COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with first-degree child molestation on Friday. Landan Heithold, 20, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court appearance was held Monday. The probable cause statement claims that Heithold sexually assaulted a child several times between June 10-29 and made several comments about the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ramps along Highway 63 in and around Columbia will close this week for a resurfacing project, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Closures began Monday at Prathersville Road and Oakland Gravel Road, the release says. Closures for the rest of the week will occur 7:30 a.m.-8
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty to three felonies, including assault, in a 2022 northeast Columbia shooting. Anthony Smith Jr. pleaded guilty on Friday to first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Court documents in previous reporting indicate that the victim was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A large police presence was seen in a Southwest Columbia neighborhood early Sunday morning. An ABC 17 News reporter saw multiple Columbia police department vehicles on West Georgetown Dr. just after 11 p.m. The reporter overheard police yelling at a person inside a home to come out with their hands above their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the University of Missouri Tigers enter their third week in the season, flying high on two shutout games, crowd behavior is a high priority. Over the past two games, 23 people have been ejected from Memorial Stadium. The Missouri State Highway Patrol and University of Missouri Police department continuously monitor and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a pair of felonies after he was accused of stealing a car at a gas station and leading law enforcement on a chase around 3:20 p.m. Thursday. Heath Thalgott, 26, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing. He is being held
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Police have arrested a suspect in the robbery of a south Columbia restaurant last month.
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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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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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 is coming home. Forty-five members of Task Force 1 were deployed to Louisiana on Tuesday to assist in rescue and emergency services as Hurricane Francine made landfall. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News in a text message that Task Force 1
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) The last steel girder was placed on the Rocheport bridge on Wednesday, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Crews are in the home stretch of the project and will be able to place cross frames and wind bracing before preparing to pour the new bridge deck,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road work on several Columbia streets will occur Monday, Sept. 16-Tuesday, Sept. 24, according to a Thursday press release from the city. The release says six streets will be resurfaced, including (in order): West Worley Street from North Fairview Road to the end of the asphalt near Smithton Middle School; Bernadette Drive
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A juvenile was arrested in relation to an April shooting in Columbia, as data shows youth have one of the highest rates of gun-related crimes in Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A recent fight at Battle High School in Columbia on Monday was the turning point for one Columbia parent. An email ABC 17 News obtained from parent Dana Shepherd shows the principal of Battle High School Alyssa Galbreath addressing a fight that resulted in a police response. The letter states that an
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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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) To honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, the University of Missouri and the City of Columbia hosted its annual wreath-laying ceremony Wednesday morning. The ceremony featured a procession and a flyover by an MU Health Care helicopter. The event also hosted the Mizzou ROTC Joint Service Color Guard, the City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a pair of felonies after he allegedly assaulted a woman on Sunday. Christopher Bullock Jr., 21, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and first-degree kidnapping. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was held Wednesday afternoon. According to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some University of Missouri students say the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision to put a question about abortion access back on the November ballot was the right move. The court overturned a lower court’s decision that would have removed a question regarding legalizing abortion from the Nov. 5 ballot on Tuesday. The decision
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty last year to two federal gun charges was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years and 10 months in prison, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Shaune Aaron Price, 36, pleaded guilty on Nov. 7, 2023, to two counts of being a felon
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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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