JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Saturday morning, Missouri law enforcement gathered at the State Capitol for its 37th annual memorial service, dedicated to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Four officers were honored this year, their names added to the Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial alongside over 700 others who lost their lives in the line of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police confirmed Saturday that one person died in a wrong-way crash Friday evening. The wrong-way driver, 84-year-old Allen D. Nichols of Ashland, died at the scene of the crash, Columbia Police confirmed Saturday afternoon. Around 5 p.m. Friday, Boone County Joint Communications was made aware of a car driving the wrong
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries Friday evening after a multi-car crash on Highway 135. The crash happened near Prarie Lick Rd. at 6:15 p.m., according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse, driven by Katelynn Reuter,
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man suffered seriously injured in an ATV crash in Camden County Friday night. James Grant Jr., 43, was illegally driving a 2014 Polaris Sportsman around 7:15 p.m. on Cozy Cove Rd. when he failed to successfully turn left, causing the ATV to go off the side of the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that left one person injured caused the southbound lanes of Highway 63 in Columbia to close on Friday afternoon near the Interstate 70 connector. Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez said two vehicles were involved in the crash and that one injured person was brought to an area hospital by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, University of Missouri students celebrated “Reading Day,” also known as “Stop Day.” It’s intended to give students a day off from class each semester to study, before finals start next week. This year, the Columbia Police Department and MUPD planned to work to prevent students from violating the city’s nuisance ordinance. CPD passed out flyers earlier
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Superintendents from Boone County schools and neighboring districts signed a letter on Friday that asks Gov. Mike Parson to veto a bill that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. SB727 passed the Missouri House last month. The bill mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County tornado siren that malfunctioned on Thursday after a lightning strike has been repaired, according to a Friday evening press release from the Boone County Office of Emergency Management. A siren in the 5400 block of North Highway 763 had a technical malfunction Thursday afternoon and activated without a warning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A March fire that left a building in North Columbia destroyed was set intentionally, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The fire on March 22 left Plush Lounge on Business Loop in a total loss. No one was injured. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A patient at the University of Missouri Psychiatric Center was charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly tried to smother a sleeping patient with a pillow. Cody Hall was charged on Friday and the probable cause statement claims that the assault occurred on Saturday, April 27. A court date has not been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 5,500 University of Missouri students in Columbia will graduate next week, according to a Friday press release from the university. There will be 5,569 degrees awarded for the commencement ceremonies that occur Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12, the release says. That total is down from the May 2023 ceremonies, where
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cliff Drive will be closed to through traffic next week as the City of Columbia Stormwater Utility will work to replace an inlet, pipe and a section of the street, according to a Friday press release from City of Columbia Utilities. The closure will be just south of the intersection with University
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A plane that crashed near Hartsburg on April 16 reached about 16,000 feet above sea level before it fell, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The victim in the crash was Wade Bates, 58, of Arkansas, died in the crash, according to previous reporting. According to Federal
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents along the Osage River for flooding after Ameren Missouri adjusted the Bagnell Dam’s discharge of water. According to a Facebook post from the Osage Emergency Management Agency, Ameren Missouri started spill gate operations at 11 a.m. Friday, the total flow through the dam
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot. The campaign turned in more than 380,000 voter signatures on Friday. Now Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office must verify the
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The Better Business Bureau of St. Louis has revoked a Mid-Missouri car dealer for violating its accreditation agreement.
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By Rob Frehse and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A busy stretch of I-95 in southeastern Connecticut will be closed through the weekend – and possibly longer – while crews dismantle and rebuild an overpass that was damaged when a gas tanker caught fire Thursday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont said. “The fire from this morning’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 340,000 signatures were submitted on Thursday in an attempt to get sports gambling on Missouri ballots. Sports betting in the state has been a hot-button issue for years. Do you think sports betting should be legal in Missouri? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is working with the Columbia Police Department to try and prevent students from violating the city’s nuisance ordinance during Stop Day this Friday. Stop Day, or Reading Day, is a decades-old tradition at the University of Missouri that gives students a day off before finals each semester. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in multiple domestic violence cases was charged on Thursday after he allegedly threw boiling water on a victim he was not allowed to be near, according to court documents. James Lamore Glass was charged with first-degree domestic assault, two counts of first-degree assault, first-degree property damage and armed-criminal
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