QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you think Nikki Haley should drop out of the Republican primary?
Former President Donald Trump easily won the Republican primary in Michigan on Tuesday over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
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Power restored after Tuesday night storms left hundreds in the dark
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is back on for almost all of Mid-Missouri Wednesday morning after thunderstorms and a coldfront caused power outages Tuesday night. As of 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, a total of six residents in Mid-Missouri are still without power, according to the outage map from the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. There were 144
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Fulton City Council approves purchase of vehicle data-sharing cameras for police
The Fulton City Council is set to vote on an agreement to acquire cameras to identify vehicles connected with crime reports.Â
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New Columbia assistant city manager says focus will be on public safety
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Assistant City Manager Matt Unrein met with community members Tuesday night to discuss and outline what expectations are for him in his position. Unrein started his position on Feb. 19, after the city named him to the position in January, marking the city’s fourth city manager leadership position
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Multiple Camden County fire departments respond to fire
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple fire departments in Camden County responded to a fire near North Highway 7 on Tuesday, according to social media posts from the Osage Beach Fire Protection District and Camden County Emergency Management Agency. Both fire departments said they were assisting the Northwest Fire District. The Osage Beach Fire Protection District
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City of Columbia to have overnight crews on duty to respond to possible winter weather
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia wrote on its social media on Tuesday evening that it will have public works crews monitoring road conditions. About a half-inch of snow is expected to fall around Mid-Missouri, according to the ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team. Temperatures are expected to drop to the low 20s on
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Public safety plan in place for this week’s True/False Film Fest
A public safety plan is in place as Columbia gears up for the annual True/False Film Fest on Thursday.
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12 gubernatorial candidates file on opening day for 2024 election
Candidates running for any office from U.S. Senate to governor to the state legislature lined up Tuesday at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center.
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Illegal drug ‘tranq-dope’ seen in Mid-Missouri as it extends reach nationwide
Two people have been charged in Mid-Missouri with selling a new, deadly type of opioid mixture.
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List of candidates who filed for the August primary on the first day
A list of the candidates for statewide offices, local judgeships and Mid-Missouri seats in the state legislature who filed for Missouri’s August primary on Tuesday.
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Columbia man indicted on federal child porn charges
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was indicted by a federal grand jury for child pornography charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Ryan Edward Hine, 27, was charged with attempted enticement of a minor, three counts of attempted production of child pornography, two counts of advertising child pornography and
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Charges filed on woman accused of shooting at car Monday night in northeast Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been filed on a Columbia woman who was accused of shooting at a car Monday night on Brown Station Road in Columbia. Carra Maleghia Brooks, 27, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Jail records indicate that she has a court
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Body found in Missouri River near Hermann
A man’s body was recovered from the Missouri River near Hermann on Sunday.
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Metal shelf in road causes Jefferson City pileup
A three-vehicle crash restricted traffic for nearly an hour Tuesday morning on a major Jefferson City highway.
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No one hurt when shots fired in northeast Columbia
A number of Columbia police officers were seen Monday night in the 3600 block of Brown Station Road.
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Police arrest Columbia man suspected of abandoning body
A Columbia man charged with abandoning a corpse has been arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail.
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Morgan County man drowns at Truman Lake
A man from Gravois Mills drowned on Monday evening at 7:29 p.m. in Truman Lake near the Shawnee Bend.
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Candidate filing for the August Primary begins Tuesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Candidate filing for the August primary begins at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and closes on March 26th at 5 p.m. Candidate filing will be held in the James C . Kirkpatrick State Information Center located at 600 West Main Street in Jefferson City. Offices that file with the Secretary of State
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you like the new MLB uniforms?
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Spring training is underway and a new change has had some baseball fans and players in an uproar, and this time it’s not about any rule changes. MLB unveiled new uniforms recently and a number of players – including from the St. Louis Cardinals – have aired their concerns. The pants of
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U.S. Army Corps, DNR discuss flood resilience study in Jefferson City
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources met to discuss the Lower Missouri Jefferson City spin-off study. The study comes after the Missouri River flooded in 1993, 2011 and 2019, leaving billions of dollars in damage to buildings and agriculture. Community Planner with
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