COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County dog breeder accused of animal abuse is facing a significant number of felony charges after she was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Melissa Sanders, 26, of Columbia, is now charged with 29 counts of animal abuse. All of the counts are felonies. She was previously charged with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission on Thursdays approved the finalized budget for the 2026 fiscal year. Including money being using from the American Rescue Plan Act, expenditures for the new fiscal year are expected to total $156 million. Officials say the budget will allow for pay raises for some county employees. Presiding Commissioner
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Librarians at the University of Missouri in Columbia voted last week to unionize, according to a Friday press release from LiUNA 955, a union that represents several employee groups in Mid-Missouri. “We are hopeful that the UM System voluntarily recognizes our union and bargains in good faith.” engineering librarian Noël Kopriva said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Missouri Humane Society announced in a Friday press release that it is halting its intake of cats because of “the presence of a contagious upper respiratory illness within the shelter.” CMHS will waive adoption fees for all cats through Friday, Dec. 26. “Reducing our feline population is one of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with a pair of felonies after authorities claim he stole $15,000 from an elderly woman in a cryptocurrency scam. Charles Burri, 29, of Columbia, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with financially exploiting an elderly person and stealing more than $750. A warrant was requested on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been charged with felonies after authorities claim a Jefferson City mother gave alcohol to her child and provided the youth to a 32-year-old man. Michael Alexander, 32, of Jefferson City, was charged on Thursday in Cole County with first-degree rape, while Lorretta Wilhelm, 40, also of Jefferson City, was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 61-year-old man from Dixon was charged with a felony after authorities say he drunkenly crashed his truck into a motorcycle on Wednesday. Benjamin Shoemaker was charged on Thursday in Maries County with driving while intoxicated leading to a crash that caused serious injury. He is being held without bond. A court
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The death of a Jefferson City man in a commercial parking lot will result in no charges against his shooter, the Cole County prosecuting attorney said Thursday. Prosecutor Locke Thompson said in a news release that no charges will be filed against Spencer Scrivner for the Nov. 1 shooting death of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools has determined how it will spend some of the $9 million it received from Boone County after a property-tax settlement with Ameren Missouri. The county reached a resolution earlier this year in a long-running dispute before the Missouri State Tax Commission. The agreement resolved litigation over property taxes owed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Safety and a strong learning environment is a top priority for Columbia Public Schools’ new Eagle Bluffs Elementary. The district broke ground on the project in the spring of 2024 and remains on track to be completed by fall 2026. The new two-story, $36 million facility will span 76,500 square feet and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is in custody after a search was conducted by law enforcement after they issued an Amber Alert on Thursday afternoon. The alert was canceled at 4:42 p.m. Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A spokesman Justin Ewing said troopers stopped the blue 2005 Lincoln Aviator and detained the woman. MSHP also
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is slowly being restored around Mid-Missouri after strong winds knocked down trees and power lines earlier today, according to officials. Ameren continues to report outages in Cooper and Camden counties. Earlier, Mexico, Missouri, officials said multiple power lines on the south side of town were affected by the storms. One power line
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, Good Morning America will be stopping in St. Louis for its “50 States in 50 Weeks” tour, leading up to the 250th birthday of the United States of America. Each week, a GMA anchor or correspondent will visit a new state, following the order in which they joined the United
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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Montgomery County Commission gave unanimous approval Thursday to a framework that lays out property tax incentives for a new Amazon data center. The tax break package could amount to $1 billion in incentives if the company fully constructs its 17-building data center campus. The hearing over Chapter 100 bonds was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old man was arrested in east Columbia on Wednesday after authorities claimed he pointed a gun at two minors last month. Lee Jones III, of Columbia, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of murder in the death of an 8-month-old girl in 2021 has been charged again. Jennifer Johnson, 49, was charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse in Phelps County after she allegedly exposed herself to another inmate at the jail. She is currently being held without bond. She is charged with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man was charged with first-degree rape and other charges in Phelps County on Thursday. Ronald Rehm Jr., 49, was charged with first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy and a count of third-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail without bond. A court date has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tickets for flights from Columbia to Charlotte, N.C., will be available next week. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe said during a news conference at Columbia Regional Airport on Thursday that tickets for those flights will go on sale Monday. The American Airlines flights to Charlotte begin June 4. Last month, the airport announced
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President Donald Trump addressed the nation in prime time on Wednesday from the Oval Office. The speech touched on a variety of topics, with Trump touting accomplishments at home and abroad. You can watch the entire thing here. Did you watch the address on Wednesday night? Let us know by voting in the poll.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some local businesses in Jefferson City worry that increased parking fines in the city might lead to less people choosing to travel downtown. On Monday night, the Jefferson City Council introduced a bill that would significantly raise the fines associated with parking around the city. If passed, parking fines across the
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