COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County commissioners are set to help keep the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri afloat as low-income locals worry the shutdown will mean no federal food assistance. The commission is amending its contract to provide the food bank with American Rescue Act Funds to pour in an additional $50,000 to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 65-year-old woman from Columbia was seriously injured in a crash in the 4900 block of Route F in Callaway County on Thursday morning, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the 2016 Toyota Camry was heading west when it went off the right side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews next week will make concrete repairs to a portion of West Ash Street in Columbia near the entrance to the parking lot of the Activity and Recreation Center. The ARC is located at 1701 W. Ash St., across the street from Gerbes. Crews will start work at 7 a.m. Monday and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A senior property tax exemption that went into effect last year will result in Boone County issuing more than $2.2 million in tax credits to seniors. Eligible seniors are able to apply for an exemption by each summer and voters in August approved decided to expand the law to apply to levies.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several sex crimes after he was accused of repeatedly raping and sodomizing a child over the course of several years. Zackary Ray, 27, was charged with two counts of first-degree rape of a child younger than 12 years old, one count of first-degree sodomy of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was already in law enforcement custody has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill a detective from the Columbia Police Department. Nikolaus Harvey, 26, was charged on Thursday with conspiracy to commit a Class A felony. He was moved from the Boone County Jail to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traditional day off for students at the end of the fall semester is at risk of being eliminated next school year. The University of Missouri is at the beginning stages of reviewing its academic calendar for next year to be in compliance with its mandated number of academic hours for classes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is rolling out 39 more naloxone distribution boxes throughout Boone County. The Public Health and Human Services office, located at 1005 Worley St., is currently the only place with a naloxone box. PHHS announced the first box’s appearance on Tuesday. Boxes of the medicine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has allowed the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to block an attempted nationwide layoff that would affect employees at the Columbia Environmental Research Center. The lawsuit — filed in California — showed the Department of Interior was looking to lay off 80 employees at the Columbia location and more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly used a knife to stab his brother in his leg. Steven Swanson, 32, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Travelers Insurance officially appealed a Cole County judge’s decision to award Ryan Ferguson more than $45 million for his wrongful conviction. The insurance company filed a notice of appeal with the state’s Western District Court of Appeals on October 21. Travelers Insurance will challenge applications of the law and different ways
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education gave an update Thursday morning regarding a working conditions survey, which was administered to teachers and staff. The administration reviewed the results of the survey and found different strengths and areas to grow. According to the meeting agenda, the survey identified four areas: District Leadership Assessment and
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“With all that’s transpired in the past few days, he’s not holding up well. Frankly, it’s a tough place. The conditions are horrible. The food, the water aren’t drinkable or edible. It’s violent all the time. You never know what’s going to happen next minute. And there is no medical help. There’s no medication being given
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The new Trader Joe’s in Columbia will open Thursday, Oct. 30, the company confirmed Wednesday in a press release. The store is located at 201 North Stadium Blvd at The Shoppes where a number of businesses including Men’s Warehouse, Five Below and other stores are located. The grocery chain offers a variety
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation announced in a Wednesday press release that hunting at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area in Boone County will be limited this fall compared to other years. The release says the limited capacity for hunters was “caused by the failure of one of the two original Missouri River water
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders in Boone County will partake in active shooter incident management training from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri on Vandiver Drive. A Wednesday press release says the Boone County Office of Emergency Management and Boone County Public Safety Advisory Committee are hosting a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman sued Columbia Urgent Care on Friday after claiming the business discriminated against her. The plaintiff’s name is redacted in the petition, but she alleges in documents that CUC LLC and Dr. Jonathan Morris violated the Missouri Human Rights Act by committing sex discrimination during the duration of her employment, as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Department of Health and Human Services has placed a naloxone distribution box outside of its building on West Worley Street. A Tuesday social media post from the Health Department says boxes of naloxone – which is meant to reverse the effects of overdoses – is open 24 hours a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rocheport woman was sentenced on Monday to two years of supervised probation in connection with an overdose death from 2023. Jeanne Hovis pleaded guilty on Monday in Boone County to delivery of a controlled substance. If she violates probation, she faces a three-year prison sentence. She was originally charged with second-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia-based attorneys are preparing to run for a Boone County judge set in 2026. Bill Ellis and James Egan have both announced campaigns for the Division 9 associate circuit judgeship in Boone County. Ellis plans to run as a Democrat and Egan plans to campaign as a Republican. The two are
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