COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has confirmed officers recovered an inert grenade in downtown Columbia last week. Police responded to the 700 block of East Broadway around noon on May 11. Witnesses at the scene told ABC 17 News the device was found in a flowerbed in front of Central Bank. A bomb
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The Columbia City Council voted Monday to rescind a ban on rolling trash bins instead of putting the question on the ballot.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is conducting a community engagement project to figure out the best way to spend the second half of its American Rescue Plan funding. The city has spent half of the $25 million in ARPA funds, but still has areas in need of the funds. For over a year
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The city voted 4 to 3 at Monday’s council meeting which paves the way for the cities to even consider the trash system.
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified one person in a fatal wreck that occurred Monday night in Moniteau County. According to the crash report, a 2009 Chevy HHR crossed Highway 50 east of Springer Hill Road and hit a 2006 Kenworth T800 truck. Troopers have not identified the driver of
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A Boone County prosecutor has charged a woman accused of assaulting a worker at a restaurant in Columbia.
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Police have closed a west Columbia street for what emergency dispatchers only called a “situation.”
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A Jefferson City man is facing multiple charges beginning in May of 2021 with an alleged assault and resisting arrest to an alleged sexual assault and attempting to tamper with a witness in Dec. 2021.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The first Black woman to serve as a judge on the Missouri Supreme Court was formally be sworn in on Tuesday morning. An investiture ceremony to give the oath of office to Judge Robin Ransom occurred at the Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City. Gov. Mike Parson appointed Ransom to
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A beloved teacher died suddenly Monday according to a Morgan County R-II School District release.
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Lawmakers only just agreed on a congressional map last week, but candidates had to decide which district to file in months ago. Now, some candidates no longer live in the district they filed for.
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Lawyers for Columbia Public Schools argued for two motions to dismiss the attorney general’s lawsuit against the district’s mask mandate.
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Check back for updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Students at the University of Missouri will see higher tuition prices next year. The UM System Board of Curators unanimously approved a 4.5 percent increase in tuition prices for the 2022-23 school year. Students at the Columbia campus will see a $14.50 increase for in-state credit hour prices for a total
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Fulton police are asking for help finding a missing 68-year-old woman.
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By Amanda Sealy, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series. Pfizer requested this EUA at the end of April, citing company data that showed that
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One person is dead after a wreck on Highway 50 in Moniteau County according to MoDOT workers at the site of the wreck.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was hurt after an overnight crash in Stover, Missouri. The crash happened around 1:10 a.m. on Third Street near Cherry Street, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said an SUV driven by 40-year-old Anthony J. Gibson hit two trees after the vehicle traveled off the side of
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Columbia Public Schools has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its power to issue mask mandates.
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The Columbia City Council will once again discuss and vote on undoing the ban on trash collecting roll carts Monday night.
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