EDITOR’S NOTE: The story was corrected to reflect the correct day. PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were hurt Monday night following a crash in Pulaski County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 7:25 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 near mile marker 159.6. v Troopers said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Details are limited following a fire in central Columbia early Tuesday morning. Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert around 4:05 a.m. that the Columbia Fire Department was responding to the fire in the 1100 block of Lakeview Avenue. CFD is working a fire incident in the 1100 block of Lakeview Ave.
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Mid-Missouri has been the scene of numerous train accidents over the past few months.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man died Saturday after being hit by a train in Sturgeon. This is the fourth major train crash at a passive crossing in Mid-Missouri this year. Passive crossings are train crossings without any lights or arms to let drivers know of an oncoming train. There have been 10 train
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man was arrested and charged Saturday for the stabbing of a homeless man on May 25 in Columbia. James Dillender, 54, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. He appeared for his first court appearance via
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Watch a replay of the Columbia City Council meeting above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council voted unanimously on Monday to end the city-logo trash bag program. Ward 5 Councilman Matt Pitzer said before the meeting that if the city chose to eliminate the city logo bags, residents would be able to use their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing his child and abandoning the corpse appeared in court on Monday from via video from the Boone County Jail. Staffone Fountain, 30, of Independence, is charged with first-degree murder and abandoning a corpse. He is being held without bond in the Boone County Jail. His next hearing
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View a replay of the City Council meeting above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council expects to vote on the fate of the city’s recycling and trash bags Monday night. In the past, the Solid Waste Department recommended the city end the use of city logo bags. City leaders gave the community chances to
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The Missouri Department of Transportation is set to start improvements to an interchange in the Jefferson City area next year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Homeland Security has extended the deadline for travelers to have a Real ID by two years. Travelers in the U.S will be required to obtain a REAL ID by May 7, 2025. The requirement was originally scheduled to take effect May 2023. Starting on May 7, 2025, every traveler
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was charged with three driving while intoxicated felonies after a crash on Friday left one person dead and two more injured. Miles Aldrich, 32, is charged with DWI involving the death of another and two counts of DWI causing serious injury. He is being held without bond at
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A hearing to determine bond for a Kansas City man charged in a deadly bar shooting that killed two people was postponed Monday.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was arrested after allegedly leading Morgan County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase Saturday, the office stated on Facebook. Richard Russell Rhea, 40, is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, first-degree property damage and resisting arrest by fleeing, all felonies. He is being held without bond in
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Sedalia Police Department said in a press release on Monday that an officer shot a dog while investigating an active-shooter call at a house in the 1200 block of South Washington Avenue. Police went to the house around 11 a.m. Monday. The department stated in the press release that it set
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri football team is going bowling and will take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Gasparilla Bowl. The Tigers (6-6, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) will face Wake Forest (7-5, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Ticket requests are due
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Shots were fired into the ceiling at Bur Oak Brewery early Sunday during a party for a University of Missouri fraternity.
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fair Grove, Missouri teenager is dead after a crash early Sunday morning in Pulaski County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 2:05 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 44 near mile marker 151.6. Troopers said a pickup truck driven by the 17-year-old teen crashed into the back
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The Columbia City Council is set to discuss a new system where citizens can share their concerns and input on issues at its pre-council meeting Monday evening.
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The Osage Beach lawyer found dead this summer in a car outside a hospital died by suicide, investigators said Monday.
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A Centralia man died Sunday when a Norfolk Southern train struck his vehicle late Saturday night, officials say.Â
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