COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a house caught fire Thursday afternoon in the 2400 block of Bluebird Drive in Jefferson City, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. JCFD wrote the fire was ruled accidental. Crews were called at 3:26 p.m. and firefighters ended up finding a fire
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The north side of West Capitol Avenue in Jefferson City will be closed next week for resurfacing and painting, according to a press release from Jefferson City Public Works. Work will start at 7 a.m. Monday and is expected to be done by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, the release says.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City voters will decide in November whether to extend the city’s 7% lodging sales tax for 25 more years. The tax pays to promote tourism in Jefferson City and charges 7% on all hotel and motel rooms and short-term rentals. Most of the tax receipts — four-sevenths of the money
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with two felonies after he allegedly sexually abused a disabled woman at her home on Monday. Demon Tyrone Johnson Sr., 40, was charged on Wednesday with first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree burglary. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is moving into the next phase of its bridge rehabilitation project along Highway 54 over Missouri Boulevard, with new traffic changes and ramp closures set to begin Tuesday evening. Crews will begin work on the right-hand lanes of U.S. 54 over Business Route 50, forcing both
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Cole County’s Board of Equalization is working against an August 23 deadline after the State Tax Commission issued an order Wednesday saying it must raise the assessed value of certain parts of the county by 5 percent.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Animal Shelter may receive a $7,000 ASPCA grant to help with operational costs following a large animal abuse investigation in July. Court documents reported that four people, Casey Logsdon, Jessica Morgan, Ashley Ousley and Henry Ousley Jr. were charged were charged July 24 with 19 counts of accessory to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City will not move forward with a housing strategy in the city for the time being. City leaders voted on Monday night to send the strategy– aimed at helping the city with its long-term housing options– back to the administrative committee for review of the contract. The vote was 5-5,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No charges will be filed against any of the Jefferson City police officers who were accused of shooting at a woman in March, according to a letter from Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson. Julie Knehans was dead with a gunshot wound after police opened fire while responding to a burglary on March
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to a child sex crime. Ryan Swillum, 25, of Jefferson City plead guilty to first-degree statutory sodomy on Friday, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. According to the release, the events occurred in Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City women were killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Route C in Cole County, just west of Zion Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. It is not known if the women were wearing seatbelts, the report says. The crash occurred as a 2008 Ford
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jay Moore will be Cole County’s next auditor, according to a Friday press release from Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office. Kehoe made the appointment on Friday. Moore replaces Mark Ruether, who announced his retirement last month. Moore is the finance director for the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce and has more than 30
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Leaders in Jefferson City say they’re still on track to open a new conference center downtown. That’s despite a loss of $20 million that was supposed to help pay for the project after state lawmakers cut the funds during its special session. Leaders in Jefferson City met Wednesday night about the
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JEFFERSON CITY Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is set to have negotiation talks with a third-party vendor to operate the city’s parking lots and structures. Some city council members have raised concerns that when a city service or the management of the city service is privatized, prices increase for the citizens served. The Jefferson City Council
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The next phase of work on Highway 54 over Missouri Boulevard that begins next week will require a traffic shift, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Crews on Tuesday, Aug. 5 will start working on the driving lane and will shift eastbound and westbound traffic to their
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lori Smith was mowing her lawn Thursday when she saw a pickup truck coming around the corner of County Road 391. “There was nothing indicating that this individual that was driving was doing anything wrong at all,” Smith said. She has lived across the street from the Katy Trail crossing on
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A small memorial of flowers and a teddy bear now rests at the edge of a county road where a 9-year-old boy lost his life after being struck by a pickup truck. The child was hit by a 21-year-old woman while crossing a section of the Katy Trail on Thursday. Cyclists
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Animal Shelter says it’s at capacity for dogs after taking in several following an animal abuse investigation. Casey Logsdon, Jessica Morgan, Ashley Ousley and Henry Ousley Jr. were charged on Thursday with 19 counts of accessory to animal abuse. Logsdon, 33, and Morgan, 41, were booked into the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 9-year-old boy was killed Thursday when he was hit by a pickup truck on a North Jefferson City road. Jefferson City Police revisited the scene the area where the crash happened on Friday afternoon, closing down the road just before 1:30. The child, who was not named in a Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman was charged Friday in Cole County after she was accused of stabbing a man in his face. Mia Guthrie, 29, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. She is being held at the Cole
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