COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Repairs are underway for the Columbia Police Department’s armored vehicle that was damaged during a lengthy standoff in Sturgeon on Tuesday. Columbia’s BearCat was one of two armored vehicles that received significant damage during the exchange of gunfire, according to Capt. Brian Leer of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. The second damaged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) New flights to Dallas from Columbia Regional Airport began on Wednesday evening. A February press release from the airport states that travelers will now have the option of using four flights to Dallas and three flights to Chicago each day. Additional Chicago flights began on April 4. A spokesman for the
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Crusader alumni, students and faculty came together Wednesday as Helias Catholic High School broke ground on its Spirit of Excellence campus expansion project.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Miller County man was charged with first-degree domestic assault and second-degree property damage after he allegedly rammed his truck into a woman’s vehicle on Tuesday. A warrant was issued on Wednesday for Brent Whittle, of Brumley. He was not listed on the Cole County Jail online roster on Wednesday afternoon
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A Sturgeon man who died after an hours-long standoff with law enforcement Tuesday was on probation and wanted for an assault earlier that day.
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JEFFESRON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Wednesday after he was allegedly found masturbating in front of a salon on Dunklin Street. Mac Cannell was charged with first-degree sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor. Court documents state he is in custody, but he did not appear on the Cole County Jail’s online roster
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Valerie Carroll will be the lone candidate appearing on the Aug. 6 ballot for the First Ward seat on the Columbia City Council. The deadline to file for the race was Tuesday. City Clerk Sheela Amin wrote in an email that Greg Launhardt submitted a petition to appear on the ballot on
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A Colorado woman was rushed to a hospital Wednesday morning after crashing her Jeep Cherokee on Highway 5.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control will be investigating the five-hour-long standoff in Sturgeon on Tuesday.
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The case surrounding the hazing of former University of Missouri student Danny Santulli has apparently come to a close.
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Shots were fired while police and deputies were in a standoff with a domestic assault suspect in Sturgeon on Tuesday. The suspect was found dead inside the home by law enforcement shortly before 7 p.m., according to Boone County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Brian Leer. Leer said it is not known if the
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged on Tuesday after he led deputies on a chase on Monday, court documents say. Prentice Harris, 34, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, two counts of resisting arrest and two misdemeanors: Speeding 26 miles per hour over the limit and driving while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday night approved the purchase of the Kirklin Home at 107 Switzler Street. The measure was unanimously approved with the rest of the consent agenda. The property was the home of Henry Kirklin, a famous horticulturalist in the early 20th century, city documents say. Christina Smith and
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager was seriously injured Monday in a crash at mile marker 179 on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2019 Freightliner Cascadia – driven by Alfa Brockelman, 58, of Salina, Kansas — was
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With many bridge projects on the horizon in Jefferson City, the Missouri Department of Transportation is hoping to get input from the public at a meeting Tuesday afternoon.
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Sedalia Police Department has confirmed in a Tuesday press release that the victim of an April shooting in Sedalia died in late May. Police did not state the name of the victim, but said she died from her injuries. Two men were charged in relation to the shooting in the 400
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who owned a marijuana business was charged on Tuesday with forging documents and other felonies. Kelly Waggoner, of Peculiar, Missouri, was charged with forgery, filing false documents and identity theft. A criminal summons was issued and an initial court appearance was set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 17. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of charges have been filed against the brother of Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. Jevon Porter, 20, of Columbia, was arrested in April on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He was charged in Boone County on Tuesday with DWI and exceeding the posted speed limit by 26 miles per
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A Cole County judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the status of a Republican candidate for a local state Senate seat.
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A former University of Missouri fraternity member accused in the hazing of Danny Santulli has had his case dismissed by the state, according to defense attorney Daniel Hunt.
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