St. Louis man arrested after five-hour standoff in west Columbia Saturday morning
Columbia Police arrested Octavious Bradshaw, 29, of St. Louis after a five-hour standoff Saturday morning in the 2700 block of Summit Road.
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Michigan woman dead after crash in Saline County Friday night
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 33-year-old woman from Saginaw, Michigan, was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday night. The crash happened at around 10 p.m. in Saline County on I-70 EB. The woman was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze East when she drove to the right side of the road and hit a bridge. She was
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Jefferson City man dead after golf cart crash early Friday morning
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash early Friday morning killed a 62-year-old Jefferson City man. The crash occurred at around 12:45 a.m. in Morgan County on private property North of Dunwandrin Road when a Jefferson City man driving a golf cart eastbound on private property hit a rock and was thrown from the vehicle. The golf
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Boone County Sheriff’s Office warns of scam involving fake documents
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office warned residents about a new scam involving fake documents to trick people into sending money. The Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Friday social media post that the scam involves someone sending fake copies of what appears to be a federal arrest warrant and a “mobile escort orders”
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Missouri lawmakers defend ‘big, beautiful bill’ amid protest at closed-door event in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dozens of protestors crashed an event hosted by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce on Friday, which featured appearances from Missouri Republican lawmakers Rep. Bob Onder and Rep. Mark Alford. The event, held at The Kitchen Grill and Games, was a closed-door meet-and-greet between representatives, local business leaders, and a U.S. Chamber of
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Columbia street crews to work on pavement next week
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Street crews will put down sealant on several city streets next week, according to a City of Columbia news release. Lionmark Contracting, under contract with Columbia Public Works, will apply Onyx surface treatment to the roads, which have undergone chip-and-seal paving. Onyx is a blend of liquid asphalt, chemicals and other materials
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Columbia Fire Department wants 12 new firefighters in next year’s budget
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department is asking for 12 new firefighter positions as part of its budget next year. The request from CFD to the city manager’s office calls for 12 new Firefighter I/II positions at a total cost of $1.1 million. Chief Brian Schaeffer told ABC 17 News he feels the department
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Columbia man charged with having child pornography on phone
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Friday with having dozens of images of child pornography on his cellphone. Daniel S. Carinder, 24, remained in the Boone County Jail on Friday afternoon on a $250,000 bond after an initial arraignment. The investigation began in early April with a report to a Boone County deputy
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Crash kills motorcycle rider in Sedalia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash Thursday evening in Sedalia claimed the life of a man on a Ducati motorcycle. The Sedalia Police Department says in a news release that the crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. at West Broadway Boulevard and South State Fair Boulevard. A Dodge Charger that was turning left at the intersection
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Conservation Department employees’ health information leaked in data breach
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some employees’ personal health information was possibly taken as part of a data breach of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s systems in February, the agency said Friday. MDC initially alerted employees and the public about the breach in February. At the time, officials thought no personal information was part of the
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Covid-19 shots for kids remain on CDC vaccine schedule with slightly different designation
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its immunization schedule for children, days after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid-19 vaccines would be struck from the list of recommended shots for healthy children and pregnant women. Children will be
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Las Vegas motorcyclist hospitalized after Interstate 70 crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from Las Vegas suffered serious injuries when a tractor-trailer hit him motorcycle Thursday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 63-year-old was riding his Harley-Davidson Roadking near the 185 mile marker in Montgomery County when the crash happened at about 1:45 p.m. A truck driven by a 59-year-old Illinois
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Moberly prison inmate charged with animal abuse and harassment for alleged dog hanging
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A prisoner at Moberly Correctional Center was charged Friday with animal abuse and harassment for allegedly hanging his ex-girlfriend’s dog by its leash last September. Brian P. Wadley, 42, was charged with felony animal abuse and harassment in Boone County. He’s serving a four-year sentence in Moberly on charges including receiving stolen
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WATCH: Trump, Musk hold Oval Office news conference as businessman’s government role ends
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump hosted Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday for a news conference to mark the end of Musk’s White House job. Musk is leaving the administration following his time as a “special government employee” who headed up the DOGE effort in Washington. Trump and Musk took questions from
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Lincoln University names first director of new Security Sciences Institue
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University announced the hiring of its first director of the new Security Sciences Institute on Friday. The university hired Adrian S. Petrescu as the SSI director, according to a news release. Petrescu’s role will be to oversee the certificate program and related activities, recruitment and advising students in the programs.
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Firefighters continue working house fire in northern Boone County Friday morning
BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters returned to a house fire early Friday morning after battling the flames throughout the night. Firefighters initially responded to a house fire on Thursday night in northern Boone County, just south of Highway 124, between Harrisburg and Hallsville. The Boone County Fire Protection District was called at 9:30 p.m. to
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Columbia Police search for man seen with George Showalter, decades after murder at Red Roof Inn
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are still searching for a man seen with 59-year-old George Showalter before he was killed at the Red Roof Inn in 1994. George Showalter, date unknown On April 17, 1994, Columbia Police responded to a call at the Red Roof Inn Motel near Interstate 70 and found Showalter facedown and
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JCPD expands community resource officer program to assist homeless population
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department will add a second community resource officer to enhance support for the city’s homeless population and bolster mental health outreach efforts. Jefferson City’s current community resource officer focuses on mental health outreach and connecting unhoused individuals with available resources. They also work to balance the needs
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NAACP claims Missouri AG illegally withheld data in vehicle stop report in new lawsuit
NAACP lawsuitDownload COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri NAACP has sued Attorney General Andrew Bailey for failing to include the disparity index, a key racial profiling measure, in the state’s 2023 annual vehicle stops report. The disparity index measures whether officers are stopping minority drivers at a higher rate than white drivers. It is published in
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Black drivers again pulled over at higher rate in Missouri, traffic stop report says
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Black drivers were again pulled over at a rate surpassing white drivers in Missouri in 2024, according to an annual report released Thursday. The Attorney General’s Vehicle Stops Report is due on June 1 each year, but was released early with that date falling on a weekend. The report provides data
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