COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Thursday with first-degree child molestation in Boone County. A warrant was ordered for Ricky Cook, 52, and no bond was set. He was not in the Boone County Jail on Thursday. A court date has yet to be set. According to court documents, Cook is accused
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Board of Education held a work session Thursday going over data reports, survey results collected throughout the district and more. The meeting was at 7:30 a.m. at the Aslin Administration building. Dr. Helen Porter led the presentation of principal data reports from Battle Elementary School, West Boulevard Elementary School and Hickman
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Centralia Police reported several teenagers were opening unlocked vehicles and stealing items from inside. This includes several guns and a garage door opener.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia held a forum on Wednesday night that included all four final candidates for its opening for chief of police. The city is looking for a new police chief after Geoff Jones retired on Aug. 1. Matt Stephens was named the interim chief. City spokeswoman Sydney Olsen previously said the City was on track
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Watch candidates speak with media in the web player above. View a livestream of the forum in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people vying for Columbia’s police chief job made their pitches to the public on Wednesday night. The four finalists include: former Forest Park Chief of Police and Public Safety Director
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Fulton stated on its Facebook page that power has been completely restored to the southern part of Fulton after outages were reported Wednesday night. A city spokesperson told ABC 17 News in a message that partial power was restored by 7:44 p.m. The notice of full-power restoration was posted
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly church group that was stuck in Israel during the time of the Hamas militant attacks is now back in America. Janet Daves told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that she and her husband, Jason Daves and the rest of a church group from Gospel Tabernacle, of Moberly, made it back
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The MizzouRec held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon for the opening of its new outdoor fitness space. The area was once the home of Truman’s Pond, and outdoor pool located near the southeast entrance of the building before it closed in 2022. The outdoor space will hold fitness programs including personal training
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The True/False Film Fest stated on its website that it lost about $75,000 of inventory in a Sept. 15 fire. A fire broke out in a Downtown Columbia building at the corner of Ninth and Broadway streets on Sept. 15. The building housed Tellers bar and restaurant and office space for True/False.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University is an 1890 land grant university, but it wasn’t until 2022 that the state 100% matched that land grant, which has been required since 2007. Lincoln University deferred maintenance and certain projects because the state wasn’t matching its land grant for many years. Now, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel
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Montgomery County deputies along with assistance from the MSHP Aviation Unit used thermal imaging drones to search for Glispe after he escaped the area.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced Wednesday for his alleged role in trying to distribute fentanyl and illegal gun possession, according to a press release from the Department of Justice., Ryan Knudsen, 31, was sentenced to 10 years in prison without parole, according to the release. Knudsen pleaded guilty on June 20
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Investigators said the fire started in the north part of the apartment next to where the victim Sheila Ball, 53, of Mexico lived.
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The Board of Alderman for the City of Ashland voted at a meeting on Tuesday to reduce the salary for the current police chief, Gabe Edwards, who is still on paid administrative leave.
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A former Ashland police officer filed a lawsuit against the city on Monday, claiming he was wrongfully terminated from his position.
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were killed after a motorcycle crash in Saline County Tuesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 4:35 p.m. on Route 65 at Arbor Road near Grand Pass. Dylan Giffen, 29, of Malta Bend was driving southbound with Jamie Kelly, 41, of Waverly on
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Mizzou Athletics said Monday that it will present a plan to the board of curators next month to upgrade facilities over several years.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A series of billboards have gone up around Columbia, with the goal of helping solve a murder from over two decades ago. The billboards are paid for by a group called Justice For Kent, who are looking to help solve the 2001 murder of former Columbia Daily Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt. The group said in
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 34-year-old Huntsville man was seriously injured in a Tuesday crash on Route JJ about two miles west of Moberly, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2000 Toyota Camry was heading westbound on Route JJ, went off the left side of the road and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday amended its 2024 annual budget to allocate funds for the purchase of roll carts for an automated residential curbside refuse collection. According to the City Council agenda, city staff is working to buy 36,200 roll carts for the program which cost roughly $2.2 million. At the
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