COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders from around the state gathered in Moberly on Tuesday for a two-day training focused on responding to active shooters. The Active Attack Incident Management course brings together law enforcement, fire and EMS to train for how they would coordinate and manage resources during an incident. The training is taught by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the June death of an electrician who died while working on the University of Missouri’s Memorial Stadium renovation project. Corey Sooter, 44, died on June 10 after working at Memorial Stadium on June 5. He was a foreman for BK2 Electrical and Design and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The word downtown has been removed from the headline, as the incident occurred closer to Business Loop 70, about a mile from Downtown Columbia. Columbia Police arrested a 38-year-old man for a downtown burglary Sunday morning. A social media post by the department said officers responded to a business in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters approved a 1% public safety sales tax in Columbia’s Tuesday election, and now city leaders are working to determine how the new revenue will be incorporated into the city’s budget. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said 75 additional ballots were counted during Friday’s certification process. That includes two military and overseas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri man is in serious condition after hitting a deer on his motorcycle Saturday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened just after 2:15 p.m. when the motorist was driving northbound on Route C when the deer ran into the road. The 63-year-old man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri schools are finally starting to see money from the state’s sports betting industry, which was legalized in December. According to Liz Hoffman of the Missouri Gaming Commission, $1.084 million was transferred to the Sports Wagering Education Fund on June 9, marking the first distribution to education since sports betting was legalized.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Respect Missouri Voters held a rally on Friday at the Missouri Secretary of State Office this afternoon. The rally comes after Secretary of State Denny Hoskins decided on Tuesday to reject the group’s proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the November ballot. The group filed a lawsuit on Thursday in an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in their attempt to protect Missouri’s initiative petition process in its current form. Claire Harris, Jamie Howard and Eric Bonner – who are residents of Greene, Cole and St. Louis counties, respectively – wrote that they signed a petition that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power outages were reported around Mid-Missouri on Thursday after heavy rain and storms went through the area. At 2:27 p.m., Columbia had two outages affecting 126 electricity customers on Stadium Boulevard and in a neighborhood near Forum Boulevard. The outage map for the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives showed 477 Callaway Electric
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cases of cyclosporiasis continue to climb in Missouri, with health officials confirming Wednesday that the Show-Me state is among 15 affected states included in the nationwide outbreak linked to lettuce from central Mexico. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Missouri has reported the third-highest number of illnesses in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two 13-year-old girls were seriously injured in a UTV crash on Wednesday afternoon on Warren School Road in Miller County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the two girls were in a 2013 Polaris Ranger that was heading southbound when it went off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man found guilty of causing the 1993 Missouri flood was given parole during a hearing last week James Robert Scott, 58, was found guilty decades ago of causing a catastrophe. He is being held at Jefferson City Correctional Center. He was sentenced to life in prison on July 6, 1998. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Tuesday’s primary election, heads turn toward November. An amendment challenging the state’s abortion rules, known as Amendment 3, will be on the Nov. 3 ballot. If passed, Amendment 3 would reinstate an abortion ban statewide. Multiple contributions have been made this week that triggered the 48-hour reporting window for the Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amendments 4 and 5 failed at the ballot box on Tuesday. Dennis Ganahl, with MO Tax Relief — a group backing the ballot measure — shared his disappoint over the failure to pass. “We’re very disappointed that Missouri voters have decided to do nothing to move our state forward,” Ganahl said. “That
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said Tuesday that a citizen-led referendum challenging a Republican-friendly map passed by the state legislature is “insufficient.” Hoskins made the announcement at a news conference in Jefferson City about an hour before his deadline to certify the petition challenging the “Missouri First” congressional map. Hoskins said
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Primary Election Day is here — often one of the slower elections in terms of turnout. But not this year. Boone County’s clerk is predicting 40% turnout for the August primary, driven in large part by a public safety sales tax vote in Columbia. But statewide Constitutional amendments are also likely to drive large numbers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump announced on his social media on Monday that he is approving a $24.5 million disaster declaration for the June 4-18 storms that hit Missouri. Gov. Mike Kehoe requested a disaster declaration on July 9 for public assistance for 34 counties, including: Adair, Andrew, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Dade, Daviess,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cyclosporiasis cases in Missouri have nearly doubled in the past week, according to information from the state’s Communicable Disease report that was reported on Sunday. Total cases of the diarrhea-inducing disease have hit 1,095 as of Sunday, which increased from 595 from last week’s total. As of Monday afternoon, 90 cases of cyclosporiasis
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters are set to head to the polls and decide on Amendment 4, which would require approval of citizen-led petitions in every congressional district, prohibit foreign contributions and penalize petition fraud. Part of the proposed amendment would explicitly define the constitutional crime of petition signature fraud, covering actions like signature forgery, submitting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daniel Boone Regional Library has responded to state Sen. Rick Brattin’s Sunshine Law request. Brattin (R-Harrisonville) had filed a request earlier this week surrounding an LGBTQ+-themed event that was held on Saturday. The Columbia Public Library held a “Rainbow Storytime” event on Saturday that included readings of “Rainbowsaurus” and “Big Wig.” Secretary
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