COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Children 18 or younger can get free, healthy lunches at several Columbia locations, provided by the city and PowerHouse Community Development. Food is provided June 5 through August 11, Mondays through Fridays. All locations will be closed July 4. Central Armory Sports & Recreation Center, 700 E. Ash St. — lunch noon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Art League will host its 65th annual “Art in the Park” this weekend at Stephens Lake Park and the event will be free and open to the public. Art in Park will run Saturday June 3. from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday June 4. from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ.) The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games will kick off with an opening ceremony Friday night at Mizzou Rec. This will be the group’s second full event since 2018. All summer games were canceled in 2019 after a tornado hit Jefferson City. In 2020, Special Olympics Missouri was canceled again because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Black drivers in Missouri were pulled over at a higher rate based on their percentage in the population again in 2022, according to the state’s annual Vehicle Stops Report released Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Friday revealed the results of its annual school bus inspections. About 57% of Jefferson City School District buses were fell under either the “defected” or “out of service” categories. Buses with identified defective components require repair within 10 days. Buses placed out-of-service require correct components, a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,000 athletes will be in Columbia this weekend for the Special Olympics. The event officially kicked off Friday night. This year’s state summer games include volleyball, swimming, power lifting and track and field. The games will be held at the University of Missouri and Hickman High School all weekend.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The westbound lane on Clark Lane in Columbia was closed for about an hour Friday evening near The Links following a vehicle collision. First responders told an ABC 17 News reporter that there were no fatalities, but one person was injured and taken to an area hospital. A vehicle could be seen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Parks and Recreation announced on its social media that Albert-Oakland Pool reopened Friday with adjusted hours after it closed for a second time Thursday. The pool closed twice this week due to chemical imbalances and a mechanical issue. The pool was open from noon-3 p.m. Friday and will have those same
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works announced in a Friday press release that road work will be done at the intersection of Chapel Hill and Fairview roads from Tuesday through Thursday. Crews will be repaving the road, according to the release. Work will begin 7 a.m. Tuesday and end 5 p.m. Thursday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, Mayor Barbara Buffaloe signed a proclamation declaring June 2 as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” in Columbia. Buffaloe retweeted Kristin Bowen, a volunteer with Moms Deman Action for Gun Sense in America on Wednesday saying she is “proud to declare this Friday as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in CoMo.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the application period for the open seat on the Columbia Board of Education now closed, Columbia Public Schools has released the applications filled out by each candidate. Thirteen people in total applied for the open seat. The Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday to go over the applications and determine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order creating a “drought alert” in the state. The executive order was signed after the director of the Department of Natural Resources advised Parson that parts of the state are experiencing “rapidly escalating drought conditions.” The U.S. Drought Monitor shows 60 Missouri counties are
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation announced a road closure beginning next week in Boone County that will last two months. Route F will be closed from Monday, June 5- Thursday, Aug. 3 for a bridge deck replacement, according to MoDOT’s social media. The deck replacement is one of several projects on
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The City of Columbia is working on updates to a homeless center in central Columbia now that warm weather has arrived, the city manager said Wednesday in his annual State of the City speech.
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A City of Columbia pool closed early Thursday after a “chemical imbalance” was detected in the water, the second time the pool has had such a problem in a few days.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man charged with first-degree statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old is now in custody. Jacob Thomas Noel, 36, is accused of assaulting the victim while they were in his care. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. He was booked into the
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Columbia City Manager De’Carlon Seewood gave his State of the City address on Wednesday, talking about the city government’s priorities for the coming fiscal year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Gray Line Storage in Columbia reportedly has a history of burglaries, a property manager told ABC 17 News on Wednesday. According to the property manager, he had been made aware of the burglaries and notified the facility. Genevieve Christian said she and her fiancé were victims and had items stolen from a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Labor Relations Board approved a unionization election for workers at a south Columbia marijuana dispensary. The board ordered the election in a May 22 ruling for workers to vote on whether or not they want to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655. The board will conduct the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ahead of Wednesday’s State of the City address, a protest was held outside City Hall by LiUNA Local 955, an area union representing workers for the City of Columbia and other area workers. Workers were handing out papers detailing why they were protesting, including discussions about contracts for city workers. This comes as
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