COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools has announced the first principal of Eagle Bluffs Elementary School. Sarah Sicht will be the school’s inaugural principal, the school district announced in a Friday press release. Sicht has worked at CPS for 25 years as a teacher, assessment coach, mentor and most recently as the principal at Benton
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care told employees Friday that it is increasing security amid a national threat made to mid-size hospitals. The threat, which was posted on social media, reportedly involves ISIS-K planning to place car bombs outside mid-size American hospitals with relatively low security. University Hospital fits that description. “While there’s no verification
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Completely shutting down the department would require an act of Congress, which established the agency in 1979. Trump officials admit they lack the votes needed to dissolve it through legislation. The White House argues that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after he allegedly threatened to kill a police officer. Eugy Ngassi-Koumo, 27, was charged on Thursday with first-degree harassment and second-degree making a terroristic threat. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been charged with felonies after they were accused of stealing more than 20 guns from Macon County. Kayla Dugan, 36, of Columbia, was charged with two counts of illegal gun possession, one count of stealing a gun and drug possession. Justin Shelton, 30, of Columbia, was charged with two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has been charged with three felonies after she allegedly tried to stab someone who was holding a baby on Tuesday morning. Quintina Sanders, 32, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri announced on Wednesday it has discontinued its refugee service program, citing federal funding cuts. In a statement, the organization states that it is transitioning its program to support local refugees to partner agencies by March 31. In an email to community partners, Executive Director Litz
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude says the department is cutting down on its staffing shortage. About a dozen Columbia residents gathered into the Thornbrook Clubhouse in southwest Columbia Wednesday night intently listening to Schlude as she described the efforts of CPD to hire officers. The meeting was a part of the city’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sixty-five people attended an open house on Wednesday to hear more about the Ash Street Improvement Project in Columbia, according to a Public Works spokesperson. The meeting was held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Activity and Recreation Center. Staff were available to answer questions from residents. The project was initiated after a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) People looking to file a claim for a Social Security benefit application may now need to make a trip to their local Social Security office following new rules that require identities to be proven in person. Under the new rule, people who can’t prove their identities through their “my Social Security” online
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A $2.1 million grant to improve Business Loop 70 that was paused last week during a federal funding freeze has been unfrozen. Carrie Gartner, of the Business Loop CID, told ABC 17 News that the Missouri Department of Transportation let the city know it can move forward with the project. “We are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sidewalk construction next week in Downtown Columbia will impact street parking, according to a Wednesday press release from the city. A contractor will reconstruct the sidewalk in front of Tiger Barber Shop in the 100 block of South Ninth Street, the release says. A portion of the sidewalk on the east side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The driving lane of eastbound Interstate 70 near the Route Z exit will close for repairs on Sunday and Monday nights, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The closures will last from 6 p.m.-6 a.m. each day.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager was charged with five felonies after he allegedly fired six shots at a house on Tuesday. Elijah Butler, 18, was charged with first-degree stalking, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, first-degree property damage and drug possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has named its administrator for the Office of Violence Prevention on Tuesday, a new position created in the 2025 fiscal year budget. D’Markus Thomas-Brown will be the first person to hold the position in the new office. According to a Tuesday news release from the city, he will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a shots-fired call in the 4700 block of Silver Salmon Way, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. Police wrote that a man fired a gun toward a home. Elijah Butler, 18, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree property
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)Repairs to the westbound lane of West Worley Street near Hirth Avenue will require a lane closure on Thursday, according to a Tuesday press release from the City of Columbia. The closure is expected to last from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. One lane will stay open at all times during closure, the release says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The head of the Columbia city government’s planning, housing and neighborhood programs will retire in July. Tim Teddy, head of the Columbia Community Development Department, told ABC 17 News via email that he will retire on July 7. Teddy started working for the city in 2005. Teddy oversaw several major changes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Erica Dickson, Ken Rice and current Columbia Board of Education President Suzette Waters responded to questions on Tuesday at a candidate forum hosted by the Boone County Unit of the Missouri Retired Teachers and School Personnel. “Our organization has done this for several years and we have a tradition to do this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) From running, to baseball, to golf, the Eastman family knows a thing or two about sports. “I think athletics is a huge piece of our life and I think it’s a good learning tool…I think we’re also competitive. It’s a genetic thing,”Kristin Eastman said while laughing with her husband Stuart outside Hickman
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