ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man once again lost his claim to avoid the death penalty. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Ernest Lee Johnson’s lawsuit should be dismissed following a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding another Missouri inmate. Johnson has faced the death penalty for two decades after killing three people
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Charges were dropped by the Boone County prosecutor’s office. ORIGINAL: A man charged with making a terrorist threat in Boone County has been brought back to Mid-Missouri after he was arrested in Iowa in February. Boone County prosecutors charged Raymond Utter with second-degree terrorist threats after he allegedly threatened University Hospital
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The fire marshall with the Columbia Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire in a bathroom at Stephens Lake Park.
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Police say a person was shot early Friday in downtown Jefferson City.
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Online court records say Daria Littleton was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday.
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A stay-at-home order will go into effect in Boone County and Columbia at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Under that order, city and health officials will be able to take action if businesses or individuals do not comply with the order.
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The courts will remain open, but the 13th Judicial Circuit is placing more stringent limits on who can come inside the courthouse as local officials issue a COVID-19 stay-at-home order.
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An Ashland man has been charged with harassment after he allegedly told two store clerks he had COVID-19 and asked them if they wanted it.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Evictions in Boone and Callaway counties are on hold for the next month in an order issued by the area’s presiding judge. An order from 13th Circuit Presiding Judge Kevin Crane suspended all evictions through April 17. The order said that “it is not in the interest of the public health to
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Boone County prosecutors charged a woman accused of abducting a child linked to an Amber Alert that was sent out Saturday night.
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The Columbia Police Department said it has not found any new evidence after it searched additional locations for the remains of Mengqi Ji.
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One man was arrested and a woman was taken to the hospital after a chase in Fulton led to a crash Thursday afternoon.
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Columbia police say a person suspected of a shooting at the IHOP on Conley Road was arrested at the Waffle House on Vandiver Drive.
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The Jefferson City Police Department arrested a third person after a shooting near a gas station at the roundabout at Jefferson Street and Stadium Boulevard on March 11.
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The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday one man was treated after a deputy-involved shooting in St. Robert.
Continue Reading Cole County prosecutors charged two people accused of a Jefferson City shooting that happened near a gas station at the roundabout at Jefferson Street and Stadium Boulevard last Wednesday.
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Police Chief Paul Williams said Monday morning the dead include a Springfield police officer Christopher Walsh, three citizens and the gunman.
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Boone County sheriff’s deputies say Brodie was armed when he went to a residence at the 6200 block of Southwest Way on Feb. 20.
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Boone County prosecutors charged a man on Wednesday with unlawful possession of a firearm in a 2018 central Columbia shooting.
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Jefferson City officers say an 18-year-old woman was taken to a Columbia hospital after a shooting late Wednesday night.
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