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Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana
Forecasters say Hurricane Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane.
Continue ReadingForecasters say Hurricane Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane.
Continue ReadingBoone County prosecutors have charged a Columbia man with first-degree murder after another man was shot to death in a central city park.
Continue ReadingMissouri continues to be one of the states most impacted by the opioid crisis, and that has only become more difficult to fight during COVID-19.
Continue ReadingUPDATE 10:10 P.M.: Callaway County reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday while two colleges in the county reported new cases on their campuses. The jump in cases brings the count’s total to 267 since the pandemic began. Active cases rose by 19 to reach 94. The new cases were reported the same day
Continue ReadingAs of Wednesday, 13 out of the 94 active cases in Callaway County are located in Fulton. It’s unclear how many of the total 267 cases of the virus were located in the city.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services has conducted 24 inspections this month in response to complaints about businesses not following COVID-19 health orders.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal prosecutors want a Fulton woman to spend more than 17 years in prison for covering up the death of a man with disabilites. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri made its recommendation in Sherry Paulo’s case. Prosecutors said Paulo “directed and coordinated” family members to hide
Continue ReadingFirefighters were sent to a basement fire in central Columbia on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson touted a new COVID-19 saliva test Wednesday while the state’s health director said he is recommending Missouri not follow new CDC guidance that limits testing.
Continue ReadingThe CPS superintendent talks about what fall classes will look like.
Continue ReadingStudents at Fulton Public Schools are getting ready for the first day of the 2020-21 school year Wednesday.
Continue ReadingAs students of all ages head back to classrooms and case numbers rise across the state, the Fulton City Council is set to continue their discussion on a possible mask ordinance on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three officers were involved in a crash in downtown Columbia on Tuesday night. According to online dispatch records, crews responded to a crash in the 500 block of Walnut Street around 8:05 p.m. A police department spokesperson said all three officers suffered minor injuries. The crash happened while the officers were trying
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a Laclede County newborn.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating after a man was shot at Douglass Park in central Columbia on Tuesday night. Police responded to the scene around 8 p.m. for reports of shots fired. When they arrived there were around 100 people in the area. Some were applying pressure to the victim’s wounds.
Continue ReadingContact tracers with the Columbia/Boone County Health department continue to reach out to people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 as case numbers increase.
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pettis County prosecutors charged three people with abandoning a corpse after they allegedly brought a dead teenager to an emergency room. According to the Sedalia Police Department, officers responded to Bothwell Regional Health Center on Aug. 4 after a 16-year-old boy was brought to the emergency room. Police said that the boy
Continue ReadingUPDATE 6:20 P.M.: Cole County reported 14 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, continuing a short streak of lower daily totals after a weeks-long surge. The 14 cases Tuesday come after the county reported just five new cases Monday. Despite the reprieve from high daily totals the county has still recorded more than 400 cases this month,
Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri is working to alleviate the spread of COVID-19 by using a new app called CampusClear.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for raping a woman he met in downtown Columbia in April 2017. A jury convicted Jemell Butler of second-degree rape in January. A prosecutor said during the trial that Butler raped the woman in a wooded area off Oak
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