COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Serviceslaunched its new Health on Wheels Outreach Van that will expand services outside of Columbia. The Health on Wheels Outreach Van will visit communities and events throughout Boone County. As part of a new program, the van will be staffed by community health workers who
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash is blocking Highway 63 in Northern Boone County. It happened around 6 p.m. Friday in the northbound lanes near Highway 124. Boone County Firefighters told ABC 17 news that three vehicles were involved and they had to get one person out of a vehicle. Boone County Joint Communications tweeted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A grand jury indictment was filed Friday for a man accused of a Nov. 2 shooting on Clark Lane. in Columbia. Noah Solbrekken, 23, of Columbia, is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. He is charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. A hearing is
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A Friday morning shooting left one man dead and another badly injured in Keytesville, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
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Boone County’s top election official is asking the court to let her join a former state representative’s lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center was charged Tuesday with multiple felonies after allegedly assaulting a DOC officer on July 4, 2021. Justin F. Johnson, 37, is charged with first-degree assault, three counts of violence to an employee of the DOC and disarming a correctional officer while performing official
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PARIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A fundraiser has been created to help the wife of a cement truck driver who died in a crash earlier this week. Troy Boshears, 22, of Paris, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene of a one-vehicle crash Monday on Route Z in Boone County. A GoFundMe was posted online Thursday. It
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new quarterback is coming to Columbia. Former Miami Hurricanes QB Jake Garcia announced his commitment to the Tigers on Friday afternoon. The former Top-25 recruit entered the transfer portal on Tuesday and quickly made a decision from there. He redshirted in his first year at Miami, in 2021, and played in
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A Hitachi Energy spokesman and Jefferson City police say an investigation determined a bomb threat Wednesday was not credible.
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man facing murder charges for a shooting in 2018, is set to continue his bench trial on Friday morning at the Cole County Courthouse. Alfred Chism Jr. allegedly admitted to killing a Lincoln University student back in 2018. According to court documents, Chism says he shot Charon Session in self-defense. Chism claimed Session had been verbally harassing him prior
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gregory D. Trout, of Blue Springs, is recovering from serious injuries after a crash in Cole County on Thursday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened around 2:00 p.m. on U.S. 54 near Gray Rd. According to troopers, Trout was traveling eastbound on U.S. 54 when
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Former state lawmaker Chuck Basye will be in court Monday, when his lawyer will try to convince a judge to force Columbia Public Schools to add his name to the April ballot.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is accepting initial project proposals applicable for American Rescue Plan Act funding, the city said in a press release on Thursday. Columbia was awarded $25.2 million in ARPA funds. The Columbia City Council previously identified four areas it would like to prioritize with the first half of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A funeral has been announced for the University of Missouri student who was found dead last week in a fire pit behind a house in north Columbia. Samuel Clemons, 21, was identified by police earlier this week. Clemons was a sophomore studying biological sciences, UM System President Mun Choi said in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson’s State of the State address on Wednesday included a proposal for an 8.7% cost-of-living pay increase for state employees. According to state pay data, the average gross pay for full-time employees in 2021 was $45,021.85. For any worker who makes the average salary, the increase would be roughly $3,916.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Gov. Mike Parson announced maternal mortality would be a priority for this year, one Missouri mother felt relieved, but still wonders if it’s enough. In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Parson said he’s requesting $4.3 million go towards the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission on Thursday approved its own sales tax question involving recreational marijuana. Boone County joins other area counties and cities – including the City of Columbia, Jefferson City and Cole County – that will have a sales tax question on the April 4 ballot. Like those other entities, the
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Missouri’s governor is again proposing a one-year fix to pay teachers more in this fiscal 2024 budget.
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A man robbed a Jefferson City credit union at gunpoint Thursday morning, police say.
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A former state legislator will try to convince a judge that he should force Columbia Public Schools to add Basye’s name to the April election ballot.
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