QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should it be harder to amend the constitution?
One of the priorities set out by Missouri legislators in this year’s session is to change the process of getting an amendment on the ballot via petition.
Continue ReadingOne of the priorities set out by Missouri legislators in this year’s session is to change the process of getting an amendment on the ballot via petition.
Continue ReadingMet with unanimous agreement, the Columbia Public School District’s Finance Board approved the budget for the 2023-2024 school year Wednesday night. Next on the budget’s list, facing the overall board on Monday night. “There’s one pot of money,” CPS Chief Financial Officer Heather McArthur said. “We’re not always going to be able to add everything.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball couldn’t keep the first-half momentum rolling as they fell to No. 13 Arkansas 74-68 Wednesday night. At one point, the Tigers led by 17 points in the first half, but the Razorbacks took over the second half outscoring MU 47-34. Mizzou was led by Sean East with
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Broadway Brewery announced on its Facebook page on Wednesday that it will reopen 4 p.m. Thursday. Lushen Claridge, the son of owner Walker Claridge, died in a car accident over the weekend. Broadway Brewery posted a photo of Lushen in its announcement. The brewery had initially closed on Saturday and posted a
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County law enforcement sales tax has been reduced to three-eighths of a cent. This comes after voters approved a half-cent tax in 2007. The Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce said this change was part of that went into effect January 2008. The tax was scheduled to be reduced to
Continue ReadingCAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges were recently dropped for a woman who was accused of trying to hire someone to kill her ex-husband’s mother. Leigh Ann Bauman’s charges were dismissed by the Camden County Prosecuting attorney on Dec. 29. The prosecuting attorney at the time was Caleb Cunningham. Current Camden County Prosecuting Attorney Richelle Grosvenor
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many law enforcement agencies and departments are having trouble filling open positions. However, the Missouri Department of Conservation says it’s not experiencing this challenge. Conservation agents are the face of MDC in the field. They are the ones that most people interact with from hunting, fishing and general wildlife issues. MDC Conservation Agent Cole
Continue ReadingState lawmakers are returning to the capital city for another session of committee hearings, floor debates and discussing Missouri’s future.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A homeless man faces several charges after police say he broke into a school classroom trailer. Tarrance Woods, 37, is charged with second-degree burglary, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, making a false report and second-degree property damage. Woods is being held without bond at the Cole
Continue ReadingThe mother of a 4-year-old girl who died after several weeks of alleged abuse accepted a plea deal in the case on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire after nine people were displaced, the department said in an email Tuesday. The department went to the 900 block of Jackson Street on Tuesday, where fire was seen coming from the first floor of a five-unit apartment building. No
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputy was sent to the 7400 block of North Brown Station Road in Columbia on Saturday after a Centralia man allegedly pointed a gun at someone’s chest. Johnnie Creason Jr., 50, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. He is being held at
Continue ReadingA Springfield man was charged after being accused of robbing two people on Monday in the 500 block of East Nifong in Columbia.
Continue ReadingA Steedman man faces drug charges following a methamphetamine bust Tuesday morning in Callaway County.
Continue ReadingRepublican leader Kevin McCarthy failed anew to win the House speakership Wednesday in dramatic but frustratingly inconclusive voting as the chamber plunged into Day Two of the new Congress.
Continue ReadingBuffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Monday in a nationally televised NFL game.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2023 Missouri legislative session starts Wednesday. As expected, Republicans and Democrats in the State Senate have differing priorities. Republican Party Republican State Sen. Caleb Rowden, of Columbia, returns to the Capitol this year with a new title: Senate President Pro Tem. The position will have to be ratified by the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday there’s no scenario in which he’ll drop his bid to become House speaker despite failing to win multiple rounds of voting, a historic defeat that brought the first day of the new Congress to an
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Elizabeth Joseph and Veronica Miracle, CNN One of the two roommates who survived the fatal November stabbings of four University of Idaho students told investigators she saw a masked man dressed in black in the house the morning of the attack, according to a probable cause affidavit released Thursday in prosecutors’ case
Continue ReadingKEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager was arrested and charged after the Chariton County Sheriff’s says he brought a handgun to a school. Christian Logue, 18, of Keytesville, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon. A sheriff’s deputy met with Logue in the principal’s office of Keytesville School on Thursday, Dec. 15. Logue allegedly told
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