COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) At Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting, city officials approved a resolution to give funding to make a once seasonal homeless shelter open year-round. The council approved a resolution aimed at keeping Room at the Inn at 1509 Ashley Street open year round, beginning Oct. 29. According to the council memo, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday for a new addition to the MU Research Reactor. The $20 million, three-story addition to the existing MURR North Building is being referred to as MURR West, according to a press release from the university. The building will expand the facility’s research and medical isotope production
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two locations in Columbia were among the 48 marijuana microbusiness licenses awarded on Monday by the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, according to a press release. The DCR stated in the release that it received more than 1,600 applications during the July 27-Aug. 10 application period. A majority of the approvals – 19
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools and the Jefferson City School District were among the few schools to get the maximum amount of funding from the latest round of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School Safety Grants. CPS and JCSD each received $300,000 for school safety improvements. Fulton Public schools was another area
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another man has died from the result of a crash last week at Stadium Boulevard and West Boulevard, the Columbia Police Department said in a Monday evening press release. Police say Jesus Celestino Mendoza-Chavez, of Columbia, died in the crash. He was 48. Last week, CPD stated John D. Searle, 64, of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews with Columbia Public Works have been installing new ultra-bright LED lights inside the Eighth and Cherry parking garage. The new lights are around 30% brighter than the previous lights in the garage. The city says the lights are part of a continued effort to improve the oldest parking garage in the city.
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As the United Auto Workers strike continues for a third week, one Columbia mechanic says it could soon affect drivers.
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Columbia Second Ward Councilwoman Andrea Waner will resign next month when she moves out of the district she represents.
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The murder charge against the father of a baby found dead in Columbia will stay as the case heads to a jury trial early next year.
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A Columbia Democrat said Monday that she plans to seek a second term in the state House.
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A Boone County commissioner with more than a decade in office will seek reelection this fall.
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Columbia police say they found evidence of a shooting in the Cosmo Park area before a person was found shot at a north Columbia motel Saturday night
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Boone Health was the target of an online threat Monday morning, a spokesman for the hospital said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday night, the Columbia City Council will vote on whether or not to make changes to an agreement with the Columbia Interfaith Resource center. The agreement would allow the CIRC to use the facility located at 1509 Ashley Street as an overnight emergency shelter year-round. Currently, the shelter only remains open during
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COLIUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car crash at the corner of Worley Street and West Blvd. in Columbia Sunday morning led to the Westbound Lane of Worley Street being blocked off. An ABC 17 News crew saw a vehicle that was flipped over in the road, as well as a second vehicle that appeared to have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A correction has been made to say that the shooting occurred in North Columbia. There was a heavy police presence in North Columbia Saturday night at the Super 7 Motel on Rangeline Street. An ABC 17 News crew on scene saw at least four Columbia Police Department police vehicles, seven
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of Columbia residents showed their support today and raised over $210,000 dollars for the fight against alzheimer’s. More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. About 2,600 residents in Boone County are living with the disease, along with 1,400 in Cole County and 300 in Osage County. Data released at the recent
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal and local law enforcement are searching for an inmate who escaped the Phelps County Jail Friday night. Just after 11 p.m. Friday, two inmates escaped the Phelps County Jail by “comprising the structural integrity of the cell and exiting the building,” according to a news release from the Phelps County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,900 patients attended Saturday’s vaccination event at MU Health, the most ever, according to spokesperson Eric Slusher. On Saturday, MU Health Care offered drive-thru flu shots, and the updated COVID-19 shot at South Providence Medical Park from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. MU Health Care will also be vaccine events at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care will hold its first-of-three drive-thru vaccine clinics on Saturday. The clinic will take place 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at South Providence Medical Park. Those 12 years old and older will be able to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine. An MU Health Care spokesman said those 6 years older and
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