The Boone County Commission heard support for and opposition Tuesday to removing 25-year-old paintings by former Columbia College art professor Sid Larson from the Boone County Courthouse.
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The health department will be giving out flu shots at school-based and community outreach flu-shot clinics beginning next week.
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Lee’s Tire started the petition because of its location near the ramp. The petition says the closure will hurt business on the Loop by reducing traffic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors in Miller County will review a deadly shooting involving a Columbia police officer. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it gave the case to Miller County prosecutors for review on possible charges. The Boone County prosecutor’s office says a judge appointed Miller County to serve as a special prosecutor. A Columbia
Continue ReadingAttorney General Eric Schmitt sought a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit he filed last month to end CPS’s mandate that all students and staff wear masks while indoors. Judge Brouck Jacobs denied that request in a two-plus-hour hearing Tuesday, along with a request to make the lawsuit class action, which would bring in other schools with mandates as defendants.
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The regional supermarket chain said in a news release this week that its stores will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. effective next Monday. The deli, meat and seafood counters will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. The stores are currently open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Shots were fired over the weekend in downtown Columbia, a week after two people were hit by bullets in the same area. Weekend shootings in the crowded downtown area are not unheard of but remain relatively uncommon. However, the crowded nature of downtown on weekend nights brings extra danger to those incidents. Are you worried
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A Boone County prosecutor has charged a Columbia woman after a Sunday morning assault where the suspect cut the victim with knives.
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Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Columbia College Board of Trustees unanimously named David Russell the college’s 18th president Friday.
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MU Health Care decided on Monday to report the number of COVID-19 patients in its hospitals who have been vaccinated.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders are again looking to the 2014 Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence in response to the recent shootings on Fifth St. downtown. Police say shots were fired Sunday on Broadway and Fifth Streets, but no injuries were reported. On Sept. 18, just a block away, two people were shot
Continue Reading The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the commission chambers at the Boone County Government Center.
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Students at Hickman High School returned to class Monday without new information on what led to the chaos that followed a gun scare at Saturday’s Homecoming dance.
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The state, under the direction of Attorney General Eric Schmitt, sued last month to end a mandate that all students and staff wear masks indoors at CPS. Schmitt has also asked a judge to certify the lawsuit as class action, which would add other Missouri schools with mask mandates as defendants.
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The Red Cross is set to partner with The University of Missouri for the 35th year to host a blood drive beginning Monday.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department continues to search for suspects after gun violence incidents happened two weeks in a row in Downtown Columbia. CPD responded to Broadway and 5th just after 3:30 Sunday morning after getting reports of shots fired in the area. This comes just a week after two people were shot on 5th
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kristin Bowen said her son sent her a text 15 minutes before the dance was set to end to come pick him up. She said this was unlike him and she sensed something was wrong because he usually stays until the end. “As my child was getting ready to leave, he said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police were called to the 4000th block of Arctic Fox Drive in north Columbia early Sunday morning for reports of a man covered in blood banging on doors in the neighborhood. ABC 17 News crews on scene confirmed that the man was detained. A resident at the scene says she was scared
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman High School homecoming dance ended early Saturday night after school officials heard reports of someone with a gun at the dance. Hickman High School Principal, Tony Gragnani, said in an email to parents that school staff, district security and the Columbia Police Department investigated the rumors, which were found to
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