COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Friday with three felonies for allegedly pulling a gun after trying to shoplift a sleeping bag at the Conley Road Walmart. Police say they never found a gun, but they did find a cartridge and pellets for an airsoft gun. Braxton B. Sifrit, 32, tried to take
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty in September for his role in a 2023 shooting outside of an east Columbia gas station was sentenced on Friday. Kentrail Taylor, 29, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Sept. 17 to first-degree assault and shooting from a vehicle. He was sentenced on Friday to 15 years
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Columbia police officers responded to East Walnut Street in Columbia near Stephens Lake Park on Thursday night after an assault was reported at the Conley Road Walmart. Officers at the scene told ABC 17 News that someone was assaulted at the nearby Walmart, and the suspect ran away. That person was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Farm Bureau is concerned about how a new plan to consolidate mail delivery will impact rural Americans. The U.S. Postal Service has rolled out a new proposal to consolidate morning and afternoon drop-off and pickup into a single route for ZIP codes that are more than 50 miles away from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rock Bridge High School graduate who was serving with the Golden Police Department in Colorado was killed in the line of duty last week, the Columbia Police Department said Thursday on its social media. Officer Evan Alexander Dunn was killed in a crash on Nov. 6, according to KMGH in Denver.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A northeast Columbia road was closed on Thursday afternoon because of a gas leak in the area. Columbia firefighters had closed off Hanover Boulevard from Hidden Creek Court to Charleston Circle because of the leak. Firefighters said that contractors hit a gas line while installing a fiber optic line. No injuries were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager accused in the shooting death of a Moberly man on Sunday will be charged with murder. Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson told ABC 17 News that a 16-year-old boy from Columbia will be charged with second-degree murder and robbery in the death of Ethan March. A 15-year-old girl from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission will be meeting Thursday afternoon to vote on a contract to bring a new child advocacy center to the county. The vote will be to approve a 2024 Contingency Fund with Missouri Network Against Child Abuse to build the center. The contract was sent to the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An electrical pole was broken and lines were on the ground on Creasy Springs Road in Columbia on Wednesday night. Columbia Utilities spokesman Matt Nestor told ABC 17 News in an email that no outages occurred after the pole broke. City crews will work with Boone Electric crews to repair, as Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Through the month of October, Columbia has experienced an uptick in gun-related crime compared to the same point in time last year. On Sunday, three people were shot in Downtown Columbia on East Broadway. Deandre Denny was charged Tuesday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession in connection with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A building just south of Interstate 70 in Columbia was set on fire by a homeless person in retaliation against the building’s owner, a report from the Columbia Fire Department claims. A building on Nebraska Avenue, just east of Providence Road, caught fire on Oct. 20. An investigation report says $125,000 in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has released a photo of a man who they say is connected to a Tuesday shooting scene at Douglass Park. A woman was found injured with gunshot wounds at Douglass Park at around 3:40 p.m. and was brought to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, previous reporting indicates.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of helping another man, who was accused of murder, escape police in November 2023 has pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies. Alex Glay, 26, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hindering a felony prosecution and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to four years in prison
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man found guilty of the death of two women in 2022 was sentenced to over 60 years in prison on Tuesday. A Boone County judge sentenced Cadilac Derrick to 62 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for five felonies. Derrick was found guilty of killing two Columbia women –
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was rushed to a hospital after she was shot Tuesday afternoon in a central Columbia park. Police at the scene did not provide the woman’s name or age. Police were sent to Douglass Park at about 3:40 p.m. and found the injured woman and evidence that shots had been fired,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in a deadly Columbia shooting in summer 2023 waived arraignment Tuesday. Deljuan Turner’s arraignment was held Tuesday morning at the Boone County Courthouse. Another suspect, Damarkus Williams, will be arraigned Dec. 2, according to court records. Turner and Williams had their charges changed from second-degree murder to first-degree murder,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Veterans Affairs is searching for a building in Columbia for a new research facility. The VA is taking bids to lease a 70,000-square-foot building for research and office space. Bid documents show the government wants to rent a building between 59,709-70,246 square feet and 250 parking spots. The documents
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According to a release from Partner for Better, the Missouri Network Against Child Abuse will contract with the company to open a new child advocacy center after the Rainbow House closed earlier this year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some residents who live in Downtown Columbia say they’re on edge after three people were shot Sunday morning on East Broadway. Finn O’Hagan, a graduate student at the University of Missouri who lives Downtown, said he is not surprised there was a shooting. “It does make me nervous hearing stuff like this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The revised district calendar for Columbia Public Schools is expected to cost the district $95,000, according to a Columbia Board of Education agenda for Monday’s meeting. CPS sent a letter to parents last week detailing the new schedule that was approved during an Oct. 24 work session. The changes to this year’s
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