Police: Larch Court injury was not from gun
Police on Friday said a wound a man suffered the night before was not from a bullet but from something else.
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City of Columbia to hold open house on new storage center for snowplows, salt
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will hold an open house next week regarding the construction of a new Municipal Services Center. According to a Thursday press release from the city, the Municipal Services Center master concept plan includes a salt storage building, storage for snowplows and salt distribution equipment, vehicle parking, an office, electric vehicle charging stations
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True/False Film Fest kicks off in Columbia; March March parade to go down Ninth Street on Friday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The True/False Film Fest kicked off Thursday in Columbia. The annual festival takes place in downtown Columbia Thursday through Sunday. Thirty-one feature films and 25 short films were picked out of about 1,400 submissions, according to a previous press release from the festival. A spokesperson for the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Columbia man accused of domestic assault, illegally sending nude photos
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several felonies after he was accused of sending nude photos of a woman without her permission. Jacob Anthony Nichols, 32, was charged with second-degree domestic assault, invasion of privacy and sending nude photos without permission. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 8:09 p.m.
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RECALL ROUNDUP: Eye ointments, hydrogen peroxide and Jeep Grand Cherokees recalled
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS The Food and Drug Administration has recalled four eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS. The recalls comes as the FDA says eye ointments were produced at a facility that may have been unsanitary. The affected eye ointments include Equate’s General and Stye Lubricant Eye
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Call response times grow as Columbia Police Department deals with staffing issues
When calling the police, people typically expect a speedy response, but that’s not always the case — or even possible — as staffing shortages across the country continue to affect police departments, including Columbia’s.
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City of Columbia looking into crime prevention program
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Columbia officials are planning a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, to look into a violence prevention program that could be implemented in Columbia. Assistant City Manager Matt Unrein told ABC 17 News on Tuesday night that he plans to focus on public safety in his role. As part of this, Unrein said
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Power restored after Tuesday night storms left hundreds in the dark
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is back on for almost all of Mid-Missouri Wednesday morning after thunderstorms and a coldfront caused power outages Tuesday night. As of 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, a total of six residents in Mid-Missouri are still without power, according to the outage map from the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. There were 144
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New Columbia assistant city manager says focus will be on public safety
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Assistant City Manager Matt Unrein met with community members Tuesday night to discuss and outline what expectations are for him in his position. Unrein started his position on Feb. 19, after the city named him to the position in January, marking the city’s fourth city manager leadership position
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City of Columbia to have overnight crews on duty to respond to possible winter weather
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia wrote on its social media on Tuesday evening that it will have public works crews monitoring road conditions. About a half-inch of snow is expected to fall around Mid-Missouri, according to the ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team. Temperatures are expected to drop to the low 20s on
Continue Reading Public safety plan in place for this week’s True/False Film Fest
A public safety plan is in place as Columbia gears up for the annual True/False Film Fest on Thursday.
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Columbia man indicted on federal child porn charges
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was indicted by a federal grand jury for child pornography charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Ryan Edward Hine, 27, was charged with attempted enticement of a minor, three counts of attempted production of child pornography, two counts of advertising child pornography and
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Charges filed on woman accused of shooting at car Monday night in northeast Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been filed on a Columbia woman who was accused of shooting at a car Monday night on Brown Station Road in Columbia. Carra Maleghia Brooks, 27, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Jail records indicate that she has a court
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No one hurt when shots fired in northeast Columbia
A number of Columbia police officers were seen Monday night in the 3600 block of Brown Station Road.
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Police arrest Columbia man suspected of abandoning body
A Columbia man charged with abandoning a corpse has been arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail.
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Naloxone education and distribution event to be held Tuesday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A naloxone education and distribution event will be held noon-1 p.m. Tuesday at the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services building on West Worley Street, according to a Monday press release. PHHS staff will also provide a brief training session for walk-ins from 1-1:30 p.m., the release states. No registration is required
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Columbia to use new auto-pay system for utility bills
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Utility customers who use auto-pay features on their utility bills will have to enroll in a new system before their March bill is due, according to a Monday release from the city. According to the release, the city is transitioning its utility autopay to the finance department’s new platform,
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One family drops from MU Health Care lawsuit involving gender-affirming care; Choi, Barohn named as defendants
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One family is dropping out of a federal lawsuit filed against MU Health Care in a case surrounding gender-affirming care. MU Health Care said in August that it would stop prescribing or administering puberty-delaying drugs or hormone replacement therapy to transgender minors. A pair of Boone County families sued MU Health in November, claiming MU Health was
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House on Deerfoot Way still standing over a month after fire in murder case
A charred home in Columbia is still standing more than a month after a Columbia man was found dead inside.
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CPD sees improvement in clearance rates amid short staffing, slower responses
The Columbia Police Department has been solving crimes at a better rate the past couple of years but is still struggling with too few officers and slower responses to calls, according to official data.
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