COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of East Ash Street and the sidewalk by the Boone County Courthouse will be closed from 6:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, according to a press release from the City of Columbia. Both lanes of the street and the southern sidewalk between North Seventh and Eighth streets will be closed,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County’s only contested race in the Aug. 4 primary will be the election for the county’s presiding commissioner. The Republican candidates include Rob Barnes, Larry Robinson and Clay Chism. Presiding Commissioner Gary Jungermann is not seeking reelection. Barnes is the only candidate with an active campaign committee listed with the Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that occurred Monday in a care facility in the 300 block of East Stone Street in Sturgeon was caused by an “electrical malfunction” near a porch, according to Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp. Previous reporting shows that a staff member at Sturgeon Residential Care Facility found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, died in a crash in Audrain County on Wednesday. Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 6:20 a.m. on Route J at Audrain County Road 481. Troopers said the driver of a 2011 International LF627 was going westbound on Route J when it went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Edits to Columbia Public Schools’ bullying policy, including summer interactions and employee protocol, will be discussed during a school board policy committee meeting Wednesday. The new policy, if passed, would implement new guidelines for instructors on handling reports of bullying. The initial policy had instructors and employees ask to report incidents to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit electrical corporations from using eminent domain to build wind and solar farms. House Bill 2169 is going in front of the House Special Committee on Rural Issues at 4 pm. Wednesday. This bill is similar to two others from previous legislative sessions.
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Rainfall on Tuesday marked the beginning of an active weather pattern for mid-Missouri. Since its onset Tuesday morning, rain totals have steadily risen through several rounds of showers and storms that have already passed. Radar estimated rain total maps illustrate streaking patterns of localized higher amounts, with one notably stretching from Warsaw through Versailles, California,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge sided Wednesday with Columbia Public Schools in a lawsuit alleging the district breached a contract for football field naming rights at Rock Bridge High School. Wayne Sells filed the lawsuit in October 2024 after CPS removed his name from the Rock Bridge football field. The Columbia Board of
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President Donald Trump continues to order more American troops to be sent to the Middle East, where the United States is embroiled in an air and sea conflict in Iran. Trump has not said whether he plans to put soldiers on Iranian soil, but he has not ruled out the possibility. However, reports emerged Tuesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County’s presiding commissioner entered the Republican primary for Missouri’s Sixth Senate District on the final day of filing Tuesday. Todd Isaac “Ike” Skelton of Osage Beach is the sixth Republican to file paperwork to run in the August election for the district that runs from Cole County to the Lake of
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Cole County officially broke ground on its new $14 million juvenile center Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who reached a deal with the state to drop a manslaughter charge for a deadly Columbia hit-and-run crash was sentenced to a short jail stay and probation Tuesday. Judge Ben Miller sentenced Elizabeth Lopez to seven years in prison on three hit-and-run charges, but the judge suspended the sentence, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition crews on Tuesday started to tear down an old Gerbes in the 1200 block of East McCarty Street this week. The demolition is part of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church’s expansion. The expansion has three phases and a total price tag of $40 million. According to diagrams on the church’s website, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women from St. Louis County have been charged after allegedly filing a false kidnapping report that led to an extensive police search for a 5-year-old girl on Monday. Ashley M. Collins, 29, and Kayla Williams, 31, both of Afton, were charged on Tuesday with a misdemeanor for making a false report,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Miller County Prosecutor Matthew Howard died on Monday. He was 64. Howard served as Miller County’s prosecutor from 2002-14 and again from 2022 until his death. Howard’s obituary says a visitation and funeral service will be held Saturday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Eldon, followed by a burial at Eldon City Cemetary.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It can happen to anyone. Forty-eight-year-old Jennifer Brooks didn’t think being out of breath would lead to a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis. “I was a little out of breath, my heart was racing a little bit, so I was thinking maybe it was perimenopause or menopause,” said Brooks. “It just didn’t seem
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters and medics on Tuesday afternoon responded to Capen Park in Columbia after a man fell from a hiking trail. According to the Columbia Fire Department, crews were called at 3:40 p.m. after receiving a report that a man had fallen about 30 feet off a cliff after rocks gave way. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged after a several-hour standoff last August at Stephens Lake Park was sentenced on Monday. Tre’shon Smith, 22, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to two felonies and “a series of misdemeanors” in the case, according to a Tuesday press release from Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson’s Office. Court records
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used in background research of this article. The leader of an Amish community who was accused of sexual abuse and forced labor at a rural retreat asked a Cooper County judge to get in contact with his family during a status hearing on Tuesday. Sam Shetler, 42, faces
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly stabbed someone with a box cutter knife at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday. Robert Cross, 42, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and an initial court
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