The recycling plant at the Columbia landfill remains offline after a tornado hit it on Easter Sunday, and it’s unclear when the facility will operate again. Meanwhile, the city government is searching for solutions to meet the demand for the service. Last week, the City of Columbia said it would resume picking up curbside recycling.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It has been one week since tornadoes touched down across Mid-Missouri, causing damage and teaching some residents important lessons. In Columbia, city officials reported that at least five homes and several buildings sustained damage after a confirmed EF-1 tornado moved through the area. The tornado caught many by surprise, but several residents
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Just Between Friends Columbia hosts the final day of their pop-up consignment event Sunday, with the group hoping to bring savings to parents. The shop sells a wide variety of children’s products, including strollers, play tables, books and clothing.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Earth Day festival is postponed until May due to possible rain. According to a Saturday social media post from the Columbia Earth Day Coalition, the festival will now take place on May 4. It was originally scheduled to take place April 27 in downtown Columbia. A previous post from the coalition
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Locals gathered at the American Legion in Columbia Saturday afternoon to discuss the ongoing contract dispute between Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and MU Health Care. The meeting, organized by LiUNA Local 955, aimed to provide community members with updates and a space to voice their concerns. Representatives from MU Health Care,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With more than $124,000 in unpaid school meal debt currently in collections, former Columbia Board of Education candidate Ken Rice is calling on the community to help support families and find long-term solutions. “There’s a little more than $124,000 in unpaid lunch bills that are in collections,” Rice said. “That means that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia says it chose to resume recycling collection to help residents maintain recycling habits without adding to their household trash burden. Recycling drop-off centers in Columbia will remain closed and curb-side pickup resume on Monday, though all of it will be brought to the landfill. Recycling pickup was suspended
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several first-responder agencies in the area will partake in a training exercise Monday at Columbia Regional Airport, a press release from the City of Columbia states. The training exercise will occur from 9 a.m.-noon and emergency personnel will respond to a simulated plane crash, the release says. “This exercise allows community partners
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Samantha Adams will be the next principal at Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School, Columbia Public Schools announced in a Friday press release. The release says that Adams is currently the principal at Mill Creek Elementary School and will replace Julia Coggins, who is becoming the assistant principal at John Warner Middle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An attic fire at Columbia United Church of Christ earlier this week was determined to be accidental, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. The report states that the Tuesday afternoon fire caused $5,500 in damage to the building and its contents. Factors contributing to the ignition included a heat
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with a felony after he was allegedly involved in a chase with Columbia police on Wednesday morning. Anthony Munzo, 33, was charged with aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and has a hearing on Friday afternoon. Court documents say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,400 Columbia Water and Light customers had their power restored after an outage late Thursday night. An outage impacting 1,379 customers was reported at 10:01 p.m. in the north part of town, west of Paris Road. Additionally, Boone County Joint Communications issued a notification at 10:08 p.m. describing a transformer fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to killing his wife will not get a new trial. Joseph Elledge pleaded guilty in 2022 in Boone County for second-degree murder and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. He admitted to killing Mengqi Ji and disposing her body in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were arrested Thursday in Callaway County following a chase with law enforcement, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its social media. The sheriff’s office wrote that Boone County deputies were called to a reported theft at a construction site earlier in the day and Ashland police tried to stop
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility announced Thursday that it will resume curbside recycling collection on Monday, April 28. While collection will restart on the city’s green recycling routes, officials say all materials picked up will temporarily be taken to the landfill. Despite this, the City is asking residents to keep
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two crashes caused a temporary lane closure Thursday afternoon on Highway 63 in south Columbia. Boone County Joint Communications sent notifications about a collision on New Haven Road on the northbound on-ramp at 4:07 p.m. A BJCJ notification was also sent at at 3:37 p.m. for a crash in the same area.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with two felonies after authorities allege that he threatened to kill someone at a coffee shop. Donye Jackson, 22, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education met on Thursday to discuss multiple items, including workplace conditions for teachers. A presentation was given that went over a report about specific constructs of teacher working conditions at Columbia Public Schools. CPS was the second school district to do this study which will look at baseline
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Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to remove the names of the victims in the shooting at the I-70/63 connector on the same day. The video has also been removed. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks nine years since Garbrielle Rhodes Jr. was shot and killed in northeast Columbia. Police say they believe a shooting
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Robert Muller-Russo, 59, was found dead in a cell at the Boone County Jail on Wednesday, with the Sheriff’s Office stating that foul play is not suspected.
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