COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday evening voted 5-0 to change its water rates. According to council documents, the water ordinance would increase revenue by $3.6 million, or 12%, and would take effect with the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1. The council will decide on changing electric rates at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vehicle backfiring led to police to respond to an area of the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus on Monday evening. An MU Alert was sent out to students at 8:35 p.m. indicating that officers were responding to a shots-fired call in the 900 block of South Providence Road. The Columbia Police
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition is underway for the dilapidated Truman Hotel in Jefferson City. Mayor Ron Fitzwater confirmed crews started tearing down the building on Monday afternoon. The former hotel in the 1500 block of Jefferson Street has long been called an “eyesore” by city officials. Discussions around the building’s demolition have occurred for
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) This fall, Jefferson City students have a free option for getting to and from school. Jefferson City Transit is waiving bus fares for students on Tripper routes throughout the fall semester. The free service applies to anyone riding the Tripper Routes, which operate Monday through Friday on school days. No student ID
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COLUMBIA, mo. A man was charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly fired gunshots at a family in California, Missouri, on Friday. Ruben Obando-Romero was charged in Moniteau County with second-degree assault, armed criminal action and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Moniteau County Jail without bond and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Codefendants Samarion Robins, 20, and Oscar Ashford Jr., 21, were denied a bond reduction by a Boone County judge on Monday. Their Sept. 8 trial date was also pushed to Nov.18. The trial was pushed back after Judge Jeff Harris revealed that prosecutors handed more than 900 pages of discovery to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With less than a month before the 2026 fiscal budget is expected to be approved, the City Council will hold the second of three public hearings at City Hall as staff brace for a tighter budget after expected tax revenue fell 3% short last year. The 2026 budget projects roughly $560 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas man was charged in Cooper County after he allegedly broke into a home and pointed a gun at the homeowner on Sunday morning. Rivanold Truman Tegomo Tekombo, 25, of Olathe, Kansas, was charged with first-degree burglarly, second-degree kidnapping, armed criminal action and two misdemeanors: Fourth-degree assault and stealing. He is
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Public Schools is adding its name to a suit challenging a state law to provide subsidies for pro sports teams. The Fulton Board of Education voted last week to join the lawsuit filed by state Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove), state Rep. Bryant Wolfin (R-Ste. Genevieve) and a Maries County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man was charged with several felonies on Friday after authorities claim he helped a teenager commit a shooting in March in Mexico. Casey Minter Jr., of Mexico, was charged in Audrain County with conspiracy to commit a felony, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, endangering the welfare
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged on Friday with a pair of felonies after he allegedly strangled a woman multiple times this summer. Jonathan Swiney was charged in Audrain County with two counts of first-degree domestic assault. A warrant was issued and no bond was set. The probable cause statement says a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletic Director Laird Veatch spoke with reporters Monday on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The Tigers will host Central Arkansas on Faurot on Aug. 28 — a Thursday night kickoff.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a guest at the White House on Monday as European leaders try to hammer out a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Zelensky and Trump took questions from reporters before a closed-door meeting, and the atmosphere was more friendly than Zelensky’s last trip to the White
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District is kicking off the 2025-26 school year Monday morning, as students will be introduced to the new statewide cellphone policy in schools. In July, Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 68 banning the use of cell phones during instructional time, lunch breaks, study halls and between
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An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day is in effect through Monday afternoon as dangerous heat is expected to persist through the start of the week. A Heat Advisory is in effect from through Monday for all of mid-Missouri. A combination of heat and humidity will led to heat index values between 105-108 Monday. Stay
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Friday for a summit in Anchorage, Alaska. The key topic: the war in Ukraine. Trump failed to secure the ceasefire he’d been aiming for, with Putin making no promises beyond continuing the talks. The meeting ended with brief statements from each leader and no questions taken.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) K-12 students were leaving the Armory Sports and Recreation Center and Cosmo Park with backpacks, sharp pencils, and even sharper hairstyles Sunday after two local Columbia businesses hosted two back-to-school events. This year marked the 5th annual Renz Blendz Barbershop event at the rec center and the first-ever Broadway Hair Company event
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COOPER COUNTY, MO. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office says its response to a possible armed home invasion turned into a two-hour long stand off. Sunday morning at around 7:30, the Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post that Cooper County deputies and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to an address on
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Despite deer season starting up in next month in Missouri, deer have been making their presence known during the month of August. First responders have reported at least four serious vehicle crashes involving deer since the start of the month. The crashes include a Pettis County Man driving a truck and three
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Dozens of people gathered outside of the State Capitol on Saturday, protesting a recent push made by some republican lawmakers.
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