Missouri Task Force 1 was assigned Wednesday to search a 7-mile stretch of remote western North Carolina as part of its continued relief efforts after Hurricane Helene.
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The City of Columbia is dipping into its budget reserve to give $600,000 to the Ashley Street project and Room at the Inn homeless shelter.
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A Russellville man who was injured in a Cole County crash on Monday afternoon has died.
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Jefferson City leaders are asking the community to provide input on the city’s trash system.
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An out-of-control rubbish fire destroyed a shed and two cars at a northern Boone County home Wednesday morning.
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New charges of child abuse have been filed against a man who is in the Callaway County jail on child pornography charges.
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An 18-year-old Columbia man was charged this week with six felonies for a January home invasion robbery.
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By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed, John Fritze, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors laid out their most extensive case to date against former President Donald Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election in a sweeping legal brief that was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge
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Cooper County prosecutors charged a man with felony drug and misdemeanor sexual misconduct charges Monday accusing him of smoking methamphetamine and exposing himself at rest stops and other public places.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A resident shot and killed a suspected burglar in Camden County on Wednesday morning. According to the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, at 3 a.m. Camden County Communications received a 911 call from a resident on North Highway 7 for a burglary in progress. The caller said they shot one of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City News Tribune will be holding a forum for local candidates running for the Missouri House 6 p.m. Tuesday at city hall. The forum will be moderated by News Tribune Editor Gary Castor, and will pose questions from the News tribune staff and community members to the candidates. In
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TODAY: Wednesday is another sunny day, with only a few high clouds through the day expected. Temperatures will warm back into the 70s, despite a chilly start in the 30s and 40s. Winds will pick up from the south at a clip of 5-10 mph through the afternoon. TONIGHT: Light winds and clear skies leave
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Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz went head to head for the first time as vice presidential candidates Tuesday night in a debate hosted by CBS News.
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Editors note: The vote totals from the primary election have been corrected COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In less than a month, voters from Missouri’s 44th House District will decide between a Columbia business owner and former Army veteran to represent them in the state legislature. Republican John Martin will face off against Democrat David Raithel to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was found guilty of killing his girlfriend in November 2022 was sentenced to five years of probation on Tuesday. Joshua Wilbers, of Jefferson City, was found guilty on July 17 of first-degree involuntary manslaughter for shooting and killing Hallie Phillips, 20. Wilbers was initially charged with first-degree involuntary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police found evidence of shots being fired on Tuesday night after property damage was observed to a northeast Columbia home. A Columbia Police Department sergeant said at the scene that no injuries were reported. Suspect information was not available. The sergeant could not confirm how many shots were fired. Boone County Joint
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 7,600 applications have been submitted to the Boone County Collector’s Office for a senior property tax exemption, according to Boone County Collector Brian McCollum. A state law allowing a property tax exemption for seniors went into effect Aug. 28, 2023. The freeze has to be put into effect by county commissioners. Boone
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday overruled a decision that sided with Lincoln University in a discrimination lawsuit. Jim Marcantonio — a former university employee — sued LU, claiming it created a “hostile work environment.” In the lawsuit from 2019, Marcantonio claimed former President Kevin Rome ordered him to hire young, Black employees,
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Columbia Parks and Recreation is inviting the community to a groundbreaking ceremony for Whitegate Park on Tuesday evening.
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Women with dense breast tissue are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to an MU Health Care radiologist.
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