COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s top prosecutor says a Florida man has now been charged with murder in the death of a Stephens College student. Misael Covarrubias, 23, will be charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Aiyanna Williams. He is also charged with three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will increase its reimbursement rates paid to University of Missouri Health Care by 3.5% each year under a deal reached this summer. The deal, which was agreed to in August but took effect retroactively on April 1, was the result of months of negotiations between the insurance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Boone County will buy space at a Jefferson City cemetery to house dozens of unclaimed remains at the medical examiner’s office. The county commission approved the $6,600 contract with Hawthorn Memorial Gardens at its Tuesday meeting. The contract allows the Boone/Callaway Medical Examiner’s Office to keep unclaimed cremated remains at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A New Bloomfield man was charged on Tuesday after he was accused of raping a girl in August. Dakota McGuire, 19, was charged in Callaway County with first-degree statutory rape of a child younger than 14 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date
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Cole County EMS Chief Eric Hoy said after months of work to decide how to close cost gaps for the Safe Haven Baby Box installation at the Cole County EMS Headquarters in downtown Jefferson City, the county has agreed on a solution.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash in Miller County on Monday night. According to online crash reports, the 60-year-old man was riding his motorcycle westbound on Highway 54, west of Walnut Grove Road, at about 11 p.m. when he turned a curve too fast, skidded off the road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An area attorney is concerned a recent proposal from University of Missouri System President Mun Choi could lead to some people in the city being singled out. Choi held a press conference on Monday, pushing for city and university leaders to come together to address crime. Choi’s push came after Stephens College
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders are evaluating its next steps to reduce crime in the city after a Stephens College student was killed in a shooting over the weekend that left two others injured. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi has called on the city to make a “task force” to deter crime.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors on Monday proposed reduced charges for a man accused of killing two women in a crash last year ahead of his plea hearing on Tuesday. Walter Montejo, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of second-degree assault, misdemeanor driving while revoked and driving without insurance. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police officers were seen searching an area of Mohawk Avenue near Indian Hills Park in northeast Columbia on Monday evening. Officers put up crime scene tape around 8:20 p.m. and about 10 evidence markers were seen on the ground. An officer at the scene told an ABC 17 News photographer that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ethan Jones has owned MindRight Wellness in downtown Columbia for five years. He said he came into work Monday with a heavy heart after shooting on Saturday morning left one student dead and injured two others just a few stores down. “It’s definitely a heavy energy,” Jones said. “It’s emotional, you know.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi said Monday that crimes ranging from homeless trespassers on campus to gun violence in downtown Columbia have created a dangerous environment for citizens and students. “What I’m hearing from individuals, whether that’s the business leaders or citizens, is that Columbia was not this way in
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say in court documents that the 23-year-old Florida man who opened fire early Saturday in downtown Columbia, killing a woman, shot 11 times into a crowd as he walked from the scene. Court documents show that 23-year-old Misael Covarrubias has been charged with three counts of assault, three counts of armed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Audrain County after he allegedly dragged a woman from her home, pulled her into a vehicle and assaulted her on Sunday morning. Lane Miles, 21, of Auxvasse, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor second-degree property damage. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Court documents say Columbia police had to use a Taser on a man who is accused of a number of crimes. Deon Brown, 53, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with three counts of third-degree domestic assault, one count of misdemeanor third-degree kidnaping, misdemeanor resisting arrest, one count of second-degree domestic assault,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri has submitted a waiver to cut “unhealthy” foods from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office announced Monday in a press release. Kehoe signed an executive order on Monday to tell the state’s Department of Social Services to submit the waiver, joining a growing number
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash Sunday night has led to closed lanes on Interstate 70 east of Columbia. The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed the eastbound and westbound passing lanes at mile marker 134, according to a news release. Repairs are expected to wrap up by Monday evening, MoDOT says. The crash Sunday night
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 59-year-old woman was seriously hurt in a UTV crash Sunday night in Morgan County. According to online crash records, the Overland Park, Kansas, woman was driving a 2020 Yamaha Viking UTV when she lost control on Viewside Drive near Memory Lane. In a turn, the UTV travelled off the side of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi held a news conference Monday morning to talk about crime in Columbia after a Stephens College student died over the weekend from a gunshot wound. Watch the playback in the player.
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President Donald Trump said he will send U.S. soldiers into another American city, this time to protect ICE facilities “under siege” by “domestic terrorists.” Trump announced his plans Saturday in a social media post that called Portland, Oregon, “war ravaged.” The White House didn’t provide details. Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles in June and
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