COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person has died from injuries they suffered in a crash Friday on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, according to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP’s Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – wrote one vehicle was involved and described it as a rollover crash
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Pulaski County on Wednesday after she allegedly put a dead fetus into a cooler and gave it to a man. Makayla Haedt was charged with first-degree harassment. An arraignment was held on Friday and a bond hearing was scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28. Information about
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By Pete Muntean, Nicki Brown, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration reported 12 of their facilities were short-staffed on Friday, including some which have caused delays for travelers. Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport will not have the normal number of staff in its control tower from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Friday with arson and murder in a June house fire on Paris Road. Brandon Butchkoski, 47, is accused in the death of Donovan Baylis. Baylis died after he was burned in a fire that was set at his home. Baylis died about a month later at a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The government funding fight in Washington, D.C., has taken away some of the spectacle from Saturday’s Missouri football game against Alabama. Mizzou Athletics said in a social media post Friday that a planned military flyover before No. 14 Missouri’s showdown against No. 8 Alabama at Memorial Stadium will not take place because
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By Tami Luhby, Annie Grayer, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Friday. The filing provides greater insight into an announcement from President Donald Trump’s budget chief
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) SEC Nation made its return to Columbia, as the 14th-ranked Mizzou Tigers gear up to take on the 8th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. Saturday. SEC Nation will be set up at the Walsworth Plaza in front of Mizzou Arena on Champions Drive. This is the second time the University of
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Local officials and the firm they’ve contracted to study safety on Business Loop 70 held a public meeting Thursday night. The study would focus on safety for people outside of vehicles — pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycle riders, etc. Stretches of the Loop lack the kind of improvements meant to make roads safer for people outside of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dozens of local musicians gathered at city hall on Thursday to rally in support of a Columbia man who was detained by ICE agents after coming back to the U.S. from a trip to Europe. Blue Note and Rose Music Hall’s head of security, Owen Ramsingh, was detained at O’Hare Airport in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia mother is asking community members to be brave and come forward to the police to help solve her son’s 2017 murder. “It has really affected us … We just need someone to speak up and say what they saw,” Vivian Morgan said. “I guess they fear for their life, which
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia gathered public input Thursday night on how to make the Business Loop safer for pedestrians, motorcyclists and others. The meeting was held at the Boone Electric headquarters on Range Line Street. In attendance was a group of the public and staff members from CoMo to Zero and CBB
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) LiUNA Local 955 members are calling for University of Missouri System President Mun Choi to rescind comments in an email warning staff about free expression and make it clear that conversations and statements around wages, benefits and working conditions are protected speech. LiUNA Local 955 represents service and maintenance workers throughout the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sedalia Mayor Andrew Dawson in a Thursday statement called the behavior of former Ward 1 Councilman Tom Oldham “not acceptable.” Oldham stepped down from his post on the Sedalia City Council in April after the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into Oldham. The city said then that the resignation came after “serious
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County deputy was injured in a crash in his patrol vehicle on Tuesday afternoon, according to an email from Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Brian Leer. Leer wrote that two deputies were responding to a call and had their lights and sirens on while heading north on Route B. One of
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EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used to research the background for this story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seven businesses have signed up for Columbia Police to enforce trespassing and parking rules while they’re closed — four of them since Friday. University of Missouri and Columbia city leaders are asking downtown businesses to sign a form that would
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department says it has arrested a man accused of killing another man after setting a porch on fire in June in the 1500 block of Paris Road. Police wrote in a social media statement that it arrested Brandon Butchkoski, 47, of Columbia, on Thursday on suspicion of second-degree murder
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Montgomery County on Thursday after three children allegedly tested positive for methamphetamine. Missy Lacomb, of Middletown, was charged with three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. A criminal summons was served to Lacomb on Thursday, according to court filings. A hearing is scheduled for
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and a woman from Sedalia were killed in a crash Wednesday at Highway 50 and Route MM in Pettis County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred as a 2015 Toyota Camry – driven by a 50-year-old Sedalia man —
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By Kristen Holmes, Hannah Rabinowitz, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents. James has been under investigation since May over a 2023 mortgage she took out to buy a home in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Audrain County isn’t eligible to use funds from the Rural Healthcare Transformation Program to build a new hospital in Mexico. The federal program prohibits the funds to be used for capital investments, like building a new hospital, according to Missouri Hospital Association spokesman Dave Dillon. There were plans for the Audrain Community
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