Columbia Board of Education tables grant for gender-affirming closet
The Columbia Board of Education is considering a grant application to pay for a gender-affirming closet at Rock Bridge High School.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Board of Education is considering a grant application to pay for a gender-affirming closet at Rock Bridge High School.
Continue ReadingA proposal to spend millions of coronavirus recovery dollars for a “nature school” in Columbia will come before the Columbia Board of Education on Monday.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson has appointed a Republican to take over the county treasurer seat that had been held by a Democrat.
Continue ReadingMissouri House of Representatives Budget Committee meets Monday at noon to discuss proposed budget items for public universities’ capital projects.
Continue ReadingPolice arrested a suspect Monday in connection with a weekend shooting in east Columbia that left one person with “critical” leg injuries.
Continue ReadingA woman who pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution of a felony was sentenced to 5 years probation.
Continue ReadingBipartisan judges Beverly Braun and Rodney Davis began Monday’s certification process by counting provisional ballots
Continue ReadingA Columbia man faces multiple charges after allegedly shooting at and attempting to rob a man on March 23 on I-70 Drive Southwest.
Continue ReadingLawyers for the wife of a Columbia man who was hit and killed by a car in May 2019 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver.
Continue ReadingCertification of Boone County’s vote tally takes place Monday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Tuesday’s election, clerk’s offices around the area released results, but at this point results are unofficial until the certification process is complete. On Monday, a team of bipartisan election judges will look at any of the remaining ballots, including provisional ballots, and do a hand-count audit of the ballets for 5%
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police were seen investigating a death at Strawn Park on Sunday morning. ABC 17 News crews arrived at the scene at 1:50 a.m. and saw two police officers speaking with an unmarked car. CPD confirmed a death investigation at the park but said that they could not confirm the cause of
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) The Columbia Farmer’s Market finished up their second week of the spring season season on Saturday. The market had 50 vendors on site Saturday but as the season progresses, it plans to have at least 70. While inflation has made the prices of many products higher, the farmers market says it is still
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officers with the Columbia Police Department were called to the McKee St. and Orchard Ln. area around 4 p.m. Saturday evening for a report of shots fired in the 4600 block of Orchard Lane. On scene officers learned that one victim had been transported by a personal vehicle to a local hospital
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou is hosting it’s annual volunteer program Caring for Columbia, where student’s will help over 40 different local organizations and homeowner sites on Saturday. The Student lead program was created within the Office of Student Engagement. Matt Hemmersmeier, director of the event, said “Each spring, we put on a day of service
Continue ReadingBoone County Republican Central Committee is hosting its annual Lincoln Days banquet Friday evening at the Courtyard by Marriott.
Continue ReadingMissouri hit its first week of the endemic phase of the COVID-19 pandemic Friday but health experts say Influenza and Norovirus cases are on the rise.
Continue ReadingEDITOR’S NOTE: Some details related to the shooting have been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with two felonies after a weekend shooting that left one person injured at an east Columbia apartment complex. TC Lee Littrice, of Columbia, was charged Thursday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He was
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is set to release a new weekly COVID-19 activity report, after the state cut back its COVID-19 reporting and entered the endemic phase of the pandemic on April 1.
Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri’s Faculty Council is set to meet Thursday at 3:30 p.m., as the group is expected to vote on whether or not to extend test-optional admissions in the university.
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