COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) John Potter is a Republican seeking a seat representing the 47th House District, which covers western and northwestern Boone County. The district is currently represented by Democrat Adrian Plank, who won election 2022. Potter ran unsuccessfully for Columbia Board of Education twice, standing on a conservative platform that included criticism of CPS’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democrat Adrian Plank wants to return to the Missouri House. Plank, who was elected just two years ago to represent the 47th House District, is running for reelection this year against Republican John Potter. Plank is a union carpenter whose platform focuses heavily on economic issues. Plank suffered defeat twice in campaigns
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Audrain County, the City of Mexico and Boone Heath have taken the next steps to get a hospital up and running. On Monday, the Audrain County Commission, County Health Department, and Boone Health signed a letter of intent to begin building a Medicare-certified critical access hospital in Mexico. This comes after city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care on Monday unveiled its new mobile mammography unit during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new unit replaces a van that debuted in 2016, traveled more than 120,000 miles and provided service to roughly 300 patients a month, a Monday press release says. Mobile mammography services were launched by MU Health
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More than 40 law enforcement officers were shot last year during traffic stops, according to the National Blue Alert Network.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 is continuing its search efforts along streams and rivers in North Carolina as part of Hurricane Helene relief efforts. A Monday social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District says that the Task Force was searching Avery County, North Carolina. “This morning, the team returned to
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was killed in St. Louis County after he was hit by a vehicle early Sunday on Interstate 55, north of Meremec Bottom Road. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 2005 Nissan Xterra – driven by Semi Hadzisalihovic, 56, of St. Louis – was
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) State troopers have identified a man shot dead early Monday in an encounter that left two Callaway County deputies wounded and one undergoing emergency surgery. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said earlier Monday that two of their deputies were shot on westbound I-70 Monday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol later
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It’s homecoming week at the University of Missouri.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Walk to End Alzheimer’s raised over $65,000 as of Sunday. 264 people showed up to the walk showing support for the Alzheimer’s Association, carrying purple, blue, yellow and orange flowers to show their connection to the disease. Walk to End Alzheimer’s Committee member Haley Johannpeter said she finds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An adult and a juvenile were arrested early Sunday morning in connection with reports of shots fired in the 1500 block of Boyd Ln. early Sunday morning, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. The release states that at around 3 a.m. Sunday, Columbia Police responded to a report
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the University of Missouri’s 113th homecoming football game against Auburn less than a week away, the university is hosting multiple events throughout the week for its “Leading the Legacy” homecoming 2024 celebration. Homecoming week will kick off tonight at 6 p.m. with the Light the Dome event at Traditions Plaza. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This month President Joe Biden signed two pieces of bipartisan legislation into law which aim to aid the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association nearly 7 million people across the U.S. are battling the disease and this number is only expected to grow. NAPA Reauthorization Act The NAPA Reauthorization
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County prosecutors have charged a St. Louis man and two Columbia men with murder in the death of a Columbia teenager on Thursday. Byron Sampson, 20, is charged with second-degree murder after he is accused of killing Traquan Reed, 18, on Thursday. Julius J. Mosby, 18, and Demetrius L. Mays, 22,
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HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The 33rd Annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival began Saturday, bringing organizers hope after what they called a devastating past two years. A state-wide drought racked Missouri for months last year, leaving several Mid-Missouri counties in “extreme drought” conditions. According to Missouri Soybean, from April to Nov. 2023 was the seventh driest growing season
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The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following Monday’s City Council vote, more than 100 new surveillance cameras will be coming to Columbia. The council voted 5-2 in favor of signing a contract with Flock Group, Inc. for new cameras that will be spread across Downtown Columbia, each of the city’s six wards, several parks as well as the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the latest data from the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 122,000 Missourians 65 years and older are battling Alzheimer’s Disease. Across the country, nearly 7 million people are living with the disease. Almost two-thirds of those affected are women. “The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association is to raise funds and awareness
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was acquitted in two years ago in a felony case has filed another lawsuit against several defendants. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was accused of arson. He was acquitted in 2019. He was also acquitted in another case in 2022 where he was accused of conspiring to murder his wife. Fotoohighiam filed a lawsuit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A missing Gasconade County man has been found. Manfred Stelzer, 79, was previously at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bland Christian Church at 710 W. Highway 28, according to an Endangered Silver Advisory from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Officials wrote in an email sent at 6:22 p.m. that Stelzer had
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