COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In September of 2022, the City passed a resolution, which expressed support for the replacement of the downtown public housing units on Park Avenue and committed up to $2 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Park Avenue Project. At Monday’s City Council meeting, council members will vote on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri residents joined the University of Missouri campus community Friday afternoon for the MU Remembers Ceremony. The event — held at 4 p.m. at Jesse Hall — is an annual wreath-laying ceremony to remember the lives of students, faculty and staff that have passed away during this past year. Students Hallie Phillips and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender faces a pair of charges after allegedly exposing himself near a library and school last weekend. James Eugene Logan, 36, is charged with first-degree sexual misconduct and being a sex offender who is physically present within 500 feet of a child-care facility, both misdemeanors. Logan is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders on Friday were dispatched to Grindstone Parkway and Grindstone Plaza Drive just before 1:15 p.m. for a crash. An ABC 17 reporter saw three vehicles in the crash. All three were towed. At least one of the vehicles was pulled from the wooded area just past the intersection. At least
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced in a Friday press release that it will host a free active-assailant response training session.The session will take place from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 22 at the CPD Regional Training Center, 5001 Meyer Industrial Drive. The training will introduce attendees to the process of planning for and
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The last day for people to file their taxes is next Tuesday, April 18.
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Outgoing Columbia City Council members said goodbye Friday and new members were sworn in and introduced to the public.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of making terroristic threats against multiple entities and people is now in the Boone County Jail. Clinton Lauby, 36, was arrested Thursday. Details of his arrest were not available Friday afternoon. He is charged with five counts of first-degree making a terroristic threat. Lauby is being held in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge took the jury’s recommendation Friday, sentencing a Columbia psychologist to seven years in state prison for child sex crimes. Kurt Bumby was convicted of two counts of second-degree sodomy connected to events in 2010 and 2011. A victim told authorities in 2019 that he and Bumby had a sexual relationship
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A large University of Missouri police response on campus April 7 was related to a suicide threat.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) On Friday, the Columbia City Council is set to hold a special meeting to swear in Nick Knoth and Donald Waterman, The new members were elected in April’s election. During that meeting, the city also plans to celebrate the outgoing members, Ward 1 Councilwoman Pat Fowler and Ward 5 Councilman Matt Pitzer.
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Representatives of Missouri’s largest private utility company were in Columbia on Thursday to emphasize the importance of checking for underground utility lines before digging.
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The first trial date has been set against the defendants accused in connection with a University of Missouri fraternity pledge’s alcohol poisoning in October 2021.
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University of Missouri Health Care is ending the requirement that patients and visitors in its hospitals and clinics wear masks to guard against COVID-19, more than three years after the pandemic began.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is considering using an AI security technology called Evolv. However, a law firm is trying to file a lawsuit against the company for allegedly misleading shareholders. The school district demonstrated the weapons-detection system Tuesday at Hickman High School. A national law firm called The Schall Group is working on
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A man charged in a shooting outside a Columbia gas station this week told police that he fired in self-defense, according to court documents.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Prescription drug take-back events are occurring around Mid-Missouri. One will occur 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Jefferson City Police Department. The event is part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The DEA and its partners will collect tablets, capsules patches and other
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Police arrested a suspect Tuesday in a shooting on the University of Missouri’s Homecoming weekend last year in Columbia.
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Columbia Public Schools leaders are considering a new security enhancement in district high schools.
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Money to expand Interstate 70 was put back into the state budget Tuesday.
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