COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As parts of Missouri continue recovery efforts from June’s severe storms, the Boone County Commission is now planning to get some assistance from the federal government. Several area businesses were hit hard by straight-line winds and flooding in June. Now Boone County could get hundreds of thousands in assistance thanks to Governor
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia residents pleaded guilty in federal court to meth trafficking. Bryan Tullous, 39, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute meth. Cassiopeia Blaise, 36, pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing meth with the intent to distribute. In April 2019, officers intercepted a package, with over five pounds of meth in
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Columbia Public Schools is reporting all four high schools, all seven middle schools and 17 out of 21 elementary schools currently have students out due to COVID-19.
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CoMo for Progress sent out a letter and petition to members of the Columbia Board of Education, CPS Chief Equity Officer Carla London and Superintendent Brian Yearwood outlining their concerns with the BLM and Pride materials being taken down.
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The move means there will be no mandates for faculty and staff or students at the system’s four campuses or other facilities going forward, UM System spokesman Christian Basi said. The UM System has campuses in Columbia, Kansas City, St. Louis and Rolla.
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After a season full of no tailgates and no more than 25% capacity in the stadium, Coach Eli Drinkwitz and crew are ready to have a full house on Saturday.
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The UM System announced Thursday morning that the NextGen Precision Health center will be named the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building. Blunt, who is part of the Senate’s Republican leadership, has been a Missouri secretary of state and a U.S. representative in addition to his 10 years in the Senate.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students say the University of Missouri is doing a good job with COVID-19 guidelines and they feel good to be back on campus. “I’m really enjoying being here and being in person, I think it’s definitely better for everyone and enjoying meet new people in class and get to witness last year
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri plan to help refugees from Afghanistan find new homes and make sure the new neighbors have a smooth transition. Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is a social service agency that offers various programs for different people. The organization has resettled more than 4,000
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Crime scene tape was up in front of a house and an ABC 17 News reporter saw an ambulance leaving the scene. Officers were not immediately available to answer questions about the incident but people who live in the area say they saw a shooting happen in the street.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tickets are now available for a new Greyhound bus stop in Columbia. Starting Wednesday, Greyhound lines is opening its new stop at the Wabash Bus Station in Columbia. The new stop will provide Columbia residents access to places like St. Louis and Kansas City. There will be two stops a day one at 1:40 p.m. and the other
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Lethal injection has come under scrutiny in recent years on ethical and constitutional grounds.
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As the coronavirus continues to take lives every day across the United States, Missouri had 100 more deaths in August 2021 compared to August 2020.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, Greyhound will open a new stop at Wabash Bus Station in Columbia. The new stop will feature 1:40 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. schedules that will operate Monday through Saturday. The stop at the Midway Truck Stop and Travel Plaza will remain open. Customers can still purchase tickets in-person from the
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has refused to halt the October execution of a man convicted of a triple killing who claimed his intellectual disability made him ineligible for the death penalty. Ernest Lee Johnson  is scheduled to die by injection Oct. 5 at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It
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Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI released new hate crime statistics for 2020 on Monday, showing Missouri reported it’s most since 2011. The state of Missouri, in 2020, reported 115 hate crimes, up compared to the 89 in 2019. Here is how the numbers break down for the last 10 years: 2020: 1152019: 892018: 662017: 1042016:
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As the humanitarian crisis unfolds in Afghanistan, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) is preparing to resettle any Afghan refugees that arrive in Central Missouri.
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Quarantines have gone up in school districts due to people testing positive for COVID-19 or for exposure to it. Columbia Public Schools reported 117 students and five workers in either isolation or quarantine on Monday. Jefferson City School District reported seven active student cases and four active staff cases, with a close contact in each category.
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In documents detailing the two first-degree murder charges against JT McLean, police say a witness, a supermarket receipt and neighborhood surveillance videos connect McLean to the scene where Allison Abitz, 43, and her daughter, Jozee Abitz, 11, were found dead in their home just south of Columbia on Aug. 22.
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