COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man charged with first-degree murder will face a judge at the Boone County Courthouse at 9 a.m. Monday. Deazes Turner, 22, is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon after a superseding indictment was filed Friday. Turner is one
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Time changed for us Sunday morning. Daylight saving time ended as America’s clocks “fell back” to standard time. The biggest effect that most people will likely notice is the earlier onset of night, which will now come at around 5 p.m. in Mid-Missouri. Most people have a preference between daylight saving and standard time. Some
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With Daylight Saving ending on Sunday, the American Red Cross and Fire officials are encouraging people to take the time change as a reminder to check their smoke alarms and ensure they’re working properly. The City of Columbia reported over 50 residential fires, with 267 incidents tied to smoke alarms and 295
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) As Election Day nears, a growing number of Missouri voters are seizing the opportunity to cast their ballots early, hoping to bypass potentially long lines on Tuesday. Voting centers in Centralia, Columbia, and Ashland were open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with about 3,400 people casting their ballots in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Walk to End Alzheimer’s raised over $114,000 as of Saturday. Over 600 people showed their support during the walk on Saturday at Stankowski Field on the University of Missouri’s campus. This year, the walk goal is set at $185,000. Last year, the walk raised $161,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Clerk’s Office will have two locations on Saturday for voters to cast their no-excuse absentee ballot ahead of election day. The Southern Boone Middle School cafeteria in Ashland and Impact Support Services in Centralia will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today for no-excuse absentee voting. No-excuse absentee voting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol will no longer publish the names of those involved in its preliminary online traffic crash and boat/drowning reports, a Friday press release says. The release says MSHP was “recently notified of scam incidents across the state” that targets crash victims or people who know someone involved in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will receive a $1 million grant from the US Department of Transportation in order to bring back flights to-and-from Denver at Columbia Regional Airport. The city is receiving the grant through the Small Community Air Service Development Program. Flights to Denver from Columbia ended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News Anchor Meghan Drakas is sharing her family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease along with other members of the ABC 17 family, in the leadup to Columbia’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday. My grandmother Barbara Early was born in 1938 in the suburbs of Philly. She was a mother, grandmother,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A soldier at Fort Leonard Wood who was found dead in a dumpster may have been killed a day before she was reported missing, officials said on Friday. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. During a Friday press
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The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Phelps County Sheriff’s Deputy pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court to child sex crimes, a release from the Department of Justice says. The release says Justin Bradley Durham, 43, of Rolla, admitted to “engaging in sex acts with a minor, requesting and receiving child pornography and destroying evidence to impede
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Election Day is just a few days away and research shows voters are feeling the weight. An October poll by the American Psychological Association found 69% of adults said the 2024 presidential election is a significant source of stress in their lives. Boone County resident David White cast his ballot on Friday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four more men are now charged with first-degree murder in a June 2023 fatal shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia. Deazes Turner, 22, is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon after a superseding indictment was filed Friday. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Vienna, Missouri, woman was flown to University Hospital on Thursday after her car went off the road and hit a rock bluff. Nicole Constable, 38, was on Highway 63 a few miles north of Vichy in Maries County when she went of the road on a curve, overcorrected and went off
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office said in a Friday press release that one sex offender was arrested and another 16 were noncompliant during Halloween checks. The release says 135 sex offenders in the county were checked. Sex offenders are required by law to avoid Halloween-related contact with children and must remain
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s public bus system Go COMO will begin using the SPOT application, according to a press release from the City of Columbia. The application is a product of ETA Transit and is now available for users to track buses in real time, view bus schools and receive alerts, the release says. Go
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Providing services such as childcare for a growing workforce is one of the major challenges Boone County leaders took on during a joint meeting Friday among the City of Columbia, Boone County government, Columbia Public Schools, Columbia Chamber of Commerce and the University of Missouri. The purpose of the group, which calls
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball will begin its season Monday at Memphis. The Tigers planned a news conference Friday to preview the upcoming season. Watch it live in the player above.
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A Steedman man who was reported missing and an Endangered Silver Advisory on Thursday has been found safely.
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