Columbia Archives

Seventh suspect pleads guilty in Missouri marijuana ring

December 10, 2019 3:39 PM Madison Fleck

A Houston man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday in connection with a marijuana drug ring based out of Missouri.

Two more plead guilty in Missouri marijuana conspiracy

December 12, 2019 3:57 PM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more people admitted to their roles in a nationwide marijuana-selling operation that’s tied to a killing in Columbia. Kurt Arthur Petersen and Norman James George, III pleaded guilty on Thursday at the Christopher Bond federal courthouse in Jefferson City. Petersen pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute more

City council members react to city getting Boone County Fairgrounds

December 11, 2019 6:32 PM Sydney Olsen

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia could soon take over the Boone County Fairgrounds. City Council and the Boone County Commission need to approve a deal where the county will give the fairgrounds to the city in a deed. Several city council members have voiced their support for the deal, saying the recreation complex

Columbia shooting survivor booked into Boone County jail

December 11, 2019 10:18 PM Katie Greathouse

A Columbia man that survived a September shooting is now in the Boone County jail on felony drug charges.

Fr. Tolton Catholic High School principal not renewing contract

December 11, 2019 10:08 PM Katie Greathouse

The principal at Fr. Tolton Catholic High School has decided not to renew her position for the next school year, according to a news release.

Mid-Missouri lawmaker files bill to raise fuel tax for MoDOT road and Bridge Repairs

December 11, 2019 6:51 PM Connor Hirsch

Rep. Kendrick is proposing fuel tax increase that would create a $450 million bonding proposal by MoDOT.

Behind the Kitchen Door: Mall food court subject to same inspections as restaurants

December 11, 2019 6:00 PM Zara Barker

Holiday shopping season is in full swing, which means many people will make their way to the Columbia Mall and work up an appetite.

Missouri Senate bill would increase police officers in mid-sized cities

December 11, 2019 2:20 PM Connor Hirsch

A state senator has filed a bill meant to reduce crime in mid-sized cities by providing money for more police officers.

Search for Columbia mother apparently scaled back

December 11, 2019 5:42 AM Joe McLean

The search in a Mid-Missouri river for a missing Columbia woman was scaled back Wednesday, the seventh day that crews were on the water.

Columbia man sentenced to 15 years for deadly motorcycle crash

December 11, 2019 9:35 AM Madison Fleck

A Columbia man was sentenced to 15 years in the Missouri Department of Correction on Monday for a deadly 2018 crash involving a motorcycle.

CPS: No evidence of wrongdoing during Jackson football game

December 10, 2019 4:41 PM Barry Mangold

An investigation into student conduct at a high school football game found no sign of misconduct, according to Columbia Public Schools.

Columbia man accused of causing $2,500 damage to area business

December 10, 2019 10:04 PM Matt Ragsdale

Malcolm Bush, 26, is accused of breaking a window at the Andy’s Frozen Custard on Trimble Road Sunday.

Boone County fair to return to Columbia

December 10, 2019 5:11 PM Sydney Olsen

The Boone County Fair will return to Columbia in 2020 after news that the county will transfer the old fairgrounds to the city of Columbia.

Search for Mengqi Ji Elledge continues into seventh day

December 10, 2019 10:24 AM Zach Boetto

Authorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.

Police visited Columbia motel hundreds of times in past year

December 10, 2019 11:52 AM Molly Stawinoga

Police have visited a Columbia motel where a person was found dead Tuesday from a gunshot wound hundreds of times in the past year.

Court denies insurance company’s appeal in Ryan Ferguson lawsuit

December 10, 2019 5:01 PM Matt Ragsdale

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District judges sided with Ryan Ferguson after an insurance company appealed a Boone County court ruling that awarded Ferguson $5.3 million in a wrongful conviction lawsuit.

Police identify man killed in Columbia shooting

December 10, 2019 12:54 AM Kevin Vauble

Columbia Police on scene of homicide at Welcome Inn in north Columbia COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say they found a 36-year-old Columbia man dead in a car at a north Columbia motel late Monday. Police on patrol saw a running vehicle in the parking lot of Welcome Inn on North Providence Road at about 11:50

Columbia liquor store robbed for second time in less than a month

December 10, 2019 2:15 PM Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are investigating the second armed robbery in a little more than a month at a southwest Columbia liquor store. Officers were called at about 5 p.m. Monday to Xpress Liquor & Smokes on Corona Road in the Cherry Hill area of Columbia. A man wearing a camouflage jacket with dark pants

Columbia Board of Education approves revised seclusion, isolation and restraint policy

December 9, 2019 4:16 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia Board of Education will consider items including a final reading of a revised policy on seclusion, isolation and restraint of students when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Advocate: Deadly pedestrian crash on College Avenue “preventable”

December 9, 2019 3:39 PM Molly Stawinoga

The City of Columbia has identified College Avenue as a “priority street,” one of the 3 percent of roads in the city on which 70 percent of fatal and serious injury crashes happen.