COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Shots were heard again on Rice Road on Monday afternoon at 4:35 p.m. While reporting on the shooting scene that occurred on Sunday evening, an ABC 17 News reporter heard seven to nine gunshots ring out from the 4600 block of Rice Road. The reporter saw two males run from Rice Road
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Columbia Police confirmed Monday morning one man died after being shot on Rice Road Sunday night.
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Columbia police identified the woman officers arrested Friday after shots were fired in the parking lot of the Walmart on Conley Road.
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Multiple police and fire units were parked outside a Columbia Walmart store Friday evening.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The “pledge dad” at a University of Missouri fraternity who pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in the hazing of Danny Santulli was sentenced to six months in jail and six months on house arrest on Friday. Ryan Delanty, 22, of Ballwin, pleaded guilty on May 10 to hazing and suppling alcohol to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Francis Catholic Worker House is up for sale and will close once the building is sold, Ruth O’Neill — trustee of St. Francis Catholic Worker Community and director of Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen — said the building has been operating as an overnight homeless shelter since 1984. O’Neill said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is hosting Duke this weekend in the 2024 NCAA Columbia Super Regional, but there’s another team who’s got an important role of their own out at Mizzou Softball Stadium. The University of Missouri Athletics Sports Turf and Grounds Crew puts in hours of work preparing the field for
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A Columbia man was charged Friday with two counts of murder in the investigation into two missing Columbia women.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After failing an inspection earlier this week, the Lake of the Woods public pool has now passed an inspection that occurred on Thursday. Lake of the Woods pool failed an inspection on Wednesday by the Columbia/Boone Public Health and Human Services, citing “low chlorine concentration, inspector will return for opening.” The pool wasn’t
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is now being referred to as a suspect in a homicide investigation was arrested, the Columbia Police Department confirmed in a Thursday evening press release Randall Fox, 51, was previously referred to as a “person of interest” in a missing persons investigation. Fox was arrested on suspicion of second-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday decided to increase tuition rates for the fourth year in a row, according to a press release from the university. The increases will take affect for the 2024-25 school year. Residential and nonresidential undergraduate students will see a 5% increase across all campuses.
Continue Reading Environmental Health workers from the Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department are inspecting public and private pools across Columbia this week. The Lake of the Woods pool failed an inspection Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Summer Lunch Program is set to make its return on June 3 to provide children with free lunches throughout the summer until August 2. There will be a variety of locations for children 18 and under to go and grab a meal during the day. Public Health and Human Services will
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Columbia police say they’re trying to identify two bodies found during an investigation into two missing women.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The grand opening for MU Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital and Birthing Center was held on Wednesday. The invitation-only event featured comments from hospital leadership, as well as University of Missouri System President Mun Choi. The new facility features more than 160 beds, as well as several pediatric specialties among other amenities for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department’s swift water rescue team held a training at Perry Phillips Lake on Wednesday afternoon. Team members practiced boat operations, victim pick-ups and rope skills. CFD Capt. Tommy Goran said the department hasn’t had any water rescues so far this year, but one way to avoid needing to be rescued is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was wanted and charged in a Sept. 30 shooting at Cosmo Park has been arrested. Terron Dawayne Shelton Jr., 24, was charged on Oct. 3 with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 4:19 p.m. Tuesday and is being held without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communications stopped receiving 911 and 311 calls around 10 a.m. Tuesday after a fiber line was cut, according to a Wednesday press release. Service was restored by midnight, the release states. BCJC was notified of the disruption by Brightspeed – and phone and internet provider — and the reason
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Republicans nominated a Columbia business owner to run for a Boone County Senate district at their meeting Tuesday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday afternoon, Columbia City leaders, a Boone County commissioner and Columbia Public Schools leaders met at the district’s headquarters to discuss ways to address violence in the city of Columbia. The meeting was closed to the public. ABC 17 News attempted to speak with Deputy City Manager Matt Unrein, City Manager
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