COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Romanian national has been charged in federal court with wire fraud after authorities claim he would use a “sleight-of-hand” trick on Walmart cashiers. Federal court documents involving Hozu Rostas, 25, were unsealed on Thursday. Court documents say Rostas is in ICE custody. Court documents allege Rostas would “shortchange” cashiers when buying
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Glass recycling is coming back in one form for Columbia trash customers. The City of Columbia Utilities announced in a Friday press release that the city is partnering with Ripple Glass to off free glass recycling drop-off. Residents can drop off glass food and drink containers in the Ripple’s bin at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is continuing its conversations around a homelessness and how to better support the unhoused community. On Thursday, a round table discussion by the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services brought together about 70 community members, homeless advocates and city officials. Sara Humm, the health department’s public health
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi on Thursday doubled down on sentiments he shared with city leaders over the summer. While Choi was speaking with ABC 17 News, he claimed bar owners in downtown Columbia can do more to curb crime. This comes after he told students in a school-wide email
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a felony on Thursday after authorities claim he possessed child sex abuse materials. Stephan Jon Sheltmire II, 53, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held on Thursday afternoon. The probable cause statement says authorities received a cybertip on Dec.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several road projects in Columbia and Boone County are set to begin Thursday and Friday. The exit ramp from Highway 63 to westbound Interstate 70 will close at 8 p.m. Thursday, as MoDOT crews can add temporary barriers. The ramp will reopen “no later than” 6 a.m. Friday, according to a MoDOT press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence reports an average of more than 200 calls were answered per day by the National Domestic Violence Hotline across the Show-Me-State in 2025. In the Central Region alone, MCADSV reports hotline calls went up 15% from 2024. The region includes much of Mid-Missouri’s counties
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Repaving work on a major south Columbia road started with the beginning of the school year this week, snarling traffic as parents rushed to get children to school and go to work. The work to mill and repave Vawter School Road east of Scott Boulevard was originally planned to wrap up by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Changes are coming to MU Health Care employees’ paid-time off. An MU Health Care spokesman confirmed the changes were approved by the Board of Curators during an Aug. 4 meeting. MU Health Care had announced pending changes earlier this summer when it announced a slew of layoffs and the closure of Hy-Vee
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say a 15-year-old boy is the suspect in a shooting that left another youth with critical injuries Tuesday. Columbia Police Department officers responded to a shots-fired call on Tuesday in the 5700 block of Canaveral Drive. According to a news release, officers responded to the call around 5:16 p.m. Officers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Home sales were down 6% in Columbia this July compared to last, while sales in Boone County remained flat against the backdrop of a struggling national market. Boone County’s sales were down three from last year, finishing the month with 214 transactions, according to the Mid-Missouri Board of Realtors’ monthly home sales
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several road projects in Columbia and Boone County were announced on Wednesday. The Missouri Department of Transportation announced that the ramp from Highway 63 to westbound Interstate 70 will close at 8 p.m. Thursday for temporary barriers to be placed. The release says the ramp will reopen “no later than” 6 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) West Ash Street near the Activity and Recreation Center in Columbia is temporarily closed for emergency water line repairs Wednesday. Repair crews with Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. began working on the broken water line at 4 a.m. W. Ash St. is closed between Bernadette Dr. and Clinkscales Road; however, crews expect
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University of Missouri President Mun Choi started off the school year with a message to students. Buried in it was a red flag to students: a warning about the dangers of a two-block stretch of downtown after dark. Choi has been at odds with City of Columbia and Boone County leaders about what he sees as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department taped off a street on Tuesday in a neighborhood just south of Interstate 70 near St. Charles Road. CPD wrote on its social media at 5:52 p.m. that it was investigating a shots-fired call in the 5700 block of Canaveral Drive. Police wrote on social media at 9:18
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man says he has no regrets after being arrested while protesting Columbia’s Flock cameras. Dominic O’Connor, a tattoo artist who lives in Mexico and works at Electric Peacock Tattoos in Columbia, said he spent two days protesting the city’s use of the automated license plate reader cameras before he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Starbucks located near the University of Missouri’s campus on Ninth Street will be closed for at least the rest of Tuesday after a fire caused “minimal damage.” Columbia Assistant Fire Chief Zac Grace told an ABC 17 News photographer that crews responded to a fire call at 3:12 p.m. Firefighters extinguished
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents at a Columbia apartment complex at the center of an invasion of privacy lawsuit claim they were never notified about the employee it is centered around. A “Jane Doe” filed the lawsuit in Boone County on Monday against Country Club Apartments and employee Juan Carlos Vazquez Martinez. The woman accuses the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman sued a Columbia apartment complex on Monday after she claims a maintenance worker rummaged through her dirty clothes hamper and sniffed her underwear. A “Jane Doe” filed the lawsuit in Boone County on Monday against Country Club Apartments and employee Juan Carlos Vazquez Martinez. The woman accuses the apartment and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools welcomes thousands of students back to campus for the first day of school on Tuesday. With classes back in session, drivers need to be mindful of traffic impacts as the school year kicks off. Crews have finished the roundabout project at Sinclair Road and Southampton Dr., which leads to
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