Area restaurants experience longer wait times from True/False Film Fest
Events got started Thursday but the big public reveal — the March March through downtown — happens Friday. Watch it live in the player.
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JC Public Works announces more street closures
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Department of Public Works announced in a pair of late Thursday press releases that a a few road closures that will start Monday. The intersection of Schroeder Way and Mulberry at 7 a.m. Monday. Work is expected to be completed Friday, March 31. Adams Street will also be
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Columbia police seek help finding ‘porch pirate’ as reports grow nationally
The Columbia Police Department asked the public to be on the lookout for a shrouded “porch pirate” Friday.
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Narcan education and distribution events to be held in Columbia, other areas in Mid-Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is partnering with other local organizations to host a naloxone education and distribution event PHHS is partnering with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition to host the event at 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at CenterPoint Hospital. It is part of a series of events that is free
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Fayette still under boil water order
FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Fayette was placed under a boil water order on Feb. 24 and as of Friday, March 3, it has not been lifted. The city posted on Facebook on Feb. 27 that it conducted a monthly BACT sample and it came back clean. During an inspection with the Department of
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Woman charged in Camden County killing
A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead last month in a home south of Camdenton.
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Indictment filed for woman accused of pointing gun at house with children inside
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was accused of pointing a gun at a residence with children inside was indicted by a grand jury Friday. Patrice Whitaker, 34, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. An arraignment hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 20 at the Boone County Courthouse.
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Lake of the Ozarks resort development seeks tax financing
A planned family resort and entertainment district in Osage Beach is seeking a tax deal to help pay for the development.
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Missouri S&T custodian found dead; homicide investigation begins
A custodian at Missouri S&T in Rolla whose body was found this week was the victim of a homicide, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.
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True/False ‘March March’ parade to cause traffic impacts in downtown Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, True/False Film Festival will highlight its weekend events with its “March March” Parade in downtown Columba at 5:15 p.m. Organizers say the parade is free and open to the public. True/False “March March” Parade path The parade is expected to cause some closures for the duration of the parade according to
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should some countries be barred from buying Missouri farmland?
The Missouri House on Thursday passed legislation that would bar businesses from China and a few other countries from buying farmland here.
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City starts information campaign on Columbia marijuana sales tax
The City of Columbia has started its public messaging about the recreational marijuana sales tax on the April ballot.
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In Missouri, marijuana legalization is just the beginning of policy work
After recreational marijuana became legal in Missouri some lawmakers saw an opportunity, while others saw problems.
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CFD finds and puts out fire in south Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department found a house on fire Thursday afternoon in southern Columbia. Fire officials told ABC 17 News that crews came across the fire themselves — in the 200 block of West El Cortez — after driving by while on patrol. Crews found the fire in the kitchen and began putting it
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Sex offender arrested in Lake Ozark, charged with failure to register
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man has been charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Nathaniel Lofland, 42, is being held without bond at the Camden County Jail. An initial court appearance was held Thursday. A bond hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9 at the Camden County Courthouse. Camden
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DNR, Corps of Engineers to hold public meeting about Lower Osage River study
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District announced in a press release this week that it will hold a public meeting about a study. The meeting will be 4-7 p.m., March 14 at Tuscumbia High School. The public comment deadline is April 14. The two
Continue ReadingAlex Murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his wife and son
By Christina Maxouris and Ray Sanchez, CNN Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for the murders of his wife and son — another chapter in the downfall of the disgraced attorney whose dynastic family had significant legal reach for decades in parts of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Judge
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Murdaugh found guilty in South Carolina murder trial
The jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son, the grisliest and most severe of the allegations faced by the disgraced former South Carolina attorney.
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Senate approves Medicaid postpartum expansion amid abortion questions
Missouri Senate members approved a proposal that would give low-income mothers and their children Medicaid for a year.
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Jury recommends max sentence for Columbia psychologist found guilty of sex crime
A Boone County jury on Thursday recommended a Columbia psychiatrist spend seven years in prison and pay a fine after he was convicted of sexually abusing a former high school student.
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