One dead after head-on crash with tractor in Callaway County
A Fulton man was killed in a Callaway County crash involving a tractor at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Continue ReadingA Fulton man was killed in a Callaway County crash involving a tractor at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several items on the consent agenda were unanimously approved by Columbia City Council members Tuesday night, including the new pedestrian crossing downtown. The unanimous approval allows the city to put out a call for construction bids. This project includes a new crosswalk connecting the northeast corner to the southeast corner of the
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson told reporters last week that he’s considering offering incentives as a way to bring up Missouri’s lagging coronavirus vaccination rate.
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Northbound lanes of Providence at Ash reopened after a crash left one person injured late Tuesday night. According to the Boone County Joint Communications, a wreck occurred just after 11 p.m. An ABC 17 News crew on scene reported the injured person was lying in the road getting treatment. Officials opened Providence
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced officers will move to 12-hour shifts beginning September 5. Officials say the change aims to increase the number of officers on shifts and available to respond to calls. Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones says the changed schedule will increase officer safety, improve the Department’s ability to provide
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College, along with other organizations will launch the Nadria Leeann Wright Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The Battle High School alum was killed in in September 2019 shooting when she was a freshman nursing student at Columbia College. “Nadria was a tenacious young woman full of hopes and dreams and she made an
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton woman pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and tampering with a motor vehicle. Tori Taylor admitted to keeping a car that she borrowed from the owner in late April. Taylor was the reported victim of an alleged kidnapping in April but was later found unharmed one month later
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, MO. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced that Missouri has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to participate in joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) in 17 counties in response to severe storms and flooding. Teams will survey the damage that began on June 19 with severe weather and continued through July 1 in
Continue ReadingA new city report shows that solid waste management has been collecting 25% less trash than last year, and residential recycling has increased by 19%.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some hospitals in Missouri saw a spike in Covid-19 cases by nearly 27% last weekend, which caused some to experience a ventilator shortage. Dr. Robin Blount with Boone Hospital said the biggest hot spot is southwest Missouri in the Springfield and Joplin area. “I know this morning they were reporting that in
Continue ReadingASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Boone County clerk is eyeing a run for a seat in Congress. Taylor Burks filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on July 1 to run for the Fourth Congressional District seat in 2022. Burks is the current director for the Division of Labor Standards for the state of Missouri.
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Elsa continued its approach to Florida on Tuesday, with forecasters saying the storm is likely to hit the state’s west coast Wednesday as a hurricane.
Continue ReadingExperts say the delta variant is spreading fast throughout Missouri and is expected to “explode” in Fulton, Columbia and Jefferson City in the next week.
Continue ReadingTroopers worked 294 crashes over the holiday counting period in 2020 which includes 107 injuries and five deaths. Troopers arrested 145 people for DWI in 2020 and worked 14 boat crashes with seven injuries and no deaths.
Continue ReadingOfficers were called at about 7 p.m. to the 1200 block of Again Street near Again Street Park and West Boulevard Elementary School, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.
Continue ReadingPHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was seriously injured Monday after falling off a cliff in Pulaski County. According to a Facebook post from the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District, emergency crews were called to the incident around 11:30 a.m. Monday. Once rescue crews got to the scene, they found a man about 300 feet
Continue ReadingMoDOT will be making improvements as part of a rehabilitation project to both directions of Highways 54 and 63 along the bridge.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council members are set to discuss parking for a new hotel on the corner of Cherry and Hitt Streets downtown Tuesday night. The parking agreement being introduced would let the hotel use 99 parking spaces in the Hitt Street Parking garage to support the anticipated off-street parking demands generated by
Continue ReadingMillions of Americans took to the rails, roads and skies over the Fourth of July weekend.
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