FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fayette man is sentenced 35 years for the homicide of John Turner, 29, of Poplar Bluff on Dec. 30, 2019. Alfredo Hicks Jr. pleaded guilty to counts of second-degree murder, armed criminal action and two other felony crimes after Howard County prosecutors originally charged him with first-degree murder back in August.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) An 11-year-old boy is dead after being struck by a car while trying to walk across a busy suburban St. Louis interstate highway. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident happened just before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 270 in western St. Louis County. The child’s name has not been released.
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Families with students in Columbia Public Schools have differing opinions of the school board’s decision for elementary students to return to the classroom.
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School board President Helen Wade said during the board’s four-hour meeting that the youngest kids are the ones that need to be in-person first.
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Columbia police said Tuesday that they’re looking for two people who were part of an armed robbery overnight at a car dealership parking lot.
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The Columbia School Board voted to allow some students to return to the classroom.
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Online school comes with all sorts of new challenges. Among them is ensuring students don’t cheat on exams when they’re taken outside the classroom.
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Health inspectors cited two Columbia bars on Saturday for what they said were violations of public health orders meant to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team’s homecoming game against Vanderbilt on Saturday is postponed. PowerMizzou first reported the news. NEWS: The Vanderbilt at Missouri FB game of Oct. 17 is postponed due to positive tests & subsequent quarantine of individuals within the Vanderbilt FB program. The action is consistent with SEC COVID-19 management requirements.
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pettis County Road & Bridge Department will close the entire intersection at Swisher Rd & Harms Rd beginning Monday, October 12, 2020, for 120 days for bridge replacement. The location is north of State Route 52 in southwestern Pettis County. All work is weather & equipment breakdown dependent, with the
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former youth pastor was charged with seven felonies following accusations he sexually abused a child in Missouri. The Springfield News-Leader reports 46-year-old Jeff Taylor of Strafford, Missouri, was charged Thursday with five counts of statutory sodomy and two counts of statutory rape. Taylor is accused of sexually abusing a
Continue ReadingROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis businessman and his wife have donated $300 million to a foundation to support Missouri University of Science and Technology in what the university said is believed to be the largest single gift to a higher education institution in Missouri. Missouri S&T announced the gift Monday from Fred and
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School board will review whether teachers should be considered essential workers.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two days after a “database extract error” incorrectly showed a massive one-day increase in coronavirus cases in Missouri, the problem remains unresolved. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services spokeswoman Lisa Cox said Monday that the state is still working to pinpoint the cause of the problem, which is related
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Days before Amazon Prime Day, the Better Business Bureau is warning Amazon users about scammers trying to steal your personal information. In a news release, the BBB says the scammer will call you and if you answer a recorded message will play. The message claims there is a problem with Amazon account.
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At her confirmation hearing, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has declared that Americans deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets the Constitution and laws “as they are written.”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City officers arrested a man with multiple active warrants early Sunday morning. A release from the police department said 27-year-old Jonathan Adams and a woman were arrested at a Days Inn hotel on Jefferson Street. Officers were patrolling the area when they saw a vehicle associated with Adams in the
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A Lake of the Ozarks-area man was seriously hurt after crashing into a bridge later Saturday night, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
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The sheriff of Benton County and his wife are at University Hospital in Columbia after a motorcycle crash.
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