WATCH: Ceremony marks site of Boone County lynching
People gathered Wednesday outside the Boone County Courthouse to honor a victim of an 1889 lynching.
Continue ReadingPeople gathered Wednesday outside the Boone County Courthouse to honor a victim of an 1889 lynching.
Continue ReadingA former University of Missouri golf team member was sentenced to probation Wednesday after pleading guilty in his invasion of privacy case.
Continue ReadingBoone County’s health department will host a series of clinics this month to administer the new COVID-19 booster.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police officers investigated a report of shots fired Wednesday morning near a Columbia elementary school. An ABC 17 News crew saw officers searching the area near the intersection of Ripley Street and Hinkson Avenue around 6 a.m. Benton Elementary School is located at the same intersection. Police said officers found a shell
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A northeast Columbia home was damaged by gunfire on Thursday afternoon. Police said officers responded to the home in the 1600 block of McKee Street for a report of shots fired around 5 p.m. Several witnesses at the scene told officers about hearing the gunshots, according to the Columbia Police Department. Officers
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson City Council is set to talk about affordable housing proposals at its Tuesday night meeting.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Columbia City Council held a meeting Tuesday to allow community and city council members to comment on the proposed budget for the upcoming year. Pat Fowler proposed bringing on Cure Violence, a program used in big cities to combat violence through outreach programs. The program would cost $3 million if
Continue ReadingOakland Middle School in Columbia held its back-to-school event Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingPolice were investigating in east Columbia on Tuesday night after neighbors said someone fired a gun.
Continue ReadingFormer Columbia mayor Brian Treece spent his morning at the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday in the company of Gov. Mike Parson and Missouri Supreme Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge, being sworn in as the new commissioner of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday and hear a report about possible changes to utility bill late fees and due dates for residents on fixed incomes. Right now, the city requires customers to pay their bill every 20 days from the billing date. If their bill is not paid
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Parks and Recreation Department announced it is partnering with Trio Presents, to offer free vouchers to 2022’s Roots N’ Blues festival. To qualify, a family must make less than 185% of the poverty level which would be a little above $51,000 for a family of four. Registration for
Continue ReadingThe Labor Day weekend has been busy for Missouri State Highway Patrol with multiple crashes on the roads and the water since the counting period started Friday.
Continue ReadingAfter Thursday night’s football game, many Mizzou fans headed downtown to celebrate the win and see the dome light up gold.
Continue ReadingBOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) – A jury this week said Cooper County’s health board violated the state’s open meetings laws when debating possible farming rules. The jury heard arguments from a group of farmers opposed to rules the county’s heath board were crafting in 2018 over concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. That group accused the
Continue ReadingNine Boone County pharmacies and health care providers are among those that preordered doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine tailored to omicron variants.
Continue ReadingA Columbia woman accused in the death of her infant daughter was in court Friday to see if a judge would give her a way to bond out of jail.
Continue ReadingPolice are looking for a man accused of threatening people at a Columbia bank.
Continue ReadingProsecutors have charged a 31-year-old Columbia man with four felonies including evidence tampering after what witnesses reportedly described as a shootout Thursday on Mohawk Avenue.
Continue ReadingThe MU Faculty Council met Thursday to discuss a report on Chancellor Mun Choi that showed some faculty are dissatisfied with his performance.
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