JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The American Red Cross is helping a family after their home caught on fire Monday night. Crews responded to the house fire in the 800 block of E. McCarty Street around 8 p.m., according to the Jefferson City Fire Department. At the scene, firefighters found smoke in the back of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ozark man has been charged with several felonies after a Saturday night crash in Jefferson City that left one dead. Robert Harris, 58, is charged with: Second-degree involuntary manslaughter;Driving while intoxicated – causing the death of another;Driving while intoxicated – casuing serious personal injury;Second-degree assault;Armed criminal action. The crash occurred
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to say two victims were affected by the crash. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ozark man has been charged by the Cole County prosecutor for a deadly drunk driving crash. 58-year-old Robert Harris now has several felony charges including DWI involving death and involuntary manslaughter. The crash happened yesterday
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Robert Thrasher was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter Wednesday at the Cole County Circuit Court. Thrasher, 39, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty in regards to a the April 20, 2017, homicide of Jerry Robertson, according to Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. Thrasher will
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Students at a Jefferson City high school got a lesson in paying attention and being buckled up while driving Friday.
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An organization that represents missing people placed a new memorial in a Jefferson City park Friday for a boy allegedly killed by his caretaker four years ago.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT plans to prepare staff and drivers Thursday with a statewide winter weather drill. The exercise comes amid a shortage of plow drivers, according to the department. MoDOT officials say the winter weather drill is expected to help with training drivers. “With years of high turnover, we are nearly 30% below
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged in relation to a September 2021 shooting near Vibez Lounge on Fifth Street in Columbia. Wayne Warmack, 38, is charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, both felonies. He is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $100,000 bond. An arraignment
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The origin of a loud boom heard across Jefferson City on Thursday morning is unknown.
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Jefferson City police arrested an armed man at a “resident living center” Friday night, according to a news release.
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Watch the ceremony live in the player. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City and state leaders celebrated the new $23 million terminal at Columbia Regional Airport (COU) on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Gov. Mike Parson and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe spoke at the event about the potentials the new terminal brings. City and state leaders broke
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A Capital City High School student will be subject to “full disciplinary actions” from school administrators after making a threat on social media, according to an email sent to families Tuesday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University released its annual campus security and fire safety report earlier this week. The report is released every October and covers crime statistics from the past three years. This report covers 2019-21. In the past three years, there has been a significant decrease in dating violence, from 15 incidents in
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Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is proposing a new rule that would require libraries to distinguish which books are age-appropriate for children.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After a more than three-hour meeting, the Jefferson City Council unanimously decided on Monday to delay any decision to demolish 11 properties on or near Capitol Avenue for another four weeks while the city finds interested bidders. The City Council were going to vote on whether or nor several properties would
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City council plans to vote Monday night on the proposed 2023 fiscal year budget. City council members are scheduled to meet at city hall at 6 p.m. The proposed budget includes more than $75 million in funds. Jefferson City Council agenda Council members met twice in August to go
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There is no cure, but the Alzheimer’s Association is hoping to change that.
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Both Jefferson City and Cole County are set to hold State of the City and County meetings Friday afternoon, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ.) A home in Jefferson City has been torn down after it was considered unsafe to the community. Jefferson City demolition workers are in the process of demolishing 407 East Capitol Ave. The building has been there for more than a century, but Housing Property Inspector Dave Helmick said there have been so many issues
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with second-degree domestic assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. Randdell Craig, 38, allegedly went to his ex-girlfriend’s residence to pick up his belongings when he attempted to strangle and strike her, according to a probable cause statement. The alleged victim grabbed a gun to
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