JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri River Regional Library said in a Wednesday press release it will be determining its next move after Cole County voters rejected a tax increase on Tuesday. “While these are not the results we were hoping for, this process has only made the library better,” Library Assistant Director Natalie Newville said
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County voters hit the polls on Tuesday and shot down the Missouri River Regional Library’s request for a renovation. Proposition Library asked voters to approve a tax increase to 35 cents per $100 on assessed property. The money would have been used to renovate and expand the library building in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with several felonies after he was accused of crashing a vehicle that sent someone to the hospital while driving drunk. Timothy C. Latham, 42, was charged Tuesday with second-degree assault, possession of a controlled substance, DWI – causing physical injury and armed-criminal action. He is
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Jefferson City has hired a city manager from another Mid-Missouri city.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Monroe Street in Jefferson City near Capital Region Medical Center will close next week for construction, according to a Tuesday press release from the City. Monroe Street will be closed 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14-Friday, Aug. 18, between Case and Woodlawn avenues. The street will reopen each
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Jefferson City police arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of multiple felonies after they were called to a “large fight” late Monday night.
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to say the city will be holding a press conference to give an update on the process. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Jefferson City will be holding a press conference about the search process for the new city administrator. At 10 a.m. Tuesday, the city will hold a press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KIMZ) Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 23-08 Saturday, activating the Missouri State Emergency Operations Plan in response to severe weather and flooding that has been impacting the state. This order comes just one day after different E-F tornadoes hit counties in the state on Friday, forcing some people to regroup and find shelter elsewhere.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Bad weather this week has forced the Jefferson City Jaycee Fair to cancel multiple events and could have a direct impact on next year’s fair. On Thursday night, the fair had to enact its Fair Emergency Management Plan as storms rolled through Jefferson City. “We have a meeting every evening before
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was arrested and charged after he was accused of stealing $12,000 worth of electronics from a church. Lyndell Deshawn Dale, 28, is charged with first-degree burglary and stealing more than $750. He is being held without bond at the Cole County Jail. A court date has not
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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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