COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire crews responded to a call at Midway USA at 9:51 a.m. Friday morning. A Boone County volunteer firefighter that works at Midway USA called crews when he saw smoke in the warehouse. There was light smoke in the building when crews arrived, but there was no fire. Fire fighters
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) On Friday, memorial services are scheduled to be held for Cash Martin, a Rock Bridge Highschool student who died in a motorcycle crash on Monday. Memorial services will begin at 3:00 p.m. at the Crossing Church in Columbia, with visitation beginning at 2:00 p.m. according to Martin’s obituary. The Columbia Police Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A lawsuit from a Columbia family accuses a former security staff member of concussing their teenaged soon and chipping his tooth during school. The lawsuit from the family of “J.J.” as he’s referred to in court documents, was moved from state to federal courts on Monday. J.J.’s family accused former assistant
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The Boone County Commission had its first hearing Thursday on whether to get part of a massive settlement with manufacturers and pharmacies found responsible for contributing to the opioid epidemic.
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A ruptured gas line Thursday morning led to the evacuation of Boone County government and court employees.
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Columbia’s Citizens Police Review Board will hold its first regular meeting Wednesday since breaking up last year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A celebration of life service will be held Friday for a Rock Bridge High School student who died in a motorcycle crash on Monday. A service will be held at The Crossing, visitation begins at 2 p.m. There is a memorial set up near the crash site on Nifong Boulevard and Bethel
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It’s impossible to know whether a third lane on Interstate 70 would have stopped the Wednesday morning rush-hour crash that closed down one side of the busy highway for hours.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is partnering with other local organizations to host a naloxone education and distribution event Wednesday night. PHHS is partnering with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition to host the event at 5:30-6:30 p.m. at CenterPoint Hospital, according to a press release. The purpose of the event
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A crash involving a semi-truck shut down eastbound Interstate 70 near Range Line Street in Columbia on Wednesday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Solid Waste hosted an open house Tuesday night at the Activities and Recreation Center on West Ash Street to discuss and assess the future of recycling in the Columbia area. According to Matt Nestor, the public information specialist for the City of Columbia utilities, the city is working with
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Columbia Public Schools earned a 70% score on this year’s version of the state’s education report card.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The lawyer for a Columbia woman who is accused of murdering a man and trying to burn the body waived a formal arraignment on Tuesday. Emma Adams, 21, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with evidence and abandoning a corpse. She appeared in court by video from the Boone
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A crash involving a motorcycle led police to shut down part of an Interstate 70 interchange Tuesday.
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Columbia Public Schools on Tuesday confirmed the name of the Rock Bridge High School student killed in a motorcycle crash on a busy stretch of road the day before.
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Emergency dispatchers said a crash shut down a stretch of busy road in south Columbia a little after noon Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hold Como Accountable members are raising some concerns of theirs at the Columbia City Council meeting on Monday night. The group is asking for Columbia City Council, the Columbia Police Department, and the Boone County prosecuting office, to reopen the case of Quillan Jacobs. “We got access, group access, to a lot
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The most recent in a series of bills in the Missouri legislature related to drag shows and transgender people is one that criminalizes drag shows that are open to minors.
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The University of Missouri said Monday that an agricultural researcher received a $10 million grant that will double the area of cover crops used in the United States by 2030.
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City of Columbia staff has outlined what a move to roll carts for trash pickup might look like.
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