Court papers served by deputies in Mid-Missouri
Court papers in Boone County are served by sheriff’s deputies, not civilian employees such as the court worker killed serving an eviction notice Thursday in Independence, Missouri.
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Fulton High School partners with fire department to offer firefighter course
Fulton High School will begin offering a course next year for students interested in firefighting as a career.
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Britt Reid, son of Chief’s coach Andy Reid, gets sentence commuted
Britt Reid, a former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach and son of head coach Andy Reid, had his sentence in a drunken-driving crash that severely injured a young girl commuted by the governor Friday.
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Former Cooper County jail workers charged with manslaughter turn themselves in, released on bond
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two former Cooper County Jail workers who have been charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter turned themselves into the Howard County Jail on Thursday night and were released on $7,500 bonds. Robyn Pfeiffer, 29, and Rachel Atherton, 34, were charged in the death of Brooke Bailey. Bailey was found dead on Oct. 27 in
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Homicide investigation of man found dead in Moberly becomes death investigation
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The death of a Moberly man who was found dead in January with a “goose-egg knot” on his head is no longer a homicide investigation. Corey Davis was found dead on Jan. 29 near a wood line in the 900 block of North Moulton Street in Moberly. He was 35. Randolph County
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Columbia man charged with statutory rape
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Friday with two counts of second-degree statutory rape. A warrant was ordered for Charles Domenic Johnson, 30, and no bond was set. He was not listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Friday afternoon. A court date has not been set. According to the probable
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Roadwork continues on North Keene Street, lane closures announced by Columbia Public Works
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roadwork will continue on North Keene Street in Columbia next week, according to a Friday social media post from Columbia Public Works, Public Works crews started repairing damaged sections of concrete on Feb. 21, according to a previous social media post from the department. Lane closures will take place 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Police: Larch Court injury was not from gun
Police on Friday said a wound a man suffered the night before was not from a bullet but from something else.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will border policy be the biggest issue in the 2024 presidential election?
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both leading candidates for the 2024 presidential election — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — made trips to the southern border this week. Discussions about migrants crossing the border has been a hot political issue within the past several weeks, with Gov. Mike Parson announcing he is sending more
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City of Columbia to hold open house on new storage center for snowplows, salt
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will hold an open house next week regarding the construction of a new Municipal Services Center. According to a Thursday press release from the city, the Municipal Services Center master concept plan includes a salt storage building, storage for snowplows and salt distribution equipment, vehicle parking, an office, electric vehicle charging stations
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Former Cooper County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant, deputy charged with manslaughter in jail inmate death
A lieutenant working in the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office was charged Wednesday with manslaughter in the October death of an inmate from untreated diabetes.
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True/False Film Fest kicks off in Columbia; March March parade to go down Ninth Street on Friday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The True/False Film Fest kicked off Thursday in Columbia. The annual festival takes place in downtown Columbia Thursday through Sunday. Thirty-one feature films and 25 short films were picked out of about 1,400 submissions, according to a previous press release from the festival. A spokesperson for the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Jefferson City Council to discuss reopening yard waste drop-off site
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council will discuss the possibility of reopening its temporary yard waste drop-off location at its meeting on Monday, according to a Thursday press release from the city. This comes as burning season ends on Friday at sunset and the city last week opted to end its yard waste
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Woman sentenced 15 years for child sex crimes in Audrain County
MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnhart woman was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sex crimes from 2018. Jennifer Huddleston, 35, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and first-degree promoting child pornography. She was initially charged with child sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a minor, first-degree promoting
Continue Reading A court worker serving an eviction notice and an officer were fatally shot in Missouri, police say
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A court worker serving an eviction notice and an officer were fatally shot in Missouri, police say.
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Burks bows out of Third Congressional District race
A former Boone County clerk said Thursday that he’s not running after putting his name in for the Third Congressional District seat earlier this month.
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Versailles Middle School evacuated Thursday morning after bomb threat, no explosives found
VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) Middle school students in the Morgan County R-2 School District were temporarily evacuated Thursday morning after a bomb threat was made at 7 a.m., according to a press release from the school district. “Our established bomb threat policy provides guidance regarding the evacuation of students and personnel in the event of a
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Columbia man accused of domestic assault, illegally sending nude photos
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several felonies after he was accused of sending nude photos of a woman without her permission. Jacob Anthony Nichols, 32, was charged with second-degree domestic assault, invasion of privacy and sending nude photos without permission. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 8:09 p.m.
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RECALL ROUNDUP: Eye ointments, hydrogen peroxide and Jeep Grand Cherokees recalled
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS The Food and Drug Administration has recalled four eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS. The recalls comes as the FDA says eye ointments were produced at a facility that may have been unsanitary. The affected eye ointments include Equate’s General and Stye Lubricant Eye
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Trump appeals judge’s decision that disqualified him from Illinois ballots
By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has appealed an Illinois judge’s decision that disqualified him from the state’s upcoming Republican primary ballot. The ruling from Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, an elected Democrat, concluded that Trump is barred from office under the 14th Amendment because he engaged in the January 6,
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