COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who pleaded guilty to a deadly hit-and-run in Boone County last year is set to be sentenced Monday afternoon. Donald Legleiter pleaded guilty in August to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, first-degree property damage and leaving the scene of an accident after backing his SUV over Jeffrie Cash. Judge Jacobs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Race Matters, Friends (RMF) will address downtown public safety governance, municipal accountability, and recent state and local scrutiny facing Reign Bar at a Monday press conference. The briefing is scheduled for 1 p.m. via Zoom. According to a press release, the conference will focus on two main topics: commercial boundaries and public
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A Boone County judge has temporarily blocked Boone Health and CHAS Physician Services from interfering with PulsePoint Cardiovascular’s ability to operate its private cardiology practice.
The judge issued the temporary restraining order Wednesday after a request from PulsePoint, PulsePoint Missouri MSO, Dr. Martin Tibuakuu and Dr. James Fairlamb.
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arrived on scene shortly after 6:30 a.m.
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Missouri voters will see Amendment 6 on the ballot this November, after the group Respect Missouri Voters fought legal battles to place it there. If approved, it reserves citizens’ right to initiative petitions and referendums in the Missouri Constitution.
Respect Missouri Voters collected signatures for Amendment 6, which started as an initiative petition, but Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected it in early August. He claimed the ballot title, which he approved, violated the single-subject rule. However, the Missouri Supreme Court decided it was sufficient.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) No. 24 Mississippi State handed No. 19 Mizzou its first loss of the season, on Saturday night, 31-24 at a sold out Davis Wade Stadium. The Tigers fell short of their first Top-25 win since 2024, despite having an opportunity in the final 50 seconds of the game to lead a game-tying
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“It’s our responsibility as county employees and elected officials that we use that properly and that we don’t put up anything, but then an OpenAI model that could be used for private information,” Ridenhour said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s MidMo PrideFest weekend began on Saturday and will continue through Sunday night until 10 p.m., and staff said they are anticipating 8,000 people to attend. The emergency plans for the event were made by festival president Janet Davis, and went through a line of approval from the City of Columbia to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Silver Advisory Alert was cancelled Saturday afternoon for 81-year-old Timothy John Friedel, who reportedly went missing early Saturday morning. At around 4:30 p.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced Friedel was found safe by law enforcement. Friedel was last seen between midnight and 6 a.m. at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay on injections granted by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Friday, ensuring the 2022 congressional map will be used for the November 2026 election. The order from the Justice Brett Kavanaugh will remain in effect “pending any further order of
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A 60-year-old woman was killed in a UTV crash in Audrain County on Friday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Flock camera that had surveilled an area of Parkside Drive in Cosmo Park has apparently been removed. The pole where the camera was located appeared to be sheared off near ground level when seen Friday. It wasn’t clear when the pole came down. Flock cameras are automatic license plate readers that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 5 of the Missouri high school football season kicked off on Friday night. You can find scores from all of your Mid-Missouri teams below, as well as highlights in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo.(KMIZ) Missouri diesel prices stayed at near-record high levels Friday, raising costs for trucking companies and independent drivers as the holiday shipping season approaches. AAA listed Missouri’s average diesel price at $6.31 a gallon Friday, up from $3.41 a year ago. The national average was $6.50, up from $3.69 a year ago. Both averages
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction on the Providence Road bridge is expected to be completed by November, weather permitting, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Spencer Robinson, Project Director of the Improve I-70: Rocheport to Columbia project, said that a few pieces of the bridge are slightly ahead of schedule. He clarified that the on-
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge sentenced a woman to four years in prison for tampering with evidence in a deadly drug overdose, according to a news release from the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office. Adrian Sumler pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of tampering with physical evidence. Her four-year sentence is the maximum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a toddler who was found dead in the Lake of the Ozarks in March 2025 filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday. The lawsuit names as defendants various directors or employees of the Missouri Department of Social Services, Missouri Children’s Division, Camden County Juvenile Office and Camden County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care is set to follow COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from the American Academy of Family Physicians ahead of the cold and flu season. The recommendation is universal for anyone 6 months and older looking to get a COVID-19 vaccine. This is different from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested two 19-year-old men early Friday after calls of people breaking into cars on the Columbia College campus and a carjacking. Prosecutors filed charges against Emmanuel Ernest and Ja’Marion Dalton, 19, Friday morning with vehicle hijacking, armed criminal action and stealing a vehicle. Court documents state that officers were called
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scheduled roadwork on Interstate 70 near the Highway 63 connector in Columbia will bring multiple travel impacts starting Friday night into Saturday morning. Starting at 7 p.m. Friday, drivers will not have access to westbound I-70 from the south end of the I-70/Highway 63 connector or access to eastbound I-70 from the
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