COOPER COUNTY, Mo, (KMIZ) One of Cooper County’s 12 battery-operated outdoor warning sirens was found to not be working properly following a recent test, according the Cooper County Emergency Management Agency. CCEMA Director Larry Oerly said the siren is located at Harley Park near the water treatment plant in Boonville. “Everything is working the way
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old Boonville man who employed girls to help manufacture and distribute weed-related items has been charged with attempted child enticement. Stanley Thomas was charged in Cooper County on Tuesday with attempted child enticement, money laundering and giving drugs to someone younger than 17 years old. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University in Jefferson City is raising rates for tuition and room and board next school year. Documents published on Tuesday for Monday’s Board of Curators meeting shows a 5% increase across the board for the 2026-27 school year. The rate increase for tuition applies for all undergraduates and graduate students regardless
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been corrected to say the bill received initial approval. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House of Representatives gave initial approval Tuesday to a plan that would ask voters to phase out the state income tax over several years. The chamber voted 85-48 around 1 p.m. Tuesday to perfect HJR
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County deputies have arrested a Columbia man for a crash that left a child hurt over the weekend. On Monday, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said it was searching for a driver accused of hitting a 9-year-old girl with their car in the 700 block of Demaret Drive on Sunday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri drivers are seeing a sharp jump at the pump as average gas prices surged nearly 33 cents per gallon over the past week, reaching $3.01 per gallon statewide. According to GasBuddy’s survey of nearly 4,000 stations across the Show-Me State, the steep rise marks a significant month‑over‑month increase. Gas costs about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hear from Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz and players as spring practice continues.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Bones found last week in a wooded area near Rolla have been identified as a man who went missing nearly 26 years ago. Phelps County Sheriff Michael Kirn said in a news release that the bones found March 3 were identified as Eugene Cerney, who was 56 when he went missing on
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Editor’s note: The date and area of the shooting was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Witnesses took the stand Tuesday in day one of the jury trial for the man charged in connection with a shooting inside a Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbia in 2024. A jury of nine men and five women were chosen for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County deputies are asking for the public’s help in finding a driver who hit a 9-year-old girl and drove away Sunday night. The child, who was taken to a hospital but was alert and talking at the scene, was crossing in the 700 block of Demaret Drive east of Columbia at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite a drop in crimes investigated last school year, Columbia Public Schools saw an increase in responses to disruptions, according to new data presented during a Monday Board of Education review of the district’s School Resource Officer program. The district partners with the Columbia Police Department on the program, which is designed
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EDITOR’S NOTE: AI tools were used to help organize the information in this story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is urging drivers to travel with caution, with warmer weather causing potholes to pop up across roads. MoDOT crews responded to the westbound Interstate 70 on-ramp at the Highway 63 connector twice over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new set of charges have been filed against one of the men accused in the 2023 Dove Drive shooting that left one man dead. A superseding indictment was filed on Friday in the case against Ja’Shaun Barney, 21, of Columbia. He is now charged with conspiracy to commit a felony, accessory
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who was already sentenced to 50 years in prison for federal child sex crimes has been sentenced for his crimes in Audrain County. William Dahl, 41, of Rush Hill, pleaded guilty in January in Audrain County to promoting child porn, two counts of child enticement and two counts
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President Donald Trump held a news conference in a ballroom at the Doral golf club Monday. The event primarily focused on the war in Iran, with Trump taking questions from reporters.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Benton County man is in jail after he allegedly bit his brother during an early Saturday assault at the Candlewood Suites in Jefferson City. Clemente Carrizales, 43, of Lincoln, was charged on Monday in Cole County with first-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville man was charged with two felonies after authorities say he assaulted a woman on Saturday. Samuel Sloas was charged on Monday with first-degree domestic assault and illegal gun possession. An arraignment was held on Monday. A counsel status hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 17; while a preliminary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County woman has been charged with murder after allegedly killing her boyfriend on Friday. Lea Ann Barba, 42, was charged Friday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Court documents state deputies were called to a home near Dixon on Friday afternoon for an unresponsive person after a gun was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old man found unresponsive in the intake area of the Camden County Jail on Sunday was pronounced dead about an hour later, according to a sheriff’s office news release. Jailers notified emergency dispatchers after finding the man at about 10:30 p.m., the release says. The sheriff’s office says the man appeared
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri Supreme Court judge is expected to hear arguments in a redistricting lawsuit on Tuesday that could give voters, politicians and election authorities a final answer as to which congressional map is currently in place. This lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the law that enacts the map, House Bill 1. The
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