COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal experts are weighing in on the deadly shooting in Minneapolis involving an ICE agent that left one woman dead on Wednesday. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were on a residential street as they heighten their immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security claims the ICE agent shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office gave an inside look at its new $20 million Law Enforcement Training Institute on Wednesday. The facility will hold classes and trainings for prospective and current officers 48 weeks out of the year, sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Brian Leer said. “We averaged just over 30 students per academy,
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Fresh off one of its top 20 warmest years in history, Columbia and much of Mid-Missouri are once again soaring tens of degrees above average to kick off 2026. High temperatures have repeatedly breached the 60s in recent days, over twenty degrees above the average high of 40 degrees for Columbia in early January. This
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and mild with lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Widespread rain by early morning, followed by a round of afternoon storms. Gusty winds with highs near 60. EXTENDED: Thin, high clouds begin to move in tonight ahead of a warm front that lifts in from the southwest tomorrow. We’ll see showers along
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old woman died after being shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a large immigration operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Federal officials claim the shooting was an act of self-defense. Mayor Jacob Frey said during a news conference that the woman died despite medical intervention. He blamed the death
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THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny and warm, with highs climbing into the mid-60s areawide. Winds from the southwest will be steady at 5 to 10 mph, with gusts reaching 20 mph. TONIGHT: Clouds fill in overnight, keeping temperatures very mild in the upper 40s and 50s. EXTENDED: Rain arrives from the southwest by sunrise on Thursday,
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TODAY: Wednesday is just as warm as Monday, if not a bit warmer under sunny skies. Winds are from the south around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Clouds increase tonight, ahead of rain chances early Thursday morning. Temperatures stay warm, falling only into the upper 40s. EXTENDED: Thursday starts warm and dry just before sunrise, but rainfall
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No suspects were located after a stolen vehicle chase involving the Boone County Sheriff’s office Tuesday. Capt. Brian Leer with the department reported that at around 9:47 p.m. deputies were involved in a vehicle chase with a stolen Toyota Prius. The chase reportedly started on Sexton Road at Oak Street and ended
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of “universal vaccine recommendations” for children to 11, down from the previous total of 17. One Missouri doctor worries the change may lead to confusion for families. The CDC announced on Monday that it was cutting the number of recommended vaccinations
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly 50 people attended a public hearing Tuesday night in Fulton about a solar-energy facility that is expected to be built in Callaway County. Ameren Missouri previously requested a certificate of convenience and necessity to be approved by March 31, 2026. Tuesday night’s hearing was held at the Legends Rec-Plex on State Street
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Tornado numbers were above average again in 2025, and Missouri was close to the top of the list. There were 120 reported tornadoes in Missouri last year, the third highest for any state. Texas remained in its usual top spot thanks to its large size, with 162 tornadoes, while our neighbor, Illinois, ranked second with
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy fog developing across northeast Missouri. Lows in the mid-50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower to mid-60s. EXTENDED: Patchy fog is possible up across northeast Missouri, with sunshine returning area wide by afternoon. Winds turn out of the south, pushing temperatures into the lower to mid-60s.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Fayette woman charged with felony murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl began Monday. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta Boulevard in north Columbia. She is accused
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Judge heard arguments on whether a Columbia dog breeder who pleaded not guilty to 29 felony counts of animal abuse should be granted a lower bond and a change of venue. Twenty-six-year-old Melissa Sanders was arrested in November after law enforcement found several dead dogs and remains at her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball’s upset over then-No. 22 Florida was far from a perfect game for head coach Dennis Gates’ crew, but it did the job. It got the season back on the rails, just one game after a 43-point blowout loss to No. 16 Illinois. Now, heading into the first road trip
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and warm, with highs in the low 60s south of I-70. Temperatures will be cooler in the upper 40s and 50s up north behind a cold front. Winds from the west may gust up to 20 mph. TONIGHT: Skies remain clear, and temperatures dive to the lower 30s overnight. Winds lighten up
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Installation of the Safe Haven Baby Box began Monday at the Cole County EMS Headquarters in downtown Jefferson City, according to Chief Eric Hoy.
The device is expected to be installed by the end of the week, but people will not be able to drop off infants until sometime in February, Hoy said. The box is being put in a wall on the building’s east side, behind the engine truck garages. People can access it from East McCarty Street.
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