COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A candlelight vigil for Renée Good and all other victims of ICE and anti-immigrant actions is set for 6 p.m. Friday at Peace Park on the University of Missouri’s campus. The event will be hosted by Mark Haim and Jeff Stack and is co-sponsored by a coalition of local groups, including Mid-Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri closed its bid portal on Friday for companies looking to shoot their shot at enhancing game day experiences. The university has laid out three zones with eight properties on university land as potential commercial development sites. There will be three development zones: Development Zone No. 1: North Campus/Central Business
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A court official has confirmed that the 17-year-old boy accused of firing shots on Saturday night inside Dick’s Sporting Goods has been charged with three felonies. A Boone County juvenile court officer has not revealed the name of the youth accused in the shooting, but confirmed in an email that he is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman who was charged with 29 counts of animal abuse has been denied her requests for a change of venue and a bond. Melissa Sanders, 26, on Dec. 29 had asked a judge to give her a bond and to change the venue of her case. Judge Joshua Devine declined
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men accused of a 2022 murder in Columbia pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon, just days before going to trial. They’ll likely serve nearly two decades in prison per the terms of the plea agreement. Oscar Ashford and Samarion Robins entered guilty pleas to second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a felony on Thursday after he led authorities on a chase Wednesday between Columbia and Hallsville, court documents say. Anthony Orourke, 52, was charged with aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and a court date has not been scheduled.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced in a social media post that it arrested a man on Wednesday afternoon after a 20-minute chase. Police wrote that detectives talked to a man with “several felony warrants” at 2:30 p.m. The man allegedly told police he had a gun and sped away. The chase occurred
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second day of the trial of a Fayette woman charged with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl resumed Tuesday morning. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man pleaded guilty to three felonies in connection with a shooting that occurred last spring in downtown Columbia. Steven Harris, 46, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and stealing a gun. He is being held at the Boone County Jail and awaits
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No suspects were located after a stolen vehicle chase involving the Boone County Sheriff’s office Tuesday. Capt. Brian Leer with the department reported that at around 9:47 p.m. deputies were involved in a vehicle chase with a stolen Toyota Prius. The chase reportedly started on Sexton Road at Oak Street and ended
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of “universal vaccine recommendations” for children to 11, down from the previous total of 17. One Missouri doctor worries the change may lead to confusion for families. The CDC announced on Monday that it was cutting the number of recommended vaccinations
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A press release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office issued a renewed warning regarding a phone scam involving individuals posing as members of the department. While the release says the scam has been going on for several years, it states the scam continues to evolve and has been ramping up again in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Fayette woman charged with felony murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl began Monday. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta Boulevard in north Columbia. She is accused
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies after authorities after he allegedly strangled someone multiple times during an assault on Dec. 20. Datroyt Williams, 32, was charged on Monday in Boone County with second-degree domestic assault and second-degree kidnapping. A warrant was ordered and no bond was set. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,000 electric meters went dark in Columbia on Tuesday morning, according to the Columbia Water and Light outage map. The outages appeared to be clustered along Stadium Boulevard, Route E and West Broadway at about 11:30 a.m. Emergency dispatchers warned of traffic backups in the area of Stadium Boulevard and Worley
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sheridan Beardshear was closing her store on the west side of Columbia as usual around 7 p.m. Saturday night. She did the normal closing procedures in the back of the store, when she heard what she originally believed was a car backfiring. She walked outside of the store and was greeted by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe met with Columbia officials on Monday to discuss public safety in the city. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, City Manager De’Carlon Seewood, and Police Chief Jill Schlude were among those in attendance for the meeting at the governor’s office in the Capitol. According to Kehoe’s office, the meeting had been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that occurred Monday morning at a duplex in northern Columbia was ruled accidental, according to a press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says the fire in the 2800 block of North Willowbrook Drive was started in a clothes dryer. A cat died in the fire and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a man with murder after a shooting that killed one person and left two seriously injured on Clark Lane in Columbia Sunday night. Columbia police said Monday that one of the victims in the shooting, Brianna Hawkins, 21, of Fulton, died at a nearby hospital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All on-street parking rates in Downtown Columbia are increasing to $1 per hour, a $0.40 increase, starting Monday, according to a city press release. This ensures all parking rates match the campus area south of Elm Street. According to the release, the city intentionally selected Monday to reprogram and update pricing labels
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