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Lanes reopen after person injured near Providence and Ash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Northbound lanes of Providence at Ash reopened after a crash left one person injured late Tuesday night. According to the Boone County Joint Communications, a wreck occurred just after 11 p.m. An ABC 17 News crew on scene reported the injured person was lying in the road getting treatment. Officials opened Providence
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Columbia Police changing shift structure beginning in September
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced officers will move to 12-hour shifts beginning September 5. Officials say the change aims to increase the number of officers on shifts and available to respond to calls. Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones says the changed schedule will increase officer safety, improve the Department’s ability to provide
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Columbia College and other organizations to form Nadria Leeann Wright Memorial Nursing Scholarship
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College, along with other organizations will launch the Nadria Leeann Wright Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The Battle High School alum was killed in in September 2019 shooting when she was a freshman nursing student at Columbia College. “Nadria was a tenacious young woman full of hopes and dreams and she made an
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Missing Fulton woman found in Illinois in May pleaded guilty to drug and tampering with vehicle charge
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton woman pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and tampering with a motor vehicle. Tori Taylor admitted to keeping a car that she borrowed from the owner in late April. Taylor was the reported victim of an alleged kidnapping in April but was later found unharmed one month later
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Missouri seeks damage assessments across 17 counties in preparation for federal disaster declaration request
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced that Missouri has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to participate in joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) in 17 counties in response to severe storms and flooding. Teams will survey the damage that began on June 19 with severe weather and continued through July 1 in
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City report says Columbia trash system reducing waste; residents still have complaints
A new city report shows that solid waste management has been collecting 25% less trash than last year, and residential recycling has increased by 19%.
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Ventilator and staffing shortages force rural Missouri hospitals to seek help
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some hospitals in Missouri saw a spike in Covid-19 cases by nearly 27% last weekend, which caused some to experience a ventilator shortage. Dr. Robin Blount with Boone Hospital said the biggest hot spot is southwest Missouri in the Springfield and Joplin area. “I know this morning they were reporting that in
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Former Boone County clerk plans run for Congress
ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Boone County clerk is eyeing a run for a seat in Congress. Taylor Burks filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on July 1 to run for the Fourth Congressional District seat in 2022. Burks is the current director for the Division of Labor Standards for the state of Missouri.
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Live looks at Florida beaches as Elsa approaches
Tropical Storm Elsa continued its approach to Florida on Tuesday, with forecasters saying the storm is likely to hit the state’s west coast Wednesday as a hurricane.
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Researcher: Delta variant ‘spreading through Missouri at a remarkable pace,’ sewage study shows
Experts say the delta variant is spreading fast throughout Missouri and is expected to “explode” in Fulton, Columbia and Jefferson City in the next week.
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8 killed in accidents, no drownings in Missouri over holiday weekend
Troopers worked 294 crashes over the holiday counting period in 2020 which includes 107 injuries and five deaths. Troopers arrested 145 people for DWI in 2020 and worked 14 boat crashes with seven injuries and no deaths.
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Woman reports armed robbery in central Columbia parking lot
Officers were called at about 7 p.m. to the 1200 block of Again Street near Again Street Park and West Boulevard Elementary School, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.
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Emergency crews rescue man who fell off cliff in Pulaski County
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was seriously injured Monday after falling off a cliff in Pulaski County. According to a Facebook post from the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District, emergency crews were called to the incident around 11:30 a.m. Monday. Once rescue crews got to the scene, they found a man about 300 feet
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Drivers along the Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City could see delays starting Tuesday night
MoDOT will be making improvements as part of a rehabilitation project to both directions of Highways 54 and 63 along the bridge.
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Columbia City Council to discuss parking for new downtown hotel
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council members are set to discuss parking for a new hotel on the corner of Cherry and Hitt Streets downtown Tuesday night. The parking agreement being introduced would let the hotel use 99 parking spaces in the Hitt Street Parking garage to support the anticipated off-street parking demands generated by
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you travel over the holiday weekend?
Millions of Americans took to the rails, roads and skies over the Fourth of July weekend.
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Fulton community members held fourth of July peace festival to reduce fireworks violence
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the Fulton community with the help of the Fulton Police Department organized a firework festival on Sunday in Carver Park. Hundreds of people gathered at the park for a basketball tournament, rap battles, a car show, food and drinks and to end it all, a firework show. The festival was
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Columbia residents eager for the city to discuss new pedestrian crossing project in Downtown Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia council will meet Tuesday to discuss the construction of the Fourth Street and Broadway pedestrian crossing project in Downtown Columbia. This project design includes a new crosswalk connecting the northeast corner to the southeast corner of the Fourth Street and Broadway Intersection. Columbia resident, Kin Brown, said she
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Rural Boone County fire districts report few fireworks-related problems
Spokesmen for two Boone County rural fire districts said the Fourth of July weekend was relatively quiet, with few calls for injuries or other fireworks-related issues.
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