4 charged in fatal Jefferson City shooting
Cole County prosecutors charged four people in connection with a fatal shooting after an alleged drug deal turned deadly last week.
Continue ReadingCole County prosecutors charged four people in connection with a fatal shooting after an alleged drug deal turned deadly last week.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 killing of a teenager.
Continue ReadingMid-Missouri crews responded to a second crash at the Missouri River Bridge on Interstate 70 westbound near Rocheport on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingAfter the past school year ended with students out of the classroom amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbia Public School leaders are set to discuss what returning to class might look like.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Public Schools Board of Education will meet at 6:45 p.m. in person at the Aslin Administration building.
Continue ReadingThe health department has reported 40 new cases in the last seven days.
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Continue ReadingImages of the large crowd that filled streets Sunday in downtown Columbia in a protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday two women were rescued in Cooper County early in the morning after getting lost on the Lamine River on Sunday.
Continue ReadingThousands of mourners came out Monday in Houston for the visitation of a man whose death at the hands of police has sparked protests nationwide. A private funeral service Tuesday will follow the service in Houston, George Floyd’s home town. Floyd died while a Minneapolis police officer had a knee on his neck, prompting protests
Continue ReadingProtesters gathered in downtown Columbia Sunday.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported 42 active cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, down from 43 on Saturday.
Continue ReadingProtesters took to the streets again Saturday in downtown Columbia.
Continue ReadingNew COVID-19 cases in Missouri dipped just below 200 Saturday. The total number of cases statewide increased to 14,442 on Saturday, an increase of 189. The number was below Friday’s increase of 196. Ten new deaths were reported Saturday, bringing the total to 809. State and local officials have repeatedly said they expect the number
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Protesters gathered outside of the Boone County Courthouse around 5 p.m. Friday. The group of about 25 people started to march around 6:40 p.m. Protesters chanted “say his name” and “George Floyd” as they walked. The group went on Providence Road and Worley Street. “Say his name.” “George Floyd.”The peaceful demonstration is
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In a letter to the community Friday, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Director Stephanie Browning called systemic racism a public health emergency. “Systemic racism disproportionately affects the stress and burden of illness experienced by Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other people of color,” Browning wrote. “These minority groups are more likely
Continue ReadingA rally in Jefferson City was held on Friday to bring community members together to support injustice and change.
Continue ReadingProsecutors charged a man after a standoff with Cole County deputies on Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingA former Columbia Public Schools employee pleaded guilty three years after he was accused of inappropriately touching a middle school student with a disability.
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