COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Contractors who are installing Google Fiber will be seen along Stadium Boulevard in Jefferson City this week. Contractors from Verita Communications will be working along the road between Southwest Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue, according to a Monday press release from Jefferson City. Work will occur 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department on Monday morning used a drone to find a person who was lost and having a medical emergency, according to a press release. Firefighters were called at 5:16 a.m. to Quail Drive near Bass Pro Shop after a person “suffering a significant medical emergency” called 911 for help.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has responded to at least seven reports of vandalism to Flock cameras in the city from the beginning of this year through Sept. 30, according to documents obtained by ABC 17 News. However, CPD redacted all the locations, citing protections in Missouri’s Sunshine Law that allow police to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council introduced a bill and approved a resolution related to a new downtown parking garage at its meeting Monday. The council introduced a bill authorizing the sale of $35 million in bonds to finance a new parking garage at the corner of Madison Street and East Capitol Avenue.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday night unanimously passed its budget for fiscal year 2027. The fiscal year for the city begins Nov. 1 and ends Oct. 31. The total budget is $88,573,996. with the General Fund expected to be $45,542,623 per city documents. City information and previous reporting show it’s an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A cyclist was injured after a vehicle overturned on them Saturday night on East Business Loop 70 and Bowling Street, according to a Monday evening press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says firefighters were called at 7:36 p.m. Saturday after learning a bicycle rider was trapped underneath a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause and origin of a Sunday night fire at a mobile home in the 1500 block of Vandiver Drive is still under investigation, according to a Monday evening press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says crews were called at 8:33 p.m. No injuries were reported. After firefighters went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 7-year-old boy from Versailles was seriously injured Monday morning in a crash on North Mt. Zion Road in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 15-year-old boy rode a tractor northbound and the 7-year-old – who was riding a bicycle –
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A homicide investigation is underway in Kingdom City. Maj. Curtis Hall with the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday that an arrest was made in connection with the investigation. Jonathan G. Houston, 44, was booked into the Callaway County Jail on Sunday night on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping. Callaway
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WARSAW, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman on Monday afternoon pleaded guilty to helping kill a child in Benton County. Kourtney Aumen, 27, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree assault. She will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21. The hearing appeared suddenly on the CaseNet court records website Monday morning ahead of Aumen’s trial,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Saline County authorities captured a kangaroo on Sunday after it escaped a petting zoo the day before at the Saline County Fairgrounds, according to a Monday press release from the Marshall Police Department. The release says on Saturday, a child walked out of the kangaroo enclosure and the gate was accidentally left
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was injured, but a highway was blocked in Cooper County temporarily on Monday when a tractor-trailer rolled onto its side. The truck rolled on Highway 179 near Big Lick Road, south of Wooldridge, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The road was blocked for more than 30 minutes while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was arrested over the weekend after new charges were filed against her in a man’s 2024 beating death. Felicia Hay, 35, was charged earlier this summer with first-degree assault after a manslaughter charge was dropped in the November 2024 death of Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia. Davis died in
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) An appeal hearing in the murder of a snake breeder stalled Monday in Audrain County after an attorney failed to appear. Michael Humphrey filed the motion seeking to vacate or set aside his sentence in the killing of Ben Renick in Montgomery County, claiming his constitutional rights were violated by ineffective legal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged after a woman died following a crash in Jefferson City. Damon L. Crocker, 57, of Centertown, was charged with one count of DWI resulting in the death of another. Court documents state that Crocker was seen on surveillance footage leaving the Office Bar around 3:54 p.m. Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Save Katy Station announced plans to move the Katy Station building from its current spot in an effort to save it from demolition. Katy Station originally served as a depot for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The building is located at 402 E. Broadway and was added to the Columbia Historic Register on Jan.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire at a mobile home occurred on the 1500 block of Vandiver Sunday night near Parker Street and Garnet Avenue. Sergeant Matthew Nichols with the Columbia Police Department said a call came in at 8:40 p.m., and the Columbia Fire Department entered the residential structure within minutes to put out the
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The United States moved all of its long-range bombers stationed in the United Kingdom back to their American home bases on Sunday after an unspecified new threat, officials said. It comes days after the British government arrested a number of individuals in connection with an alleged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 73-year-old man is dead after a plane crash in Pettis County Saturday. The Pettis County Sheriff Brad Anders shared to social media Sunday that Pettis County Deputies, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Pettis County Fire and other agencies responded to the 10000 block of State Highway B around 6 p.m. Saturday.
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The group Show Me Resistance is planning to gather in Jefferson City on Sunday as part of a “Get the Flock Out of Missouri” protest against Flock cameras.
The protest is set to start at 11 a.m. at Community Park, located at 725 Marshall St., where people will rally before splitting off to gather around Flock cameras in the city.
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