SportsZone Football Friday Week 12 highlights and scores
Keep up with local high school football scores for the third week of the MSHSAA playoffs COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scores from Week 12 of Mid-Missouri high school football.
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Humane society seeks community’s help to identify man accused of breaking into shelter
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Missouri Humane Society needs the public’s help to identify a man accused of breaking into the shelter on Wednesday night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfm0D3Smrj4 This video provided by the Central Missouri Humane Society shows a man breaking into the building on Nov. 9. According to a press release, the man got inside the
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Teenager injured in one-vehicle accident in Miller County
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old boy suffered minor injuries Friday morning after his 1996 Chevrolet 2500 skid off the road and overturned on Route M, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The vehicle started to overturn and became stuck between two large boulders. It continued to overturn and hit a creek bottom. The
Continue ReadingBiden arrives in Cambodia looking to counter China’s growing influence in Southeast Asia
By Betsy Klein and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden underscored the US partnership with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries on Saturday as “the heart of my administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy” as he seeks to counter China’s growing influence ahead of a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping set for Monday. The weekend
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Veterans honored throughout Mid-Missouri on Friday for Veterans Day
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Veterans were honored throughout Mid-Missouri on Friday with several ceremonies. A wreath-laying ceremony took place outside the Boone County Courthouse this morning, remembering the Americans who stepped up to defend the nation. Members of the United States Exercise Tiger Foundation and Daughters of the American Revolution honored veterans along with members of
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Forensic artist describes process of creating sketch of possible crime subjects
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) The search continues for a suspected prowler targeting women in Columbia Columbia police say investigators are currently following up on multiple leads. A sketch showing a suspected prowler in Columbia, provided by the Columbia Police Department Reports show the potential prowler has targeted several women’s apartments in south Columbia. All women were between
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MU to close Virginia Avenue Parking Structure on Dec. 24 for repairs; will reopen fall 2023
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri will temporarily close Virginia Avenue Parking Structure on Dec. 24 for repairs. Closing the structure before the start of the spring semester will cause the least interruption to work and academics, the university said in a press release. The $16 million project is expected to be completed by fall 2023.
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Columbia Solid Waste to host customer input meetings on bag ordinance
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility will host two customer input meetings to discuss proposed ordinance changes around the use of city logo refuse bags. The first meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. This meeting can be live-streamed. The second
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Cooper County Sheriff’s Office: Two men face burglary charges
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office said Friday on its Facebook page that two men were charged with multiple felonies on Thursday after allegedly being involved in a burglary on Route M. Jordan Dickerson, 26, and Antonio Benford, 30, were each charged with second-degree burglary, stealing a gun and first-degree property damage. The
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Jefferson City man receives probation for starting fire, fake threat
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man convicted of starting a fire and calling in a fake threat will receive probation. Judge Cotton Walker sentenced Hankel Jones on Monday to 5 years of supervised probation for second-degree arson. According to public court records, Jones agreed to plead guilty to the charge as part of
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you feel like inflation is easing up?
Wall Street was happy Thursday after the October inflation report came out.
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Rowden picked as president pro tem of Missouri Senate; Rizzo again chosen as Democratic leader
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Senate Majority Caucus elected Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, to serve as president pro tem of the Missouri Senate for the 102nd General Assembly Rowden previously served as the Senate majority floor leader. I am honored to have been elected by my peers to be the next President Pro Tem of
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Local MMA gym gives self-defense tips for women as CPD continues search for suspected ‘prowler’
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is looking for any information regarding a suspected prowler, who is believed to be linked to five attacks against women in the southern part of Columbia. Local women are expressing concerns about the ongoing situation. Alexis McNamara lives in the area and said she and her friends have
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Sheriff’s Office: Man faces several charges after leading multi-county chase
COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man faces three charges after allegedly leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a chase in September. Peter Greenwell, 54, was charged with resisting arrest and two counts of endangering highway workers. A Cooper County Sheriff’s Deputy was sent to westbound Interstate 70 — near mile marker 108 — for
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Children’s hospitals across the state at max capacity due to surge of RSV cases in children
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Children’s hospitals across the state are full, due to a recent surge of RSV and other respiratory illnesses. Officials said hospitals are not at their breaking point yet, but could be soon if cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus cases keep going up. RSV usually sends hundreds to the hospitals each year. But this
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Metzger faces additional child sex crime
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ivan Metzger has been officially charged with first-degree statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old. Metzger, 76, was charged with possessing child pornography on Nov. 2. The Columbia Police Department said last week that Metzger would be facing additional charges. Metzger is still being held without bond at the
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Two homes destroyed by fire, third damaged at Lake of the Ozarks
LAKE OF THE OZARKS (KMIZ) The Gravois Fire Protection Department wrote in a post on its Facebook page that two homes were destroyed in a fire and a third suffered significant damage on Thursday. “GFPD received the call shortly after noon Thursday of two homes on fire on Oak Drive at the 9.5 mile marker
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Medical marijuana businesses get first shot at Missouri recreational licenses
The operators of medical marijuana retail shops in Missouri will have the exclusive ability to get licensed first under the state’s recreational program.
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Callaway County sheriff charged with misdemeanor DWI, resisting arrest
Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism has now been charged with two misdemeanors related to his October arrest on suspicion of DWI.
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CPD releases video of woman being chased; hasn’t confirmed if it’s related to ‘prowler’ investigation
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department released a video on social media Thursday afternoon of a woman being chased. CPD said in a tweet that it has not confirmed whether or not that video is related to its investigation of a suspected prowler who has been allegedly targeting women ages 20-30 in south Columbia.
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