JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Saturday morning, Missouri law enforcement gathered at the State Capitol for its 37th annual memorial service, dedicated to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Four officers were honored this year, their names added to the Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial alongside over 700 others who lost their lives in the line of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police confirmed Saturday that one person died in a wrong-way crash Friday evening. The wrong-way driver, 84-year-old Allen D. Nichols of Ashland, died at the scene of the crash, Columbia Police confirmed Saturday afternoon. Around 5 p.m. Friday, Boone County Joint Communications was made aware of a car driving the wrong
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that left one person injured caused the southbound lanes of Highway 63 in Columbia to close on Friday afternoon near the Interstate 70 connector. Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez said two vehicles were involved in the crash and that one injured person was brought to an area hospital by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Superintendents from Boone County schools and neighboring districts signed a letter on Friday that asks Gov. Mike Parson to veto a bill that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. SB727 passed the Missouri House last month. The bill mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County tornado siren that malfunctioned on Thursday after a lightning strike has been repaired, according to a Friday evening press release from the Boone County Office of Emergency Management. A siren in the 5400 block of North Highway 763 had a technical malfunction Thursday afternoon and activated without a warning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A March fire that left a building in North Columbia destroyed was set intentionally, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The fire on March 22 left Plush Lounge on Business Loop in a total loss. No one was injured. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A patient at the University of Missouri Psychiatric Center was charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly tried to smother a sleeping patient with a pillow. Cody Hall was charged on Friday and the probable cause statement claims that the assault occurred on Saturday, April 27. A court date has not been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 5,500 University of Missouri students in Columbia will graduate next week, according to a Friday press release from the university. There will be 5,569 degrees awarded for the commencement ceremonies that occur Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12, the release says. That total is down from the May 2023 ceremonies, where
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A plane that crashed near Hartsburg on April 16 reached about 16,000 feet above sea level before it fell, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The victim in the crash was Wade Bates, 58, of Arkansas, died in the crash, according to previous reporting. According to Federal
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents along the Osage River for flooding after Ameren Missouri adjusted the Bagnell Dam’s discharge of water. According to a Facebook post from the Osage Emergency Management Agency, Ameren Missouri started spill gate operations at 11 a.m. Friday, the total flow through the dam
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The Better Business Bureau of St. Louis has revoked a Mid-Missouri car dealer for violating its accreditation agreement.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 340,000 signatures were submitted on Thursday in an attempt to get sports gambling on Missouri ballots. Sports betting in the state has been a hot-button issue for years. Do you think sports betting should be legal in Missouri? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is working with the Columbia Police Department to try and prevent students from violating the city’s nuisance ordinance during Stop Day this Friday. Stop Day, or Reading Day, is a decades-old tradition at the University of Missouri that gives students a day off before finals each semester. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in multiple domestic violence cases was charged on Thursday after he allegedly threw boiling water on a victim he was not allowed to be near, according to court documents. James Lamore Glass was charged with first-degree domestic assault, two counts of first-degree assault, first-degree property damage and armed-criminal
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Missouri petitioners will be turning in signatures to the Secretary of State’s office Thursday afternoon in an effort to get sports betting on the November ballot.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills woman who was charged with domestic assault and other felonies claimed self-defense in shooting her boyfriend, according to court documents. Christina Christian, 35, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. She was arrested and brought to the Morgan County Jail on Thursday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of firing four shots in the parking lot of a Columbia apartment complex over the weekend has been charged with five felonies. Carlos Brown Jr., 37, of Columbia, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, illegal gun possession and two counts of endangering
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of child sex crimes in Phelps County was arrested on Wednesday, according to a social media post from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office. Samuel Levi Hudson, 35, of Linn was indicted by a grant jury on April 24 and he was charged with three counts of statutory
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was riding a motorcycle died Thursday from injuries he suffered in a crash in Phelps County on Interstate 44 at mile marker 170, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Thomas Zielinski, 54, of Salem, Missouri, died from the crash. According to the crash report, a 2004
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Martinelli’s Apple Juice Martinelli has recalled its one-liter glass bottles of apple juice. The company issued the recall because the product has higher arsenic levels than is allowed by the Food and Drug Administration. Federal Health Officials say exposure to arsenic can be harmful to your health, especially to young children’s brain
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