Boone County’s head prosecutor said Wednesday that murder convictions can be won without a body, as divers continued their search for a missing Columbia woman in the Lamine River.
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After a couple of hours of public comment Tuesday night, the Boone County Commission voted 2-1 to approve a request to rezone land for a MidwayUSA facility.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Residents of Boone County had an opportunity to comment on a proposed tax increase for the 2020 budget. The county commission held a public hearing on the 2020 budget at its Monday meeting, which started at 7 p.m. in the county government center at 801 E. Walnut St. in Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal grant will help the University of Missouri restart a law clinic dedicated to investigating cases of possible wrongful conviction. The nearly $500,000 grant from the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice will fund the MU Innocence Clinic. The money will pay for DNA tests on evidence involved in cases
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Divers with the Mid-Missouri Sheriff’s Dive Team continued their search for missing Columbia woman Mengqi Elledge Tuesday. They have been searching the Lamine River in Cooper County. They first searched the area on Nov. 26. Jack Brade is chief of the Regional West Fire Protection District. He did not assist in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Parks and Recreation along with 137 other nonprofits are raising money during the city’s annual fundraiser. The parks department is selling commemorative posters designed by Columbia artist David Spear as part of this year’s CoMoGives campaign. Residents attended the campaign kickoff and poster unveiling event Tuesday at Walt’s Bike Shop on
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Doctors at Broadway Urgent Care reported seeing patients with sinus infections, colds, and stomach aches and pains. Broadway Urgent Care said people should continue to take preventative measures like washing their hands.
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The Mid-Missouri Sheriff’s Dive Team and Columbia Police Department will continue their search for a missing Columbia woman Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was injured Tuesday morning when a car ran into a building in east Columbia, firefighters say. Emergency dispatching records show the call came in at about 10:15 a.m. The Columbia Fire Department released photos on Twitter showing significant damage to the corner of the building in the 2200 block of
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: The Boone County Commission approved a request to rezone land for a MidwayUSA facility after a couple of hours of public comment Tuesday night. The proposal passed in a 2-1 vote, with Northern Boone County Commissioner Janet Thompson opposing. ORIGINAL: The Boone County Commission is expected to vote Tuesday on whether
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department released photos on Tuesday of the suspect accused of robbing a local smoke shop. The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that a man entered We B Smokin, 2716 Paris Road, at about 1 p.m. Monday and damaged a countertop coin-operated machine with a “large hammer”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council voted Monday to allow the police department to move funds from a project to pay salaries for two part-time employees. The Columbia Police Department is working to purge a backlog of evidence and enter municipal warrants into a statewide system. The department already has two part-time employees working
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of setting a fire in July 2018 pleaded guilty to lesser charges Monday. Boone County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer Rodewald confirmed Tammy Nevels pleaded guilty to delivery or possession of a controlled substance and fourth-degree assault. Court documents filed in 2018 said Nevels used a lighter to set a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are asking for help identifying the person who stole money after damaging a machine in a northeast Columbia smoke shop. The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that a man entered We B Smokin, 2716 Paris Road, at about 1 p.m. Monday and damaged a countertop coin-operated machine with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County prosecutor filed charges Monday against a woman who staged a weeklong protest by camping in a tree. Susan Fourcade, 67, also known as Sutu Forte, is charged with one count of misdemeanor trespassing. Forte was camped on a platform in a tree off Bluff Dale Drive to stop the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Columbia will host a meet-and-greet Thursday with the three finalists to become the city’s new fire chief. Maria Beermann-Foat, Christopher Riley and Andy Woody will meet with the public from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday at REDI, 500 E. Walnut St., Suite 102, the city said in a news
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Columbia Fire Department responded to reports of a downed power line Saturday morning. Crews at the scene told ABC 17 News that branches were on power lines in the 600 block of South Fairview Road. Columbia Water and Light was on its way to the scene just after 9 a.m. Crews said the downed line
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UPDATE 7:30 a.m.: City of Columbia officials confirmed the early-morning outage. Officials said a tree limb on power lines caused the outage. Crews cleared off the lines Saturday morning and closed the circuit. It is unclear if the outage is related to the multiple outages Friday night. UPDATE 6:30 a.m: The outage map shows all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The November portion of deer season where hunters can use firearms started on Nov. 16. Since opening day, hunters around mid-Missouri have received citations for not following laws. Tom Strother is the Reginal Supervisor at the Department of Conservation in Columbia, Missouri. He said some citations are more common than others. “Common
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE as of 9:08 p.m.: City crews restored power to more than 1,000 electric customers after a tree was removed from power lines around 9 p.m. UPDATE as of 8:55 p.m.: Columbia Power and Light crews said a Friday power outage may have been caused by a tree that fell on power
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