COLUMBIA Mo. KMIZ 45 Missouri Task Force One crewmembers returned home from San Antonio Saturday afternoon after assisting in search and rescue operations following extreme flooding in the region. The team originally deployed to Texas roughly seven days ago in response to severe flash flooding caused by heavy rains in the state’s southern region. Following
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after a standoff with the Columbia Police Department in the 1400 block of West Worley Street on Friday evening. CPD reported in a press release that at around 11:45 p.m. Friday, 53-year-old Glen Lee Parey was reported to police after standing near the street and pointing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Regional Library hosted “Rainbow Story Time” on Saturday after receiving threats of potential funding loss from Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The event happened in the Children’s Program Room, and Mitzi St. John with the library said there were an estimated 150 attendees. The Program Room itself was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was taken to a hospital with a life-threatening injury after a shooting in northeast Columbia on Friday evening. According to a social media post from the Columbia Police Department, officers were called to the 2800 block of Mulberry Road around 4 p.m. for shots fired. At the scene, CPD found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on Friday threatened Daniel Boone Regional Library’s funding over an LGBTQ+-themed event that is set to take place this weekend. The Columbia Public Library’s “Rainbow Story Time” event is scheduled for 10-10:45 a.m. Saturday in the Children’s Program Room. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued a statement on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a man who was killed in a 2023 crash in Columbia have sued multiple parties for wrongful death. Walker Davis, 18, was killed in the crash Aug. 5, 2023, crash at Kelly’s Ridge Apartments. Elizabeth Lopez, 26, pleaded guilty on March 23, 2026, to three counts of leaving the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pavement maintenance will take place on Old 63 starting from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. each night starting Monday. The City of Columbia Public Works Department has been revamping streets throughout Columbia one at a time. The construction on Old 63 will start at its intersection with Chinaberry Drive. The work will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A project director for the Improve I-70 Project from Rocheport to Columbia says the St. Charles Road bridge on Interstate 70 will be opening mid-August. There is an estimated date of Friday, Aug. 14 for when drivers can use the bridge. The East St. Charles Road bridge has been under construction since
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia Animal Control is temporarily pausing most stray dog pickups after it and the Central Missouri Humane Society reached capacity, prompting officials to reserve kennel space for emergencies. Animal Control says its contract with the Humane Society provides 25 primary cages. Those kennels have filled with stray dog pickups, animals being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1, an urban search and rescue team attached to the Boone County Fire Protection District, began its trip home from a deployment in flooded south Texas on Friday. The team was first sent to Texas about a week ago after heavy rains caused devastating flash flooding in the southern
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing his ex-wife and her mother will now go to trial in December. Judge Josh Devine agreed to push back Randall Fox’s murder trial to December 8. A pre-trial hearing was set for November 9. Court records show Fox’s defense moved to delay the trial after the state
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Missouri’s top law enforcement official sent a warning Thursday to the Columbia Public Library ahead of an LGBTQ+-themed event for families. She also posted it on social media for the public to view. The event, “Rainbow Story Time,” will take place Saturday morning and include the reading of two books. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s attorney general wrote to a local library board saying that “residents” have requested her office make sure that an LGBTQ+-themed story time is “conducted in a manner consistent with Missouri law.” A library spokeswoman told ABC 17 News that the event is family friendly. The letter was dated Thursday and released
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Valley Hope has opened an outpatient addiction treatment center in Columbia, offering continued care for people with substance-use disorders who do not require overnight treatment. The center provides an intensive outpatient program that includes group therapy, education and individual counseling. Patients can continue living at home and going to work or school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traffic shift that was planned for next week on Interstate 70 in Columbia has been moved up to Thursday night, a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation says. The plan is to divert westbound traffic “traffic down and up the newly reconstructed ramps at Boone County Route J (Exit 117),”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite missing its renewable energy goal for 2026, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new plan Monday that aims to provide 40% of the city’s electricity from renewable resources by 2035. According to the report, City of Columbia Utilities purchased or generated a little under 285,00 megawatts of its total electric
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The City of Columbia is getting ready to trim up its “No Mow Zone” pollinator habitats located along roads and in medians. The trim comes after a wet start to summer and plenty of complaints on social media platforms about the state of these areas and whether they’re a hazard to drivers. But that’s nothing
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works has entered into an agreement with a contractor to perform maintenance on the “no-mow zones” around the city after areas started overgrowing from rain this month. The no-mow zones, or Roadside Pollinator Program, was initiated to help promote biodiversity in Columbia and was strategically placed based
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple Mid-Missouri court cases were moved up to federal court on Wednesday. Travis Moreland, 37, of Columbia, is charged with attempted child enticement, attempted child sex trafficking and sending and receiving child sex abuse materials. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Moreland is accused of trying to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eight new cases of cyclosporiasis were reported in Boone County on Wednesday, according to a spokesman from the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services. Total cases in Boone County now sits at 53, a jump from 45 on Tuesday. Cole County’s health department reported seven total cases on Wednesday. The Missouri
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