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MU Faculty Council backs student group, Black Studies Department amid barbecue name change

Editor’s note: The affiliation of students who attended the meeting has been clarified. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s Faculty Council and Black Studies Department are standing by a student group upset with the school after they were forced to change the name of an annual event.  In August, the Mizzou Legion of Black

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Social media posts about school threats not credible, Columbia Public Schools email to parents says

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ Recent social media posts referencing possible threats to Columbia schools are not credible, the school district wrote in a Thursday night email to parents. Rumors spread Thursday night about possible threats to some school campuses in Columbia. “We’re reaching out to ask for your help and support. Over the last several days,

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Police: Juvenile arrested on suspicion of murder in April shooting death on Premier Lane in Columbia

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A minor was arrested on Wednesday in relation to the April shooting death of Derek Silvey, the Columbia Police Department said in a Wednesday social media post. Police said the juvenile was arrested by Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies on suspicion of second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and felony stealing in the April

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Man arrested after Monday afternoon chase charged with six felonies Tuesday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested after he led law enforcement on a chase throughout Columbia on Monday afternoon was charged with an additional six felonies on Tuesday. Rickey Ross Deford, 46, of Huntsville, Missouri, was charged on Tuesday with aggravated fleeing from a traffic stop causing injury, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree property damage,

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