COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center was charged in Boone County after trying to take a University Hospital employee hostage on Nov. 22, court documents say. Matthew Handlang, 37, was charged on Tuesday with third-degree assault of a special victim, second-degree kidnapping and attempting to escape confinement. A court date has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police arrested a man on Monday night as a carport collapsed. Police wrote in a Wednesday press release that they arrived in the 1700 block of Sunset Court after getting a report of a man trying to get into vehicles. The victim’s garage door was opened and their garage
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters saved two cats from a burning home Wednesday morning in Jefferson City. Firefighters were called to the 100 block of Taylor Street at about 8:15 a.m., according to a Jefferson City Fire Department news release. A neighbor reported smoke coming from the windows and roof. No one was home then,
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After a stretch of frigid temperatures, we’ll cap off a wintry week with another round of light snow between late Thursday and mid-afternoon Friday. Low pressure stays well to our south this time, meaning the impact from this system will be much less significant compared to our most recent storm. The track of the low
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release the January 6-related volume of its final report of special counsel Jack Smith before Donald Trump takes office. However, Garland does not plan to publicly release the part of Smith’s report
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Big changes are coming to Facebook. Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that Facebook will no longer use fact-checking. Instead, Facebook will take a cue from X and use the “community notes” model that allows users to append notes to correct content. The move has been praised by right-wing figures who say Facebook is biased
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some people are torn about the effectiveness of Columbia Public School’s Alternate Methods of Instruction, as the district heads into its third consecutive day of remote learning. CPS was one of multiple districts in Mid-Missouri to cancel classes Wednesday, as winter weather continues to cause problems. The district announced the addition of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team finally got their SEC losing streak off their back. Head coach Dennis Gates and company had not beaten a conference opponent since March 10, 2023, heading into the game against LSU on Tuesday night. However, the 19-game skid came to an end with a 83-67 win over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission held its first of two readings calling for a special election to further freeze senior property taxes for eligible seniors on Tuesday. The reading comes after a petition from outgoing state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) gained nearly 5,000 signatures from registered Boone County voters, asking the commission
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As temperatures continue to drop, the need for shelter increases. Resources here in Columbia are working to keep the homeless community safe through dangerously low temperatures.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Mid-Missouri school districts had called off Wednesday classes by the middle of Tuesday afternoon as snow and ice continued to cling to area roads. Columbia Public Schools was among the districts that decided before 3 p.m. along with Moberly Public Schools and other, smaller districts in more rural areas. The Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of I-70 Drive Southeast at North East Lane at the eastern edge of Columbia was closed Tuesday while firefighters responded to a fire. First responders had the intersection blocked off before 5 p.m. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 4:46 p.m. stating that the area was closed because
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men were accused in an armed robbery that occurred Saturday in a Jefferson City parking lot, court documents say. Joe Kisabo, 21, was charged with first-degree robbery and tampering with evidence. Stefan Williams, 18, was charged with first-degree robbery and accessory to tampering with evidence. Both men are being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged after he was accused of attacking another man with a hammer on Sunday in Moberly. Rex Barstow, 47, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. Court records list his address as Columbia, but jail records say he is from Moberly. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All Ameren Missouri customers in the Eldon had their power restored around noon Tuesday after losing it in the early morning. Ameren’s outage map showed about 250 customers in the Eldon area without power a little before 11 a.m. Tuesday. The number was down from about 1,700 earlier in the morning. The
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By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. The court fight that prompted Cannon’s order is the capstone of Trump’s yearslong assault on the institution of special counsels, and the
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Codee Munson was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Morgan County for the stabbing death of 69-year-old Carl Goodman.
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The winter storm that hit Mid-Missouri over the weekend didn’t make the worst-case scenario but still dumped enough snow and shut down schools and some businesses. And temperatures well below freezing mean it’s taking longer for that frozen precipitation to come off the roads. Residential streets throughout Mid-Missouri remain covered even as MoDOT makes headway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parts of Mid-Missouri will experience frigid temperatures Monday night through Thursday, leading to home owners cranking up their thermostats. Turning up the heat in a home is often done in an attempt to keep warm, but a local plumber says it’s also essential to keep pipes in the home from freezing. Or
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Joshua Jenkins got behind the wheel of his snowplow just before 7 a.m. Monday. Ten hours later, he was still busy cleaning up the aftermath of this weekend’s winter storm that swept through Mid-Missouri. Jenkins is one of hundreds of snowplow operators across the state who were busy clearing snow out of
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