COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged in relation to a baby’s death ran an unlicensed daycare and did not qualify for any exemptions. Sarah D. Brown has been charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter for the death of an infant child at her home daycare. Missouri law requires all daycare providers to have a license if
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some farmers may need help after a drought last summer and now one to start this summer. Mid-Missouri farms continue to feel the strain because of the lack of water. According to the most recent drought report published, over 90% of the state has abnormally dry drought conditions. John George — wildlife regional supervisor with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An update on drought conditions across the state was released on Thursday morning. But, despite a few rain storms this month, Mid-Missouri is still seeing a large amount of drought. According to the most recent drought report published, over 90% of the state has abnormally dry drought conditions. That’s up almost 5% when comparing data from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Utilities has agreed to help fund the Central Missouri Community Action’s (CMCA) Weatherization Assistance Program for Columbia Water & Light electric customers. The city made the announcement in a press release on Wednesday. It says CMCA provides assistance to income-eligible households to make energy efficiency improvements. Columbia has pledged
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Governor Mike Parson announced a plan Tuesday to provide farmers with emergency hay and water as drought conditions continue in Missouri.
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An elevated section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia collapsed Sunday after a tanker truck hauling gasoline caught fire.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) City leaders from Fulton are in Denver Colorado as Fulton is one of the 19 finalists selected for the All-American City Award through the National Civic League. Fulton has the chance to be selected as one of the ten winners after the conference Sunday night. The All-American City Award recognizes the work
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri hosted its 6th annual “Hope for Heroes 5K” at the Nickell Shelter in Cosmo Park and in Kirksville, Missouri Saturday morning. The event took place at 7:30 a.m. and the Food Bank said the money raised will help support the Food Bank’s veteran programs
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Missouri Republicans are sharing reactions to the news of former President Donald Trump’s indictment related to his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Keith Comfort will have a pre-trial hearing on Friday at 1:30 p.m. before his jury trial on Monday morning at the Boone County Courthouse. Comfort is charged with killing his wife in 2006. According to court documents, in 2019, authorities say Comfort admitted to police in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin that he killed his wife Megan
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BENTON, Co. (KMIZ) A woman is in the hospital recovering from serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Benton County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report, the crash happened at 9:40 am on Missouri Highway 7 at Turkey Creek Hill. Troopers say D’anna M. Ambrose, 41 of Warsaw was traveling northbound
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Columbia businessman Randy Minchew said he will not run for the newly-drawn state senate seat representing Boone County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Show-Me State and Senior Games kick off in Columbia on Thursday and will have dozens of events heading into the weekend. According to the game schedule, there will pickleball games at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Cosmo-Bethel Park in Columbia. The sport of pickleball has been around for a some
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The state Department of Agriculture this week unveiled two USDA-funded programs that will allow seniors and mothers to use food benefits at farmers markets.
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Legal marijuana advocates are raising concerns as a deadline looms to expunge most pot-related offenses from Missouri residents’ criminal records.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Transgender minors and some adults soon will be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed by Missouri’s Republican governor. Gov. Mike Parson also on Wednesday signed legislation that will block transgender girls and women from playing on female sports
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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers was executed Tuesday evening by lethal injection. Michael Tisius, 42, was executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre after Gov. Mike Parson denied him clemency Monday. In a statement Parson said, “It’s despicable that two dedicated public servants were murdered in
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UNION, Mo. (AP) — A 67-year-old man has pleaded guilty to strangling a woman in Missouri and leaving her bound body in the woods three decades ago, a newspaper reported. Kirby R. King pleaded guilty on Friday to involuntary manslaughter and felonious restraint in the death of 22-year-old Karla Jane Delcour, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) The man convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers during a break-out attempt in 2000 is set to be put to death Tuesday evening. This follows recent information which paused his execution, revealing a juror at his 2010 resentencing only read at a third to fourth-grade level. The latest comments about
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for those responsible for shooting and killing two teens and injuring four others at a house party at a vacant home Sunday morning. However, the Sheriff’s Office says, “they have no information about a specific threat to the community” and they have no
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