JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson City over the weekend was ruled accidental and caused about $100,000 worth of damage, according to a Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman on Thursday. An investigation found that the fire was accidental and started in a classroom near a dehumidifier. The investigator was unable to
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Missouri law enforcement will be cracking down on high driving Thursday as people celebrate the marijuana-themed holiday known as 4/20.Â
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Storms packing high winds snapped utility poles and dropped pea-sized hail in the Elston area of Cole County, according to the National Weather Service.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education unanimously voted at a work session Thursday morning to approve a new superintendent-evaluation process. The new evaluation process comes after three board members — Jeanne Snodgrass, Katherine Sasser and Suzette Waters — abstained from voting to renew Superintendent Brian Yearwood’s contract in January. Yearwood’s extension passed with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Due to a shortage of available drivers, Go COMO will combine bus routes on Friday, according to a press release from the City of Columbia. As part of the route combining schedule, the green route will do initial pickups along its partial route starting at 6:20 a.m. The gold route will do
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A Stover man was killed Wednesday night in a crash on Highway 5.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District announced in a Thursday press release that it has hired principals for two of its elementary schools. Both hires begin next school year. James Groves – who is currently the assistant principal at Pioneer Trail Elementary in Jefferson City — will be the new principal for
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A teenager wanted for allegedly shooting and killing another man Wednesday in a Kansas City-area road rage shooting was arrested Thursday in Saline County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, the University of Missouri Board of Curators met to discuss improvements to the university’s campus, including a larger engineering and applied sciences building. According to the university, over the next five years, it expects to bring in 100 new faculty, and undergraduate and graduate students to the College of Engineering
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If you’ve spent time outside recently, you may have noticed an increase in ticks.
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A Missouri Senate committee has stripped language from the state budget that would prohibit spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man is facing multiple murder charges after an April 6 head-on collission on Route M killed a pregnant woman. Steven Lee Garrett, 47, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, armed-criminal action and four counts of driving while intoxicated (including death of two, causing serious physical injury, causing physical
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville School Board on Wednesday night discussed a safety grant it could receive from the state and some of the safety features it is hoping to improve. The school district completed its application weeks ago for the grant that could provide the district with up to $200,000 for safety improvements. “If
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri River Regional Library Board of Trustees announced in a press that it voted on Tuesday to place Proposition Library on the Aug. 8 ballot in Cole County. Prop L is an increase to the library’s operating levy for the purpose of renovating and expanding the main library building in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A large construction project for several bridge on Highway 54 in the Lake of the Ozarks area will begin Monday. One lane of Highway 54, each direction, is expected to remain open throughout the duration of the project, though some ramp and local road closures may be necessary. The planned progression
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is seeking a representative for Ward 4. With the election of Mayor Ron Fitzwater – who was the Ward 4 councilman — there is now a vacant seat on the council. The press release quoted the City Charter, “A vacancy in the council shall be filled by the council
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These funds were taken out by House Budget Chair Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage), who said libraries were wasting money with a lawsuit.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An appeals court is allowing a Boone County jury to decide whether or not a former city manager violated Missouri’s whistleblower protection laws. Former City of Columbia employee Colleen Spurlock is suing the city over her resignation– which she says was forced by former City Manager John Glascock. She says he told her she would have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was shot early Wednesday in the area of a homeless camp near the intersection of two busy highways in Columbia. Officers found the person with gunshot wounds that were not life threatening after being called to the area near the Highway 63/Interstate 70 connector a little after 1 a.m., a
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chillicothe man was arrested this week and charged with second-degree statutory rape. Keagan Duane Allen, 22, was arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail on Monday, according to online jail records. He was released after posting a $25,000 bond. An entry appearance waiver and not-guilty plea were entered Sunday, according
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