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Columbia man charged with shooting at West Broadway Walmart

January 21, 2020 3:44 PM Matt Ragsdale

A witness told police that Jackson took out his gun multiple times in an entrance of the store and talked about shooting Walmart staff.

Crews will continue to treat roads until roads are near normal

January 20, 2020 7:16 PM Sydney Olsen

Crews with Columbia Public works and Boone County Road and Bridge were out treating roads on Monday.

Firefighters investigate smoke in Columbia home

January 20, 2020 6:53 PM Katie Greathouse

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department responded to reports of smoke in a home in northeast Columbia on Monday night. Firefighters were dispatched to the home in the 1700 block of Hanover Boulevard before 6:30 p.m. The department tweeted a short time later that crews were investigating smoke. ABC 17 News has crews heading

Hypothermia can bite through winter attire

January 20, 2020 5:01 PM Connor Hirsch

Proper winter clothing isn’t always enough to protect people from hypothermia.

Traffic flowing again on Interstate 70 west after crash

January 20, 2020 1:14 PM Matthew Sanders

Westbound Interstate 70 traffic was being diverted onto Highway 40 on Monday afternoon because of a crash on the Missouri River bridge.

Cold keeps temporary warming centers open

January 20, 2020 12:00 PM Amber Tabeling

The City of Columbia is opening a temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station for the second night in a row because the cold weather.

One woman in the hospital after police respond to assault with a weapon call

January 19, 2020 9:36 PM Connor Hirsch

One woman is in the hospital and another man is in custody after Columbia police responded to assault with a weapon Sunday evening.

Photo of a MODOT traffic came feed of traffic near the connector in Columbia around 8 p.m.

Traffic backed up on eastbound I-70 after crash

January 19, 2020 8:15 PM Barry Mangold

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Traffic began moving after authorities reopened I-70 eastbound. The Columbia Fire Department said in a tweet at 8:18 p.m. that the right lane of 70 was open, and that the passing lane was closed from the connector to the Lake of the Woods exit. TRAFFIC ACCIDENT UPDATE: Eastbound lane of I-70

Warming shelters open as temperatures continue to drop

January 19, 2020 10:52 AM Ben Fein

The Wabash bus station is the latest warming shelter to open its doors in Columbia as temperatures overnight continue to be dangerous.

Nearly 2,000 Columbia Water and Light customers are without power Saturday morning.

Isolated power outages possible in southeast Columbia

January 18, 2020 10:32 AM Molly Stawinoga

Power went out for 1,977 customers of Columbia Water and Light Saturday morning.

Tree falls into house in northeast Columbia.

Downed tree damages home in northeast Columbia

January 18, 2020 6:54 AM Molly Stawinoga

A line of severe winter storms that moved across mid-Missouri Friday downed trees and caused power outages. A tree in a yard of the 1300 block of Robert Ray Drive uprooted and fell on a resident’s home. Another tree in the neighborhood uprooted and split, causing a branch to fall into the street. Authorities were

Columbia man who pleaded guilty to trespassing at Columbia schools receives probation

January 17, 2020 9:12 PM Matt Ragsdale

A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to trespassing at multiple Columbia schools was sentenced to 180 days of unsupervised probation Monday.

Crews respond to downed power line in central Columbia

January 17, 2020 2:25 PM Matthew Sanders

Boone Electric Cooperative is reporting more than 700 members without power in five separate outages.

Public works: Road conditions to improve into weekend

January 17, 2020 3:55 PM Sydney Olsen

Boone County Road and Bridge said road conditions should improve by Saturday.

MoDOT cautions against travel on I-70 and north

January 17, 2020 6:19 AM Zachary Farwell

The Missouri Department of Transportation said road conditions are worsening, contributing to slide-offs.

Columbia Public Schools, Jefferson City Schools to close Friday because of winter storm

January 16, 2020 11:47 AM Matthew Sanders

Crews were busy pretreating roads Thursday afternoon ahead of Friday’s winter storm and the University of Missouri said its offices would be closed.

City leaders weigh in on unopposed council races

January 16, 2020 8:25 PM Sydney Olsen

Several Columbia City Council members have run for the position unopposed in the past few years. Ian Thomas and Karl Skala both ran unopposed om 2019. Betsy Peters ran unopposed in 2018.