COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Activity and Recreation Center Water Zone is closed Tuesday due to a “fecal incident,” according to a social media post. The ARC staff will clean and sanitize the pool. It will reopen Wednesday. Tammy Miller, a Columbia Parks and Recreation spokesperson, said a lifeguard noticed the excrement in the indoor pool
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council approved a nearly $9.4 million budget amendment on Monday that incorporates funding for several projects. The meeting agenda shows the city is looking to appropriate $9,398,731.56 in funds. Meeting documents show $3.5 million will be appropriated from electric retained earnings to replace a transformer for the Columbia Energy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission approved a grant to the Hallsville Police Department as part of the county’s new Public Safety Radio System. The measure enters Hallsville into an interoperable radio system cooperative agreement with Boone County Joint Communications. The new system is expected to enhance emergency communications and improve capabilities for handling
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Americans have received a slight reprieve from the pressure of rising gas prices over the past couple of weeks. Pump prices have stalled after a fast rise, with several stations now selling unleaded gasoline at less than $4 per gallon. Missouri’s average is down about 20 cents from two weeks ago. But the war with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The entrance to Ha Ha Tonka Road from Highway 54 in Camdenton will close for multiple weeks beginning on Wednesday, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The entrance will be closed through Wednesday, June 24, the release says. Crews will reconstruct the entrance and no detour
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council advanced a proposal Monday that would change how vacant council seats are filled, but not before changing some of its original language. Under the original proposal, the mayor would publicly announce a vacancy after it occurs. Council members and the mayor would then be allowed to submit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager who is charged with murder and other charges was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Mikel Jones, 17, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Michael Ryan Burke on Ridgemont
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several drivers were left stranded on flooded roads over the weekend has heavy rains in Mid-Missouri closed out the month of May. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News on Monday three vehicles were stuck in floodwaters from Friday to Sunday this past weekend. The BCFPD
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy who is charged as an adult in connection with a 2025 shooting death was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Deshawn D. Brown, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and second-degree murder in the death of Zarian Simpson. Another 16-year-old, Rodney Moore
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A third Columbia man has pleaded guilty to a felony in a January 2025 shooting that occurred on Providence Road in Columbia. Ataveon Gordon pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree assault. He was sentenced to four years in prison. He was given credit for time served. Jared Britt Jr., 20, of Columbia,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of shooting and killing two people in 2022 at a Jefferson City bar will see a new judge in his murder case. Damien Davis, 39, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge ruled Monday in favor of the state, rejecting claims that a ballot issue to eliminate Missouri’s income tax violated the state constitution. Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh ruled against the plaintiff, Jill Owens, on all four counts and declared the judgment final after Gov. Mike Kehoe decided last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Regional Airport on Monday launched its new shuttle service for the new 700-space south parking lot as the airport continues to see growth. The lot opened at 4 a.m. Monday with a shuttle taking the first group of passengers to the main terminal. The shuttle is set run in 10-minute
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday was the first day of summer school for Columbia Public Schools, and a press release from a district spokeswoman says more than 9,400 students are attending class. The release says that figure represents more than half of the district’ regular school year enrollment. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade can enter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested last week in Jefferson City in connection with an April 26 shots-fired scene at a Waffle House on the north side of Columbia has been charged with two felonies. D’Monte Lee, 19, of Jefferson City, was charged on Monday in Boone County with unlawful use of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged last week with first-degree assault, shooting from a vehicle and armed criminal action after he allegedly fired shots during a road rage incident in a Home Depot parking lot. Columbia Police reported Robert Neese Jr.’s arrest Friday, in concert with Moberly officers. Charges were filed Thursday, but
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A southeast Columbia road was closed for about an hour Monday morning after a bomb threat was made against a hotel. Columbia Police officers were sent to a reported bomb threat at the Courtyard by Marriott on Lemone Industrial Drive at about 10 a.m., Columbia Police Department spokesmanBrian McNeil said. Police cleared
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of customers are without power Monday morning after heavy rain, hail and strong winds ripped through Mid-Missouri. According to the Missouri Electric Cooperative’s statewide outage map, 403 customers are without power in Howard County as of 7:16 a.m. This is an improvement after over 700 were without power earlier Monday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is dead after a crash in Cole County Sunday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 46-year-old man was driving a 2015 Jeep Wrangler on Route CC south of South Fox Moor Court just after 4:30 p.m. in Cole County. The man traveled off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A Columbia firefighter’s rank has been corrected. Emergency crews in Columbia rescued two people from a car that was stuck in water Monday after early morning storms. Columbia Fire crews responded to a car trapped in flooded waters on Creasy Springs. Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief Roger Mertensmeyer told ABC
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