COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge is still considering whether to certify a juvenile charged in connection with the deadly shooting in a Facebook Market meet-up after hearing testimony on Wednesday morning. A 17-year-old faces charges including second-degree murder, robbery, stealing and armed criminal action in connection with the death of Michael Ryan Burke
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Utilities is proposing an irrigation ordinance to manage water use across the community. The department believes this move would also help to support ongoing commercial and residential growth in the area. City utilities wrote on its BeHeard page that Columbia’s daily summer peak water demands can exceed 170% of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from St. Charles, Missouri, accused of sexually abusing two women at a Columbia party in November was booked into the Boone County Jail on Tuesday night. Hayk Darbinyan, 20, was charged with first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse and misdemeanor third-degree kidnapping. He is being held at the jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The head of the Columbia firefighters’ union waived his arraignment and pleaded not guilty to a felony charge, according to Tuesday court filings. Zachary Privette is charged with third-degree assault of a special victim. He was arrested last month and had bonded out of jail. An entry of appearance was filed by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The now-former Columbia parking manager who was accused of stealing money from parking meters earlier this month was accused of a similar crime more than a decade ago. James Faup, 38, of Columbia, was arrested on April 2 on suspicion of felony stealing and misdemeanor stealing, according to a Columbia Police Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A local nonprofit is looking to transform Columbia’s Third Ward and the “Clark Lane Corridor” with the Beacon of Light Community Center. United Community Builders announced the grand opening of the building on Tuesday morning during a ribbon-cutting. “When I came here in 1998, this was the premier area for college students
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several roads in Mid-Missouri are flooded after multiple rounds of storms came through the area on Sunday and Monday. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 9:41 a.m. stating that Strawn Road in Columbia was closed because of flooding between Interstate 70 Drive Southwest and West Worley Street. A viewer submitted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 2000 Columbia murder suspect has been booked into the Boone County Jail after being extradited from South Carolina. Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder for the 2000 death of University of Missouri student Candace Richie. Wilson was arrested in South Carolina on Feb. 23
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) During Monday’s Columbia Collegiate Advisory Board meeting, Office of Violence Prevention Administrator D’Markus Thomas-Brown detailed his department’s efforts and gave an update on the progress of an anticipated violence analysis report. In January, city leaders started collaborating with the National Institute of Criminal Justice Reform to curb violent crime in the community.
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UPDATE: This brief was updated after a Tuesday morning press release from MoDOT gave an update. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rolling roadblocks are planned this week on Interstate 70 near the Missouri River, according to an updated press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. “Blasting operations” are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday as part of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men who were originally charged with felony murder pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a 2024 deadly shooting that occurred on Clark Lane in Columbia. Daevion McCray, 22, and Tavion Johnson both pleaded guilty on Monday morning to two counts of second-degree assault and one count of unlawful use of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three felony charges have been filed in Boone County against a man who was accused of stabbing someone at an apartment building in the Benton-Stephens area on Friday. Grant Buxton, 44, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with first-degree degree, armed criminal action and drug possession. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Police say a Columbia woman told them she fired her gun in the air when her ex-boyfriend drove toward her. Boone County prosecutors charged Nakyia Johnson on Monday with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Johnson was arrested on Sunday after she allegedly shot at
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A St. Louis County judge is set to decide on bond Monday afternoon for a Columbia doctor previously accused of sexual misconduct.
Dr. Jonathan Morris, owner of Columbia Urgent Care on North Providence Road, has been charged in federal court with 15 counts of illegally prescribing drugs and 23 counts of healthcare fraud.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department arrested a woman on Sunday after she allegedly shot at her ex-boyfriend in North Columbia. According to a press release from the CPD, 26-year-old Nakira Johnson was in the area of West Texas Avenue and Creasy Springs at around Noon when she allegedly shot at a vehicle her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Columbia man died in an Audrain County crash Sunday morning, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the man was driving a 1996 Chevy Silverado west on Audrain County Road 234, just west of Private Drive 9221 at around 5:43 a.m. The man then
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cleek Family returned to the AMF Town and Country Lanes Saturday for the 23rd Annual Bowling for Autism Fundraiser for Easterseals Midwest. The annual fundraiser raises money to help people with disabilities with physical rehabilitation, job training and meeting personal goals. Event Chairman John Cleek Jr. got started working with Easterseals after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Justice reclassified medical marijuana from being grouped with strong, potent drugs like heroin or LSD–to a lower classification to allow for research. The reclassification could also lower medical marijuana prices for some consumers. Dan Veits, a lawyer for the Missouri branch of the National Organization for the Reform of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has named the man it claims stabbed another man on Friday in the Benton-Stephens area. Grant Buxton, 44, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and drug possession, CPD wrote in a Friday night social media post. Earlier on Friday, Columbia police put up crime
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police put up crime scene tape around one of the parking lots of a southern Columbia apartment complex on Friday night. Officers were in the parking lot of The Collective, located on Aspen Heights Parkway. Columbia Police Department spokesman Colin Imhoff told ABC 17 News that police responded to a call of
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