COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Outdoor enthusiasts will no longer have access to the northern section of the Reform Conservation Area in Callaway County starting next month. Ameren, which owns a large chunk of the conservation area property, is closing off the access while it builds a solar field next to its nuclear power plant, the company
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly hit someone with his car multiple times on South Smith Hatchery Road on May 21. Zachary Wainscott, 28, was charged on Tuesday in Boone County with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond after police say he had a stolen gun that was allegedly used in a downtown shooting. Derrick Crumble, 33, was charged with illegal gun possession, armed criminal action and misdemeanor tampering with evidence. A court date has not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old man from Mexico, Missouri, was charged on Monday with several child sex crimes in Audrain County. David Eugene Power II was charged with child enticement, four counts of second-degree statutory rape and one count of fourth-degree child molestation. A warrant was served and a hearing was held on Tuesday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and a woman were seriously injured Monday evening in a boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred at the 31-mile marker of the main channel at the mouth of Big Niangua. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A discrimination lawsuit filed against Columbia Public Schools in 2023 was dismissed with prejudice on Tuesday. A parent of a child who attended Oakland Middle School sued the school district in 2023, alleging complaints that his child was assaulted, called racial slurs, falsely accused of stealing, stalked and wrongly blamed for playing
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Missourians could find themselves with more money in their pockets if proposed federal tax changes make it through the Senate.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Blue Alert issued after a Lee’s Summit police officer was shot on Sunday has been canceled. According to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the alert was canceled at 8 a.m. on Tuesday after Thomas Tolbert, 27, was taken into custody. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial is set to begin inside the Boone County Courthouse on Tuesday morning for a man charged in connection with a shooting in downtown Columbia last summer. Charlie Sneed, 41, was charged with shooting at or from a vehicle at a person, building, or car, first-degree assault and armed criminal
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some residents of a southwest Jefferson City neighborhood are worried a proposed construction project will cause traffic congestion in the area. The city is proposing building the “Walnut Hills Subdivision” off of Route C near Liverpool Drive and Rock Ridge Road. The Jefferson City Council approved the PUD plan, giving the
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Columbia City Council ward representated by Don Waterman has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia council members discussed the future of recycling on Monday, during its pre-council meeting. The meeting comes after the city’s Material Recovery Facility was destroyed by an April 20th tornado. According to a presentation shown
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-month process begins on Monday for the Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force appointed by Gov. Mike Kehoe. The 16-member task force, established by Executive Order 25-14, is looking to modernize the state’s K-12 foundation formula and recommend updates to the state’s foundational funding structure. Missouri’s school funding formula was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders and elected officials will meet with the public over four open sessions to discuss the effects federal orders are having on city business. The “informal office hours” will allow citizens to learn and discuss how executive orders from the White House have affected operations at the city government level,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers reconvened in Jefferson City on Monday for a special legislative session called by Gov. Mike Kehoe. Kehoe called the special session after lawmakers failed to pass several proposals during the regular session. A total of 17 bills were introduced on day one of the special session. During a press conference,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Union Pacific train derailed Sunday afternoon east of La Monte in Pettis County. Missouri State Highway Patrol said troopers were called to the area of US-50 Highway and Buckley Road and found a train had derailed. Troop A Spokesperson, Cpl. J.D. Howard said in an email that seven Union Pacific Railroad
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman has been charged after she is accused of stabbing a man in the back on Sunday. Moberly police responded to a domestic assault on Sunday after a caller reported a stabbing. Shannon Hackett, 55, is charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. According to court documents, officers
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri Department of Corrections inmate has been charged, after allegedly assaulting at least two Jefferson City Correctional Officers in Jan. 2024. Brian Koch, 28, is charged with two counts of violence against an employee of the Department of Corrections. According to a probable cause statement, Koch allegedly ran from the
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A Fulton woman is behind bars after she was accused of stabbing another person. Frances White, 61, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Court documents state Fulton police were called to an assault with a knife on Saturday. The victim was found near 12th and Ewing with multiple injuries, including stab wounds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Water has been restored in the city of Belle after it was temporarily turned off due to a water main break. Just before 4 p.m. on Monday, Belle officials confirmed repairs were holding and water was back on. City officials said crews have had to turn off water across the city after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man charged after a five-hour-long standoff with the Columbia Police Department made his first court appearance Monday. Octavious Bradshaw, 29, appeared virtually from the Boone County jail in the Boone County Courthouse on Monday. Bradshaw was charged with second-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action
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