COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A federal judge will allow a lawsuit against the University of Missouri to continue over the exclusion of a Palestinian rights student group from the 2024 Homecoming parade. Judge Stephen Bough ruled against MU on Wednesday in its request to dismiss the case against system president Mun Choi. The school argued
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 44-year-old Eldon man is seriously hurt after he crashed his UTV around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in Miller County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states the man was riding a 2015 Polaris Razor with a 17-year-old Eldon boy on Spring Garden Road, east of Short Road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri student was charged with several felonies after he allegedly strangled someone at a residence hall who blocked him on Snapchat. Maxwell Warren, 18, of Overland Park, Kansas, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree burglary, second-degree domestic assault, first-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The destruction of suspected killer Sergio Sayles’ car was out of the Jefferson City Police Department’s hands, officers testified Wednesday during the bench trial for the murder of Jasmine King. Sayles’ car, which was also his home at the time of King’s killing, has been a point of contention throughout the trial. Before the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Disaster Recovery Centers will be open in several counties around the state this week that were approved for FEMA assistance last month for storms that caused damage in the spring. A press release from FEMA says a recovery center will be open in Cooper County at the Pilot Grove Community Center from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man who robbed a northeast Columbia business early Wednesday remained at large by afternoon. Police say a man wearing black clothing went into the business in the 1600 block of Towne Drive, put a pink drawstring bag on the counter and demanded money. He displayed a pistol tucked into his waistband
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of the man killed in a shooting in Jefferson City demanded answers from law enforcement in a news conference Wednesday morning. On the steps of the Cole County Courthouse, the family of Erik Spencer II spoke to the public regarding the investigation into his death. The family is asking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This story was edited to indicate that the ordinance is not directed toward panhandling and to include anyone who is standing on applicable medians. An ordinance proposed by the City of Columbia that would restrict activity on busy medians and intersections could be up for a vote at the council’s next meeting
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Despite no flurries in Wednesday’s forecast, Columbia residents may notice snowplow trucks traveling across the city.
Columbia’s Public Works Department will hold its annual Dry Snow Run training exercise on Wednesday to prepare for the upcoming winter season.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City residents voted Tuesday on whether the city’s lodging tax will be extended an additional 25 years. Voters approved the measure with 53.9% of the vote. There was a 15.61% voter turnout this election. There were 4,397 total votes cast, with 2,371 in favor and 2,026 against. The lodging tax
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville voters approved a number of measures on Tuesday. There was a 25% voter turnout for this election, according to information from the county clerk’s office. Voters overwhelmingly approved to stay with the four-day school week students have been doing the past few years. “Yes” took home 75% of the vote. Voters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bye week came at the perfect time for No. 19 Mizzou football, as head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company had to adjust to a big change, following the loss to Vanderbilt on Oct. 25. In that narrow loss to the Top-10 Commodores, the Tigers suffered an even more heartbreaking loss than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of both eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 closed on Tuesday night after a crash was reported. The crash was reported at 7 p.m. in the eastbound lane, according to a Boone County Joint Communications notification. Joint Communications later reported that both eastbound lanes were closed at mile marker 130. Information
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Police have released the name of the man killed Saturday in a shooting outside the Jefferson City Old Navy store. Jefferson City Police said in a news release Tuesday that Erik Spencer was the shooting victim. Two of Spencer’s family members confirmed his identity to ABC 17 News. Spencer was a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former Jefferson City Police Detective took the stand Tuesday during the bench trial for suspected killer Sergio Sayles. “When I said she was dead and then murdered, there was no follow-up of how or anything like that and through my experience of death notifications, through all the different reactions, that’s a very
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement vehicles blocked a street in a residential area just outside the Columbia city limits Tuesday after officers were called for a possible shooting. First responders were called Tuesday afternoon to Mesa Drive and blocked off part of the street. A Boone County Fire Protection District spokesperson said medics performed CPR
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday night reallocated $25,000 from recent bicentennial events to make security upgrades to city hall. City staff said they want to buy portable security scanners and the city’s finance director is working with the Jefferson City Police Department to determine their options. No decision has been made
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has mailed out its annual community survey “to a random sample of households” to get feedback on issues surrounding the city. Some households received the survey on Monday. The surveys include postage-paid return envelopes. The release says responses will remain confidential. The return address is the ETC Institute,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge will review another redistricting lawsuit Dec. 15, following what was supposed to be the first redistricting trial Monday. The NAACP filed its redistricting lawsuit at the start of the special session in September against Gov. Mike Kehoe, the former attorney general, the House speaker and the Senate
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By Pete Muntean, Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker, Amanda Jackson, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — We’ve moved to Live Updates for coverage of this developing story. Follow the latest here. A UPS MD-11 plane crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. UPS Flight 2976 crashed just
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