COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education on Thursday approved a pay raise for Superintendent Brian Yearwood. The measure passed 5-2. It gives Yearwood a 5% raise to $261,640, according to meeting documents. The raise will begin next school year. The board voted in February to extend Yearwood’s contract through June 30, 2027.
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Official reports show a fire that closed Noodles and Company in downtown Columbia last month was sparked by a “warming fire” that was started too close to the building.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men who were accused of robbing a Centralia home in May 2023 were indicted on Friday by a grand jury. Curtis Lamar Russell, 45, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree burglary, stealing more than $750 and third-degree assault. He was initially charged with
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Kim and Steven Dragoo of St. Joseph, Missouri, have been sentenced to serve 14 days each in jail for a misdemeanor offense on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol, based on preliminary information.Â
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A 43-year-old Columbia man who police say has “no permanent address” remained in the Boone County Jail on Friday on charges of trespassing, sexual misconduct and resisting arrest on the University of Missouri campus.
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A court case filed last year against the Pettis County Commission and the head of its IT department was dismissed without prejudice on Thursday. The case centered around cameras installed in the courthouse, with Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada claiming in the petition that the audio and video recordings violated voters’
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About 10 firetrucks and police cars were outside a Columbia house that had smoke pouring from it Friday afternoon.
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman was sentenced to five years of supervised probation on Wednesday after she pleaded guilty to two counts of income tax evasion. A five-year suspended sentence was also included for Cathy Colleen Maddix. According to the complaint, she was accused of evading paying her income taxes from 2018-20.
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was killed, and three others were seriously injured in a crash on Highway 17 north of Waynesville in Pulaski County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened Thursday at 7:45 p.m. According to an online crash report, a 2023 Dodge Caravan driven by Gregory Korando, 58, of
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Missouri State Highway Patrol posted about Troopers investigating a two-vehicle crash with injury on social media.
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The public got its first look Thursday at the concept for a massive project to improve Memorial Stadium.
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A committee of the University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday received an update on plans to improve the north end zone at Memorial Stadium.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is expected to begin clearing out a homeless encampment on Monday, according to a sign posted near the site. The encampment is located in a wooded area near Old 63 and Broadway. According to the sign, Parks and Recreation will conduct the clean-up, and asked for personal belongings
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Editor’s note: A previous version of this story mistakenly identified the business as a bank. MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman has been charged after she was accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of bank deposits from a vet clinic. Terry Davenport, of Benton City, was charged with stealing more than $25,000. A warrant was
Continue Reading ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Memorial Stadium Improvement Project is officially a ‘go’ for Mizzou Athletics, following Thursday’s University of Missouri System Board of Curators meeting in Rolla. The board unanimously approved the plans for upgrades to the north end zone at Faurot Field. You can watch the full press conference with Mizzou Athletics and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were 826 power outages reported in Phelps County on Thursday afternoon, all of which were customers of the Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association, according to its outage map. The peak of the outage occurred before 7 p.m. By 7:07 p.m., there were 250 outages. Damage was observed around the county. One photo
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire was reported in a trash can at Shepard Boulevard Elementary in Columbia on Thursday. According to an email sent from Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez, firefighters were called to the school at 11:36 a.m. and the first unit arrived within four minutes. The department did not say what caused
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Thursday after he allegedly pushed a woman off a bridge in Memorial Park in Fulton on Wednesday, according to court documents. Timothy Lee Stewart, 48, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, first-degree property damage and two misdemeanors: First-degree trespassing and violating a restraining order. The probable
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The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday approved a $321 million capital plan.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. Senate Bill 727 mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the list of districts where a charter school could be operated. The bill would also expand K-12 private school scholarships statewide
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