COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The total number of fans ejected from Mizzou home games this football season is up to 63. The Tigers are on bye this week and host Alabama on Oct. 11. All of Missouri’s games have been at home this season, and there were 31 total ejections heading into MU’s game against South
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after an electrical fire occurred Thursday evening at Town and Country Lanes off of North Providence Road in Columbia. Columbia Fire Department Capt. Wayne Cummins said at the scene that a fire started on the “insulation of the electrical lines going into” the building. Firefighters went up to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been charged after authorities claim he shot at two people on May 9 in Boonville. Fernando Townshend was charged on Thursday in Cooper County with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. Janiya Rucker, of Jefferson City, was charged with being an accessory
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man on Thursday was sentenced to serve 17-and-half years in federal prison on Wednesday for producing child pornography, according to a press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Robert Wayne Stuart, 37, was arrested in September 2023 for multiple investigations surrounding child pornography and child exploitation. He was charged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the Madison Street Parking Garage in downtown Jefferson City has been restricted following an inspection, according to a Thursday press release from the city. The release says the inspection “identified severe deterioration to decking, ramps, and supporting columns, creating safety concerns.” The release says: Ramps going up and down are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with five felonies after he allegedly gave a 12-year-old girl marijuana edibles and pointed a pellet gun at her head. Novy Lairmore, 18, was charged in Cole County with giving a controlled substance to a child, giving marijuana to a child and three counts of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is not satisfied with the revised stormwater management plan the City of Columbia submitted in August to reduce waste from homeless encampments entering public waters. In a letter Thursday to Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe and Boone County Commissioner Kip Kendrick, the department set a Nov. 15
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a combine caught fire Wednesday evening in Randolph County, according to a social media post from the Eastern Randolph County Fire Protection District. The post says Eastern District firefighters assisted the Northeast R-4 Rural Fire Protection District. The Westran Fire Protection District wrote in a separate post
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is charged with first-degree murder in Cole County has been indicted in another case. Rejeane Redmon, 29, of Jefferson City was charged in 2023 with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence in the death of 80-year-old Melvin Callahan. She is being held in the Cole County Jail and has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A plea hearing has been scheduled for Monday for a woman accused of shooting at another woman last year in the parking lot of the Conley Road Walmart in Columbia. Whitney Eliesh Nevels-McKee, 37, of Columbia, is charged with two counts of carjacking, three counts of armed criminal action, one count of second-degree kidnapping,
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five children and an adult were injured in a crash that involved a North Callaway School District bus on Thursday morning, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report shows. All five children are from Kingdom City and range from ages 9-17. The report says they suffered moderate injuries and were brought
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several organizations in Missouri have taken steps in preparation as the government shutdown enters day two. Preparations have been made for some government assistance programs and education departments in Missouri. In a newsletter that was released before the government shutdown, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said it has taken
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Auditing criminal cases arising from incidents downtown and adding county deputies and state troopers to patrol shifts are among the plans Columbia and University of Missouri leaders have for reducing crime. MU and the City of Columbia on Wednesday put out a list of actions they’re taking to make downtown safer after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flowers, photos, balloons and candles were seen outside of a Columbia bar on Wednesday for a Stephens College student who was killed in a shooting over the weekend. Aiyanna Williams, 21, of Columbia, died after she was shot early Saturday morning in downtown Columbia. The memorial was placed outside of Nash Vegas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has enough funding to last until November, according to Kim Buckman, Feeding Missouri advocacy and communication director. The 2018 Farm Bill funds SNAP and the emergency food assistance program along with many agricultural programs. For these programs to keep going, Congress needs to renew the legislation, Buckman
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s School of Medicine’s Emergency Department held a “simulated mass casualty event” at Faurot Field on Wednesday. Emergency medicine resident physicians trained for six different scenarios, including cardiac arrest, a field stampede incident, a player spinal injury and more. The students used several actors and mannequins–plus a mobile lab to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday to firing a gun in a north Columbia early last month. Tanajee Hickem-Ricketts, 30, of Columbia, was charged in September with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. She was booked into the Boone County Jail around 1 p.m. Tuesday and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 85-year-old woman from Salisbury, Missouri, died in a crash Wednesday on Highway 24 near Highway 129 in Chariton County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2008 Ford Taurus – driven by the woman – was heading north when it pulled into the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi is inviting City of Columbia officials to take to the streets with him Saturday evening for a walkthrough of downtown Columbia, according to an email obtained by ABC 17 News. “You’ll be able to witness for yourself what business owners, your constituents, students and parents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 75-year-old man from Williamsville, Missouri, was seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Route U in Pulaski County at Brush Lane, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man was driving a 2003 Cadillac Deville northbound when it went off the right side
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