BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at a home on Poertner Street in Boonville leading to an arrest and seizure of drugs, weapons and cash. According to a Facebook post by the Cooper County Sheriff’s department, the investigation led to the seizure of large quantities of marijuana, THC
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Heidelberg and On the Rocks are just two of the downtown businesses that are preparing for an increased number of people to be downtown this weekend. Matt McGee, owner of On the Rocks bar said, “The last few nights have been busy, whether that is due to the health order being
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The House voted 111-42 to approve the bill Friday at about 5 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that, beginning on May 18, it will be increasing venue capacities to 50 percent for the remainder of the spring season. MU stadiums have been operating at about 20 percent capacity since the school year began. “Our fans have been tremendous in supporting all of our teams this year,
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The GOP-led House on Friday voted 145-6 to send a bill mandating online sales tax collection to the governor.
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A woman was flown to a St. Louis hospital with severe burns after a house exploded in Maries County.
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Cooper Smith, 19, of Jefferson City, was driving on Blackberry Lane when his 2019 Kia Forte went off the road, hit a trash can and a guy wire and overturned, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Smith was wearing a seat belt, the patrol reported.
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Taylor Stout, 26, pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor of animal abuse in a Boone County courtroom, the Audrain County prosecutor’s office said in a news release.
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The Family Access Center of Excellence (FACE), will highlight the plan to enhance mental health support for about 24,000 school-aged children and their families in Boone County schools during a news conference Friday at the Boone County Government Center.
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Police said Dacota Pierson, 22, of Fulton, and Clayton Duniphan, 17, of Columbia, have both been arrested for second-degree burglary and receiving stolen property.
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The University of Missouri’s College of Arts and Science will kick off this weekend’s graduation ceremonies on Friday afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
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Missouri’s legislative session ends Friday at 6 p.m., and several bills passed this week are now awaiting Gov. Mike Parson’s signature.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its coronavirus guidance on Thursday to say fully vaccinated people can go fully maskless outdoors.
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Local health departments advise following the CDC’s new recommendations on fully vaccinated people no longer having to wear a mask. The University of Missouri says it’s taking the new CDC guidelines into consideration and is carefully reviewing the information. Thursday, the CDC announced fully vaccinated individuals would no longer have to wear
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Gerrod Taylor, 20, and Dequan Hughes, 21, for their alleged roles in the incident that happened Monday. Columbia police were sent at 8 p.m. to a shots-fired call at Walmart on West Broadway. The incident continued with shots fired near the Hy-Vee gas station after those involved ran across the road.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation says the state is seeing an increase in its bear population. Officials report the population is around 800 with most Missouri black bears are found in the forested parts of southern Missouri, primarily south of Interstate 44. Bears are also expanding their territory in the state,
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol bomb squad, at the request of Cooper County Sheriff Chris Class, helped dispose of several dangerous devices Thursday, the patrol says. According to a tweet by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F, the bomb squad helped dispose of: one modified M-67 grenadetwo artillery simulatorsfive blasting caps24
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Check back here for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri.
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People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
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Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday that Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 275,000 low-income residents who were set to become eligible for the program July 1. Missouri voters in August approved a state constitutional amendment to expand the program, but Parson said the legislature did not fund the expansion, make it unconstitutional.
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