COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters will send three brand new members to the Jefferson City Schools Board of Education in the April 7 election. Those candidates will replace outgoing members Brad Bates, Scott Hovis and Suzanne Luther. A majority of the board will have less than a year of experience running the district — board member
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Transportation Committee recommended safety improvements to slow down vehicles near Moreau Heights Elementary School on Friday. The decision follows a December 2024 study that identified a speeding problem occurring throughout the day. About 150 students walk to and from school in the area where the study was conducted.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County’s presiding commissioner entered the Republican primary for Missouri’s Sixth Senate District on the final day of filing Tuesday. Todd Isaac “Ike” Skelton of Osage Beach is the sixth Republican to file paperwork to run in the August election for the district that runs from Cole County to the Lake of
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Cole County officially broke ground on its new $14 million juvenile center Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition crews on Tuesday started to tear down an old Gerbes in the 1200 block of East McCarty Street this week. The demolition is part of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church’s expansion. The expansion has three phases and a total price tag of $40 million. According to diagrams on the church’s website, the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Board of Directors of the Downtown Jefferson City Conference Center Community Improvement District will hold a meeting Tuesday morning. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. in the Boone Bancroft Room of City Hall. The board for “The District” is scheduled to discuss several matters related to the downtown conference
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County prosecutor’s office filed more than half a dozen charges Monday, a day after police said a domestic violence call led to a high-speed pursuit. Brent Allen Johnson of Jefferson City faces charges including fourth-degree domestic assault, aggravated fleeing a stop, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, failure to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a decision from a Cole County judge on Friday, the Missouri FIRST Map will be what voters are tied to in the November election, and with that decision, the new District 5 is taking center stage. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, six Republicans have filed to run against incumbent
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three bills that add age verification to social media and AI programs are up for executive action Monday by the Missouri House’s Emerging Issues Committee. House Bill 3393 and 2392, sponsored by Representatives Don Mayhew (R-Crocker) and Marty Murray (D-St. Louis), respectively, would establish the “Missouri Social Media Safety for Minors Act.”
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Thousands of Missourians are expected to join millions of protesters nationwide Saturday in over 3,000 “No Kings” protests.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The tri-level bridge in Jefferson City over Highway 50 will be demolished next month, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says Highway 50 and several ramps will close while the no-longer-used bridge will be demolished. The closure is expected to last from 9 a.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A duplex is a total loss after an early morning fire on Wednesday in Jefferson City. According to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department, firefighters were called to the 1400 block of St. Mary’s Boulevard just after 2 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a home on fire. When
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City and Cole County Public Works held a City Coffee event for the community Wednesday morning to learn about various city and county projects. In January, Cole County commissioners approved a resolution to renew the capital improvement sales tax for 2027, which will need voter approval in April. If approved
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire was reported Tuesday at a Jefferson City apartment building in the 100 block of Amador Avenue. Firefighters found a fire on an upstairs apartment patio and quickly got it under control before it spread, a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department says. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors after she allegedly bit two Jefferson City police officers while she was being detained after a road-rage incident. Bridgett Tallent, 36, of Jefferson City, was charged on Monday in Callaway County with second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree assault and one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers come back to session Monday to pick up where they left off and the Senate is expected to review some House Bills that representatives squeezed through before break. The bill that would phase out the income tax, HJR 173, was sent to the Senate just before the legislature paused business
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The group People Not Politicians is considering appealing a decision by a Cole County judge to rewrite ballot language that would ask voters to approve the 2025 congressional map, known as House Bill 1. People Not Politicians challenged the ballot summary that Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wrote, arguing the language
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The bill’s sponsor has been corrected. A Missouri house bill joining the national initiative to remove pennies from circulation is set to be read for a second time in the Missouri Senate on Monday. House Bill 2819, sponsored by Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph), will allow vendors to round the total
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Lincoln University Police Department said its looking for one person after a disturbance led to a campus-wide active shooter alert being sent out Wednesday night. Police determined shortly after the alert was sent out around 8:30 p.m. that there was no weapons offense or active shooter at the Dawson residence
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old has been charged as an adult after authorities claim he shot at a Jefferson City apartment building on Dec. 26. Bryson Little, of Jefferson City, was charged on Thursday in Cole County with shooting at a building, armed criminal action, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and delivery of
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