The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is asking people interested in taking a newly authorized COVID-19 vaccine to let them know.
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Local school districts say they have hired more teachers ahead of the start of the school year after dealing with a shortage last year.
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Firefighters responded to a burning car just north of the Highway 63 Connector in Columbia on Tuesday night.
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A member of the Columbia Citizens Police Review Board outlined his reasons for resigning in an email to the city Monday.
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Thousands of Mid-Missouri students will be starting the 2022-2023 school year within the next two weeks but getting to school might be an issue.
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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – An attorney handling the estate of snake breeder Ben Renick wants his wife barred from collecting anything from his inheritance. Carla Wood Tanzey, the court-appointed administrator of Renick’s belongings, asked a judge to stop Lynlee Renick from getting any part of Ben’s estate. Tanzey wrote that their daughter should be
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A Columbia woman admitted to her role to move tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters across state lines Tuesday in a federal court in Springfield.
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One of 11 people charged in connection with a suspected hazing incident at a former Mizzou fraternity appeared in court virtually Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A third member of the Columbia Citizens Police Review Board resigned on Monday, delaying the Columbia City Council’s attempt to fill two other vacancies. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe announced at Monday night’s council meeting that member Michael Williams had resigned that afternoon. Buffaloe did not mention a reason for the resignation. Williams
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Columbia residents will have their first opportunity to comment in person on the fiscal 2023 budget at Monday night’s city council meeting.
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Over the past five years, the homeless population in Columbia ranged from about 220 to 280 people. Now, some city leaders are discussing ways to hopefully decrease that population.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Inflation is still working to average itself out, however national gas prices have now dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time since March of 2022, according to AAA. The most recent AAA gas price map shows, the national average at $3.95 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel and $3.54
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council held a work session and presentation Saturday morning to review the proposed 2023 fiscal year budget. The proposed budget includes. $472,960,862 in total revenue. $476,438,989 in total operating expenditures$48,368,728 in total capital improvement projects. If passed, the city employees could receive a 4% pay increase. The money for
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Columbia man charged after hitting a man on a phone at the Boone County Jail.
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Witnesses told a Boone County Sheriff’s deputy that they saw Foney kicking a pitbull, drag it across the ground and slam it against the side of a vehicle, according to a probable cause statement.
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The rescue team was sent to Kentucky at the end of July to help with disastrous flooding.Â
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s new prosecutor wants the office to refocus its efforts on investigating and pursuing shooting and homicide cases. Roger Johnson said the 14 lawyers that make up the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office have 26 homicide cases to deal with right now. Each one of them, Johnson said, compounds the work the
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Gov. Mike Parson announced the former Columbia mayor and another man were appointed to the State Highways and Transportation Commission.
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All of Columbia’s city council members will sit through a presentation Saturday morning on the significant changes in the proposed the fiscal year 2023 budget.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri plans to collect donations Friday for Boone County students. Workers will host the Pack School Pantries Food & Fund Drive at the Columbia Mall in the northeast parking lot near Wendy’s from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The donations are expected to go to
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