randall Fox. Hopper shared a photo of the man in the email. He was described as a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after an RV caught fire Tuesday on Highway 63 in Columbia, according to an email from Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez. The northbound onramp for Highway 63 in Columbia from Broadway was closed as first responders work in the area. Boone County Joint Communications announced the closure
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Non-profit Powerhouse Community Development and Studio Flair have teamed up for their “Columbia Flair” event to provide free haircuts and styles to fifth-grade students at Columbia Public Schools for their graduation ceremonies.
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A Columbia man was charged Tuesday with four felonies including murder in a deadly Friday shooting outside a White Castle restaurant.
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Reports of people shooting at each other in public areas, including commercial districts, are not unheard of. However, they’re not common, either.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The owner of the local coffee shop and lounge Imperial Aaron Favors said a recent shooting near his business early Sunday morning created a surreal moment for he and his staff. The Columbia Police Department confirmed late Sunday that two men were shot in the 1700 block of Paris Road Sunday morning
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man on Monday was sentenced for federal drug and gun charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Robert Jevon Bean, 37, was sentenced to 22 years, six months in prison without parole, the release states. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 30 to to one count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 26,000 people faced food insecurity in Boone County in 2022, according to new data from a Feeding America report this month. That was around 14% of the county’s population. Those numbers are up from 20,080 food-insecure people in 2021, which was 11% of the population. The average cost of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused in a 2023 shooting at the now-closed Plush Lounge saw his murder charge upgraded from second-degree to first-degree, after a grand jury indictment was filed on Friday. Kimo Spivey, 34, is charged with first-degree murder, illegal gun possession, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two
Continue Reading The three people arrested early Sunday in connection with a fight and shooting in Downtown Columbia have now been charged.
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