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RECALL ROUNDUP: Chocolate chip cookies, space heaters and Jeep Cherokees

January 23, 2025 10:09 AM Erika McGuire

A look at some recent, major product recalls.

Columbia Board of Education to discuss effectiveness of AMI days Thursday

January 23, 2025 5:24 AM Jazsmin Halliburton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will be holding a meeting Thursday morning to discuss the effectiveness of Alternate Methods of Instruction. The board will be going over the feedback collected from students, staff and families after multiple AMI days due to extreme winter weather. The feedback was gathered through surveys and community

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you agree with President Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons?

January 23, 2025 2:38 AM Matthew Sanders

One of President Donald Trump’s first moves in office was to pardon more than 1,500 people who were convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Those crimes ranged from simply trespassing to brutal assaults on police officers. One of them was a Mid-Missouri man, Matt Loganbill. He was

Long debated Columbia sewer extension project returns for public discussion

January 22, 2025 3:38 PM Mitchell Kaminski

COLUMBIA. Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Sewer Utility is hosting an interested parties meeting on Wednesday to discuss the proposed Henderson Branch Sewer Extension to the Midway area. After years of debate and multiple failed attempts, the City of Columbia is once again attempting to expand its sewer system. On Wednesday, Columbia Sewer Utility

Versailles man among hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants pardoned this week, believes he shouldn’t have been charged

January 22, 2025 7:30 PM Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was one of the many people pardoned by President Donald Trump this week for their alleged roles in the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021. Matt Loganbill said the decision to make the 17-hour drive to Washington D.C. that day wasn’t one that was planned far out. A day

Jury trial begins for former state trooper charged with sexual abuse and kidnapping

January 22, 2025 9:18 AM Haley Swaino

A jury trial begins Wednesday for a former state trooper charged with sexual assault in the first degree and kidnapping in the third degree.

The State v. Jeffery Durbin trial is expected to last two to three days at the Boone County Courthouse.

Jefferson City School District parent unhappy with bus service in wintry weather

January 22, 2025 1:38 PM Marie Moyer

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some parents are asking the Jefferson City School District to communicate with them after weather-related bus delays that left some students stranded and parents stressed. The Jefferson City School District initially called for a two-hour delay Tuesday due to weather. This delay was extended to a cancellation as the school’s bus

Missouri AG’s office launches investigation into Fear Fest after 25 complaints

January 22, 2025 5:23 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s office has launched an investigation into a Boone County haunted house that did not open its doors this past fall. The Attorney General’s office received 25 complaints from consumers about Fear Fest, according to AG spokesperson Madeline Sieren. Columbia’s Fear Fest Haunted House made an official announcement on Oct. 31

Fulton police looking for stolen Jeep with sticker in teen murder investigation

January 22, 2025 5:13 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Police Department is looking for a maroon/burgundy 2022 Jeep Compass Sport in connection to a teenager’s shooting death. Police wrote in a Wednesday afternoon press release that suspect vehicle information was developed after investigating more than 50 leads in the death of 17-year-old Mason Sheets. Police previously said on

Inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center who pleaded guilty to murder dies

January 22, 2025 3:22 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center died on Tuesday, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Corrections. The release says Brandon Church, 34, was pronounced dead at Capital Region Medical Center. He was serving a 25-year sentence for second-degree murder in Platte County and was received by

Boil advisory announced in Moberly

January 22, 2025 3:08 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Moberly on Wednesday announced a boil advisory for water customers in the 1700 block of Parkwood Drive. Water service was shut off in the area on Wednesday because of an emergency water main repair. The boil advisory will last 48 hours, the release says. During an advisory, water should

Conley Road in Columbia to close this week for storm pipe replacement

January 22, 2025 3:00 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Conley Road in Columbia between east Business Loop 70 and Trimble Road will close each night Wednesday through Saturday, the city public works department wrote in a Wednesday press release. The Missouri Department of Transportation will close both lanes from 7 p.m.-6 a.m. each night, the release says. Driver should plan alternative

Woman accused of murdering toddler deemed competent by Department of Mental Health

January 22, 2025 2:42 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman accused of murdering a toddler in 2018 and abandoning the corpse has been deemed competent to stand trial by the Department of Mental Health. Quatavia Givens, 32, was charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse in relation to the death

House fire reignites in Audrain County

January 22, 2025 4:16 AM Erika McGuire

AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire at a home in Audrain County reignited Wednesday morning, according to Gale Blomenkamp with the Boone County Fire Protection District. According to a release from Little Dixie Fire Protection District, fire crews were called to Audrain Road 165 at 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday for a house fire with flames

US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border

January 22, 2025 10:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of additional active duty US troops are being ordered to the southern US border with Mexico, just two days after President Donald Trump mandated that the US military step up its presence there, according to officials familiar with

Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US

January 22, 2025 6:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners obtained by CNN. The memo comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s executive order

Abortion rights groups set to hold rally in Capitol Rotunda Wednesday

January 22, 2025 5:24 AM Jazsmin Halliburton

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Several abortion rights groups will be holding a rally inside the the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City Wednesday. At 11:30 a.m., Abortion Action Missouri, ACLU of Missouri, Action St. Louis, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes, Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Action, PROMO, and Missourians from across the state will gather in the

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Can President Trump end birthright citizenship?

January 22, 2025 2:45 AM Matthew Sanders

Many people think birthright citizenship, a right laid out in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and other federal laws, is ironclad. President Donald Trump is not among them. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office meant to chip away at birthright citizenship. It quickly drew legal challenges. The new

Biden commutes sentence for Columbia man convicted for being involved in Mid-Missouri cocaine ring

January 21, 2025 7:04 PM Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to selling crack in Mid-Missouri for several years will get out of jail a decade sooner than he was sentenced. Malcolm Redmon was arrested in August 2014 by local and federal law enforcement on Sanford Avenue in central Columbia. In 2016, he was sentenced to 24 years

Former Columbia superintendent was finalist at Kansas school district; school picks other candidate

January 21, 2025 4:12 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Brian Yearwood was a finalist to lead another school district. Garden City Public Schools in Garden City, Kansas, shared on its Facebook page on Sunday that Yearwood is one-of-two candidates up for the superintendent job. A short description on its page does not directly mention Columbia Public