COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of killing two people in 2020 has pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Iseah Jackson, 19, will appear in court for his sentencing hearing at 4 p.m. Monday at the Boone County Courthouse. He is currently being held at the Boone County Jail. Jackson
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A Monday night shooting in north Columbia was deadly and police have a suspect in custody.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services will be hosting a Save a Life: Naloxone education and distribution event 12:15-1 p.m. at its location at 1005 W. Worley St. in Columbia. The event is co-hosted with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition “Save a Life!” is a part of a series
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Details are limited following a fire in central Columbia early Tuesday morning. Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert around 4:05 a.m. that the Columbia Fire Department was responding to the fire in the 1100 block of Lakeview Avenue. CFD is working a fire incident in the 1100 block of Lakeview Ave.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man was arrested and charged Saturday for the stabbing of a homeless man on May 25 in Columbia. James Dillender, 54, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. He appeared for his first court appearance via
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Watch a replay of the Columbia City Council meeting above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council voted unanimously on Monday to end the city-logo trash bag program. Ward 5 Councilman Matt Pitzer said before the meeting that if the city chose to eliminate the city logo bags, residents would be able to use their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing his child and abandoning the corpse appeared in court on Monday from via video from the Boone County Jail. Staffone Fountain, 30, of Independence, is charged with first-degree murder and abandoning a corpse. He is being held without bond in the Boone County Jail. His next hearing
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View a replay of the City Council meeting above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council expects to vote on the fate of the city’s recycling and trash bags Monday night. In the past, the Solid Waste Department recommended the city end the use of city logo bags. City leaders gave the community chances to
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Shots were fired into the ceiling at Bur Oak Brewery early Sunday during a party for a University of Missouri fraternity.
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The Columbia City Council is set to discuss a new system where citizens can share their concerns and input on issues at its pre-council meeting Monday evening.
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Some deals are just too good to be true. Both in-person and online, holiday scams have returned this season.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office was searching for someone in eastern Columbia on Friday morning near South Field Drive. A sheriff’s office spokesman told ABC17 News that a deputy saw someone in the area who was believed to be a resident with six active Boone County warrants for failure to appear on
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LEBANON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Miller County man accused of the 2019 killing of Aaron Brantley was found guilty of murder and other charges on Friday. Christopher English, 45, was found guilty of first-degree murder, armed-criminal action and the abandonment of a corpse. A sentencing hearing is set for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior services weekly data released on Friday says Missouri influenza cases are categorized as “very high.” Boone County’s cases have more than doubled in the past week. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported that Boone County influenza numbers went from 96 to 251 cases within the
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A Memphis man wanted by police for a deadly shooting was arrested Thursday in Columbia, the U.S. attorney’s office said Friday.
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An 83-year-old woman died in a crash in east Columbia that shut down a road Thursday, police say.
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Thursday evening, the City of Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission met to discuss a topic that’s been on the table for four years now: Short-term rental regulations. City leaders began discussing the issue in 2018. A revised version of those regulations has been in the works since a proposition was shot down in 2020. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation said in a tweet that Route WW is closed at Hominy Creek, between Keene Street and Legion Lane due to a crash. The Columbia Police Department tweeted that one person died in the crash. Another person was sent to an area hospital for reported minor injuries. (1)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A COVID-19 bivalent booster and flu vaccine clinic will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the Roseta Avenue Center at 1100 S. Roseta Avenue in Columbia. No appointments are needed, the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services said Wednesday in a press release. Updated/bivalent Pfizer booster doses will be available
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Amazon delivery station in Ashland has already started to see a seasonal increase in Mid-Missouri packages. With the holidays getting closer, the station said it expects more than 1 million boxes to be delivered from October-January. Aaron Ponder — owner of Frontline Logistics — partnered with the facility when it opened
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