COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a probable cause statement, a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper seized 117 pounds of marijuana and one pound of THC wax was seized on Oct. 12. According to the court documents, Sgt. Johnson stopped a vehicle for crossing the line multiple times within a short distance. The driver, Wanda
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) OATS Transit has received a $1,000 community service grant from the Community Foundation of Central Missouri. Officials with OATS says the grant will be used toward transportation for seniors and individuals with disabilities in Boone County. “We are truly grateful to the Community Foundation of Central Missouri during this challenging time,” said
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UPDATE: Missouri State Highway Patrol has canceled the Amber Alert. Officials say the vehicle and child were located. The child is safe. No suspect has been found. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued the following Amber Alert out of Lee’s Summit, Mo. Law enforcement is looking for a black 2010 Dodge Journey
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program received three grants worth over $200,000 to help promising medical discoveries make the transition from laboratory research to commercial investment and use in direct patient care. “The University of Missouri is home to leading experts in all fields of engineering, medicine and business,” said
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Alpha Hart Lewis and Derby Ridge elementary schools went back online Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Housing Programs Division is reopening the Small Business Recovery Loan Program application process next Thursday. Officials say there is still grant funding available for locally owned small businesses with 6 to 49 employees. The portal will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Thursday. Officials say
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Pettis County in west-central Missouri has elected a new sheriff who campaigned in part on criticism of the incumbent sheriff’s handling of the fatal shooting of a Sedalia woman by a deputy over the summer. The Kansas City Star reports that Brad Anders, a sergeant with the Lee’s Summit Police Department,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are back at work to make sure more than $1.1 billion in federal coronavirus aid gets where it needs to go throughout the state. The special legislative session began Thursday. Republican Gov. Mike Parson called lawmakers back to the Capitol to give his administration the authority to spend the
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According to the release, investigators no longer believe the 15-year-old had any involvement in the homicide.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The amount of water being released into the Missouri River from a key dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border will be reduced later this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that the amount of water flowing out of Gavins Point Dam will be reduced starting on Nov. 22 by
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis election official who worked at a polling place on Election Day despite a positive test for the coronavirus has now died, raising concerns for the nearly 2,000 people who voted there. St. Charles County, Missouri, spokeswoman Mary Enger said in a news release Thursday that the person,
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Jefferson City police say one of four victims hurt in a Wednesday shooting has been released from the hospital.
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Columbia police said in a Thursday release a woman was assaulted at her home in the 1500 block of W. Worley Street a day earlier.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson plans to hold a briefing Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police blocked some residential streets in an east Columbia neighborhood Thursday after a vehicle chase turned into a foot pursuit. ABC 17 News crews saw several patrol cars in the area of Wolf Trail and Kirk Hill Road near East St. Charles Road and Interstate 70. Columbia Police Department officers at the
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Jefferson City officers say two people were hurt in a crash Thursday morning.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs said one staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning. The club said the person is self-quarantining, but the team is now under the NFL’s COVID protocols. “The Chiefs will hold practice this morning and then out of precaution, the facilities will be closed this
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Authorities say a Columbia man was arrested early Thursday morning after a slow-speed chase ended on Interstate 70 West.
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