JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Johnson County firefighter died Saturday in the line of duty, a Saturday evening news release from the Johnson County Fire Protection District said. According to a Sunday release from the department, Captain Vernon Collett responded to a fire in the 600 block of northeast State Highway Mm in rural Johnson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An eight-point loss to No. 19 Kentucky on senior day isn’t how No. 15 Tiger hoops would’ve liked things to end at Mizzou Arena this season. However, a big first half effort from the Wildcats was enough grab the 91-83 win in the regular-season finale, on Saturday. With the loss, Mizzou finished
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews from the Southern Boone County Fire Protection District along with other agencies are currently working a large fuel spill on Tom Bass Rd. and State Route H after a semi-truck flipped over Saturday morning. Southern Boone Fire shared on Facebook photos of a semi-truck flipped over on a curved road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say officers did not locate anything at the scene after getting reports of shots heard near Downtown Columbia early Saturday morning. An MU Alert was sent out just before 2 a.m. Saturday. The alert states, “CPD reports shots heard at/near Walnut and College. Urgent/Stay away from area. No additional alerts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the men accused in a deadly shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia will come back to court next week for a scheduled plea hearing. A judge reset a hearing for Jajuan Crockett, 21, to consider what he might do in his pending murder case. Crockett’s attorney said he wanted more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Norma Jamill Barnum said she was riding a city of Columbia bus with her 12-year-old daughter on Monday when a couple sitting a few rows away began arguing. Barnum, who uses the Orange Route of the Go COMO Public Transit system several times a week, said she has witnessed several incidents during
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of Deshon Houston who was shot and killed on Dove Drive in Columbia in June of 2023 is speaking out. It’s been nearly two years since Deshon was killed and his mother Lacondance Houston says the pain of his loss is something she deals with every day. “It’s been horrible,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man was sentenced to serve a 120-day program in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a 2023 boat crash that left one person dead and multiple people injured. Bobby Gene Childers will spend 120 days in the state prison system. He could be paroled if he
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s latest jobs report shows a decrease in federal jobs while state and local government positions went up. The Missouri Economic Research Center’s January jobs report, released Friday, says federal government jobs in Missouri decreased by 100 from December to January. Meanwhile, state government jobs increased by over 1,000 in that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education is expected to vote Monday on a three-year contract for a new superintendent. The board will also decide whether to make shortening the length of superintendent contracts a legislative priority. The contract, if approved, will pay Jeff Klein $255,000 in its first year. He could get an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Scientists, students, advocates and community members carried signs outside the Missouri Capitol on Friday during the Stand Up for Science rally. According to the rally’s website, the nationwide events were planned to advocate for continued government support for science, defend against censorship and push back on attacks against diversity, equity, inclusion
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CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were seriously hurt after a crash in Chariton County just before 9 p.m. Thursday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that a 20-year-old man from Brookfield was driving a 2014 Ford Mustang on Hwy 11 with three passengers: an 18-year-old woman from Brunswick,
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Everyone has feelings about daylight saving time — the annual clock shift that runs from March into November in the United States and begins this weekend. For nearly the past two decades, the country has been on an expanded daylight saving period after Congress extended what was then an April to October change. Congress has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University is updating its rules and regulations to reflect government guidance, according to university officials. In a statement Thursday, Lincoln University President John Moseley said that the school will not need to make “significant adjustments” to comply with public policy changes. The statement did not say what exact changes were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Amber Alert was canceled late Thursday night after three children who were reported missing from Moscow Mills were found safe. The alert was issued around 6:15 p.m. and canceled just after 10:15 p.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Lauren Castellana, 33, made threats and then left the home with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police investigated a stabbing in north Columbia on Thursday night. At least five police vehicles responded to the 1200 block of Elleta Boulevard around 6:15 p.m. A police officer at the scene said an 18-year-old man was stabbed. He was taken to a local hospital and is stable. Police said the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police were investigating multiple reports of shots fired on Thursday night. Officers were first dispatched to reports of shots fired at 8:39 p.m. on Business Loop 70 near Interstate 70 in Columbia on Thursday night. An officer said police received a call from someone claiming two people were shot. Several police
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County EMS set a new record in 2024, responding to 13,626 calls for service, an increase from 12,315 in 2023, according to the county’s annual report. That marks an increase of 1,311 in calls. Traffic crashes were the biggest call category with EMS responding to 985 of them last year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mid-Missouri presiding county commissioner was issued a summons Thursday for two felonies and a misdemeanor related to the alleged theft of a license plate camera on New Year’s Eve. Todd Isaac Skelton, better known as “Ike,” is charged with felony stealing and tampering with a service along with obstructing government operations,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Rocheport paper certifying candidates for the April election led officials to go to court and call a May 6 special election. A judge on Thursday approved a May election to make up for the upcoming April 8 election, which will not include Rocheport city offices. Boone County Clerk Brianna
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