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Casa Maria’s co-owner seeks Boone County surrender in Bootheel arson case
A lawyer for a Columbia restauranteur accused of arson in southeast Missouri is trying to negotiate her surrender in Boone County, court documents show.
Continue ReadingA lawyer for a Columbia restauranteur accused of arson in southeast Missouri is trying to negotiate her surrender in Boone County, court documents show.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of informational meetings will be hosted by the Missouri Department of Transportation later this month to give an update on a study of Highway 54 improvements between Mexico and Louisiana, according to a Wednesday press release. The open-house meetings will be held: 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Community
Continue ReadingThe federal Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine $16 million to help train new doctors to work in parts of rural Missouri.
Continue ReadingWashington made history again Tuesday when a sitting House speaker was voted out of his office for the first time in the nation’s history.
Continue ReadingMORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were hurt – two with serious injuries – in a Tuesday crash on Highway 5 in Morgan County, just south of Harrison Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred when a 2014 Toyota Tacoma – driven by Woodrow Tweed, 75, of Linn Creek
Continue ReadingBEVIER, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon County couple who run a daycare in Bevier have been charged with child abuse after authorities say one of them fractured a toddler’s femur. Joshuea Leodon Teter, 28, of Bevier, was charged with child abuse in two separate cases – one stemming from last week and another from November 2022.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cosmo Park has seen a large number of calls to police since the beginning of the year. According to online records from the Columbia Police Department 6-hour Dispatch Log, there have been 211 calls to the park since Jan. 1. Nearly a quarter of those calls have come within the past two
Continue ReadingWhile there are no active threats being investigated against Jefferson City schools, school officials want parents and students to know what to do in the case one does occur.
Continue ReadingHUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man who was found guilty of more than a dozen charges related to child sex crimes was sentenced on Tuesday. Scotty Gene Reynolds, 47, was found guilty on June 15 of two counts of first-degree statutory rape, six counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree child molestation, four
Continue ReadingFour Mizzou Club Swim teammates are recovering in the ICU after the deadly pile-up crash in Illinois over the weekend.
Continue ReadingFirefighters were sent a little after 1 p.m. to 400 S. Ravine St. and found heavy fire in the carport on the north side of the house.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department has launched a new online portal for residents to follow calls, according to a Tuesday press release. The portal — Citizen Connect — is contained inside the JCPD website, according to the release. According to the release, residents can view the date, time and incident number
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Clark, Missouri, man was arrested on Monday after he was accused of statutory rape in 2017 in Boone County. Trenton Kalinowski, 27, was charged on Sept. 25 with second-degree statutory rape. He was in the Boone County Jail on Monday and bonded out. His bond was set at $25,000. A court
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Those in abusive relationships who have a “secret phone” should turn their phones off before a nationwide EAS test Wednesday, according to a Tuesday Facebook post from the Boone County Office of Emergency Management. A national emergency alert test will be sent to cellphones around the country at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingThe Tigers are rolling, coming off a victory in their first SEC matchup of the season to reach 5-0 and hit No. 21 in the AP Top 25.
Continue ReadingMU Health Care has reached an agreement with hospitals in Moberly and Kirksville that will expand its presence to northeast Missouri.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council did not decide on a new contract regarding yard waste removal services in the city during Monday night’s council meeting. The city’s current contract with All Seasons Landscaping will expire on Oct. 31. During a September meeting, council members voted to seek a one-year contract extension for
Continue ReadingIt’s the city’s latest idea to take on violent crime.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) At Monday night’s City Council meeting, Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe proposed a new office for violence prevention. The decision comes after a 3-year-old was shot in Columbia on Sept. 24. Buffaloe was on a bike ride with her daughter when she received the news. “I got that phone call, right when I
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Warsaw, Missouri, man who escaped from the Phelps County Jail – and was eventually caught – this weekend is seeing more charges. Jonathan S. O’Dell, 33, was charged on Monday with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. A court date for the new charges has not been set.
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