COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is holding a news conference on the results of the vote on Proposition 1 — a 1-cent sales tax for public safety that passed with 85 votes on Tuesday. The final total won’t be certified until next week.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sharon Jones took the win in Columbia’s Ward 4 Council race against Ryan King and Dave Sorrell. “I’m just really excited that things turned out so well tonight,” Jones said. “This was a victory that we were anticipating, but not by this wide of a margin, I am overwhelmed by the outpouring
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Columbia voters on Tuesday approved a 1% public safety sales tax that city leaders claim would generate about $38 million each year to support police and fire services. The measure passed 15,042 votes to 14,957. Members of the Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055 gathered 7 p.m. Tuesday to watch election results
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KMIZ) State Sen. Rick Brattin is projected to win the Republican nomination in the newly drawn 5th District. Six Republicans competed for the chance to challenge longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver in a dramatically reshaped 5th Congressional District. Decision Desk HQ is projecting Brattin to win the nomination as he earned 44%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple firefighters were treated for heat-related illness on Tuesday after they responded to a fire at the new McDonald’s at 200 South Providence Road, Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer told an ABC 17 News reporter on Tuesday afternoon. The Columbia Fire Department later stated in a press release that two firefighters were evaluated.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,000 Columbia electricity customers were without power near Stadium Boulevard and Providence Road. The Columbia outage map showed 977 customers without electricity. An outage affecting 839 people was reported on South Providence Road near Hinkson Creek. That outage was reported at 9:37 p.m. An estimated restoration time was not available. Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of shooting two people on July 25 at Douglass Park was booked into the Boone County Jail on Monday night. Lenn Dukes, 42, was charged on July 28 in Boone County with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of illegal gun
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the seven people arrested following a brawl that occurred early July 26 in downtown Columbia has been charged with a felony and two misdemeanors. Tinoz’shia Harris was charged on Tuesday in Boone County with third-degree assault of a special victim, misdemeanor resisting arrest and misdemeanor causing a peace disturbance. Court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia residents will see higher utility bills beginning Oct. 1 after the Columbia City Council approved increases to electric, water and trash rates Monday night, while delaying a decision on proposed parking rate changes. The council approved a roughly 6% increase to electric utility rates in a 4-2 vote. Council members Valerie
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Leaders from Boone Health and Boone County Fire Protection District said Monday that a new ambulance station in south Columbia could cut down response times by several minutes. Boone Health held a dedication ceremony and open house for Ambulance Station No. 12, located on Route K near South Bethel Church Road, on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The lawsuit Boone Health filed against the Missouri Heart Center was formally dismissed on Wednesday. Court filings show Boone Health filed to dismiss the case on July 24 without prejudice. Boone Health announced the split with Missouri Heart Center at the end of March and subsequently filed a lawsuit alleging breaches of contract, misuse of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shooting took place at the Interstate 70/Highway 63 Connector and Conley Road on Sunday, and the Columbia Police Department is still looking for the shooter. CPD is still looking to identify the suspect involved and is asking anyone with information to contact them for a reward. A CPD spokesperson declined to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mill and overlay pavement maintenance through Columbia began Monday and is expected to be completed by Friday, Aug. 14, according to a Monday press release from the city. Crews will mill away the top layer of asphalt and pave a new surface to improve the roadways, the release says. It will occur
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cyclosporiasis cases in Missouri have nearly doubled in the past week, according to information from the state’s Communicable Disease report that was reported on Sunday. Total cases of the diarrhea-inducing disease have hit 1,095 as of Sunday, which increased from 595 from last week’s total. As of Monday afternoon, 90 cases of cyclosporiasis
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued stormwater discharge permits to the City of Columbia and Boone County, the department said Monday — a move that will allow the local governments to avoid state sanctions. DNR has been reviewing the city and county permits to discharge stormwater into the environment for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eastbound traffic near the 3000 block of Chapel Hill Road, just east of Chapel Ridge Road, was stalled after a car crash in southwest Columbia Sunday evening. An ABC 17 News reporter on scene at around 7:20 p.m. saw a Grey Nissan Kicks turned west in the eastbound lane of Chapel Hill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. KMIZ EDITORS NOTE: Day in title was corrected. A man was injured after being shot Sunday in east Columbia near the I-70 connector. Sgt. Patrick Corcoran told ABC 17 News that when police arrived on scene, they found a 26-year-old male victim at the Break Time with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The victim
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The American Red Cross is facing its second-ever national blood shortage, according to a press release from the organization. Although some hospitals might be feeling the effects of the shortage, Boone Health in Columbia is not.
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COLUMBIO Mo. KMIZ The Columbia City Council is set to vote on an agreement between the city and Columbia Public Schools that would add 5 more school resource officers to the district. According to a Council memo, the agreement would provide for the assignment of 5 Columbia Police Department School Resource Officers to Columbia Public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents in Boone County will temporarily lose access to the Text-to-911 service as the county transitions to a new emergency communication system. Starting Aug. 5, Boone County Joint Communications will pause its Text-to-911 function while it works to transition to the next generation of the 911 system. Officials said the goal is
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