COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the heat indices expected to reach triple digits this weekend, an MU Health Care doctor says it’s important to be prepared to cool yourself and your loved ones down. According to the Stormtrack Weather Team, between noon and 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday is expected to be the hottest of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a reported accidental shooting Deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 700 block of Demaret Dr. just after 5 p.m. Friday. Boone County Joint Communications received a report the person had been shot at a residence. Deputies reported the 32-year-old male has
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Feels like temperatures are over 100 degrees for the final days of the Boone County Fair.
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Deputies were called to a shots-fired incident in the 4400 block of West Bellview Drive late Friday morning, sheriff’s office Capt. Brian Leer said. A home and a vehicle were hit by bullets but no one was injured, he said.
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Online records show Benjamin Melvin, 25, was being held Friday in the Boone County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Silver Alert was canceled after a woman was located. The woman was reported missing Thursday evening. The woman was last seen at 1 p.m. by her son.
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Gov. Mike Parson is sending additional personnel and equipment to Springfield and Greene County to assist in the fight against COVID-19 and support the local health care system. “Throughout this pandemic, we have worked with our local partners to provide support and resources as quickly as logistically possible, and that has not changed,” Governor Parson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic entering and exiting Stadium Blvd. onto Interstate 70 will be impacted next week due to lane closures. The I-70 eastbound exit ramp and the westbound entrance ramp will both be closed on Monday and Tuesday. Also, two of the three northbound lanes of Stadium Boulevard will be closed on Monday, with
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Attorney Andy Hirth sent a letter Wednesday to city manager John Glascock pushing back on Glascock’s decision to put city budget officer Kyle Rieman on paid leave. Glascock did not specify why he was put on leave in a July 9 memo to Rieman, but Hirth’s letter said Glascock told Rieman it was “insubordination.”
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was arrested on a Callaway County warrant for possession of child pornography after an investigation began in January. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Task Force received a CyberTip report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding a person in the Fulton area who
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Boone County prosecutors charged Ronald Dameron on July 12 and July 16 with attempted invasion of privacy. Police in both cases said women accused Dameron of following them around stores in Columbia and possibly trying to take pictures up their skirts.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Columbia hotel owners shared concerns Tuesday over a prospective hotel. The owners of the Broadway Hotel and the Tiger Hotel want more solutions to the parking situation surrounding a new prospective AC Marriott planning to be built at Hitt and Cherry Streets. “With lots of local businesses, buying spaces in there,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The State Fire Marshal and the Columbia/Boone County Health Department gave the Boone County Fair the green light to open the carnival rides and food vendors this week at the Boone County Fairgrounds. Gus Guadamuz, Supervisor of Missouri’s Amusement Ride Safety Unit, said all rides have to go through two levels of
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Recycling drop-off sites have been plagued by illegal dumping issues.
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The approval allows Greyhound to use one parking space at the Wabash station to pick up and drop off passengers twice a day.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Researchers at the University of Missouri released a final report on traffic stop disparities in the Columbia Police Department, confirming initial data that showed black drivers are more likely to get pulled over. The study was conducted by researchers from MU’s Department of Sociology, Truman School of Public Affairs, School of Social
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