Late-night shooting in north Columbia leads to arrest
A shooting in north Columbia late Wednesday night led to one person being arrested.
Continue ReadingA shooting in north Columbia late Wednesday night led to one person being arrested.
Continue ReadingProsecutors charged a man with child abuse in Cole County on Sunday.
Continue ReadingA third person faces charges linked to a 2019 Lake of the Ozarks rape case.
Continue ReadingMiller County prosecutors charged a man with a felony count of domestic assault after a weekend incident in Rocky Mount left one dead.
Continue ReadingMexico officers are warning residents about a new scam tricking friends and family members that a loved one has been kidnapped.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department says its current system of community policing has helped solve crime and improve community relations.
Continue ReadingColumbia Police responded after two reports of theft blocks apart Saturday morning.
Continue ReadingColumbia Police continue to investigate a Saturday night armed robbery on the 3900 block of Oakland Gravel Road.
Continue ReadingMissouri State Highway Patrol troopers assisted investigators in Howard County in connection with a homicide in Franklin last night.
Continue ReadingCommunity leaders will discuss policing in Columbia on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingOne woman is dead, but the cause of her death is unknown after law enforcement responded to a disturbance Saturday morning around 3:53 a.m.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Public School District is set to begin virtual classes on Tuesday, but not all students are safe at home.
Continue ReadingPolice say someone fired a gun in the area of a Columbia middle school Thursday.
Continue ReadingROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Columbia Public Schools employee faces a felony rape allegation from a minor, according to court documents filed this week. Boone County sheriff’s deputies arrested 27-year-old Charles A. Griffin, of Rocheport on Tuesday. He faces a felony count of second-degree statutory rape. CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said in an email Thursday
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CTIY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men received punishment on Wednesday for selling marijuana connected to a 2017 killing. Blake Johnson, considered by federal prosecutors to be Augustus “Gus” Roberts’ “principal lieutenant” in a nationwide drug operation, received ten years of prison time. Johnson is one of several people to admit to selling marijuana as
Continue ReadingPolice say they found shell casings after a call of shots fired on Derby Ridge Road late Wednesday.
Continue ReadingJefferson City police say they detained three juveniles and arrested an 18-year-old wanted on Florida warrants after a chase late Wednesday.
Continue ReadingThe man accused of murder in a deadly shooting at Douglass Park on Aug. 25 has been arrested.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man currently in prison faces more than a dozen crimes related to sexual and physical abuse. A Cole County grand jury inducted Francis H. Kempker of thirteen crimes, including rape, kidnapping, assault and armed criminal action. The indictment claims Kempker committed these crimes throughout 2016 to four different
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge sentenced a man accused in a scheme to cover up the death of a disabled Fulton man to three years of probation Wednesday. Anthony R. K. Flores pleaded guilty in federal court in February to lying to authorities as part of the cover-up of the death of Carl
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