JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries Monday afternoon after he hit a deer with the ATV he was driving in the 7300 block of Rock Valley Road in Cole County. A name for the teenager was not released. The crash occurred as the young man was on a private roadway when
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City School District announced in a Monday press release that it has hired Keshia LaVergne to be the principal of South Elementary next school year. LaVergne will succeed Teri Tillinghast, who will be teaching third grade at Lawson Elementary. “As a building principal, I believe strongly in creating and maintaining
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Department of Public Works announced in a Friday press release that Madison Street at Commercial Way will be closed next week. Miller Pipeline will be working on upgrades for Ameren UE. Closures will take place 8 a.m.-4 p.m. beginning Monday. Work is expected to be completed by 5
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) On Friday, Jefferson City’s Public Transit Advisory Committee is set to meet at city hall at 1:30 p.m. to discuss some recent changes for JEFFTRAN. JEFFTRAN has recently increased its ride fares and will combine its bus routes. On Monday, changes made to the JEFFTRAN bus fare and bus routes went
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for illegally possessing a gun. Malik Rashod Miller, 25, was sentenced by U.S District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 15 years in federal prison. On Oct. 11, 2022, Miller pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With dispensaries acquiring comprehensive licenses to sell recreational marijuana in Missouri, long lines formed in Jefferson City with customers ready to make legal purchases. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued comprehensive licenses Friday. DHSS spokesperson Lisa Cox said in an email Thursday that nearly all of Missouri’s licensed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 28-year-old Jefferson City man was arrested Thursday evening in relation to the Jan. 19 robbery at River Region Credit Union, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Police Department. Cole County prosecutor Locke Thompson later identified the suspect as Tre J. Connor. Thompson said Connor had been charged
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Jefferson City police say a reported threat against Thomas Jefferson Middle School reported Wednesday originated elsewhere and targeted a different school district.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Public Works announced in a Wednesday press release that lanes at the intersection of High Street and Madison Street will be closed 8 a.m.-noon on Friday. Miller Pipeline will be working on upgrades for Ameren UE. It will be using camera equipment to observe the sanitary sewer line from
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Some Missouri lawmakers are working to attract filmmakers to the state.
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Firefighters were still on the scene past noon of a Monday morning fire at a Jefferson City business.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ The Jefferson City School District announced in a Thursday press release that Beth Houf will be the next principal of Capital City High School. Houf previously was the principal at Fulton Middle School principal and was named the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ National Principal of the Year in 2022.
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A man suffered minor injuries after he had a medical emergency and his SUV ended up on its roof Thursday.
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A Cole County judge on Wednesday found a Jefferson City man guilty in the deadly shooting of a Lincoln University student in 2018.
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Check back for updates related to the winter storm.
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One of the major dangers of winter storm driving is the chance of running off the road.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of assault and other crimes was sentenced to 12 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections last week. Amadeo D. Gwin, 33, was found guilty by a jury on Nov. 4 for first-degree assault, attempting to disarm a peace officer, two counts of resisting arrest and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections last week for fourth-degree child molestation. Gerald Rodgers, 48, pleaded guilty to child molestation on Nov. 22. He was sentenced Jan. 19 at the Cole County Courthouse. He will be given credit for any time served. He was
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) No one is hurt after an early morning fire at a west Jefferson City Home. Jefferson City Fire along with Cole County emergency crews and other agencies responded to a fire in the 600 block of Kansas Street in Jefferson City around 5:00 a.m. Sunday. Crews arrived at the home to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) In the most recent effort to cut down on costs, Amazon announced plans to close AmazonSmile, the company’s charity donation program. The program has been around since 2013 and donated $500 million over the past 10 years. Amazon says a “limited impact” is responsible for the program closing. The program is set to end
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