COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia public safety leaders are making their case to voters after the City Council on Monday approved putting a proposed 1% public safety sales tax on the August ballot, saying the measure is needed to address decades of understaffing, aging facilities and increasing strain on the city’s general fund. The tax would
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Go COMO, the City of Columbia’s public bus service, will restore its full fixed-route service on Tuesday, May 26, according to a press release from the city. The bus system has been using combined routes since August 2023 because of staffing shortages. The release says the change back to full, fixed routes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty to felonies in a case surrounding a 2023 overdose death. Chase Rieves pleaded guilty on Monday to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, delivery of a controlled substance and two counts of drug possession. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was previously charged with second-degree murder. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Tuesday with dumping a body enclosed in a trash bin into Perche Creek in Boone County over the weekend. Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the victim was a woman. Andrew B. Acton, 53, was arrested Monday after a surveillance photo showed his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Monday with abandoning a corpse after allegedly leaving his roommate’s body in an apartment for what police say could have been weeks. Ira C. Baldwin was issued a summons for the Class E felony and released, according to online court records. An initial hearing is set for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Allegiant Airlines announced on Tuesday that it will be launching a new route from Columbia Regional Airport. The airline said in a release that flights will start on Nov. 19 from Columbia to St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. This is the third new route Allegiant is launching from Columbia in 2026. Flights to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After delaying a vote earlier this month, holding hours of discussion and hearing concerns from several residents, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved placing a proposed 1% sales tax for public safety on the August ballot. Monday marked the City Council’s final opportunity to approve the proposal in time for the August
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Providence Road overpass on I-70 will close May 29, with replacement work expected to last into October. Starting at 9 p.m. on May 29, crews will demolish the existing bridge. That work is expected to finish by 9 a.m. on May 31, and will cause lane narrowing on I-70 for that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Columbia will resume weekly collection of recycling starting June 15, the city announced on Monday. A Facebook post from Columbia Recycle and Trash, the Facebook page for the city’s solid waste utility, said people can start putting recycling on the curb on their regular collection day every week. Monday’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT delayed closing two ramps on westbound I-70 in Columbia due to rainy weather, according to a news release. Crews will now close the westbound ramp from Rangeline Street to I-70 and the westbound ramp from I-70 to Providence Road starting Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. The closure, which was originally scheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old Sturgeon man died in a Monday morning crash on Highway 63 in Boone County at Highway 124, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man tried driving a 1997 Honda Civic westbound across northbound Highway 63 and entered the path of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is being restored in Mid-Missouri Monday morning after storms rolled through. According to the City of Columbia’s outage map, nearly 1,800 customers are without power due to six electrical incidents. This is an improvement from earlier Monday morning, when more than 3,700 customers were without power due to seven power incidents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office Confirmed Sunday night that a body was recovered from Perche Creek near the Missouri River access. According to a social media post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, at 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Boone County Joint Communications received a report of a container being found in Perche Creek
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A national teen driving program kicked off its teaching season in the Show-Me State. Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe, held a total of five three-hour sessions over the weekend at the Missouri EVOC Training Center, with more than 180 students participating. Rick Valentine, a Senior Instructor with B.R.A.K.E.S., said the
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The City of Columbia’s 1% public safety sales tax proposal is back on the agenda Monday after being tabled in early May in a 4-3 vote.
If approved by the council, residents will be able to vote for the proposal on the August ballot.
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University of Missouri commencement ceremonies are set to continue through the weekend as nearly 6,000 students have earned degrees.
The majority of ceremonies are taking place on Saturday in Jesse Auditorium and Mizzou Arena:
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) There is growing tension between the secretary of state and the Boone County clerk over when to tie voters to a new congressional map that eliminates a safe Democratic district, and now state Sen. Rick Brattin is asking for the clerk to be removed from office. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several roadwork projects in Columbia are set to begin Monday, according to several press releases from the City of Columbia and the Missouri Department of Transportation. I-70 ramp work The westbound on-ramp to Interstate 70 from Range Line Street and the off-ramp at Providence Road will be closed from 8 p.m. Monday-2
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored for Boone Electric customers. There were nearly 1,500 Boone Electric customers without power in an area just west of Columbia on Thursday evening, according to the Boone Electric outage map. Outages were reported in a neighborhood near West Gillespie Bridge Road, while several more were reported near Vawter
Continue Reading It’s the University of Missouri’s graduation weekend, with thousands of family members and alumni flooding town to celebrate the Class of 2026. For locals, that means lots of extra traffic (especially with ongoing road work on major routes), long waits at restaurants and other inconveniences. Of course, the commerce does a lot of work to
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