JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County EMS and Jefferson City Fire Department is holding Stop the Bleed and CPR training at the Jefferson City Jaycee Fair until Saturday. The training includes CPR Manikins, prosthetic limbs with injuries including gunshot wounds and fake blood to simulate arterial wounds. “We are out here with the Jefferson
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Inclement weather began passing through Mid-Missouri Wednesday evening and power outages have already been reported throughout the area. In Cole County, Three Rivers Electric is showing 502 customers without power and Ameren Missouri had 165 customers without power at its peak. The Ameren number has come down to 140. The storms
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The 18th annual Missouri River 340 race was canceled Wednesday as paddlers passed through Jefferson City on their way from Kansas City to St. Charles.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Board of Curators for Lincoln University held a meeting Wednesday, with the topic of student housing being the top item to address. The board voted to increase the number of triple and quad rooms in order to combat the lack of available housing. LU President John Moseley says the school
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) All four food stands for the Jefferson City Jaycees Fair passed an inspection by the Cole County Health Department on Monday. Vendors included Cajun Catfish, RJ’s Real Italian Ice and PBJ Happee Day Shows, which is operating a hamburger stand and taco stand. View the inspection below. 2023-Jaycees-Fair-Inspections-7.31.23Download The Cole County
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Ahead of severe thunderstorms head towards Mid-Missouri, the Jefferson City Jaycees Fair is working with local first responders to keep fairgoers safe. “Every night we have a meeting behind the building with Emergency Management and Sheriff’s Department, First Aid, and all of that stuff,” Fair Chairmen Derred Scheperle said. The Cole
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Cole County Public Works continues to work in the area of a fuel leak that happened last week at Lincoln University’s Alan T. Busby Farm.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) All 31 rides at the Jefferson City Jaycees Fair passed inspection in March. The rides – owned PBJ Hapee Days Shows – were inspected Feb. 24, according to the Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Report. The inspection report was approved March 20. View the full report below. 2023-07-28-PBJ-Shows-2023-Annual-Inspections-for-KMIZDownload The Cole County Fair
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bus driver who allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed a bus filled with children in Cole County last year pleaded guilty last week. Thomas Babbit, 64, of Boonville, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, July 25, to operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner and driving a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a Monday fire at Unitarian Universalist Church in Jefferson City, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. JCFD was dispatched to the church in the 1000 block of Northeast Drive. Fire crews quickly had the fire under control and determined that no
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The Jefferson City Fire Department put out a fire on the roof of a business Thursday morning.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Corrections announced in a press release that one of its inmates died Wednesday at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. James Shinneman died. He was 42. He was serving three years for third-degree domestic assault, two counts of failure to register as a sex offender while residing within
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Jefferson City, Mo (KMIZ) The River City Habitat for Humanity dedicated a home on Wednesday to a local veteran who lost his home in the 2019 Jefferson City tornado. The tornado rolled through Jefferson City with 160 mph winds and left a path of destruction. Homes and businesses were destroyed and more than 20 people
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Jefferson City children and a woman suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night in the 5000 block of Roling Road. A RAVE alert was issued for the crash at 11:24 p.m. to say traffic would be delayed in the area. The crash occurred at 11 p.m. and traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the impending heat coming on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures have chances to reach dangerous levels, with air temperatures likely eclipsing 100 degrees the next few days and the heat index nearing 110 degrees. Do you plan on doing
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews continue to clean a diesel fuel leak Tuesday morning in a creek near the Lincoln University Alan T. Busby Farm. Cole County Public Works told ABC 17 News there is no danger to the public. They are also not sure exactly how long it will take to fully clean. The
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Missouri voters in certain counties can now go out to the polls for the August elections.
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Due to the downed power lines traffic for both the eastbound and westbound lanes were diverted for around an hour. Police said this is when they learned of another car had hit the downed power lines before the pickup truck.
Continue Reading COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Public Works announced in a Monday afternoon release that a diesel fuel leak appeared in a creek on the Lincoln University Alan T. Busby Farm south of Jefferson City. Public Works said that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources was alerted by Lincoln University staff about a diesel fuel
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Jefferson City Fire Department continues to work a building fire Sunday evening to put out any remaining hot spots.
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