COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Columbia businesses are experiencing issues and are asking for the city’s help to solve them. “It’s a very frustrating time for a lot of the businesses,” Executive Director of The District Nickie Davis said. “We have seemingly a rotation of of people in different stages of crisis sometimes coming into businesses
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) During a town hall in Harrisburg on Aug. 27, Troy Douglass went to the microphone to address Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO). Douglass — a lifelong farmer with farms in Boone, Howard and Randolph counties — was concerned about the future of his business. Missouri ranks seventh in the U.S in soybean production with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Trump Administration on Monday linked the use of acetaminophen among pregnant women may be linked to an increased risk of autism. Tylenol is a popular form of acetaminophen, and has been the only pain medicine recommended for pregnant women. The medicine can be used to reduce fevers. Critics have made a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two dogs died after a home burned down in Phelps County, according to a Monday social media post from the Doolittle Fire Protection District. Crews were called to the Sportshaven area at the end of Private Drive at 3:30 p.m., but the two-story home already collapsed by the time crews arrived. No
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Sedalia is seeking bids to demolish buildings at 207 and 209 West Main Street. A press release from the city says bids open on Tuesday and must be submitted to the city clerk’s office by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29. The City Council is expected to approve a bid
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from Warsaw, Missouri, was charged with multiple felonies this weekend after he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase in Pettis County on Sept. 16. Michael Muldoon, 31, was charged in Pettis County on Saturday with first-degree tampering with a vehicle, drug possession, tampering with evidence and resisting arrest. An
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with several felonies after authorities say he raped a woman and pointed a gun at her head on Friday night. Danny Eugene Miles, 53, was charged in Morgan County with first-degree rape, two counts of armed criminal action and a single count of first-degree domestic assault. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with a felony in connection with a stabbing that occurred on Sunday in the 400 block of Brewer Drive in west Columbia. Edward Rosson, 54, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with second-degree assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shooting led to Morgan County R-II schools in Versailles being placed on lockdown Monday morning, even though students were not in class, and left a woman in critical condition. The district posted about the lockdown on its Facebook page, referencing a “shooting that occurred in town” earlier Monday in a statement
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jimmy Kimmel is returning to the ABC late-night lineup this week. The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, released a statement Monday about the decision. “Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the
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Editor’s note: This article has been clarified to say physicians will be available for consultation at vaccine events. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a CDC advisory committee vote Friday, only adults 65 and up or those sensitive to COVID-19 can get the vaccine directly. Everyone else must first consult their doctor. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on
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VIENNA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old boy from Freeburg allegedly shot at a Vienna Quik Spot gas station, located at 104 U.S. 63, around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to a press release from the City of Vienna. The Osage County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to ABC 17 News that the juvenile damaged two other gas stations in
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old Sedalia man was seriously injured after crashing his vehicle in Morgan County Sunday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. on Route JJ, south of Jayhawk Road. The report says the man was driving a 2008 Toyota Highlander north when
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A memorial service was held Sunday for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona. Watch it live in the player.
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Columbia police were called to the 400 block of Brewer Drive Sunday morning after a man was stabbed.
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Southern Boone School District may soon join the over 25% of Missouri school districts that have adopted a four-day school week.
According to the district, discussions about the change began in August, with a committee of administrators, teachers, parents, and board members reviewing feedback from parent and staff surveys.
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Parents may need to consider booking multiple doctors’ appointments to get children their recommended immunizations after CDC advisers voted to restrict the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine for younger children on Thursday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were displaced, and a police officer was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a Jefferson City home Saturday morning. According to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department, crews were called to a home in the 800 block of Clark Avenue around 7 Saturday morning. Firefighters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers and the South Carolina Gamecocks went head-to-head Saturday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. The Tigers reclaimed the Mayor’s cup with a 29-20 win over the Gamecocks. When the two played each other in 2023, 41 fans were ejected from the game, marking one of the highest totals that
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An Amber Alert has been issued for two 12-year-old girls in northwest Missouri.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Emily Harrington and Emma Sue Hale were last seen around 8:40 p.m. Friday at a football game at Rock Port Missouri High School in Atchison County.
The alert was issued around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday.
The girls may be with a white man by the name of Alec or Alex, the alert states. The suspect may also be from California.
Harrington has brown hair, and was last seen wearing a brown t-shirt, light colored leggings, and cowboy boots, according to the alert. She has a birthmark on the front of her neck and often wears her hair in a bun.
Hale has very long, dark-blue hair, the alert says. She was last seen wearing a red Chief’s hooded sweatshirt and black leggings.
No details about where they were seen headed or a vehicle identification were provided in the alert.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Atchison County Sheriff’s Department.
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