COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say they arrested a man on Thursday in connection with a Nov. 10 shooting in the 900 block of East Broadway in Downtown Columbia. Demetrius L. Shaw, 23, of Columbia, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Charges have not been filed yet in the shooting case,
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 2100 block of Blue Ridge Road Friday morning. Sarah Yoro-Massad with the Columbia Police Department says injuries are unknown at this time. Boone County Joint Communications sent out an alert at 7:02 a.m for a vehicle collision asking drivers to use
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CNN By Tami Luhby and Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The early morning killing of a top health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan Wednesday has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims, a public display of Americans’ pent-up anger at the nation’s complex
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Mizzou Arena will be hopping on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers’ biggest rival — the Kansas Jayhawks — are coming to town for a noon tipoff in the yearly home-and-home matchup, which is in Columbia this time around. A Mizzou win would be a big upset. The Jayhawks are ranked No. 1, even though they lost
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With dangerously cold temperatures sweeping through the region, warming shelters across mid-Missouri have opened their doors Thursday night. According to data from the Boone County Coalition to End Homelessness, more than 400 people in Boone County are considered homeless. As temperatures dipped into the teens in Columbia, dozens of people lined up
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit against the Jefferson City Catholic Diocese. The lawsuit against the Diocese and the Rev. Shawn McKnight alleged it covered up abuse for more than 50 years and “hindered Plaintiffs from discovering their causes of action against the Defendants for their negligent and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia state representative says he wants to let Boone County voters to decide on whether a charter school should be established here. Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) said this week that he’s pushing for a law that would let local voters decide whether a charter school can be set up in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The popular fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A could be adding another location in Columbia. A statement from the company says Chick-fil-A is looking to add a second location, which it claims would create roughly 80-120 jobs. Documents submitted to the city show that the company is looking to build the restaurant at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after crews responded to a garage fire in west Columbia on Thursday. Crews responded to a fire at 1:57 p.m. in the 1500 block of Canton Drive, according to Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez. A garage that was attached to a home was “fully involved with flames,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Steelville man was seriously injured in a crash on Thursday in Maries County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a 2010 Hyundai Sonata – driven by a 43-year-old Steelville man – was heading southbound on Highway 63, about two miles north of Vienna, when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged on Thursday with several child sex crimes. Christopher Lee Boyd, 30, was charged with three counts of first-degree statutory rape and three counts of statutory sodomy. A warrant was issued and no bond was set. A court date has not been scheduled. Court documents claim Boyd
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Health insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will change how it evaluates billed time on professional claims for anesthesia services, according to a post made to Anthem’s website on November 1, 2024.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has relaunched its online reporting website for non-emergency situations following a surge in shoplifting. The website should be used for non-emergency incidents such as “minor thefts, vandalism and lost property,” according to a Thursday press release from CPD. This comes after CPD held a meeting with a number
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Cole County who was charged last month with child sex crimes has been charged in another case. Jimmie Payne, 38, of Jefferson City, was charged in November with second-degree child molestation and attempted second-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
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KGO, CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Tsunami warnings have been issued for nearly 5 million people along parts of the Northern California and Oregon coastlines after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the California coast. The earthquake hit at 10:44 a.m. PT about 60 miles southwest of Ferndale, California, the US Geological Survey said.
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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fans in Missouri will be able to bet on sports next year under a ballot measure that narrowly won approval. State election officials on Thursday certified that the sports betting initiative passed with 50.05% support in the November election. Betting won’t begin immediately. The Missouri Gaming Commission said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Temp-tations Oven Gloves The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled 1.1 million Temp-tations Oven Gloves. Regulators issued the recall because the gloves can fail to protect users from heat which increases the risk of getting burned. The recalled gloves were sold in single pairs or sets of two from August 2018 through
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A house fire that broke out Wednesday morning in south Columbia reignited less than 24 hours later. Firefighters with the Columbia Fire Department were back on scene around 2:30 Thursday morning on the 4400 block of Glen Eagle Drive. CFD left the scene just before 4:30 a.m. and the fire marshal will
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary — Pete Hegseth — is under increasing pressure to drop out this week. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Trump is considering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Pentagon’s top job after an avalanche of negative press about Hegseth. Allegations against Hegseth, a Fox News host, include sexual
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Wednesday asked a judge to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang did not immediately rule after Wednesday’s hearing. Planned Parenthood and other plaintiffs had asked her to issue a temporary
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