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Jefferson City man accused of firing shots
A Jefferson City man has been charged with a felony after police said a witness identified him as a man who fired a gun early Saturday.
Continue ReadingA Jefferson City man has been charged with a felony after police said a witness identified him as a man who fired a gun early Saturday.
Continue ReadingOne eastbound lane of Interstate 70 over the Missouri River bridge near Rocheport will be closed for three nights next week for urgent repairs.
Continue ReadingA memorial service was held Thursday for George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Continue ReadingPart of Interstate 70 westbound was blocked Thursday afternoon after a tractor-trailer caught fire.
Continue ReadingThe owner of a Columbia daycare has dropped his case seeking to stop COVID-19-related health orders issued by the county and city health director.
Continue ReadingProsecutors have charged a Jefferson City man with possession of an illegal weapon after he was allegedly found with what he called a modified firework.
Continue ReadingOne person is dead after an all-terrain vehicle crash in Cooper County.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office upgraded charges Wednesday against the former Minneapolis police officers allegedly responsible for George Floyd’s death. ABC 17 spoke with local attorney and former Cole County prosecutor Bill Tackett about what the next steps are in the case. Tackett said there are a couple of things the
Continue ReadingProtesters took to the streets in downtown Columbia again Wednesday evening. Groups have been marching through streets and kneeling in intersections of downtown Columbia for several days.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As demonstrations continue across the state and country after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Gov. Mike Parson thanked citizens for a peaceful night in Missouri on Tuesday. Parson has said several times the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was unacceptable. He also condemned
Continue ReadingThere are no set plans for what the City of Columbia’s curbside trash collection and recycling pick up will look like next week.
Continue ReadingThe City of Columbia saw protests both Monday and Tuesday of this week and Columbia PD took very different approaches to handling each night.
Continue ReadingUpdates on COVID-19 news in Missouri and locally.
Continue ReadingMissouri health director Dr. Randall Williams will join Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday for the daily COVID-19 briefing.
Continue ReadingProsecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers.
Continue ReadingThe former Lincoln University Foundation will retain control over its endowed scholarships under a lawsuit settlement reached last month.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County health department and city volunteers are scheduled to hand out free lunches at Douglass Park starting Wednesday through the end of July. Lunches will be available Monday-Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., the department said in a news release Wednesday. Changes have been made to the annual program.
Continue ReadingThe son of a black man who died last week in Minneapolis with a white police officer’s knee on his neck spoke Wednesday at a news conference.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four buildings on East Capitol Avenue will be rehabilitated after their sale to a private developer. The Jefferson City Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority sold 507, 511, 501 and 513 E. Capitol Ave. to Stitt Barony on Tuesday, according to a news release. The company plans to redevelop the buildings for
Continue ReadingThe Cole County Sheriff’s Department have cleared the scene after responding to a barricaded subject early Wednesday.
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