JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Another candidate filed on Monday for the Jefferson City Third Ward race for the April 8 election. Erica Choinka filed at 9 a.m. Monday, according to information from the city. Derek Thomas filed to run for the seat last week. Candidates have until Dec. 31 to file. According to information from
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A power outage in Downtown Columbia impacted 68 customers on Monday, including City Hall, according to a social media post from Columbia Water and Light. According to the City of Columbia’s outage map, an outage was reported at 1:22 p.m. in a section of Downtown between, East Broadway, East Walnut and Fourth
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man admitted to fatally shooting a St. Louis man last week in the parking lot of a Boone County bar, court documents say. Steven S. Jones, 45, was charged Sunday with being a felon with a gun. A probable cause statement says Jones admitted to shooting the 42-year-old victim outside
Continue Reading
The whole country is abuzz over drones. Reports of sightings and videos from several states show single drones or formations of multiple flying objects that are mysterious in origin. These objects have gotten the attention of authorities at the national and state levels where they’ve been reported. However, federal officials have said the objects —
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missourians will have an opportunity to give back this holiday season during The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri’s 18th annual “One for One Drive.” The event will take place Dec. 18 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with donation drop-offs at the Columbia Mall and Buchheit in Jefferson City. Food
Continue Reading
Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) In a Facebook post, the City of Columbia’s Office of Sustainability shared ways to reduce waste when wrapping gifts this holiday season. According to San Diego State University, around 2.6 billion pounds of wrapping paper is thrown away per year in the US, which is enough to cover 40 football fields. While
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, MO. A new housing alternative is coming to Columbia. Building Integrity LLC, a Columbia based construction company hosted an open house Saturday afternoon to showcase the progress of its first home constructed with prefabricated straw bale panels. Co-president Adrienne Stolwyk says the goal is to create high-performing homes while proving the viability of straw
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball’s winning streak has reached nine straight games. The Tigers took care of business against Long Island University (LIU), winning their Saturday showdown with the Sharks 88-61 in the penultimate game of their current homestand. MU and LIU traded buckets back-and-forth through the first media timeout, but the Tigers quickly
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a Friday night social media post that it has spoken with the alleged gunman in a fatal Thursday night shooting in the Lakeview Mall parking lot. The sheriff’s office wrote earlier on Friday that a 42-year-old St. Louis man died from injuries suffered in the
Continue Reading
The City of Columbia Water Utility proposed the construction of a water tower on Beulah Ralph Elementary property near the end of Thornbrook Parkway, and some residents of the Thornbrook neighborhood in Southwest Columbia are not happy with the city’s proposal.
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Belle in Maries County is under a boil advisory until Tuesday after three water line breaks occurred within the city. The city clerk’s office told ABC 17 News that the advisory is in effect until Tuesday in order to give time for testing. The clerk’s office said that some
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old man from Monroe City was seriously injured in a crash on Friday on Highway 24, about three miles south of Monroe City, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 2005 Ford 500 – driven by a 60-year-old Monroe City man –
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fourth Ward Jefferson City Council race for the April 8 election will be contested. Kathryn Harness filed to run for the open seat at 2:30 p.m. Friday, according to filing information from the city. She will run against Julie Allen, who filed on Tuesday. Candidate filings for election in non-charter
Continue Reading
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) William Woods University President Jeremy Moreland will resign from his position in January, according to a Friday press release from the university. The release says that Moreland – who joined the university in September 2021 – will leave to “pursue other professional opportunities.” Moreland was president during a number of changes, including
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The owner of a south Columbia Mexican restaurant is seeing another court case be moved to Butler County. Crystal Umfress was charged in Dunklin County with two counts of filing false documents and three counts of forgery after she was accused of impersonating county officials and restaurant owners. A change of venue
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is riding high after upsetting Kansas at home last weekend. The Tigers will host Long Island University at Mizzou Arena at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Tigers are now 8-1 with an eight-game winning streak. Watch the news conference in the video player.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday morning that one person died after a shooting in the parking lot of Lakeview Mall on the eastern edge of Columbia. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Cpt. Brian Leer said the shooting happened Thursday night in the parking lot after a disagreement inside Jake’s Bar and Grill.
Continue Reading
By Rebekah Riess, Meg Tirrell, Jason Carroll, John Miller, Brynn Gingras and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week, was not a customer of the private health insurer, but police say he had identified the company as one of
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city council and other city officials will be holding a retreat at the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri Friday morning. According to the agenda, the retreat is created for officials can spend time together to check in and ensure the governing body continues to govern well together on behalf
Continue Reading
The way Americans shop for holiday gifts has changed. Where Black Friday used to draw sometimes violent crowds to stores to compete for scarce deals, online commerce has allowed many to find their gifts from the comfort of home. And online commerce is continuing to grow, as evidenced by the Amazon facility recently built in
Continue Reading