EDITOR’S NOTE: The state where the suspect was arrested has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with five felonies after he allegedly broke into two southwest Columbia homes and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry and cash. Seweryn Rapacinski, 62, of Poland, was charged on Thursday with two counts of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office has rejected three petitions submitted to get a newly redrawn congressional map before voters. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ office released three rejection letters late Friday. The letters were addressed to Richard von Glahn, with Missouri Jobs with Justice, and said the three petitions submitted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brunswick man was charged in Chariton County with a slew of sex crimes on Thursday. Kenneth Paul Jr. was charged with six counts of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of fourth-degree child molestation and a lone count of third-degree assault. He was arrested on Thursday and his
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COLUMBIA, (KMIZ) A man has been charged with a felony and three misdemeanors after he is accused of threatening the lives of multiple people at a distillery on Thursday morning as he poured himself a beer. Ashraf Habimana, 39, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree burglary, two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and a count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s annual security and fire safety report showed sharp declines in reported rapes and liquor arrests in 2024 from the previous year. The report was shared by the university on Friday. The report shows there were nine reports of rape in 2024, which is half the total of 2023’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Political action committees on the opposite ends of Missouri’s abortion debate each reported large fundraising totals to end the week. Stop the Ban Missouri, a coalition aimed at defeating Amendment 3 in November 2026, announced in a news release on Friday that it has raised more than $800,000 since its formation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Regional Airport and city leaders celebrated the long-awaited return of United Airlines Thursday afternoon. At a press conference speakers highlighted the positive impact United’s expansion is expected to bring to Mid-Missouri. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe was unable to attend, but Council Member, Nick Foster the city. Leaders from Jefferson City,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council held a special session on Thursday to review plans for the new downtown conference center. A design report outlined the 189,420-square-foot facility, which would be built between Madison and Monroe streets, with the main entrance on East Capitol Avenue. The project includes a 200-room hotel, bar, conference
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A temporary single-lane closure of eastbound Interstate 70 is scheduled to begin next weekend in Columbia, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The closure will last from 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 through 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, between Range Line Street and Highway 63, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Shelby County woman was seriously injured in a crash Thursday morning near the intersection of Westbound Highway 54 and Route TT in Callaway County, a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says. The report says a 2021 Peterbilt 579 – driven by a 59-year-old Russellville man – was trying
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was accused of soliciting prostitution from an undercover police officer was allegedly found with 29 grams of fentanyl in July. Amy Hill, 47, of Columbia, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with second-degree drug trafficking, misdemeanor prostitution, two counts of felony drug possession and a single count of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged with a felony in Macon County on Thursday after authorities claim she stole $4,000 from her employer’s safe last month and fled to Alabama. Ashlynn Ross was charged with felony stealing. A warrant was issued on Thursday and a $10,000 bond was set. A court date has not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to sign the new congressional map within the state into law this Sunday, according to a Thursday press release from the governor’s office. The new congressional map – named the “Missouri First” map – was approved during a special session earlier this month. The new map has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that caused a couple of lanes to close on Wednesday evening on the Missouri River bridge in Jefferson City led to one person having minor injuries, according to a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department. The report says three vehicles were heading northbound. The driver of a 2015
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were injured – one seriously – in a crash Wednesday evening on Route Z in Benton County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred as a 2011 Ford Edge – driven by a 32-year-old man from Warsaw, Missouri – was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was detained by law enforcement on Tuesday after another person was found with a gunshot wound in the 200 block of North Wood Street in Brunswick, according to a social media post from the Chariton County Sheriff’s Office. The post says first responders were called at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 150 people showed up to a meeting on Wednesday at the University of Missouri’s chapter for Turning Point USA. The meeting was the first the group held since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the national group’s founder. Kirk was killed in a shooting on Sept. 10 at an event at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Students Association passed a resolution in support of the Legion of Black Collegians, after the group’s “Black 2 Class Block Party” was canceled after University of Missouri administrators took issue with the name. Mizzou Legion of Black Collegians shared last month on its social media that its “Black 2 Class
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jan. 3, 2022, is a day first responders, like Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp, struggle to relive. “It was a very horrific wreck,” Blomenkamp said. “One of the worst I’ve seen in my 34 years of doing business here.” Blomenkamp was one of several first responders to respond to a
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Six months after an EF-2 tornado swept through the city of Rolla, signs of the destruction remain. Three Rolla Public Schools buildings, along with other RPS properties like the softball complex, were damaged in the storm. “We took four days off right after the tornado, and then that second week was our
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