Local development organization discusses economic recovery in Columbia
Regional Economic Development Incorporated board members met Wednesday going over an update on travel and tourism in Columbia.
Continue ReadingRegional Economic Development Incorporated board members met Wednesday going over an update on travel and tourism in Columbia.
Continue ReadingStudents will begin classes on the system’s four campuses Aug. 24, the UM System announced Wednesday.
Continue ReadingA Missouri man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to more than a dozen charges including rape and sodomy.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was charged Wednesday with unlawful use of a weapon after he allegedly set fires in a downtown Columbia intersection during protests.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people marched throughout Columbia on Tuesday night. The protest started at 7 p.m. and lasted about three hours. The group started at the columns on the University of Missouri campus and ended at the columns at the Boone County Courthouse. Protesters are getting ready to walk from the columns on
Continue ReadingOfficers with the Columbia Police Department have been monitoring and responding to protests downtown over the last week.
Continue ReadingRain flooded some Boone County roads Tuesday morning as the remains of Tropical Storm Cristobal made their way through Mid-Missouri.
Continue ReadingThe next step of planning for Columbia Public Schools fall classes will depend on parents.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 killing of a teenager.
Continue ReadingMid-Missouri crews responded to a second crash at the Missouri River Bridge on Interstate 70 westbound near Rocheport on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingAfter the past school year ended with students out of the classroom amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbia Public School leaders are set to discuss what returning to class might look like.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Public Schools Board of Education will meet at 6:45 p.m. in person at the Aslin Administration building.
Continue ReadingThe health department has reported 40 new cases in the last seven days.
Continue ReadingImages of the large crowd that filled streets Sunday in downtown Columbia in a protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
Continue ReadingProtesters gathered in downtown Columbia Sunday.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported 42 active cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, down from 43 on Saturday.
Continue ReadingProtesters took to the streets again Saturday in downtown Columbia.
Continue ReadingThe principal at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia is holding a video conference today with students who are concerned about racism at the school. The meeting comes after multiple students and former students took to social media asking people to share their experiences at the high school. A district spokesman confirmed to ABC 17
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Protesters gathered outside of the Boone County Courthouse around 5 p.m. Friday. The group of about 25 people started to march around 6:40 p.m. Protesters chanted “say his name” and “George Floyd” as they walked. The group went on Providence Road and Worley Street. “Say his name.” “George Floyd.”The peaceful demonstration is
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In a letter to the community Friday, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Director Stephanie Browning called systemic racism a public health emergency. “Systemic racism disproportionately affects the stress and burden of illness experienced by Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other people of color,” Browning wrote. “These minority groups are more likely
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