COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Marshall woman with dementia who walked away from a nursing home amid extreme heat on Tuesday was found safe. Shirley L. Swift, 89, was last seen at Hartland Residential Care Center at about 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to an alert issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She suffers from dementia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash in Camden County on Monday night. According to the online crash report, a 39-year-old Springfield woman was driving a 2024 Jeep Wrangler eastbound on Highway 54 west of Route W at 10:15 p.m. Monday. The report states that the vehicle crossed the center
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While Americans celebrate 250 years of freedom in July, Missouri will reach 205 years of being a state in August. When Missouri became a state in 1821, it was at the center of a war between America and itself: the Civil War. “Missouri played an important role very early on in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gasconade County man was charged last week after investigators accused him of killing a man who had been living in his garage in 2018. Daniel W. Russell was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, abandonment of a corpse and evidence tampering. The case had been sealed until this week. The Gasconade County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Salvation Army in Columbia will give away box fans Tuesday to help people beat the heat this summer. The fan giveaway will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Douglass Park in Columbia, with fans provided by the Westlake Ace Hardware Store. To get a fan, you must bring an
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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release its decision in a case over whether the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship any day. The constitutional amendment was ratified in the years after the Civil War to guarantee citizenship for freed slaves and their children. The section on birthright citizenship has long been interpreted to mean
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 74th annual Fire in the Sky Celebration for Independence Day will be held at Stephens Lake Park on Saturday. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a performance by the Missouri Symphony on the trailer stage near the beach, according to a Monday press release from the city. Authority Cheer will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The future of the Shops at Sharp End remains uncertain as Columbia leaders and community members work to determine what comes next for the retail incubator after earlier public feedback exposed concerns about funding, sustainability and whether the project has fulfilled its mission. During a follow-up community discussion Monday, organizers shifted focus
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The California Missouri Police Department requested the help of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a call was made over the weekend about someone allegedly trying to “self-deport,” an email from Police Chief Scott John. California police announced in a Sunday social media post “there were a few ICE agents from Kansas City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was charged with several felonies, including arson, on Monday after he allegedly tried to set a garage and tiny home on fire early Friday. Previn Tauer, 48, was charged in Miller County with two counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of second-degree arson and two counts of first-degree property
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged with felony murder in a 2024 shooting at a Columbia White Castle was charged with an additional felony on Friday. Antione Lamont Armstrong, 26, is charged with illegal gun possession, second-degree felony murder, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of delivery of a controlled substance in the
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COLUMBIA MO. (KMIZ) With high temperatures expected to continue throughout the week, officials are warning that vulnerable populations can be affected. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, there were 35 heat-related deaths in the state in 2025. Out of those, five were in hot vehicles, one was occupational and 21 of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a fire that occurred Monday at a Columbia apartment building in the 1600 block of Hinkson Avenue. The Columbia Fire Department wrote in a press release that crews were called at 7:32 a.m. and found smoke coming from the second story of the three-story apartment building. Firefighters
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With some FIFA World Cup matches in Kansas City, Colombia has become a satellite city for those games. However, they are not seeing the impact on local businesses as they anticipated.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former University of Missouri student who was accused of strangling a victim at a residence hall last year has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Maxwell Warren, 19, of Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts of second-degree domestic assault and one count of fourth-degree domestic assault.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Wednesday with multiple child sex crimes. Justin Stegeman, 33, was charged in Callaway County with sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15 years old, fourth-degree child molestation and second-degree statutory rape. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A bond hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women from Higbee were seriously injured in a crash on Monday afternoon on Route A in Howard County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says one of the women drove a 2024 Honda SXS700M Side-By-Side northbound when the UTV went off the right side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 29-year-old Rolla woman died in a crash on Sunday in the 21000 block of Route J in Phelps County, according to a Missouri State Highway crash report. The report says the crash occurred when a 2005 Toyota Camry – driven by a 21-year-old Rolla man – was heading southbound when it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 69-year-old Columbia man died from injuries he suffered in a crash on Saturday afternoon, the Columbia Police Department announced in a Monday social media post. The post says Elbert Allen was driving east on Interstate 70 at 1:30 p.m. Saturday when he crashed his vehicle into a guardrail near the 123-mile
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Phelps County coroner announced in a Monday social media post that a car that was left running in a garage on June 19 led to the deaths of five people. Four men and a woman were found dead that day in a home in the 11000 block of Village Circle in
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