Five inmates, two officers hurt in Highway 124 crash
Parts of Highway 63 and Highway 124 were closed at their intersections after a crash Tuesday afternoon.
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Jefferson City woman who pleaded guilty to assault sentenced to 10 years
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman who pleaded guilty after allegedly shooting a woman in the leg last year was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, according to an email from the Cole County prosecutor. Victoria Crumble, 41, pleaded guilty on Sept. 29 to first-degree assault. She
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Sentence lowered to probation for man who pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who pleaded guilty in July to sexual misconduct involving a child has been ordered to serve five years of supervised probation. Lucas Abbett, 29, pleaded guilty on July 14 and was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was placed into 120 days
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Food Bank Market in Columbia serves more than 11,000 people in its first month
The Food Bank Market opened its doors along Business Loop on Nov. 1, and spokesperson Katie Adkins said it served around 11,000 people in its first month.
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Columbia man charged with abandoning corpse at hotel
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Tuesday in Boone County with abandoning a corpse in August. A warrant for Sugar Ray Hibbler’s arrest was requested on Tuesday. A motion to set a $25,000 was filed. According to the probable cause statement, someone died in Hibbler’s hotel room on Aug. 8 of a
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COVID-19 sickens much of Maries County Sheriff’s Office
Some calls for sheriff’s deputies that would have taken place in person will be handled by phone for the next few days to weeks in Maries County.
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$100,000 of damage reported in fire near Business Loop 70 in Columbia, ruled as arson
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that was reported Tuesday morning in the 300 block of Nebraska Avenue was determined to be arson, according to a Tuesday afternoon press release from the Columbia Fire Department. There were no injuries reported at the storage unit where the fire occurred, but the initial damage estimate is $100,000, according
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Multiple water main breaks reported in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Additional boil advisories were issued around Columbia on Tuesday after three water main breaks were reported. According to an email from City Utilities spokesman Matt Nestor, crews were repairing a water main leak at 7 a.m. on Broadway Village Drive and ended up with an outage that affected 182 people. The break
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Fire burns shop to the ground near Ashland
A fire burned a shop building on residential property to the ground near Ashland on Tuesday.
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Woman charged with second-degree murder in custody in Camden County
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County woman who was accused of murder in an August overdose death is now in the Camden County Jail. Clarissa Escoffier, 20, of Climax Springs, was charged in November with second-degree murder. She is being held without bond after getting booked into the jail on Monday morning. Escoffier appeared
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Two injured in crash on Jefferson City Tri-Level
Two people were hurt when their car was rear-ended on Jefferson City’s Tri-Level interchange Tuesday morning.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Columbia Public Schools use weapons detection systems?
Columbia Public Schools held a demonstration of the Evolv weapons detection system Monday at Hickman High School for the second time.
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Columbia teachers’ union protests over school safety Monday night
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia teachers’ union protested over school safety during Monday night’s school board meeting. Members of the union claim that fights involving students has become a growing concern, nothing that some students don’t attend school because of it. Columbia Missouri National Education Association’s President Noelle Gilzow spoke during the public comment portion
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Columbia group aims to tackle causes leading to youth violence
COLUMBIA, Mo. KMIZ Community leaders continue to work on reducing youth violence in Columbia. That starts with tackling the root causes. Area nonprofit Destiny of H.O.P.E is a group that aims to reduce youth violence. The group’s mission statement, according to its website, is to “help at-risk youth, the formerly incarcerated, and the community at
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MU provost on the move to Indiana
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced in a Monday email that Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Latha Ramchand will be leaving the university. An email from UM System Presidence Mun Choi states that Ramchand will become the executive vice president and chancellor of Indiana University-Indianapolis. Ramchand will start her new position on Feb.
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Four Mizzou players tabbed as AP All-Americans
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four Mizzou football players made AP All-American teams, on Monday. Running back Cody Schrader is the lone Tiger featured on the first-team All-American list. You can find a full list of the MU players featured below. First team – running back Cody SchraderSecond team – defensive back Kris Abrams-Draine and wide receiver
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Hickman announces new football coach, pending board approval
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team will be under new leadership for the 2024-25 school year. Athletic Director Jack Rubenstein announced that Kewpie alum Justin Conyers will take the reigns of the program, pending Board of Education approval, on Monday night. Conyers will return to Columbia, after serving as the head coach of the
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First-degree murder charge filed in Columbia killing
A Columbia man faces a capital murder charge after a woman found shot Friday in the neck next to a truck died.
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Multiple Columbia murals vandalized
The painting of a lantern catching fireflies that sits in front of the Columbia Senior Center is usually a monochromatic masterpiece of black and white with a splash of green for the bugs’ glow. However, it now has a dash of red through it that the artist did not intend.
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Food Bank continues to see increased need, adapts to serve community
The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri is preparing to host its annual One to One Holiday Food Drive on Wednesday as it continues to see an increased need in the community.
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