COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City has announced that the Madison Street Parking Garage will officially close on Dec. 29. A social media post from the city says the City Council approved a demolition contract at its meeting this week. A portion of the parking garage closed last month after an inspection “identified severe deterioration to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former corrections officer at the Morgan County Jail has been charged after they were allegedly in a sexual relationship with an inmate while they were employed. Ashley Jacobson, of Jefferson City, was charged with sexual conduct in the course of public duty. A warrant was issued on Friday and a $25,000
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County substitute teacher and paraprofessional charged with 19 felonies a year for allegedly offering children money, drugs and alcohol for sex has been sentenced to prison. Carissa J. Smith, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of child endangerment and two
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Charges against Jimmy Kenda were dropped after officers learned that the suspect gave a false identity. The suspect’s name will be released after formal charges are filed, police say. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A report of a man repeatedly harassing a woman at a gas station kicked off a high-speed pursuit early Friday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The sole occupant of a boat on the Lake of the Ozarks was not hurt in a Thursday afternoon explosion and fire. Firefighters were called to the 3.5 mile marker a little after 4 p.m. Thursday for a call of a boat and dock fire, the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District stated
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People in Mid-Missouri were sickened to learn the macabre details after a Boone County woman had been charged with animal abuse. Under Missouri law, no authorities were under an obligation to inspect Sanders’ operation, legally classified as a “hobby,” unless complaints were filed. Do you think the state should have tougher requirements? Let us know
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four more people have been charged after more than 20 stolen guns were recovered in Columbia this week. Two people were initially charged on Thursday after 14 guns were found in an apartment and vehicle on Radcliffe Drive while police served a search warrant Wednesday, according to court documents. Another nine were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iowa man was brought to University Hospital on Thursday after a crash occurred at the intersection of Routes JJ and C in Huntsville, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver of a 2019 Nissan Frontier – the 25-year-old Sioux City, Iowa, man
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Editor’s note: Megan McConachie’s title has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NCAA Cross Country Championships is expected to bring in $1.2 million in revenue to the city this weekend, according to the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau . From hotels to restaurants, local businesses are anticipating a significant economic boost as hundreds of athletes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers at a Columbia Starbucks location on Thursday joined a nationwide strike. Around 11 employees were seen outside the location on Vandiver Drive on Thursday morning chanting and holding signs. A press release from Starbucks Workers United – the union that represents the employees — says around 2,000 union baristas around the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A representative for Columbia in Missouri’s state house plans on prefiling legislation about dog-breeding facilities. Democratic State Rep. David Tyson Smith wrote on his social media on Thursday that he plans on prefiling a bill that would require regular inspections at dog-breeding facilities. The announcement comes after Melissa Sanders, 26, of Columbia,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was arrested and charged after authorities claimed he possessed and sent child pornography. Nathaniel Devalle, 19, was charged in Cole County with first-degree promoting child pornography and two counts of child porn possession. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman from Montgomery City has been charged with a plethora of felonies after she was accused of abusing three children. Shelley Denese Haislip, born 1968, was charged Wednesday in Montgomery County with four counts of abusing a child younger than 14 years old, three counts of first-degree kidnapping and three counts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who allegedly robbed a Phillips 66 on Paris Road on Thursday morning, the Columbia Police Department wrote in a press release. Police say the teenager was arrested after a search warrant was served in the 2600 block of Quail Drive. Police claim the teenager is tied
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County dog breeder is set to be in the Boone County Courthouse Thursday afternoon for a bond hearing. Melissa Sanders, 26, has been charged with three counts of felony animal abuse and 15 counts of misdemeanor animal abuse. Sanders will be in front of Judge Kayla Jackson-Williams at 1 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s leader of the Office of Violence Prevention D’Markus Thomas-Brown is hoping to offer a contract aimed at deescalating situations on public transit in the city to a nonprofit organization. According to Thomas-Brown, his office plans to award the $99,840 contract to Powerhouse Community Development. The office was considering two liaisons for
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Two people were seriously injured and another had moderate injuries in a Wednesday early evening crash on Highway 40 in Boone County, just east of Ivy Lane, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2003 Honda CR-V – driven by a 40-year-old Columbia man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department held a demonstration on turkey safety Wednesday at its training academy on Big Bear Boulevard. Thanksgiving is next week and firefighters showed the dangers of improperly frying a turkey. According to the National Fire Protection Agency, five people die each year and dozens more are injured in accidents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Bike and Pedestrian Commission voted to write a letter of opposition to the Columbia City Council on a proposed ordinance that would regulate the use of medians, road crossings and islands. On Wednesday, the Columbia Bike and Pedestrian Commission reviewed the ordinance that had drawn large crowds at a City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Public Service Commission has set an intervention deadline of Dec. 12 for a certificate of need and necessity that was requested by Ameren to build a 28-mile transmission line in Montgomery and Callaway counties. The release says Ameren believes the transmission line “is necessary to connect the Grain Belt Express LLC’s
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