QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you like the Columbia City Council’s approval of Flock cameras?
The Columbia City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to enter into a contract with Flock security cameras.
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Columbia City Council votes to implement Flock security cameras
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council voted 5-2 to implement Flock security cameras during Monday night’s council meeting. Ward 3 Councilman Roy Lovelady and Ward 1 Councilwoman Valerie Carroll voted against the cameras. In a separate vote, council members unanimously passed the policies for the use of cameras. “Every day when I get up
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Columbia Fire Department reminds people to be aware as Mid-Missouri faces dry weather
Dry weather conditions could increase the risk of natural cover fires. Low chances of rain and low humidity are expected as Mid-Missouri enters the fall season. “When we head off into the fall months if we’ve had drier weather, they [natural cover fires] can become very common,” ABC 17 Stormtrack Meteorologist Chance Gotsch said. “We
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Second juvenile arrested after cars, residence shot in Columbia
Columbia police say they’ve arrested a second juvenile in connection with a shots-fired incident last Thursday.
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Boone County assault suspect arrested in Iowa
A suspect in an assault at a Columbia park has been arrested in Iowa, court records show.
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Work to start on Highway 63 in Columbia next week
Work to redesign the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector as part of the I-70 widening project will begin next week, the Missouri Department of Transportation said Monday.
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Columbia residents torn over Flock security system, as city leaders are set to vote on Monday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council will vote on an agreement that would allow Flock Safety to install security cameras throughout the city during Monday night’s council meeting. The Flock Safety Surveillance System is designed to read license plates, helping to detect stolen or suspicious vehicles. The plan has been in the works since
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Columbia man arrested after allegedly threatening people, barricading himself inside a business
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Comstock was charged with two misdemeanors — resisting arrest and peace disturbance. ORIGINAL: A Columbia man was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening multiple people in Central Columbia. According to a social media post from Columbia police, Cameron Comstock, 24, of Columbia was arrested on charges of peace disturbance, fourth-degree assault, second-degree
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Police investigate shots fired on McKee Street in northeast Columbia
Columbia police investigated on McKee Street in northeast Columbia on Friday night.
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Boone County investigators claim ‘substantive evidence’ of years-long child sex abuse
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that investigators had found “substantive corroborating evidence” that a 72-year-old man had sexually abused a girl for years.
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Bridge on Columbia’s Business Loop reopens after repairs
A bridge along Columbia’s Business Loop 70 that closed about two weeks ago reopened Friday.
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Columbia man arrested after shots fired at apartment complex
Columbia police arrested a 25-year-old man early Friday after shots were fired along Clark Lane.
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Police put up crime scene tape after a car crash in northeast Columbia on Thursday night.
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Macon teenager charged after deadly Columbia crash Friday morning
One person was killed after a crash on West Old Plank Road in Columbia early Friday morning.
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Columbia restaurant owner accused of impersonating southeast Missouri county commissioner to alcohol regulators
The Columbia woman accused of paying someone to set a Mexican restaurant on fire and impersonating public officials allegedly pretended to be a southeast Missouri county commissioner to state alcohol regulators.
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Man charged after allegedly eating food, threatening worker in Columbia convenience store
A man originally from the Kansas City area has been charged in Boone County after allegedly eating donuts, candy and a hot dog at a convenience store without paying, and then threatening a manager’s life.
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University of Missouri agrees to pay in transgender health care lawsuit settlement; admits no wrongdoing
The University of Missouri will pay $27,500 into two trust funds after settling a lawsuit with the family of a transgender boy.
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Two projects building affordable housing in Columbia break ground
Work began Thursday on two dozen new affordable housing units in central Columbia to help shorten the list of families waiting for a place to live.
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Firefighters respond to duplex fire in north Columbia Thursday morning
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters responded to a duplex fire in north Columbia early Thursday morning. The fire broke out just before 2 a.m. on the 2000 block of Mulberry Road. Crews on scene told ABC 17 News the duplex was occupied at the time of the fire and everyone inside made it out safely. Columbia
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Sex crimes dropped against Jefferson City man in Boone County case
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has dropped two sex crimes against a Jefferson City man just a week before trial was set to start. Assistant Prosecutor Olufunmike Owoso dropped a rape and sodomy charge against Aleksey Salaz on Wednesday afternoon. Owoso explained that she “partly reconsidered the strength of certain aspects of
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