COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Utilities shared on Tuesday that a crew from Water & Light was sent to Rolla to assist in restoring electric services after a recent tornado hit the area. Columbia Utilities spokesman Matt Nestor said the group has been in Rolla since Sunday. They are expecting the team to be working out
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The success of Mizzou men’s basketball this season isn’t just something Tiger fans will take pride in. “In this day of transfer portals and kids coming in and out and you know, you’re having to pick up transfers to complete a team as people graduate or leave… to pull all those pieces
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday night approved an agreement with a third-party professional engineering service to conduct a street and intersection pedestrian safety study. The $96,550 agreement with George L. Crawford & Associates, Inc. will look into potential changes to ordinances and procedures for the city to align toward Vision Zero,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with felonies in two cases after he allegedly pulled out a gun during a pair of road rage incidents. Richard McDonald, 62, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action in a case stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident. He was charged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection district sent a team to Piedmont, Missouri Saturday morning. According to a press release from the department, three people from its Disaster Situation Awareness and Reconnaissance team deployed to Piedmont around 7:30 Saturday morning as part of a statewide fire mutual aid request. The team was tasked
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The Columbia Fire Department answered a statewide request for assistance on Friday to aid the Rolla Fire Department as part of the state’s mobilization initiative.
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to two house fires and 77 emergency calls amid severe thunderstorms on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina man convicted last month in a Columbia rape and assault from 1984 was sentenced Friday to two consecutive life sentences. A jury convicted Wilson of rape and first-degree assault for raping and repeatedly stabbing a 17-year-old girl in the throat in the 4000 block of Wellington Drive in northeast
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the men charged for a deadly shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia had his plea hearing pushed back for a second time. Friday afternoon, Judge Jacobs Hasbrouck said in court Crocket and his attorney Andrew Garnett were scheduled to speak by phone Wednesday about his plea deal but the phones
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Task Force on homelessness discussed plan on Thursday to further resources in Mid-Missouri. Â The group was updated on what officials in Columbia are doing. One of the main focuses was making changes to Turning Point in Columbia, including a new contract for an overnight center and expanding the temperature
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man charged Wednesday for allegedly spraying two strangers with a caustic liquid near the parking lot at Bear Creek Trail made his initial court appearance Thursday. Maxon Castle, 22, has been charged in Boone County with two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the Tuesday incident in the trail parking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued a cease-and-desist order against Planned Parenthood facilities in the state, prohibiting them from performing medication abortions without an approved complication plan from state health officials. However, Planned Parenthood officials contend they are not currently offering medication abortions and have complied with state requirements. Abortion appointments resumed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tom Santulli has not forgotten the early morning of Oct. 19 2021. “We lose sleep all the time about what if Danny had 20 more minutes? What if the paramedics had got there 20 minutes, you know 30 minutes before,” Santulli said. Santulli learned then that his son, Danny Santulli, who was
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Boone County on Wednesday after he allegedly sprayed two strangers with liquid on Tuesday near the parking lot at Bear Creek Trail. Maxon Castle, 22, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault. A court date has not been set. He is being held at the Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A water main break near the Columbia Farmers Market has led to Columbia Water and Light to announce a boil advisory for 86 customers. City Utilities spokesman Matt Nestor wrote in an email that a 12-inch cast iron main broke around 2:45 p.m. and that the outage will last “at least a few
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Love Columbia’s transitional housing complex, Love Forward Homes, is expected to be complete early 2026. The complex at 1221 E. Ash St. in Downtown Columbia will have six three-bedroom units and four two-bedroom units that can house up to 10 families. Love Columbia says in 2024, it provided 4,144 hotel nights to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a six-year hiatus, a Gold Star mother is hoping to resurrect a decades-old tradition of hosting a Memorial Day parade in Columbia. Sherry Wyatt says her heart sank when her son, Sterling, told her he wanted to enlist in the U.S. Army. A Rock Bridge graduate, Sterling was also an Eagle
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The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has requested that the city of Columbia create a plan to minimize waste from homeless encampments from getting into public waters.
DNR sent a letter to the city, along with Boone County and the University of Missouri, on Feb. 28, 2025. It said it wants to see the issue addressed before it will renew their “Municipal Separate Storm System (MS4) Operating Permit Renewal.”
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey has made a rare endorsement in the Columbia mayoral race. An email from Blair Murphy’s campaign states that Carey has endorsed him in the April 8 election. This is the second local law enforcement representative to endorse Murphy, who also got approval from the Columbia Police Officers’
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies after authorities say he assaulted another person. Michael True, 54, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree domestic assault and first-degree property damage. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable
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