BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Smoke was seen Friday evening coming from a wooded area of Boone County that is north and east of Columbia. Boone County firefighters were called near the intersection of Route HH and East O’Rear Road at 6:53 p.m., according to dispatch records. Boone County Fire Protection District Chief Gale Blomenkamp said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The two juveniles detained after a Columbia homicide will continue to be held in a juvenile center. The suspects are 15 and 13 years old. They’re accused of being involved in the armed robbery and fatal shooting of 18-year-old Zarian Simpson on Sunday. They were detained along with 34-year-old Steven Paden earlier this week.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning Monday, June 23, a contractor is scheduled to start treating the first of 39 residential streets, according to a Friday press release from the City of Columbia. Work begins at 7 a.m. Monday and will continue on weekdays through July until all street have been treated with Reclamite, an asphalt rejuvenating
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been charged with felonies after a man allegedly raped a teenager in Morgan County. Trevaughn Jones, 29, of Independence, was charged with two counts of second-degree statutory rape and one count of second-degree statutory sodomy. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Kayla
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man who is accused of killing his classmate in 1991 has asked for his case to be dismissed. William “Chris” Niemet, of Fulton, is accused of killing his classmate, Greg Jones, in April 1991 in Russellville. Jones was 14. Niemet also would have been 14 at the time. Niemet was charged in 2020 with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Missouri Humane Society in Columbia wrote that it could kill dogs for space reasons for the first time in more than 10 years. CMHS wrote on its social media that it started Friday with no kennels available “and desperately need dogs to leave in order to avoid making space-based euthanasia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Realtors will hold a candidate forum next month with the two people running for the open Ward 2 seat on the Columbia City Council. A press release from the board says that the forum will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 16 at the Board of Realtors
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four vehicles were involved in a crash Thursday morning on Interstate 70 near Millersburg, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred as a 2015 Mazda CX5, 2021 Ford Explorer and 2024 Chevrolet Silverado were slowing down in the eastbound lane for congested
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shakeup has occurred in Stover. The Stover Police Department wrote in a Wednesday night social media post that now-former Mayor Clayton Judd will step down from his position in order to become the city’s new police chief. Judd had won a narrow race in April against Michael Lowe. Alderman Gregg Sidebottom
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rehabilitation work on the northbound Highway 63 bridge over Interstate 70 in Columbia begins next week and will require extending the single-lane, head-to-head traffic in the area, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The existing work zone is between the Broadway overpass and Conley Road overpass. Beginning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) is looking to become the Cole County Clerk next year. Griffth – who will be at the end of the limits of his term next year – told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that he plans on running for the clerk’s office. He said that he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Wednesday in Phelps County with first-degree rape. Emmanuel Sam, 23, of Rolla, is being held at the Phelps County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says that Sam is from Ghana and is in the U.S. to attend college.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Monday to multiple child sex crimes. Tarl Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree child molestation and one count of third-degree child molestation. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was given credit for time served. He was originally charged with two counts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A announced in a Tuesday evening social media post that the MSHP Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Saline County. The trooper was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries and has since been released. According to a MSHP
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The director of the City of Columbia’s Community Development Department, Tim Teddy, will retire on July 7 after 20 years, according to a Tuesday press release from the city. He joined the city as the planning and development director in June 2005 and became the community development director in October 2011, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored in Auxvasse after an outage left 559 customers without electricity on Tuesday evening. An outage was reported on Ameren’s outage map. The cause of the outage has not been determined yet. An Ameren spokesman wrote in an email that the outage occurred after a piece of equipment malfunctioned.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged after he allegedly attacked another man in front of a police officer on Monday in Downtown Columbia. Daniel Dwyer, 54, of Columbia, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is set for 1
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who drove a UTV in a crash that killed her husband in Maries County last month has been charged with a felony. Mary Dearlove, 61, of Rolla, was charged on Tuesday with driving while intoxicated – causing the death of another person, misdemeanor reckless driving and an infraction of failing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is charged with murder in a fatal shooting at a Holts Summit apartment complex in April will have her trial in Boone County. Heather Smith, 37, of Holts Summit, was charged with three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, a count of first-degree of endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree felony
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was sentenced to life in prison more than 20 years ago for a triple murder had his sentence reaffirmed on Monday. Deandra Buchanan, 51, was found guilty by a jury in 2002 on three counts of first-degree murder. He was initially sentenced to death but was resentenced to life
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