COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison after he was convicted of shooting at a Columbia woman’s home. Johnathan Mosley, 41, was convicted in October of first-degree property damage, armed criminal action, first-degree stalking, shooting at a vehicle/home and two misdemeanors: fourth-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree assault.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged Friday with murder and a woman with manslaughter in a November beating death in Columbia. Alexander A. Aklan, 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia. He had already been charged with first-degree assault, drug trafficking, armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Jackson County judge blocked Missouri’s near-total abortion ban Friday following the passage of a statewide constitutional amendment in November. Judge Jerri Zhang’s 22-page ruling temporarily blocks several state laws regulating the procedure. That includes Missouri’s law banning abortions except for a medical emergency. Planned Parenthood sued the state shortly after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old has been charged with three felonies for allegedly shooting at a woman and her children in the parking lot of Academy Sports this summer. Myron S. Mills of Columbia was charged Friday with first-degree attempted assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the July
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A year in the making, the Amarach Planning Services 2024 Columbia and Boone County Housing Study was presented to the Columbia City Council and Boone County Commission on Thursday. The meeting brought both local governments together to review the study and decide next steps. According to the City Council Memo, the study
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many people travel during the holidays. Do you plan on traveling for Christmas? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thornbrook residents on Thursday flocked to Columbia City Hall to express their thoughts, feelings and questions over the recently proposed site for a new water tower next to the neighborhood and Beulah Ralph Elementary School. “That’s where a lot of carpools and kids come, so it’s it’s not an ideal place,” Thornbrook
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Housing Authority announced in a Thursday press release that it was awarded $9.8 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Missouri Housing Development Commission to redevelop Blind Boone Apartments. The funding was approved during the MHDC’s meeting on Wednesday, the release says. The project will create “27 modern, energy-efficient
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County released a draft of its master plan on Thursday. The master plan is used to help as a strategic guide for future growth and decision making on land use. The plan has not been updated in 25 years, the county wrote on its website. Residents can comment on the plan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission unanimously approved the 2025 budget on Thursday afternoon. Early drafts of the budget expected it to be $163 million, with nearly $54 million coming from the county’s general fund. Five key priorities shaped the budget, including: Improved workforce retention and reduced workforce turnover and vacancy; addressing priority staffing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will be meeting Thursday morning to give updates regarding snow days being replaced with remote learning. There will be a presentation at Thursday’s meeting on Alternate Methods of Instruction which will add remote learning days. This follows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s incentive program for Senate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students of Columbia Public Schools will still have to work to do on snow days after the school district announced its implementation of Alternate Methods of Instruction. According to a presentation on AMI for a Board of Education meeting Thursday, the district is adding remote learning days following the Department of Elementary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri raised more than $78,000 at its 18th annual One for One Holiday Food and Fund Drive Wednesday. Executive director Lindsay Lopez said preliminary totals show that the nonprofit collected $78,751 through the drive. The Food Bank collected donations from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man is calling on state agencies to make changes along Route B to lower the number of crashes and create a safe road for drivers. In an email to ABC 17 News, Tom Payne expressed his concern for the state road that takes drivers to and from Columbia to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of an assault that killed a man in November has a trial date set for the spring. Alexander Aklan, 28, was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree drug trafficking, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Silvey Street will be closed through the winter season, according to a Wednesday press release from the City of Columbia. The street will be closed between I-70 Drive Southwest and the entrance to the Sprout Academy Preschool, the release indicates. “The steep incline on the north end of Silvey
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was charged with first-degree murder in a fatal stabbing at Douglass Park in April was deemed incompetent on Monday. Demetrice Tatum, 39, was charged in April with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after he allegedly stabbed Kejuan Allen to death at Douglass Park. He is still listed on the Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cooking remains the biggest seasonal risk for fires around the holidays, a Boone County firefighter said Wednesday. Gale Blomenkamp, the Support Services Bureau director for the Boone County Fire Protection District, said cooking/kitchen fires are the biggest risk this time of year. “So when it comes to holidays, we remind people to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a man Tuesday with murder for his alleged role in a deadly October shooting and charged another man — who was already in custody and charged — with murder. Daevion McCray, 21, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of Orrion Moody, 28, of Columbia. Police found Moody with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman is growing frustrated with a vacant property that she says is a danger to the community. Marty Wallace was looking to move into a home in the 5400 Block of Thompson Road when she noticed a vacant property across the street. The house was falling apart, with items littering
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