COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man has been charged after he allegedly stole more than $21,000 worth of musical instruments, jewelry, lawn equipment and other items from a home on July 16, 2025. Denver Robb, 40, is charged in Boone County with stealing more than $750, second-degree burglary and misdemeanor second-degree property damage. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge on Wednesday dismissed a case that was filed by the losing candidates of a primary election. Brett Hueffmeier, Micah Beebe, Jana Morris, Michael Morris and Peter Smedile filed a lawsuit on earlier this month against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, candidate Rick Brattin and the state’s Republican party
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning Thursday, cellphones will no longer be allowed in the Cole County Courthouse for most members of the public. An order from Aug. 24 that is shared on the county’s website says exceptions are made for attorneys in good standing, state and county employees on court business, law enforcement personnel, jurors, bondsmen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Fulton police officer pleaded guilty to federal charges related to child sex abuse materials, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. Jimmy Joe Culbertson, 68, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child sex abuse materials and one count of possessing child sex abuse
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders have reopened a lane of Interstate 70 in east Columbia after a crash labeled a “law incident.” Columbia Police Department spokesman Colin Imhoff said CPD officers were helping with a traffic stop that turned into a chase near I-70 and Range Line Street. The suspect vehicle crashed near I-70 and
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged in connection with the death of 16-year-old Kayla Huff is set to appear in a Randolph County Courtroom to learn if a judge will move the case to a different county. Alayna Mason, 20, of Moberly, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping in the death of
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President Donald Trump hosted the country’s tech leaders at the White House on Tuesday for a summit focused on artificial intelligence. Talk of whether and how government should regulate the development of new AI models has gained traction amid warnings that the technology could eventually harm humanity. At the summit, Trump and tech CEOs seemed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Affordable housing remains a challenge in Columbia and Boone County, and the latest housing numbers show some of the same pressures identified in a 2024 countywide housing study. Close to 14% fewer homes were sold in Boone County last month than the year before, according to the Mid-Missouri Board of Realtors. August
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pursuit with law enforcement and a claim of a bomb in the suspect vehicle closed a Miller County road for more than two hours Tuesday, according to a post from the Miller County Coroner’s Office. The post said the Miller County coroner was returning from Lake Regional Hospital for an unrelated
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after an area under a deck at a Boone County home caught fire on Tuesday evening. Chuck Doss, Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief, told ABC 17 News that crews were called at 5 p.m. to the 9700 block of Route VV. Firefighters saw light smoke coming
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Engaging more with people who are at risk of getting involved in gun violence is one of the main takeaways of a report released by the City of Columbia on Tueday. The City of Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention presented findings from a Community Violence Intervention Landscape Analysis on Tuesday morning. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University in Jefferson City is set to receive $1.58 million in federal funding, according to multiple press releases from government officials. The money is part of a one-time investment of more than $174 million by the federal government toward Historically Black Colleges and Universities, according to a Sept. 22 press release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: A source’s title has been corrected. Protein is everywhere. Grocery stores are full of products that promise extra protein, and federal health authorities have sung the virtues of adding more to Americans’ diets. But a University of Missouri School of Medicine researcher said Tuesday that there’s not much evidence to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A student who made a threat about the Morgan County R-1 School District last week is no longer enrolled, according to a Monday social media post from the school district. The statement says the student made a post that included a weapon on the social media application SnapChat around 11 p.m. Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools leadership said Tuesday that “appropriate consequences will be administered” to students who were caught with guns at two district high schools this month. However, more details about the students and their motivations are unlikely to be made public, the district says, citing student privacy laws. CPS is investigating after
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools argues in a new lawsuit that the Missouri State Board of Education violated state law in its approval of a Frontier Schools charter school in April. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, CPS asks the court to throw out the vote and Frontier’s license to operate in Boone County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported, but an adult and two children were displaced by a fire at a Jefferson City duplex on Tuesday afternoon. A press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department says crews were called at 2:46 p.m. to the 1000 block of Elizabeth Street. The fire was found in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was seriously injured in a crash on Tuesday morning on Route B, just south of Route HH in Boone County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The 23-year-old man rode his 2026 Kawasaki Ninja southbound and rear-ended a stopped 2019 Tesla Model S that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No charges will be filed after a gun was found at Blair Oaks Schools on Monday. Cole County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that deputies were contacted around 9:30 a.m. on Monday for a possible weapon offense on school property. Deputies found a student had left an unloaded, small-caliber firearm in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol are investigating a tractor-trailer crash on westbound Interstate 70 in Cooper County. An ABC 17 News videographer arrived at the 109.8-mile marker at 6:45 a.m. and saw a tractor-trailer hauling two loads of cargo in a ditch on the side of the road, with caution
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