JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved to reopen a yard waste drop-off site during its Monday night meeting. The decision means the site on Ellis Boulevard will reopen after it closed in January. Jefferson City Public Works Director Matt Morasch said residents should expect changes to the site, including expanding the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County’s upgraded outdoor weather warning sirens are ready to go in the event of severe weather Monday night. Jefferson City said Friday it upgraded its outdoor weather warning sirens to an automated, Rapid Warn software. “We try to upgrade and stay current with the best software that we can for
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The fire department says the fire was accidental and started after a charcoal fire spread to other combustible materials.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) New changes Jefferson City’s and Cole County’s outdoor weather warning siren system, according to a Friday press release from the Jefferson City Police Department. The acquisition of the Rapid Warn software, has allowed officials to divide the county into seven activation zones. The outdoor warning sirens will activate for two severe weather
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council will discuss the possibility of reopening its temporary yard waste drop-off location at its meeting on Monday, according to a Thursday press release from the city. This comes as burning season ends on Friday at sunset and the city last week opted to end its yard waste
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS The Food and Drug Administration has recalled four eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS. The recalls comes as the FDA says eye ointments were produced at a facility that may have been unsanitary. The affected eye ointments include Equate’s General and Stye Lubricant Eye
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Public Safety Committee voted Thursday morning to not extend the burning date for yard waste. Jefferson City Fire Department Chief Matt Schofield said the department has received many calls from residents with questions and concerns about open burning. Schofield stated that the biggest challenge the department runs into
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Results from the Jefferson City School District’s winter lead testing show that five schools had water fixtures with lead levels above the state’s allowable limit. The tests were conducted in January, according to data on the Jefferson City School District’s website from the EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water. Of the
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A Miller County woman was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by an SUV on Tuesday afternoon in Jefferson City.
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A three-vehicle crash restricted traffic for nearly an hour Tuesday morning on a major Jefferson City highway.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Candidate filing for the August primary begins at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and closes on March 26th at 5 p.m. Candidate filing will be held in the James C . Kirkpatrick State Information Center located at 600 West Main Street in Jefferson City. Offices that file with the Secretary of State
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources met to discuss the Lower Missouri Jefferson City spin-off study. The study comes after the Missouri River flooded in 1993, 2011 and 2019, leaving billions of dollars in damage to buildings and agriculture. Community Planner with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been arrested after a car chase from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and crashing into multiple parked cars early Saturday morning. According to a release from the Jefferson City Police Department, at 2:13 a.m. Travion Reams, 30, was driving the 2006 Ford Fusion with passenger Antoinette Jones,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 62-year-old Eldridge man was arrested Friday morning after police say he pulled a gun on a woman in a parking lot at a doctor’s office. Marc Soulie was charged on Friday with unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree harassment and fourth-degree assault. He was arrested and brought to the Cole
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The first of several projects to improve safety and extend the life expectancy of roads and bridges along Highway 54 in Jefferson City is set to take place at the beginning of March. Three projects in total will occur in March, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City residents have until Friday, March 1 to burn their yard waste after the City Council this week decided to discontinue its yard waste drop-off services. The City Council stated in a Thursday press release that it decided not to move forward on proposals that would have provided subsidized yard
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with multiple child sex crimes on Thursday. Jonathan Wong, 25, was charged with first-degree child molestations, statutory sodomy and incest. He was arrested on Thursday and a warrant was listed as “served” on Friday. Police received a report about a sexual assault on Feb. 13
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 74,000 AT&T customers across the nation reported being without service Thursday morning after the company’s network went down, according to reporting from CNN. For many iPhone users, the word “SOS” appeared in the top right corner of phone screens, where the device’s cell signal is typically located. The word indicates
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A rally took place Thursday at the Missouri Capitol by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Lincoln University Alumni Association. The rally was held as a tribute to former Vice President of Student Affairs Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, who died by suicide on Jan. 8. The university has drawn criticism from some students
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council in a closed session on Tuesday decided not to move forward on proposals that would have provided subsidized yard waste services to residents, according to a Thursday release from the city. A temporary yard waste drop-off site in Jefferson City closed for the season last month. There
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