COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Data from the Department of Health and Senior Services shows there were $102.9 million in marijuana sales across Missouri in February. About 70% of that is from recreational sales, the rest was medical marijuana. Recreational marijuana sales started on Feb. 3. That first weekend, sales were over $8 million on just recreational
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Early Saturday morning, two people were arrested after they were caught on security cameras allegedly burglarizing a home in Audrain County. The Audrain County Sheriff arrested 22-year-old Jared VonVain and 30-year-old Kathleen Smith, both from Middletown. They’re both in ail awaiting formal charges. After an Audrain County home-owner called the sheriff’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Four residents of a Jefferson City home were displaced after a house fire Friday evening, according to the Jefferson City Fire Department. Firefighters responded to a fire on the 100 block of West Franklin Street around 8:15 p.m. Crews said firefighters arriving at the scene found heavy fire showing from a side
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources lifted the boil water order for Fayette on Friday. The Department issued the order on February 24, 2023 after feathers were found in the Park Tower overflow pipe screen. After the order was issued, officials with the department isolated the Park Tower. The Givens Tower was
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Holts Summit Fire Department and the Central and Northern Missouri Red Cross Chapter are teaming up to install working smoke alarms Saturday in residents’ homes at J&L Mobile Home Park in Holts Summit. The installation is scheduled to take place from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Saturday. The effort is
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Events got started Thursday but the big public reveal — the March March through downtown — happens Friday. Watch it live in the player.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Department of Public Works announced in a pair of late Thursday press releases that a a few road closures that will start Monday. The intersection of Schroeder Way and Mulberry at 7 a.m. Monday. Work is expected to be completed Friday, March 31. Adams Street will also be
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The Columbia Police Department asked the public to be on the lookout for a shrouded “porch pirate” Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is partnering with other local organizations to host a naloxone education and distribution event PHHS is partnering with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition to host the event at 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at CenterPoint Hospital. It is part of a series of events that is free
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Fayette was placed under a boil water order on Feb. 24 and as of Friday, March 3, it has not been lifted. The city posted on Facebook on Feb. 27 that it conducted a monthly BACT sample and it came back clean. During an inspection with the Department of
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A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead last month in a home south of Camdenton.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was accused of pointing a gun at a residence with children inside was indicted by a grand jury Friday. Patrice Whitaker, 34, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. An arraignment hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 20 at the Boone County Courthouse.
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A planned family resort and entertainment district in Osage Beach is seeking a tax deal to help pay for the development.
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A custodian at Missouri S&T in Rolla whose body was found this week was the victim of a homicide, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, True/False Film Festival will highlight its weekend events with its “March March” Parade in downtown Columba at 5:15 p.m. Organizers say the parade is free and open to the public. True/False “March March” Parade path The parade is expected to cause some closures for the duration of the parade according to
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The Missouri House on Thursday passed legislation that would bar businesses from China and a few other countries from buying farmland here.
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The City of Columbia has started its public messaging about the recreational marijuana sales tax on the April ballot.
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After recreational marijuana became legal in Missouri some lawmakers saw an opportunity, while others saw problems.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department found a house on fire Thursday afternoon in southern Columbia. Fire officials told ABC 17 News that crews came across the fire themselves — in the 200 block of West El Cortez — after driving by while on patrol. Crews found the fire in the kitchen and began putting it
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man has been charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Nathaniel Lofland, 42, is being held without bond at the Camden County Jail. An initial court appearance was held Thursday. A bond hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9 at the Camden County Courthouse. Camden
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