COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The United States Postal Service announced in a Thursday press release that it will invest up to $4 million to “modernize” the Columbia Processing and Distribution Center. The release states that this is part of a 10-year plan to improve delivery and a total $40 billion will be spent nationwide for improvements.
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A look at recent, major recalls in the United States.
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WASHINGTON (KMIZ) Watch the State of the Union address in the web player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorneys for the family of Othel Moore, who died in the Jefferson City Correction Center back in December, are calling on the Missouri Department of Corrections to hand over its reports, video footage and names of staff involved in Moore’s death. The conference comes after four correction officers were fired Wednesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Democratic Party in Missouri has released its full list of in-person polling locations for the 2024 presidential primary. The Missouri Legislature in 2022 designated a new party-run voting system for the presidential primary. Republicans switched to a caucus system, which was held on Saturday. Democratic voters can request a mail-in ballot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused in a 2022 gas station shooting on Paris Road in Columbia was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday. Terrance Andra Johnson, 29, was found guilty of first-degree assault, shooting a gun at a motor vehicle/person, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with a hate crime on Thursday after he allegedly threatened to kill white people at a Walgreens in Columbia on Feb. 27. Mark Elliot Lewis, 47, was charged with harassment motivated by discrimination to frighten or disturb another person. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of trying to steal a vehicle at gunpoint at the Grindstone Parkway Walmart in Columbia has been arrested and charged. Timothy Donnell, 68, was charged on Thursday with vehicle hijacking. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Court documents say he was convicted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute teacher working for the California School District in Moniteau County was charged last week with assaulting a student in class. Kevin R. Wideman of Russellville, Missouri, was charged with fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He was issued a summons to appear in court and a hearing is set for April 9.
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Mid-Missouri is still feeling the effects of a two-year drought that started in 2022, with 85% of the state still experiencing abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions into the first full week of March.
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A recently released survey of some Missouri teachers says that nearly a fifth believe physical violence in an issue at school. The Missouri State Teachers Association survey looked in part at why teachers were leaving the classroom. Nearly 20% of those surveyed said that violence is a problem at their schools. Do you think physical
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four prison workers have been fired after an internal investigation into the death of a 38-year-old man at Jefferson City Correctional Center. Othel Moore, 38, died in the Jefferson City Correctional Center on Dec. 8, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. The Cole County Sheriff’s Department is conducting an independent
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Raytown man was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Christopher Brian Roe, 39, of Raytown, Missouri, was sentenced to 70 months in prison, along with two years of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of helping another man avoid an arrest pleaded guilty on Monday. Maurice Penny Jr. pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor resisting arrest. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail. He was initially charged with resisting arrest and hindering the prosecution of a felony. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Fire Chief Clayton Farr, Jr. told ABC 17 News on Wednesday afternoon that he plans to retire after a retirement program he was apart of is set to end. Farr said he and city management had been working on making changes that would allow him to extend his time. However, after
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One in six teachers want leave the profession because of safety concerns, according to the Missouri State Teachers Association.
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An Ashland GoFundMe has raised almost $42,000 for the Southern Boone Buddy Pack Program in memory of the district’s former P.E. teacher Crystal Branch.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A, explosion and fire that occurred at the University of Missouri Medical School was likely caused by a blow torch igniting natural gas, according to a fire report The fire marshal in the report assessed $5 million in property loss and $1 million in contents lost, but university officials say the damage
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A man and a woman from Columbia were sentenced to federal prison for their respective roles in an insurance fraud scheme involving claims from car staged crashes.
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon man was charged on Wednesday with several child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the release, Johnathon Taylor, 34, was charged by the Attorney General’s Office with seven counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, six counts of fourth-degree child molestation, one
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