HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The 32nd annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival will kick off Saturday at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m and family fun events and traffic impacts are expected in the area. Signs will be posted around the event to direct festivalgoers to obey the traffic rules set in place. Route A will be closed to
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CNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Egypt is facing mounting pressure to act as neighboring Gaza gets pummeled by Israeli strikes after last weekend’s brutal assault in Israel by Hamas. In the wake of the Hamas attacks, Israel closed its two border crossings with Gaza and imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, blocking
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Scores from Week 8 of high school football.
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Jefferson City resident Joey O’Connor lost his mother Betty Jean O’Connor on March 11. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years ago.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone Health Board of Directors stated in a Friday press release that Brady Dubois will be Boone Health’s next CEO. The release states his start date is Monday, Nov. 20. The release states he has 16 years of experience in health care leadership and was recently the CEO of Detroit Medical
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported Friday after a vehicle caught fire at the intersection of Route E and West Wilcox Road, according to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District. First responders were dispatched at 5:31 p.m. and the intersection was briefly shut down while firefighters worked, according to
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old Sedalia man suffered serious injuries in a Thursday crash on Route M south of Goodwill Chapel, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Crash occurred as a 2003 Nissan Xterra – driven by Peyton Thompson — was heading northbound and went off the right side of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Truman Boulevard overpass that goes over Highway 50 in Jefferson City is now open, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The bridge closed on Oct. 9 for a bridge rehabilitation project and was expected to be closed for 10 days. The project included replacing the
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Jefferson City is part of a program that aims to help firefighters with cancer treatment while also saving the city some money.
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Hickman will host Rock Bridge on Friday night in a Columbia cross-town rivalry as part of Week 8 of the high school football season. The Bruins are looking to secure their third straight win while the Kewpies are still searching for their first victory of the season.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) More than a week has passed since the House of Representatives has been without a Speaker. After Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) won an initial secret vote — according to the Associated Press and CNN — against Rep. Austin Scott (R-Georgia) it came down to a second vote to make sure all the
Continue Reading HARTSBURG, MO. (KMIZ) An organizer of the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival says this year’s long-term, statewide drought is likely to hurt the pumpkin growers that supply the gourds for the festival. Hartsburg, a Missouri River town in southern Boone County, has a population of 143 but welcomes thousands of visitors for the festival, in its 32nd
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City drivers were seriously injured in a Boone County crash Friday on Highway 124, just north of Bentwood Lane, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as Briseis Haill, 18, was driving eastbound in her 2009 Ford Edge in the westbound lane and hit
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The Moberly church group that was stuck in Israel when Hamas launched its terrorist attack has returned home, an Iowa group that was traveling with them said in a social media post.
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Holden woman died Thursday from injuries she suffered in a Wednesday crash while riding in a horse-drawn buggy, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred when a 2011 Dodge Ram – driven by Jacob Truex, 36, of Chilhowee — rear-ended the buggy on southbound
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Matias was an American citizen born in Boone County, Missouri, and living in Israel who was killed by Hamas gunfire while shielding her son from bullets, along with her husband, Israeli citizen Shlomi Matias, CNN previously reported.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was charged with four counts of forgery in June was arrested Thursday in Columbia. Justin Trim, 33, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 6:56 p.m. He was eventually transferred to the Cole County Jail and is being held there on a $15,000 bond. Trim
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A Columbia man accused in a deadly spring 2020 shooting was sentenced Friday to a year in the Boone County Jail.
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The price of everything has gone up over the past year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Vigils for the citizens of Israel and Palestine were held in Columbia on Thursday night as casualties continue to rise as violence continues in the region. One vigil took place on the University of Missouri campus at Speakers Circle and was organized by Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine. According to a
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