31-year old man arrested after multi-county pursuit and shootout on I-70
A heavy police presence was seen in east Columbia Saturday morning near the East Saint Charles Road/North Lake of the Woods Road roundabout.
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Volunteers, law enforcement search conservation area for missing Randolph County teen
RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement officers and volunteers spent Friday searching for a missing Randolph County teenager in a massive conservation area southeast of Higbee. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said Kayla Huff, 16, has been missing since Wednesday. Investigators focused Friday’s search efforts on the Rudolf Bennitt Conservation Area, where dozens of volunteers
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MU students react to heavy police presence at ‘Stop Day’ celebrations
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri students celebrated “Stop Day” on Friday, but many said an increased police presence changed the atmosphere of the annual tradition. Reading Day, colloquially known as Stop Day, is intended to give students a day off from classes before finals week begins; though it has also become associated with large
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Man who shot himself after chase, shootings had just been released on probation
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of shooting two of his family members, leading a police chase and shooting at law enforcement before shooting himself on Thursday finished a 120-day shock incarceration program with the Department of Corrections about a week before the shooting. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, 32-year-old Steven Swanson allegedly
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Prosecutor confirms name of woman accused of stealing Randolph County patrol vehicle
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Randolph County Prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford on Friday confirmed the name of the woman accused of stealing a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle on Thursday. Alayna Mason, 20, of Moberly, was arrested on suspicion of stealing a motor vehicle, stealing a gun and escaping from custody. Luntsford said charges were not filed
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Columbia Board of Education to discuss $15,300 raise for superintendent
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Klein’s salary is an agenda item for Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. The board is expected to approve a 6% salary increase ($15,300) for Klein for the next school year, according meeting documents. Klein currently makes $255,000 per year and the increase would bump it up
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Cat dies in accidental Columbia house fire
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No people were injured, but a cat died in a Friday morning Columbia house fire, according to a press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says firefighters were called just before 8 a.m. to the 400 block of McBaine Avenue. Firefighters saw black smoke and fire coming from the
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Jefferson City High School graduation moved indoors
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City High School’s graduation ceremony on Friday will be moved indoors because of inclement weather, according to an email from a district spokesman. The email says seniors have been given six tickets each in case the ceremony was going to be moved to Fleming Fieldhouse. Doors open at 6 p.m. Students
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Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment holds grand opening of new facility
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment celebrated the grand opening of its new facility Friday morning. The facility is in the MU Health Care South Providence Medical Park, located at 701 Veterans United Drive. The new facility is 74,000 square feet and costs $54.8 million, enabling significant expansion to serve twice
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Access to learning management system used by University of Missouri is restored
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Access to a program that serves as a hub for University of Missouri students and instructors has been restored. The University of Missouri said Friday that Instructure, which operates the Canvas learning management system, has fixed security problems that had made the program unavailable. MU students and instructors use the system to
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Severe injuries reported in crash that shut down Columbia road
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A driver suffered serious injuries in a crash that shut down part of Clark Lane in northeast Columbia on Friday. Emergency dispatchers sent a public alert that the crash had closed Clark Lane at Hanover Boulevard at about 9 a.m. The road remained closed at 9:30 a.m. Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief
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Man seriously hurt in Camden County crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 49-year-old Climax Springs man was seriously hurt after a crash in Camden County just before 3 p.m. Thursday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 1962 International Scout on Coffman Bend Dr., 1000 feet south of Holeoft Road, down a hill. Troopers
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Two seriously hurt after motorcycle crash in Monroe County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were seriously hurt after a motorcycle crash in Monroe County just after 5:15 p.m. Thursday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 71-year-old man from Spearfish, South Dakota, was driving a 2008 Honda Goldwing with a 71-year-old woman also from Spearfish, South Dakota, as a
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Highway 63 lanes reopen after chase that ended in suspect’s death
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Highway 63 near Clark was closed for hours Thursday because of a police response, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Thursday. The northbound driving lane and both sounthbound lanes had reopened by about 4 p.m., and traffic was moving slowly through the scene. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy said the scene was
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Nifong Boulevard closed off by Columbia police after crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The type of vehicle involved has been corrected. A well-traveled road in south Columbia was closed off by first responders on Thursday night after a crash. Law enforcement and barricaded vehicles blocked off Nifong Boulevard near Woodrail on the Green. Columbia Police said Friday morning that this crash happened at
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Sheriff’s Office says chase suspect killed 35-year-old man, shot 65-year-old woman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A suspect in a shooting and chase is dead after suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. Columbia Police Department officers were sent to an “incident” northeast of the city Thursday afternoon and asked drivers to avoid the area. Columbia officers were responding to an
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Police: Arrest made in Randolph County Sheriff’s Office vehicle theft
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A search was underway on Thursday afternoon in Moberly after someone allegedly stole a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle, according to a social media post from the Moberly Police Department. Police wrote that someone who was in custody stole the vehicle. The patrol vehicle was found intact. Police later wrote that
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Ashland approves contract with Interim Solutions to temporarily fill city admin role
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ashland Board of Aldermen on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution for a company to handle the role of city administrator. This comes after Kyle Michel announced his resignation in March. His last day was announced for May 22, according to previous reporting. The contract will last for four months and is
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Second woman accused of leaving child in care of registered sex offender
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second woman has been charged with first-degree child endangerment after she allegedly left a child in the care of a Pettis County sex offender. Shawna Spence, of Sedalia, was charged on Wednesday. A warrant was issued and no court date has been scheduled. She is one of two woman accused of
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MU librarians vote to join LiUNA 955
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Librarians at the University of Missouri voted to join LiUNA Local 955, a union that represents a number of public employees in the Mid-Missouri area. LiUNA announced in a Thursday social media post that library workers voted to join the union. Workers had announced their intent to unionize in December. MU librarian
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