JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation says the state is seeing an increase in its bear population. Officials report the population is around 800 with most Missouri black bears are found in the forested parts of southern Missouri, primarily south of Interstate 44. Bears are also expanding their territory in the state,
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol bomb squad, at the request of Cooper County Sheriff Chris Class, helped dispose of several dangerous devices Thursday, the patrol says. According to a tweet by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F, the bomb squad helped dispose of: one modified M-67 grenadetwo artillery simulatorsfive blasting caps24
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Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday that Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 275,000 low-income residents who were set to become eligible for the program July 1. Missouri voters in August approved a state constitutional amendment to expand the program, but Parson said the legislature did not fund the expansion, make it unconstitutional.
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The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday that motions have been filed to revoke probation for Gerrod Taylor, 20, of Columbia.
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Vaccinators across Mid-Missouri will begin to administer Pfizer’s Coronavirus vaccine to children ages 12 to 15 years old after the CDC recommended the use of the vaccine.
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According to Governor Mike Parson’s Office, the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) submitted a letter Thursday morning to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to withdraw its State Plan Amendments for MO HealthNet expansion.
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Boone Health is holding the first vaccination clinic for ages 12-15 in the mid-Missouri area at the Columbia Mall on Thursday morning.
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If signed by Parson, the bill would allow police to only use chokeholds if they or someone else are in serious danger.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a man in connection to the Monday night shooting at the Walmart on Broadway. DeAngelo D. Hughes Police arrested DeAngelo D. Hughes, 21, for the charge of tampering with evidence in a felony prosecution and has been taken into the custody of the Boone County Jail. Three men are
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody after a morning manhunt in Callaway County in the area of Route HH and County Road 202. Local law enforcement received a suspicious person call in the area after the same person reportedly fled the scene of an overnight disturbance investigated by deputies near Fulton. A
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Nickie Davis, Executive Director of Columbia’s Downtown Community Improvement District said in an email while many businesses are eager for the health order to end, others are worried it may lead to another lockdown.
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The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville child was injured Wednesday morning while apparently walking to school on the 400 block of Ashely road. According to Boonville Police Chief Bobby Welliver, the area the child was walking is not near a school but “we assume the child was walking to school.” The victim was taken to the
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Prosecutors have charged a Columbia man with three felonies including murder in a 2017 killing in an upscale subdivision that investigators have tied to a drug-trafficking ring.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Republican lawmakers in Missouri have passed a bill to raise the gas tax for the first time since the 1990’s. Now, it’s headed to Governor Mike Parson’s desk. The GOP-led House voted Tuesday 104-52 to raise Missouri’s 17-cent gas tax by 2.5 cents a year until it hits 29.5 cents per
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On Wednesday, the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services will let the health order expire at noon and will no longer require businesses to enforce social distancing and mask-wearing.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Tuesday that the state will stop paying special federal coronavirus unemployment benefits on June 12.
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The governor’s office said federal unemployment programs are the topic but did not give any other details.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a weapon, a class D felony, after Cole County Sheriff’s deputies found pipe bombs, drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop in 2018. Deputies found meth and two pipe bombs in a vehicle being driving by Charles McBrearety after the traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Organizers for Columbia’s annual True/False Film Festival say this year was a success despite pandemic restrictions in place and lower turnout. Organizers told us they filled 9,500 seats this year and 2,050 of those were online viewers. Normally, about 15,000 people come to True/False and buy about 45,000 tickets. True/False held its
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