COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pavement repairs are scheduled this week for different parts of Highway 54 in Callaway County, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. On Wednesday, MoDOT crews will close the driving lane of eastbound Highway 54 that will require closing access to Route T. On Thursday, the passing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing two women on Interstate 70 in Columbia in 2024 accepted a plea deal on Tuesday that reduces his charges. Walter Montejo, 27, entered open pleas for two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of fourth-degree assault. The defense and prosecution agreed to the open plea, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude wrote in an email Tuesday that her department is prioritizing downtown crime, enhancing technology to solve cases and collaborating with Boone County, city leaders and the Missouri State Highway Patrol to develop a plan to improve safety in Columbia. The letter was Schlude’s first public statement since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility will host a customer input open house next week about the construction of its new recycling facility, according to a Tuesday press release. The meeting will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Activity and Recreation Center at 1701 Est Ash Street,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with four felonies after he allegedly stabbed a woman on Sept. 25. Richard McCracken, 52, was charged in Boone County with first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s top prosecutor says a Florida man has now been charged with murder in the death of a Stephens College student. Misael Covarrubias, 23, will be charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Aiyanna Williams. He is also charged with three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will increase its reimbursement rates paid to University of Missouri Health Care by 3.5% each year under a deal reached this summer. The deal, which was agreed to in August but took effect retroactively on April 1, was the result of months of negotiations between the insurance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Boone County will buy space at a Jefferson City cemetery to house dozens of unclaimed remains at the medical examiner’s office. The county commission approved the $6,600 contract with Hawthorn Memorial Gardens at its Tuesday meeting. The contract allows the Boone/Callaway Medical Examiner’s Office to keep unclaimed cremated remains at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A New Bloomfield man was charged on Tuesday after he was accused of raping a girl in August. Dakota McGuire, 19, was charged in Callaway County with first-degree statutory rape of a child younger than 14 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date
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Cole County EMS Chief Eric Hoy said after months of work to decide how to close cost gaps for the Safe Haven Baby Box installation at the Cole County EMS Headquarters in downtown Jefferson City, the county has agreed on a solution.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five hundred people in Missouri jails have been deemed incompetent to stand trial and are waiting for a bed with the Department of Mental Health. But there are no beds available. The state has 922 beds available for criminal commitment, or committing someone to mental health treatment while they await trial. Jeanette
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash in Miller County on Monday night. According to online crash reports, the 60-year-old man was riding his motorcycle westbound on Highway 54, west of Walnut Grove Road, at about 11 p.m. when he turned a curve too fast, skidded off the road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Owen Ramsingh flew to Europe with his friend Robert Olson as a free man. His wife, Diana, said it was a trip he had made every year for the past five years. Ramsingh, who came to the United States from the Netherlands as a child, traveled annually to visit his family. Olson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An area attorney is concerned a recent proposal from University of Missouri System President Mun Choi could lead to some people in the city being singled out. Choi held a press conference on Monday, pushing for city and university leaders to come together to address crime. Choi’s push came after Stephens College
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders are evaluating its next steps to reduce crime in the city after a Stephens College student was killed in a shooting over the weekend that left two others injured. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi has called on the city to make a “task force” to deter crime.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors on Monday proposed reduced charges for a man accused of killing two women in a crash last year ahead of his plea hearing on Tuesday. Walter Montejo, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of second-degree assault, misdemeanor driving while revoked and driving without insurance. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police officers were seen searching an area of Mohawk Avenue near Indian Hills Park in northeast Columbia on Monday evening. Officers put up crime scene tape around 8:20 p.m. and about 10 evidence markers were seen on the ground. An officer at the scene told an ABC 17 News photographer that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ethan Jones has owned MindRight Wellness in downtown Columbia for five years. He said he came into work Monday with a heavy heart after shooting on Saturday morning left one student dead and injured two others just a few stores down. “It’s definitely a heavy energy,” Jones said. “It’s emotional, you know.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi said Monday that crimes ranging from homeless trespassers on campus to gun violence in downtown Columbia have created a dangerous environment for citizens and students. “What I’m hearing from individuals, whether that’s the business leaders or citizens, is that Columbia was not this way in
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say in court documents that the 23-year-old Florida man who opened fire early Saturday in downtown Columbia, killing a woman, shot 11 times into a crowd as he walked from the scene. Court documents show that 23-year-old Misael Covarrubias has been charged with three counts of assault, three counts of armed
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