COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people were without power in Morgan County and surrounding counties on Friday morning. There are 4,912 electricity customers without power in Morgan County between Co-Mo Electric Cooperative (2,780) and Ameren (2,132) users. Additionally, 895 Ameren customers in Miller County were without power on Friday morning. Benton County saw 269 Co-Mo
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The City of Columbia had its first in a series of forums over its proposal for a public safety sales tax that would pay for a new Columbia Police Department headquarters at a building formerly owned by IBM. The plan would spend $35 million to convert the building. Do you like the idea? Let us
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County family is asking a judge to stop the county from euthanizing its pit bull, arguing the dog does not meet Missouri’s definition of a dangerous dog and that previous biting incidents occurred only when law enforcement officers entered the family’s property without advance notice. Keith Nilges filed the lawsuit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe on Thursday signed an online age verification rule into a state law. House Bill 1839 was made official Thursday and now requires age verification for websites that have more than one-third of its content containing sexual material, including social media. The sites would have to use a third-party for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia held the first of six public forums Thursday night to explain how police and fire leaders would use a proposed 1% public safety sales tax that will appear on the city’s August ballot. Leaders from both departments plan to visit each city ward throughout the month to answer
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported Thursday after a home in the 300 block of Union Street caught fire, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 6:37 p.m. by multiple people and had the fire under control fewer than 20 minutes after arrives. The home’s only
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,300 Ameren customers were without power in Cole County on Thursday. The outage began at 7:14 p.m., after a strong cell entered the area. There were 1,264 customers without power at 7:54 p.m. Power was mostly restored before 9:50 p.m. Ameren’s map then showed Osage County having 537 customers without power
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 3-year-old girl and 33-year-old woman from Newburg were both seriously injured in a Thursday morning crash at a Phelps County intersection, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred at County Roads 6120 and 6110. The woman drove her 2005 Chevrolet Malibu
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors after he allegedly pulled out a gun during an argument at a business. William Smarr, 39, was charged on Thursday in Boone county with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with possessing child sex abuse materials on Thursday in Cole County. Kaeden Turner, 24, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond in this case. He has a bond review in a second case he was charged in this week for 10:30 a.m. Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The State Emergency Management Agency will hold applicant briefings next week for local governments and nonprofits that were affected by storms during April 23-28. The meetings will be held for those in counties included in federal disaster declaration, including Carroll, Chariton, Greene, Holt, Howard, Monroe, Randolph, Ripley, Saline and St. Francois counties. The briefs are not for the general public. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe on Thursday requested federal assistance for 34 Missouri counties that experienced storm damage from June 4-18. A press release says FEMA assistance was requested for: Adair, Andrew, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Dade, Daviess, Gasconade, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Hickory, Holt, Jasper, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s Public Works and Planning Committee met on July 9 to discuss research on safety requirements for shelters, including those that house homeless individuals, and to create a draft of the ordinance. According to the Department of Planning and Protective Services’ memorandum, officials want to find out more about: Occupancy
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Realtors Association hosted a “Protect Your Power: Vote No” rally in Columbia on Thursday. The rally is in opposition to Amendments 4 and 5 that will be on the Aug. 4 ballot. Amendment 4 would increase the required number of votes needed for a citizen petition to pass. While Amendment 5
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a fire on Wednesday at a duplex in the 2400 block of Northampton Drive, a press release from the Columbia Fire Department says. The fire was accidentally stated by a propane grill on a balcony of the second story of the building, the release says. Crews were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a “sunset” date for its proposed public safety sales tax that will appear on the November ballot. If approved, Proposition L – which is a proposed 3/8-cent sales tax that will be used to build a new jail – will expire Dec. 31, 2042.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man is begin held at Morgan County Jail on a $100,000 bond after authorities claim he made an explosive that “could hurt a lot of people.” Matthew Harris, 26, was charged on Wednesday with unlawful possession of an illegal weapon. No prosecutor was available within the first 48 hours of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is accused of stealing $1.28 million from the Isle of Capri Casino earlier this year has pleaded guilty in a separate case in Illinois. Hollis Vanleer Jr., 20, of Bloomington, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Thursday in McLean County to stealing a vehicle. He was sentenced to three years in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon Police Department detective arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in February and charged Thursday remains on the job, the city’s police chief says. Luke M. Gatlin, 46, was pulled over on Feb. 14 in Osage Beach for driving without headlights, and a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper smelled liquor
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The City of Columbia has been in talks for months with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources over the renewal of a permit that allows it to discharge stormwater. In any urban environment, stormwater will be polluted with organic and inorganic chemicals from a variety of sources. But some state officials have zeroed in on
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