FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County COVID-19 hospitalizations up again
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Continue ReadingColumbia police seized 20 pounds of methamphetamine worth about $180,000 on the street along with suspected fake pills that might contain fentanyl and guns Wednesday, according to court documents.
Continue ReadingThree men have been charged with attempted robbery in an incident last week outside a Columbia store.
Continue ReadingA crash on Highway 54/63 near the Missouri River bridge outside Jefferson City caused a large backup Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingMore than 1,600 Columbia Water and Light customers in southwest Columbia were without electricity early Friday afternoon, the utility reported.
Continue ReadingAn Amtrak employee is suing the train service, alleging in part that the Southwest Chief No. 4 train was overcrowded when it crashed in Chariton County in June, killing four people.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri officially began its back to school sales tax holiday at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning as the exemption is set to run through Sunday, Aug. 7.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A free summer lunch program for children and teenagers in Columbia will end this month. Workers with the “Lunch in the Park” program are scheduled to end meal service at Douglass Park on Friday. The lunches are available for anyone up to 18 years old from noon to 1 p.m. While meal
Continue ReadingThe jury in a lawsuit against right-wing talk show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones awarded the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim $4 million in compensatory damages on Thursday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities arrested a Centralia man Wednesday for his suspected role in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Prosecutors charged Jerod Bargar for bringing a gun into the District of Columbia with out a permit and on restricted grounds at the U.S Capitol. Bargar claimed he did not know that it was illegal to
Continue ReadingMore than a thousand people took part in a safety audit survey on Route B and Paris Road in Columbia.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Plant-based food company Beyond Meat announced it’s laying off 40 people after a multi-million dollar loss, but the company didn’t say if the layoffs would affect the company’s Columbia plant. In a press release, the company reported its second largest quarter ever in terms of money made in the second quarter of 2022,
Continue ReadingA Jefferson City man is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday morning after he reportedly admitted to firing a gun in the air while police were outside his home.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly robbed another person at gunpoint in south Columbia this week.
Continue ReadingU.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was the only member of the 100-person Senate to vote against accepting Finland and Sweden into the NATO alliance.
Continue ReadingGovernor Parson is set to address the first meeting of Missouri’s Drought Assessment Committee Thursday at 10:00 a.m., at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building.
Continue ReadingThe number of people with COVID-19 in Boone County hospitals rose about 20% between Wednesday and Thursday, according to numbers reported by the county health department.
Continue ReadingColumbia School Board proposed a policy that would limit the number of times and length of public comment allowed from an individual at meetings.
Continue ReadingCamden County prosecutors charged a Bonne Terre, Missouri, man with five felonies and three misdemeanors after he allegedly attacked store employees and a deputy Wednesday morning.
Continue ReadingCAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County deputies have arrested a person following a shooting early Thursday morning. Deputies responded to a home on Nuttal Oak Road near State Highway 5 for a report of a disturbance with a gun around 1:45 a.m., according to the Camden County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the suspect pulled a
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