COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Utilities has agreed to help fund the Central Missouri Community Action’s (CMCA) Weatherization Assistance Program for Columbia Water & Light electric customers. The city made the announcement in a press release on Wednesday. It says CMCA provides assistance to income-eligible households to make energy efficiency improvements. Columbia has pledged
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday asked residents on its social media to provide any information they may have about an early June shooting that left two teenagers dead and injured four more. The shooting occurred early June 4 at a party in a vacant home in the 2600 block
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other felonies 25 years ago was charged after allegedly attacking a man in the woods with a machete on June 4. Carl Pearson, 52, is charged with first-degree assault and armed-criminal action. He is being held without bond at the Boone
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The Department of Public Safety is asking a state group take action against a trooper’s peace officer’s license following sexual abuse claims.
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Governor Mike Parson announced a plan Tuesday to provide farmers with emergency hay and water as drought conditions continue in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: As of 7:46 a.m. Boone County Joint Communications says the road has reopened. ORIGINAL: According to Boone County Joint Communications, a Tuesday morning crash is impacting traffic along Paris Rd. and Waco Rd. BCJC tweeted about the incident at little before 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Columbia Fire tweeted out a photo
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Work resumed Monday on a Boone County bridge project that was shut down in April after the discovery of a cave.
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A Centralia woman suffered serious injuries Monday morning in a crash that closed down part of Route B north of Columbia.
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An elevated section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia collapsed Sunday after a tanker truck hauling gasoline caught fire.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri hosted its 6th annual “Hope for Heroes 5K” at the Nickell Shelter in Cosmo Park and in Kirksville, Missouri Saturday morning. The event took place at 7:30 a.m. and the Food Bank said the money raised will help support the Food Bank’s veteran programs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Crews spent Friday night repairing a water main along Providence Road. Utility workers were out late on Friday fixing a main that gushed water into the street. Boone County Joint Communications warned drivers about the problem at Providence Road and Kentucky Boulevard at 5:12 p.m. Water mains broke in a nearby
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A Columbia man who pleaded guilty Friday to his wife’s 2006 murder has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison.
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A Centralia man charged in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty to a felony Thursday in a federal court.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Keith Comfort will have a pre-trial hearing on Friday at 1:30 p.m. before his jury trial on Monday morning at the Boone County Courthouse. Comfort is charged with killing his wife in 2006. According to court documents, in 2019, authorities say Comfort admitted to police in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin that he killed his wife Megan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Several officers and a crime scene truck were on the side of Highway 63 on Thursday night in northeast Columbia. An ABC 17 News crew could see multiple police officers and the crime scene investigation van on Highway 63 near the Vandiver Drive exit. Some officers had cars resting on the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The lawyer for a murder suspect in Boone County asked a judge to commit their client to a mental health facility. Emma Adams, 20, faces four felonies, including murder, for the killing of Sammy Clemons in January. Her attorney, Jeffrey Hilbrenner, asked Judge Jeff Harris to consider committing her to a
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Columbia businessman Randy Minchew said he will not run for the newly-drawn state senate seat representing Boone County.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges for scamming insurance companies on car crash claims and fraudulently obtaining federal COVID-19 relief money. Lawrence Lawhorn made the plea in two separate cases on Thursday. Lawhorn pleaded guilty to wire fraud, mail fraud and identity theft in the car crash
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The state Department of Agriculture this week unveiled two USDA-funded programs that will allow seniors and mothers to use food benefits at farmers markets.
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Passenger vehicles will drive over the new Missouri River bridge on Interstate 70 for the first time starting later this month.
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