COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Grocery and hardware stores saw packed parking lots Friday as people prepared for a winter storm that will hit Saturday. “It’s pretty busy in there, it’s almost like a Black Friday crowd coming on,” Westlake ACE Hardware shopper Lance Bezner said. “Everybody’s buying everything, but they still have a lot of product
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police have arrested a man accused hitting someone in the head with a gun on Nov. 2, police wrote in a Friday press release. Marquise Mathis, 44, was charged on Nov. 22 with wo counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of second-degree
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By Kara Scannell, Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump will face no legal penalties for his conviction in the hush money case, a New York judge ruled Friday. Judge Juan Merchan, however, upheld Trump’s conviction in the case, rejecting the president-elect’s effort to throw out the jury’s verdict because of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou College Republicans on Friday issued an apology to Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine on its Instagram page for sharing a doctored image. The group accused MSJP of supporting a terror attack suspect in New Orleans. Mizzou College Republicans shared an edited image that included the Instagram handle for MSJP. The image
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Missouri Humane Society put out an urgent call Friday for people who can foster pets during the coming winter storm. The organization says putting some animals in foster homes will help staff care for shelter animals. “Winter storms can be stressful for animals in the shelter,” Julie Aber, executive director
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Columbia woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash in Hallsville Thursday evening. The Boone Country Fire Protection District says they responded to the 14000 block on north Route U near Highway 124 at 8:16 p.m. where they helped two people from a vehicle. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s
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PARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A massive winter storm poised to unleash a barrage of heavy snow, treacherous ice, rain, and severe thunderstorms across a 1,300-mile swath of the United States will impact an estimated 62 million people starting Saturday afternoon and continuing into Monday. Snow and ice so
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A major winter storm is forecast to blanket Mid-Missouri in snow and ice this weekend. Some forecast models predict more than 10 inches of snow for some areas but the totals could also be much less. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has called a Weather Alert Day from Saturday night to Monday morning. Forecasts
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PRAIRIE HOME, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County family is looking for information after their dogs were found dead on the side of the road Wednesday night. Ryan Bernskoetter said he found two of his labs off Campbell Bridge Road just after 7 p.m. with bullet holes in them. After receiving donations, the family is now
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s College Republicans and the Boone County Republicans have taken down social media posts from Wednesday that accused Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine of supporting New Orleans terror attack suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar. A social media post shared by the Mizzou College Republicans included an image that looks like
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is preparing statewide for a large winter system moving in this weekend. “We had a winter weather conference call this morning at 9 a.m. with the Weather Service, the Highway Patrol, all our partners,” said Darin Hamelink, MoDOT’s State Maintenance Director. “So yeah, we’re gearing up in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 10 miles of new natural surface trails could be built in south Columbia if the City Council approves the plan on Monday. The council will consider the $403,000 project at its Monday meeting. If approved, Columbia Parks and Recreation will work with Nomad Trails Development to build 10.5 miles of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender from San Antonio, Texas, has been accused of sending nude images of himself to a child in Missouri. Benito Tovar, 54, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with furnishing pornographic material to a minor. A court date has not been set. He was not listed on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No deaths were reported in 44 traffic crashes over the New Year’s holiday counting period, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP wrote that statistics could be updated “if late deaths occur, or if other departments report fatal traffic crashes.” MSHP said nine deaths were reported
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a pair of gun crimes on Thursday after police arrested him at a scene on New Year’s Eve. Jay’Veon Miller, 19, was charged with illegal gun possession and stealing a gun. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and a court appearance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of causing a head-on crash Wednesday morning on Interstate 70 has been charged with a felony. Eslin Jesus Lopez-Regaldo, 20, was charged with driving while intoxicated and three misdemeanors: Driving on the wrong side of the road, driving without a license and not having vehicle insurance. He is being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor for allegedly impersonating a U.S. marshal and felonies for a drug crime and resisting arrest. John P. Wallace, 56, was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer and fourth-degree assault — both misdemeanors — along with attempting to steal drugs and resisting arrest,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local and federal officials in New Orleans were expected to update the public about a deadly New Year’s Day truck attack Thursday morning. The attack by a U.S. citizen and Army veteran who might have been inspired by ISIS left at least 15 people dead in the French Quarter when his truck
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CNN By Hanna Park, John Miller, Haley Britzky, Kyung Lah and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday has been identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, an active-duty US Army Green Beret, according to a law enforcement source familiar with
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As of Wednesday, police can now ticket Missouri drivers for using their cellphones while driving. The law requires the use of cellphones while driving to be hands-free. Police can write tickets but they can’t pull drivers over for this violation — it must accompany a more severe driving infraction to warrant a traffic stop. Do
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