(Editor’s note, 3/25: This article has been updated with new information from the University of Missouri.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has opened requests for a statement of qualifications from firms to help oversee the design and construction of its next nuclear research reactor. The school put out a request for qualification on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager has been charged with seven felonies after he is accused of shooting at a car near the Columbia Mall in January. Samiyon Myers, 15, was charged with first-degree assault, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and delivery of a controlled substance. Officers
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing was held Tuesday morning by the Senate Education Committee on a proposed bill that would require Missouri school districts and charter schools to display the Ten Commandments in every building and classroom. Senate Bill 594 is sponsored by Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton) and would mandate the Ten Commandments to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No-Excuse Absentee voting begins Tuesday ahead of local election across Missouri. Voters in Boone County will have the opportunity to cast their ballots at the Boone County Government Center Monday through Saturday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Weekend opportunities are also available: April 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple national media outlets reported on Monday that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed plans and other likely classified information about US military strikes on Yemen to a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist. CNN reported that the Trump Administration acknowledged the messages, sent over the nongovernment encrypted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A string of thefts and car break-ins were reported in South Columbia over the weekend. Several people near the Bearfield Meadows area reported having their vehicles broken into overnight, with items taken ranging from phone chargers to garage door openers. The six-hour police dispatch log from Friday through Monday shows the Bearfield
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia couple claims they were left injured and emotionally distressed after Columbia police officers used invasive force on them at their home in June 2023. A federal lawsuit filed by DJ and Joy Lynch — in Missouri’s Western District — claims six officers from the Columbia Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Vienna man died Monday in a crash on Highway 42 in Maries County, just west of Route Z, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as the rider of a 2003 Suzuki Motorcycle was heading eastbound, failed to negotiate a curve
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County voters will decide on a Boone County Fire Protection District bond issue on April 8. The bond will not result in a tax increase for residents. The outcome of the bond election determines whether a $6 million upgrade will be used for infrastructure and equipment needs. “Every community, every fire
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Water and Light is asking the Columbia City Council for a quarter-million dollars to replace street lights in the city. According to city documents, the city would appropriate $250,000 from retained earnings to the electric operating account to replace failing street light poles. Columbia’s Communications and Outreach Supervisor Jason West told
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has identified the passenger who was arrested in an alleged stolen vehicle chase. Callaway County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Crystal Kent told ABC 17 News that Orion Kenneth Mullins, 31, was arrested in a home in Fulton on Sunday. Mullins is charged with misdemeanor second-degree tampering with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A utility crew from the City of Columbia is expected to aid with the storm damage response in Rolla until the end of the week, according to an email from Utilities spokesman Matt Nestor. Crews from several cities were sent to the Phelps County city after it was devastated by a tornado
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team will make a trip to Seattle, Washington at the beginning of April for NCAA Regional action as the No. 7 ranked team in the nation. MU will compete out in Seattle as the two-seed in that NCAA Regional, which marks the best placement in program history. The Tigers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sodexo in Jefferson City will close and lay off its 63 employees after Lincoln University chose to stop using the business’ services, according to a WARN notice sent on Monday. The Working Adjust and Retraining Notification – dated March 6 – states that the Sodexo facility will close on April 30. “On
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager has been charged with multiple felonies after he was certified as an adult, according to Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson. Ronal Holliday Jr., born in 2007, of Jefferson City, was charged with first-degree accessory to robbery, two counts of accessory to armed criminal action, one count of first-degree accessory to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old man and two juveniles were accused of breaking into a trailer at North Callaway Middle School on Thursday night. Taylor Dale Harold Killian, of Centralia, was charged with three counts of second-degree burglary, one count of misdemeanor second-degree property damage and two counts of misdemeanor stealing. He is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were injured in a Sunday morning shooting at a bar in Marshall, Missouri, according to a social media post from the town’s police department. The Marshall Police Department wrote that it was called to a shots-fired scene at 1:20 a.m. Sunday at the Living Room Bar in the 1200 block
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of death for a man who died at the Boone County jail in August was determined to be severe methamphetamine intoxication. William Gipson, 43, of Ashland, died at the Boone County jail on August 23. Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that he died in custody at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The body of a man who was last seen on March 14 in the Clear Creek Cove area of Truman Lake in Benton County was found on Sunday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Christopher David Salmons, 40, of Warsaw was found Sunday around 1:30 p.m. after he was reported
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The Trump administration has spent the past week embroiled in a legal battle with a judge over its program to outsource the detention of some immigrants to El Salvador. President Donald Trump and federal attorneys have been battling in public opinion and the courtroom over Trump’s invocation of a wartime act allowing the deportation of
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