COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of breaking into a fraternity house on College Avenue in Columbia was eventually found on top of a Hertz Car Rental on Friday. Willem Campbell, 31, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree burglary, two counts of felony stealing, one count of misdemeanor stealing and an infraction of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Interstate 70 on-ramp reopened at about 11 a.m. Monday after it was closed for a tractor-trailer crash. The North Callaway Fire District posted on social media that the eastbound on-ramp at the Hatton exit at mile marker 144 was closed for a couple of hours after the crash. A photograph showed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A funeral and procession will be held Monday for former Columbia Fire Captain Billy Hurt, who died after an accident at the Kennedale Speedway Park in Texas earlier this month. Hurt’s funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at The Crossing Church on Southland Drive. The procession will begin around 3:15
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 26-year-old Madison man is dead and two women are hurt after a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy in Randolph County just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 75-year-old Moberly woman driving a Ford Escape was heading west on Route M about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers come back to session Monday to pick up where they left off and the Senate is expected to review some House Bills that representatives squeezed through before break. The bill that would phase out the income tax, HJR 173, was sent to the Senate just before the legislature paused business
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The Missouri Department of Transportation is scheduled to close the intersection of Conley Road and Business Loop 70 for about 60 days while the crossing is replaced with a roundabout.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The group People Not Politicians is considering appealing a decision by a Cole County judge to rewrite ballot language that would ask voters to approve the 2025 congressional map, known as House Bill 1. People Not Politicians challenged the ballot summary that Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wrote, arguing the language
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fayette community held a balloon release Saturday at Paige-Liberty Park to honor Zyairah Barney, a seventh grader at Fayette R-3’s Clark Middle School who died by suicide. Family members said Barney, who was biracial, had been dealing with ongoing bullying, which they claim was rooted in racism. Now, they are mourning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The bill’s sponsor has been corrected. A Missouri house bill joining the national initiative to remove pennies from circulation is set to be read for a second time in the Missouri Senate on Monday. House Bill 2819, sponsored by Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph), will allow vendors to round the total
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Firefighters were called to the headquarters for the Russellville/Lohman Fire District early Saturday morning after a vehicle caught fire inside one of the station’s bays.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 26-year-old man from Linn was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 63 in Osage County on Saturday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, around 5:11 a.m., the man was headed south in a 2012 Cadillac CTS when he drove off the right side of the road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A duplex fire in north Columbia led police to shut down a city street Friday and led to a woman’s arrest on suspicion of arson. The fire on Newton Drive was called out at about 10 a.m., according to a Columbia Fire Department spokesperson. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 29-year-old Versailles man was seriously injured Friday in a motorcycle crash in Morgan County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, it occurred around 7:50 p.m. on Old Five Road, north of Leatherman Road. An 85-year-old Versailles woman was headed south in a 2016 Ford Explorer when she drove
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball was sent home by seventh seeded Miami, 80-66 despite senior guard Jayden Stone putting up a season-high 21 points. The Tigers led 54-52 with 7 minutes, 50 seconds left in the game, but a 13-3 run by the Hurricanes over the next four minutes gave Miami just what it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia is down one animal hospital Friday. The closure was announced last week and many pet owners say the sudden shutdown is unfortunate and concerning. A reason for the closure has not been provided. Jada Sievers, a veterinary student and with two dogs, doesn’t use Columbia Animal Hospital herself but she understands
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency crews in Fulton are asking residents to avoid the area around a commercial recycling center after a fire. The business, David’s Recycling, is a local car recycling and scrap yard. It buys old cars and sells the steel and parts. The City of Fulton shared on social media, alerting residents to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education has asked the district to raise health insurance premiums by 20% for the upcoming school year. That request came after a Thursday morning meeting. The district will take on the cost of the premiums next year, but will pass along costs of any dependents to employees. This
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sexual harassment and retaliation investigation report filed by the law office of Vessel, Bridges and Murphy says a jury or judge would likely rule a Camden County commissioner retaliated against an employee. The report claims actions by Steve Dougan, Camden County’s Second District commissioner, would likely be ruled as retaliation, though
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Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and JudgmentDownload COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge has certified a ballot issue summary that was rewritten after the Missouri secretary of state admitted it was unfair, despite having approved it. Circuit Judge Brian Stumpe issued his order, including new ballot language, on Friday based on arguments given
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four Texas men who were charged in early 2025 for their alleged roles in ATM thefts in Camden County were indicted by a Cole County grand jury earlier this week. Mylek Freeman, Christopher Delasbour, Augustus Sherman and Tyrese Holloway were all charged in Cole County with accessory to stealing more than $750,
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