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Continue ReadingThe Audrain County Health Department is warning the public about an impostor health inspector going around the state.Â
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol put out a crash release regarding the wrong-way driver crash on Highway 63, that killed four people.
Continue ReadingPreliminary data shows highest fatality count in 15 years
Continue ReadingThe city of Columbia and the Salvation Army are opening warming centers due to extreme low temperatures forecasted for Thursday.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia City Council voted Monday to put a 2% tax on sales outside the state on the April ballot.
Continue ReadingThe 2022 Missouri legislative session begins Wednesday at noon. Ahead of this year’s session, 32 bills mentioning COVID-19 have been pre-filed; 14 in the House and 18 in the Senate.
Continue ReadingThe advisory will remain in effect until noon Thursday, the city said in a news release.
Continue ReadingDeputies are seeking the public’s help to find Gianni D. Hodo, 30, of Columbia after a woman was assaulted east of Columbia.
Continue ReadingStephens in a news release attributed the decision to move courses online to a nationwide increase of COVID-19, specifically of the omicron variant.
Continue ReadingCaleb Wheeler died when his Volkswagen Jetta went off the road in the 2400 block of Rock Quarry Road, hit a tree and overturned, landing back on the road, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.
Continue ReadingCALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Kingdom City man after a vehicle chase early on Monday morning. Prosecutors charged Jared B. Evans, 33, with felony resisting arrest, two felony counts of second-degree assault on a special victim, and other crimes. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, deputies started
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will return to the classroom Tuesday from winter break after the school district announced masks will no longer be required. The Columbia Board of Education voted on Dec. 13 to no longer require students and staff to wear face masks. In an email sent late last month to families,
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Safety of Missouri will help its first family by helping the family of fallen Chief Bryant Gladney. Gladney died in the line of duty on Dec. 22 while responding to a call on Interstate 70. Safety of Missouri’s mission is to help provide needed support and financial assistance to the spouses
Continue ReadingEDITOR’S NOTE: The headline has been altered to better reflect the story’s content. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Freezing temperatures are certainly not the only concern this winter. Nationwide, communities are dealing with the likeliness of yet another surge and as students head back to school after the winter break a lack of mask mandtes in Missouri
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Continue ReadingA Jefferson City man has entered a guilty plea to two counts of sexual misconduct involving a child according to the Cole County prosecutor.
Continue ReadingCALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County grand jury has indicted a man accused of a deadly 2020 crash. Jurors indicted John R. Meissert Jr., of Auxvasse, last week on felony charges of driving while intoxicated that resulted in the death of another person and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a
Continue ReadingASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) An early morning fire in Ashland destroyed a trailer home along Gerard Drive. According to Southern Boone Fire Protection District Fire Chief James Bullard, a neighbor called in the fire just before 1 a.m. on Monday. An ABC 17 News Crew spoke with a woman at the scene who said she called
Continue ReadingCALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was hurt on Sunday afternoon after she crashed into a tow truck parked on the shoulder of westbound Interstate 70. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a pickup truck driven by Helen L. Gabris, 57, of St. Peters, Missouri, crashed into the back of the tow truck near
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