JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is seeking a representative for Ward 4. With the election of Mayor Ron Fitzwater – who was the Ward 4 councilman — there is now a vacant seat on the council. The press release quoted the City Charter, “A vacancy in the council shall be filled by the council
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These funds were taken out by House Budget Chair Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage), who said libraries were wasting money with a lawsuit.
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The man who has run Jefferson City for nine years resigned Monday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lohman man has been accused of distributing child pornography. Anthony Pitts-Fugate, 30, was charged in federal court Monday and arrested Tuesday, according to court documents. An initial court appearance was held Tuesday in Jefferson City. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Courtroom 3A. Court documents claim
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved an agreement to lease body cameras for the police department at its Monday meeting. The plan will cost around $420,000 for three-year agreement to lease the cameras. Jefferson City Police Department has been awarded $180,000 in federal grant funding that would be divided over three years.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Trinity Lutheran Church and School has made changes to services Sunday after a fire broke out Saturday morning. The school said on its Facebook page service will take place in the lower church parking lot at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Those attending should bring a lawn chair. There will be no access
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri residents joined the University of Missouri campus community Friday afternoon for the MU Remembers Ceremony. The event — held at 4 p.m. at Jesse Hall — is an annual wreath-laying ceremony to remember the lives of students, faculty and staff that have passed away during this past year. Students Hallie Phillips and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is saying goodbye to its mayor, Carrie Tergin as she finishes the end of her term. Tergin was unable to run in the April 4 election because of term limits. She was elected in 2015 and served two consecutive terms. The mayor is elected for four years, with an eight-year
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, elected members of the Jefferson City Board of Education are set to officially join the district’s leadership. The meeting is scheduled to take place at JCPS Education Center at 204 Dix Road in Jefferson City. Scott Hovis and Brad Bates are two members who will return for another term
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Jasmine King, a 22-year-old Jefferson City woman, became a victim of deadly domestic violence Monday night when the father of her child stabbed her in her apartment bedroom, police say.
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Cole County’s top prosecutor said Wednesday that his office will seek the death penalty against a Jefferson City man charged this week with the murder of his child’s mother.
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A man accused in connection with a shooting that badly injured a Jefferson City woman was charged Tuesday with six felonies, including attempted voluntary manslaughter.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Prescription drug take-back events are occurring around Mid-Missouri. One will occur 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Jefferson City Police Department. The event is part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The DEA and its partners will collect tablets, capsules patches and other
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Jefferson City police say they’ve arrested a man after finding a woman dead with stab wounds Monday.
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Money to expand Interstate 70 was put back into the state budget Tuesday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Department announced in a press release that a man was arrested after his girlfriend was shot in the head on Tuesday morning. Around 7:14 a.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to a call in the 100 block of Bourbon Street. A woman was crying on the call to EMS,
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Four people were hurt Sunday when a car didn’t stop at a Jefferson City stop sign, causing a collision.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was accused of shaking a baby has been charged with murder. Kristopher J. Ruiz, 28, is charged with second-degree murder, abuse or neglect of a child, first-degree domestic assault, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree domestic assault. A warrant was issued Friday. No
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Friday for allegedly raping a woman in Callaway County on Wednesday. Drake Fullingim-Guerra, 30, is charged with first-degree rape. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. Jefferson City Police met with the alleged victim in the emergency room of Capital Region
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Department of Public Works said in a Friday press release that Commercial Way between Madison and Monroe streets will close at 8 a.m. Monday for alley repairs for Ameren UE. The road is expected to reopen at 5 p.m. Friday, April 14. Traffic will be restricted, but deliveries
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