JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Lincoln University Board of Curators approved the 2024 fiscal year budget on Tuesday, which includes a pay increase for the University’s faculty and staff. A salary study conducted by the university led to an increase of more than $1 million in the budget for the wages of faculty and staff.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pleasanton, Kansas, woman suffered serious injuries in a Tuesday golf cart crash in Morgan County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred on Main Street about 100 feet north of Sunset Drive. A golf cart traveled down a hill and the driver – Hayden Riggs,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Warren Andre Washington, 30, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison without parole. Washington pleaded guilty on Nov. 29 to possessing fentanyl with
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of shooting into an Audrain County hospital took a plea deal Tuesday. Jeffrey Huntington, 57, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree property damage, Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger said in an email. He was placed on probation for five years along with a suspended sentence.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Cole County Sheriff’s deputy’s discrimination lawsuit against the county has been dismissed without prejudice. Cole County filed a motion to dismiss on June 9, and it was granted Thursday. David Barrett filed a lawsuit in June 2022, alleging he was fired due to racial discrimination. According to previous reporting,
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Both lanes of westbound Interstate 70 in the area of the new Missouri River bridge were shut down Tuesday afternoon after firefighters got a call of a van on fire.
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A handful of southwest Columbia neighborhoods were under a boil-water advisory Tuesday morning after a main broke.
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Many households across Mid-Missouri this summer will pay more to stay cool.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a Monday night press release that an endangered silver alert has been canceled after a Boonville man with Alzheimer’s was found safe. MSHP initially said in a Monday night press release tha the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office issued a silver advisory for Gary Goodpaster, 76.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Village of Columbia, which hosts a Juneteenth festival every year, said celebrations are going off without a hitch this weekend. The Village is an organization that works to bring together the Black community in Columbia with events like Monday’s all year long. Columbia celebrated Juneteenth for all of the extended weekend
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial is scheduled to being in December for a Fulton man accused of killing his Russellville classmate in 1991. William “Chris” Niemet, 46, is accused of killing his classmate, Greg Jones, in April 1991 in Russellville. Jones was 14. Niemet also would have been 14 at the time. Niemet was charged in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China President Xi Jinping this week, and among the many topics discussed included fentanyl, according to the Associated Press. An Associated Press report states Blinken also pressed leaders to curb the production and export of fentanyl precursors that are fueling the opioid crisis in
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Mid-Missourians are seeing electric rate increases from three major utility providers this summer.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly Police Department announced in a Monday press release that it had arrested a Columbia man on Sunday who is accused of stealing from residences and vehicles, as well as vehicle tampering. Christopher Ryan Johnson, 33, is accused of first-degree burglary — according to the release — and was booked on
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Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers say the body of a Chicago resident who went missing after jumping into the Lake of the Ozarks was found Monday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will continue to hold Juneteenth events Monday and throughout the week to honor the holiday. Monday at Douglass Park, there will be a Community Fun and Fellowship event from 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday. Fast forward
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol a 41-year-old woman was hurt in a WaveRunner crash on Sunday afternoon. Troopers say New Hampshire resident Melissa Gregg hit a series of wakes and was thrown off the 2021 Yamaha PWC. Gregg was moderately injured in the crash and was taken to Lake Regional
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Long delays were reported over the weekend as the Missouri Department of Transportation shifted traffic lanes through the Interstate 70 Missouri River bridge zone.
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Heavy downpours and high winds made their way through central Missouri Sunday, wreaking havoc on the roads.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 6-year-old boy from Stover was flown by helicopter to University Hospital after being seriously hurt in a go-kart crash Saturday evening. According to the Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 5:17 p.m. on Marina Drive in Morgan County. Troopers said, the 6-year-old was driving a 2022 Hammerhead Mudhead 208R go-kart
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