COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College announced in a Thursday press release that it was given a 10-year reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission. The report from the HLC found the school met criteria for accreditation, reaffirming its accredited status until the 2032-2033 school year. A team of HLC peer reviewers visited the college in the spring
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who has been accused of sexual abuse has had his peace officer license suspended, according to a Missouri Department of Safety spokesman. Jeffery Gilmore Durbin, 30, of Madison, Missouri, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and third-degree kidnapping, a misdemeanor. An arraignment is set for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced in a Thursday press release that Columbia Regional Airport will get an on-site maintenance facility as Airline Maintenance Service Inc. expands it services. This facility will have 24-hour service, mitigating delays for travelers related to aircraft maintenance. According to data from Columbia Regional Airport, there have been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Utilities has agreed to help fund the Central Missouri Community Action’s (CMCA) Weatherization Assistance Program for Columbia Water & Light electric customers. The city made the announcement in a press release on Wednesday. It says CMCA provides assistance to income-eligible households to make energy efficiency improvements. Columbia has pledged
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday asked residents on its social media to provide any information they may have about an early June shooting that left two teenagers dead and injured four more. The shooting occurred early June 4 at a party in a vacant home in the 2600 block
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Workers at the Shangri-La South marijuana dispensary in Columbia voted narrowly Wednesday in favor of forming a union with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655.
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Mid-Missouri charities are helping the elderly and others get air conditioning as the hot summer months approach.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Citizens Police Review Board elected Reece Ellis as its new chair, and Charyl Miller as its new vice-chair during its Wednesday night meeting. State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) also addressed the board during the meeting. The Board was scheduled to have an official discussion about the Columbia Police Department’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Housing and Community Development Commission met Wednesday night to review funding requests from nonprofit organizations in the area. The commission ultimately decided to fund several projects, totaling up to $540,000. This comes after the commission heard project proposals from 11 organizations in May regarding requests for funds to build affordable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other felonies 25 years ago was charged after allegedly attacking a man in the woods with a machete on June 4. Carl Pearson, 52, is charged with first-degree assault and armed-criminal action. He is being held without bond at the Boone
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Columbia police investigated two locations in central Columbia on Tuesday night.
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The Columbia Police Chief’s Vehicle Stop Committee is set to review the 2022 State Annual Vehicle Stops Report on Tuesday.
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Crews are scheduled to make repairs to a water main in central Columbia on Wednesday morning.
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The Department of Public Safety is asking a state group take action against a trooper’s peace officer’s license following sexual abuse claims.
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A Columbia woman charged with four felonies after a fight at the Activity and Recreation Center on Sunday knocked a boy’s teeth out by pistol-whipping him, police say.
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Teen fentanyl deaths went up 182%, according to a recent study.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Andrew McCarthy, a former assistant principal at Hickman High School, is suing the Columbia Public Schools over claims that the district passed him over for promotions because of a previous lawsuit he filed. “Each instance he was passed over in favor of somebody with you know less education, less experience… essentially not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Southbound Providence Road was closed briefly in central Columbia on Tuesday afternoon after a moped crash. The moped rider was taken to a hospital after apparently hitting a utility pole. Information about his injuries and how the crash happened were not available at the scene. The southbound lanes at the Rogers Street
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia board of education unanimously approved a $371 million budget for the 2023-2024 school year. CPS Chief Financial Officer, Heather McArthur said a portion of the money approved in the budget will go toward the district adding behavior specialists. McArthur also said the district will increase pay for summer school programs
Continue Reading City officials and police remained quiet Monday about who was arrested over the weekend at Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center on accusations of assaulting a boy.
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