State hopes to hire new MoDOT chief by year’s end
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission wants feedback from the public as it begins its search for a new director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT).
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Court tosses Missouri law that barred police from enforcing federal gun laws
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Federal appellate judges have overturned a Missouri law that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the law unconstitutional Monday. It forbade police from enforcing federal gun laws that don’t have an equivalent Missouri law. The U.S. Justice Department has
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Columbia man charged with statutory rape, sodomy
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with second-degree statutory rape and second-degree sodomy on Thursday. Jesus Hernandez, 37, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 1:54 a.m. Thursday and is being held without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, Hernandez identified himself to a
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Parson says Ashcroft is blocking effort to ban unregulated THC because of hurt feelings
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is blocking an executive order to ban various unregulated forms of the cannabis compound THC over “hurt feelings.” Parson endorsed Ashcroft’s opponent in the state’s recent gubernatorial primary, which Ashcroft went on to lose. Parson said Thursday that Ashcroft
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Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would stop execution of death row inmate who claims innocence
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have resentenced death row inmate Marcellus Williams to life without parole after new testing of DNA evidence complicated his innocence claim. A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge has now set the agreement aside and scheduled an evidentiary hearing for
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Columbia seeking agreement with MoDOT to enhance pedestrian safety in I-70 Connector
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Bike and Pedestrian Commission is hoping that a handful of requests sent to the Missouri Department of Transportation will be added to the Improve I-70 Project to make the new Highway 63/Interstate 70 connector safer. On Monday, the City Council approved the authorization of an application to MoDOT for a
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Man accused of manslaughter in fatal I-70 crash gets additional charge after indictment
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two women in an Aug. 6 crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia received an additional charge following a grand jury indictment on Friday. Walter Montejo, 26, is now charged with two counts of first-degree manslaughter, one count of second-degree assault and
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Governor’s Office announces circuit judge appointment
Gov. Mike Parson announced the most recent judicial appointment to the 26th Judicial Circuit on Friday.
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Missouri education department still behind on child care subsidy payments
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is still behind on payments to child care providers after previously saying issues would be resolved by the end of July.
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Delegate who was arrested at Ferguson protest withdraws from DNC as bodycam video is released
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Democratic Party says that one of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has agreed to withdraw as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Keith Rose was charged with first-degree property damage. He
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you plan to vote for legal sports gambling in November?
Missourians will get a chance to vote in November to legalize sports gambling.
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Abortion, sports gambling make November ballot in Missouri; Lake-area casino rejected
A question to legalize abortion will be on the November ballot but one to award a license for a riverboat casino on the Lake of the Ozarks will not.
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More than 100 Ameren customers without power in Miller County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 100 Ameren customers in Miller County lost power on Tuesday night. Some power outages were reported throughout the night in multiple counties on the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperative’s outage map after storm cells rolled through areas near the Lake of the Ozarks. There were 106 Ameren customers without power
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Missouri health care nonprofits hope to innovate health care in the state with new facility.
Two Missouri health non-profit organizations broke ground on Tuesday on a new building in Jefferson City.
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Columbia Police respond to an assault on East Broadway early Saturday morning
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating an assault early Saturday morning on E. Broadway, according to a press release from the department. According to the release, around 1:40 a.m. Saturday officers were called to the 900 block of E. Broadway for an assault. Witnesses said the victim was hit multiple times in
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Parson says he’ll campaign to help Republicans win elections in November
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Republicans voted on Tuesday to continue the current direction of state government under Gov. Mike Parson, which the governor said he was not surprised by. “It was a great night for me as the governor and a great night personally because of all of these guys that I got to
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MoDOT director to step down after nearly nine years
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Patrick McKenna announced in a meeting on Wednesday that he will be moving on from his position as the director of the Missouri Department of Transportation. McKenna made the statement during a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission meeting in Poplar Bluff. He has been in the position for nearly nine years. His
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you attending the Missouri State Fair?
The Missouri State Fair began its 10-day run in Sedalia on Thursday.
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Michael Brown’s death 10 years ago sparked change in Ferguson
Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown once told his father the “world is going to know my name,” words Michael Brown Sr. still takes to heart. Friday marks 10 years since the 18-year-old was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, turning the St. Louis suburb into the focal point of the
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Missouri State Fair begins Thursday with safety protocols in place
The Missouri State Fair kicked off Thursday morning with a gloomy start, but the light showers didn’t keep the crowds away.
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