Vehicle catches fire at Gerbes gas pump
A van caught fire at a pump at a west Columbia gas station Wednesday.
Continue ReadingA van caught fire at a pump at a west Columbia gas station Wednesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Electric Cooperative announced in a Wednesday press release that it is temporarily closing a stretch of Interstate 70 on Tuesday night. Â It will be removing a three-phase line that stretches across Interstate 70 near the Perche Creek Bridge and west of the Sorrels Overpass at mile marker 122 on Tuesday, Feb.
Continue ReadingFREEBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Inspection Program suspended all operations at Red Barn Butchering, the department announced in a press release last week. The suspension includes slaughter and processing of inspected, custom exempt (Not For Sale) and retail-exempt products. A Department of Agriculture spokesperson said Red Barn Butchering has “been under
Continue ReadingThe parade is scheduled to start at noon, with a celebration at the end of the parade route.
Continue ReadingRecreational use of marijuana became legal in Missouri at the beginning of February. However, some marijuana users still do not have job protection.
Continue ReadingA president of a public hospital system in Wisconsin was named Wednesday as the new CEO of MU Health Care.
Continue ReadingThe Kansas City Chiefs will have their Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Adjustment spent three hours reviewing an application for a variance submitted by 7Brew Coffee. The board was asked to consider waiving various zoning and construction rules for 7Brew during its Tuesday night meeting at City Hall. “It’s very small. So we’re trying to utilize every single inch of
Continue ReadingWatch a replay of the game in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman boys basketball team fell to Rock Bridge Tuesday night at home 60-42 in this weeks KZOU game of the week.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City student will get another chance at his lawsuit against the district. An appeals court on Tuesday sided with Joey Huerta and his mother in their lawsuit from 2017. They sued when a wrestling coach at Thomas Jefferson Middle School made Huerta cut his hair. The appeals court said
Continue ReadingThe morning after a Columbia Board of Education member left a meeting citing ongoing stress from the Missouri legislature’s continued focus on LGBTQ+ issues, lawmakers were set to meet Tuesday to discuss transgender children.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Kansas City will be packed with people Wednesday to celebrate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. The Kansas City Police Department says there will be hundreds of officers patrolling the parade. Nineteen local, state and federal agencies will be among those guarding the area. The city began preparations earlier this week. Kansas City Police
Continue ReadingA rollover crash briefly blocked a busy central Columbia intersection at about noon Tuesday.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of Columbia residents pleaded guilty in federal court to more than $1.2 million worth in insurance fraud that included false injury claims allegedly suffered in a car accident. Latoya Marie Brown, 37, and Cedrick Shawndale Goldman, 46, each pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri attorney general said Tuesday that a Mid-Missouri contractor who was accused of ripping off his clients has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Continue ReadingVANDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that a woman on Monday was shot unintentionally in a home on East Bland Street in Vandalia The Sheriff’s Office says deputies found a 25-year-old woman with a gunshot wound in her chest. She was flown to University Hospital in Columbia and
Continue ReadingThe death of a defense lawyer has prolonged the prosecution of a Columbia man accused in a 2017 murder.
Continue ReadingColumbia Board of Education member Katherine Sasser said she could no longer fulfill her role on the board at Monday night’s meeting.
Continue ReadingRecreational marijuana sales began in early February in Missouri but after April they could become more expensive for some Mid-Missouri consumers.
Continue ReadingWatch a livestream announcing details from the parade in the player above. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation has begun preparations for the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade and rally being held on Wednesday. This comes as the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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