COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several first-responder agencies in the area will partake in a training exercise Monday at Columbia Regional Airport, a press release from the City of Columbia states. The training exercise will occur from 9 a.m.-noon and emergency personnel will respond to a simulated plane crash, the release says. “This exercise allows community partners
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Samantha Adams will be the next principal at Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School, Columbia Public Schools announced in a Friday press release. The release says that Adams is currently the principal at Mill Creek Elementary School and will replace Julia Coggins, who is becoming the assistant principal at John Warner Middle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An attic fire at Columbia United Church of Christ earlier this week was determined to be accidental, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. The report states that the Tuesday afternoon fire caused $5,500 in damage to the building and its contents. Factors contributing to the ignition included a heat
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with a felony after he was allegedly involved in a chase with Columbia police on Wednesday morning. Anthony Munzo, 33, was charged with aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and has a hearing on Friday afternoon. Court documents say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,400 Columbia Water and Light customers had their power restored after an outage late Thursday night. An outage impacting 1,379 customers was reported at 10:01 p.m. in the north part of town, west of Paris Road. Additionally, Boone County Joint Communications issued a notification at 10:08 p.m. describing a transformer fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to killing his wife will not get a new trial. Joseph Elledge pleaded guilty in 2022 in Boone County for second-degree murder and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. He admitted to killing Mengqi Ji and disposing her body in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were arrested Thursday in Callaway County following a chase with law enforcement, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its social media. The sheriff’s office wrote that Boone County deputies were called to a reported theft at a construction site earlier in the day and Ashland police tried to stop
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility announced Thursday that it will resume curbside recycling collection on Monday, April 28. While collection will restart on the city’s green recycling routes, officials say all materials picked up will temporarily be taken to the landfill. Despite this, the City is asking residents to keep
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two crashes caused a temporary lane closure Thursday afternoon on Highway 63 in south Columbia. Boone County Joint Communications sent notifications about a collision on New Haven Road on the northbound on-ramp at 4:07 p.m. A BJCJ notification was also sent at at 3:37 p.m. for a crash in the same area.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with two felonies after authorities allege that he threatened to kill someone at a coffee shop. Donye Jackson, 22, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education met on Thursday to discuss multiple items, including workplace conditions for teachers. A presentation was given that went over a report about specific constructs of teacher working conditions at Columbia Public Schools. CPS was the second school district to do this study which will look at baseline
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Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to remove the names of the victims in the shooting at the I-70/63 connector on the same day. The video has also been removed. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks nine years since Garbrielle Rhodes Jr. was shot and killed in northeast Columbia. Police say they believe a shooting
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Robert Muller-Russo, 59, was found dead in a cell at the Boone County Jail on Wednesday, with the Sheriff’s Office stating that foul play is not suspected.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Severe storms this past Sunday resulted in multiple tornado touchdowns in the area, including an EF-1 that was reported in Columbia. A lot of power outages were reported around Mid-Missouri, with some lasting days. Columbia’s recycling facility was destroyed in the storm, prompting the city to pause curbside pickup and close its
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 30% of Flock cameras have been installed throughout the City of Columbia, about six months after city leaders approved them. According to Columbia Police Department Assistant Chief Lance Bolinger, 31% of Flock cameras have been installed in the city, which is ahead of what was anticipated. Bolinger said about 60
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia officials are still assessing the total damage to its recycling operations after an EF-1 tornado tore through the northeast part of the city Sunday evening, destroying the city’s recycling facility and prompting a disaster declaration. The city announced on Sunday that curbside recycling pickup would be paused and drop-off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a pair of felonies in connection with a fatal May 2024 shooting. Quanina Lakeitha Lambert, 34, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She was previously charged with first-degree assault, second-degree felony murder and hindering a felony prosecution.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Part of West Worley Street was closed Wednesday morning after a crash. An ABC 17 News reporter saw one car flipped over in a ditch. One person was seen being removed from the car and taken into an MU Health Care ambulance. A Boone County Joint Communication was sent out at 8:24 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of MU Alerts to students last week did not include a location and an MU spokesperson says a software glitch was to blame. University of Missouri spokesman Christopher Ave wrote in an email on Tuesday that alerts sent on April 12 and 13 failed to include a location of possible
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City crews have been working the past two days to get electricity and fiber up and running at the city landfill, after the recycling facility was destroyed in a storm on Sunday. The City of Columbia declared a disaster on Monday after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down
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