Columbia Water and Light said Tuesday that workers will start to collect water samples to test for lead and copper next month after violating monitoring rules.
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Under Amendment 3, Missourians can now legally grow their own marijuana.
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Columbia city officials admitted this week that they did not test the water supply for lead or copper last year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Candidates for the Columbia Board of Education spoke Tuesday night at a forum held by the Boone County Pachyderm Club. The forum was held at the Grand Cru restaurant on Providence Road in south Columbia. Candidates for the April 4 election include Paul Harper, John T. Potter, Christopher Horn, James Edward Gordon,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who is accused of killing his wife 17 years ago will go to trial on Monday. A pre-trial conference was held Tuesday afternoon for Keith Comfort. He is charged with second-degree murder. He is being held in the Boone County Jail on a $5 million bond. Comfort, 41, will
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City officials admitted Monday night to not properly testing drinking water for lead or copper over the past year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge will soon decide what to do about Columbia Public Schools removing the name of a donor from Rock Bridge High School’s athletics field. The Columbia Board Of Education unanimously voted to rename the field in 2020 after Wayne Sells – on Facebook — criticized professional athletes who were protesting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has extended the deadline for proposals for American Rescue Plan Act funding. The deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, according to a press release. The deadline was previously last Friday. The city began accepting proposals in January. Columbia was awarded $25.2 million in ARPA
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia music festival — formerly known as Roots N Blues — announced it will be going by a new name last week. Tickets went on sale Friday for the Treeline Music Fest, scheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Stephens Lake Park. The festival launched its rebranding campaign this week and labels itself
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columba will file an application for a grant that will allow it to study Business Loop 70. At Monday night’s City Council meeting, the Downtown Leadership Council asked the city to file an application for the funding needed to improve the street. The City Council unanimously approved to file. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council at its meeting on Monday approved tourism development funds for the True/False Film Festival, which takes place annually in Downtown Columbia. The resolution authorizes a tourism development sponsorship between the city and True/False this year. The festival will take place March 2-5. There will be roughly 130 screenings.
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The City of Columbia is holding a meeting next month to get input from residents about the city’s recycling system.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Planning the 20th annual True/False Film Festival is truly a numbers game. Over the course of three days, March 2 through 5, the event will feature 130 screenings of 35 full-length documentaries and 20 short films. Large crowds often follow the festival, but the Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board estimates over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former United State’s President Jimmy Carter has decided to receive hospice care at his home in Georgia instead of additional medical intervention. The Carter Center, a non-profit organization founded by the former president and his wife, Rosalynn Carter put a statement out Saturday about the former president’s decision. “After a series of short hospital stays,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College hosted its fourth Black Business Expo Saturday, Feb 18. in Columbia. The Expo was hosted by the office of diversity, equity, and Inclusion. The Black Business Expo ran from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. inside the Southwell Complex on Rangline Street. The expo included live music and entertainment and was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former employees of a Columbia healthcare clinic await answers after a sudden closure– and final paychecks. Spectrum Health Care Clinic closed its doors Wednesday without notice. The clinic, formerly at 1123 Wilkes Boulevard in Columbia, has a piece of paper plastered on the front door. “Closed until further notice,” citing financial hardships
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested 38-year-old David Walter Rose Saturday after he barricaded himself in a house. Columbia Police were called to the 4300 block of Derby Ridge for a domestic disturbance around 10 p.m. Friday night. Rose was barricaded inside the house and would not come out, according to police. Police said officers
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Police say no one was hurt when shots were fired Friday morning in a house in northeast Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ward 1 Columbia City Councilwoman Pat Fowler and challenger Nick Knoth had a lot to say about their plans Friday, if they were to be elected to the Ward 1 seat on April 4. At a forum held by the Muleskinners, Fowler said her main focus for the community is on creating equitable
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The Roots N Blues Festival, which features major touring acts each September, is rebranding.
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