COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A naloxone education and distribution event was held Wednesday at The Blue Note in Columbia. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services staff provided training to those who attended on how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and how to administer the nasal spray NARCAN on victims. The event is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Farmers Market — located at the MU Health Care Pavilion near The ARC — held its first Wednesday market of the year. May 29 marked the first day of the market being open from 4-7 p.m. every Wednesday until Sep. 11. According to a news release from the market, this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Summer school will begin on Thursday for Columbia Public Schools students. More than 9,800 students will attend summer school this year, which runs through June 26, according to an email from district spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark and information from the district’s website. The email stated the district’s driver’s education course returns this session.
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Work to improve Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center has started.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with domestic assault and other felonies after he allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman on Tuesday. Ediberto Estrada was charged with first-degree domestic assault, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, first-degree harassment and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.
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A former prosecuting attorney said it’s “inexcusable” that an investigation hasn’t has started into the Sturgeon police officer who shot and killed a dog earlier this month.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition will begin Thursday on the building that used to be occupied by the Jefferson City News Tribune, according to a Wednesday press release from the Jefferson City Department of Public Works. According to the release, part of Commercial Way between Madison and Monroe streets will be closed. Vehicles will still
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of trying to rob a Break Time on Smiley Lane last year pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a pair of charges. Nakwon Harris, 23, pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted robbery and second-degree burglary. He was sentenced to a 120-day early release program. He will be released
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Bagnell Dam (Business 54) in Miller County will close next week for a routine bridge inspection, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The dam will be closed to all traffic from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, the release states. Message boards will be in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office says it is looking for a woman and her 1-year-old son and that the pair might be in danger. Deputies are trying to find 33-year-old Autumn Nixon, who is homeless and living in a white SUV, the office says in a Facebook post. Authorities say her lifestyle
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The prosecution and defense wrapped up their cases in former president Donald Trump’s hush-money trial.
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) The owner of a 13-pound, blind-and-deaf dog that was shot to death by a Sturgeon police officer on May 19 is filing a lawsuit against the officer and the city. Nicholas Hunter filed a lawsuit against the City of Sturgeon and Officer Myron Woodson on Tuesday in the Western District Court of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges were filed on Tuesday for a woman accused in a shooting in the parking lot of the Conley Road Walmart in east Columbia on Friday. Whitney Eliesh Nevels-McKee, 35, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of carjacking, two counts of armed criminal action,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced in a Tuesday press release that it will hold a meet-and-greet next week for the public to meet the final four candidates being considered to be the next fire chief. The gathering will take place 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at City Hall. The city is looking
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Prosecutors charged a Columbia woman and man Tuesday with three felonies including murder for their alleged roles in a shootout that ended with one man dead.
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis woman was charged after she was accused of hitting a victim on a motorcycle while she was driving drunk on Monday. Nicole Mullins, 34, was charged in Miller County with DWI causing serious physical injury, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to drive on the right
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A staple of downtown Columbia is closing its doors for good on Tuesday. Slackers — a store that sells CDs, vinyl, video games, comic books and more – has been in downtown Columbia since 1993. Store manager Will Smith told ABC 17 News that the store’s last day of operations was Tuesday,
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Executives at Spirit of ’76 Fireworks said Tuesday that a massive fire in a Boonville warehouse had been extinguished.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A felony charge against a former University of Missouri fraternity member accused in the hazing of Danny Santulli has been dismissed without prejudice, according to an email from Boone County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Komoroski. Benjamin Parres, of Chesterfield, was charged with felony hazing. Komoroski stated that Parres entered a deferral agreement,
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The Missouri Republican Party has joined a lawsuit that seeks to get one of its Mid-Missouri candidates kicked off the ballot.
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