BBB revokes accreditation of Fulton car dealer
The Better Business Bureau of St. Louis has revoked a Mid-Missouri car dealer for violating its accreditation agreement.
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Part of busy I-95 corridor in Connecticut will be closed at least through the weekend after a gas tanker fire
By Rob Frehse and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A busy stretch of I-95 in southeastern Connecticut will be closed through the weekend – and possibly longer – while crews dismantle and rebuild an overpass that was damaged when a gas tanker caught fire Thursday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont said. “The fire from this morning’s
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you think Missouri should have legal sports betting?
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 340,000 signatures were submitted on Thursday in an attempt to get sports gambling on Missouri ballots. Sports betting in the state has been a hot-button issue for years. Do you think sports betting should be legal in Missouri? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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MU, CPD remind students of Columbia’s nuisance ordinance as Stop Day approaches
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is working with the Columbia Police Department to try and prevent students from violating the city’s nuisance ordinance during Stop Day this Friday. Stop Day, or Reading Day, is a decades-old tradition at the University of Missouri that gives students a day off before finals each semester. The
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Man accused of throwing boiling water on woman in Cole County, charged with domestic assault
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in multiple domestic violence cases was charged on Thursday after he allegedly threw boiling water on a victim he was not allowed to be near, according to court documents. James Lamore Glass was charged with first-degree domestic assault, two counts of first-degree assault, first-degree property damage and armed-criminal
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Columbia considering consultant to help form proposed Office of Violence Prevention
Editor’s note: Hanneken’s name has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is leaning toward hiring a consultant to help set up the mayor’s proposed Office of Violence Prevention. Deputy City Manager Matt Unrein told ABC 17 News the city manager’s office was “being led to an idea” of bringing on a consultant
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Petitioners submit signatures Thursday with hopes to get sports betting on the Missouri ballot
Missouri petitioners will be turning in signatures to the Secretary of State’s office Thursday afternoon in an effort to get sports betting on the November ballot.
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Morgan County woman charged with domestic assault, claims self-defense in shooting
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills woman who was charged with domestic assault and other felonies claimed self-defense in shooting her boyfriend, according to court documents. Christina Christian, 35, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. She was arrested and brought to the Morgan County Jail on Thursday,
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Man accused of firing gun in east Columbia over the weekend charged with five felonies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of firing four shots in the parking lot of a Columbia apartment complex over the weekend has been charged with five felonies. Carlos Brown Jr., 37, of Columbia, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, illegal gun possession and two counts of endangering
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Man accused of statutory sodomy in Phelps County arrested
ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of child sex crimes in Phelps County was arrested on Wednesday, according to a social media post from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office. Samuel Levi Hudson, 35, of Linn was indicted by a grant jury on April 24 and he was charged with three counts of statutory
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Man on motorcycle dies from crash in Phelps County
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was riding a motorcycle died Thursday from injuries he suffered in a crash in Phelps County on Interstate 44 at mile marker 170, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Thomas Zielinski, 54, of Salem, Missouri, died from the crash. According to the crash report, a 2004
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RECALL ROUNDUP: Apple juice, Ford Mavericks and dog eyelid wipes recalled
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Martinelli’s Apple Juice Martinelli has recalled its one-liter glass bottles of apple juice. The company issued the recall because the product has higher arsenic levels than is allowed by the Food and Drug Administration. Federal Health Officials say exposure to arsenic can be harmful to your health, especially to young children’s brain
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Man accused in Jefferson City overdose death pleads guilty to manslaughter, sentenced 10 years
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged in relation to an overdose death has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson. Darren Thames, 30, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and distribution of a controlled substance in the Oct. 7, 2020, overdose
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Lightning strike causes Boone County tornado siren to malfunction
Boone County Emergency Management is working to fix a malfunction in one of its outdoor warning sirens after one activated on accident Thursday afternoon.
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Columbia teenager arrested, accused of DWI after Wednesday crash in Cooper County
The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested an 18-year-old after a crash in Cooper County on Wednesday afternoon.
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Accessory to murder charge refiled again for Jefferson City man
Prosecutors have refiled charges against a Jefferson City man for his alleged part in a 2021 shooting.
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Parson signs executive order in response to severe weather
Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 24-06 in response to recent severe weather.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri employers be required to provide paid leave?
The campaign to get mandatory paid leave and a higher minimum wage in Missouri took a step forward Wednesday.
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Buffaloe details lessons learned from trip to Switzerland
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This week, Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe returned from a trip to Switzerland. The trip included eight other female U.S. mayors as part of a delegation to Switzerland. Buffaloe said the trip did not cost taxpayers any money. The Swiss government organized and paid for the trip in an effort to bring leaders
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Construction for third lane of I-70 from Columbia to Kingdom City to begin in July
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning to begin making improvements to I-70 from Columbia to Kingdom City in July, according to a project director. On Wednesday night, the department held the first of two open houses this week to gain feedback from the public, as well as display design changes coming
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