COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation says crews will be focusing on repairing potholes through April. “There is a lot more than we’ve seen in previous years,” said Adam Pulley the Central District communications manager for MoDOT. According to a report from MoDOT, in 2019, the department patched roughly 730,000 potholes worth an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District’s board voted Friday morning to file an appeal of a judge’s ruling that the district must reinstate a fired administrator. “We believe it is in the best interest of our staff and students to do so, as protecting the privacy and security of the data entrusted
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The Cole County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office confirmed Friday that it has dismissed a fourth-degree assault charge filed against Cole County Assessor Chris Estes.
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The Jefferson City School District has some legal options after a Cole County judge ordered the board to rehire and provide back-pay to a former administrator.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The estimated completion date of levee repairs has been corrected. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official says the Capital View Levee rebuilding process should be completed by the end of summer. Contractors currently have the ability to place bids on the contract which the Corps published on Feb.
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A judge ruled this week that the Jefferson City School District illegally fired an administrator who transferred work files to her personal computer.
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A Jefferson City teen was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree robbery in December.
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Tornado sirens sounded Tuesday at 10 a.m. for the annual statewide tornado drill in Missouri. The tornado drill came during Severe Weather Week and just hours after a tornado ravaged through Nashville, Tenn. Sierra Thomas, the Cole County Emergency Management Agency director, said she drove out to Brazito to make sure sirens could be heard,
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The Diocese of Jefferson City’s Catholic school system will soon have a new leader.
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Prosecutors charged a second Holts Summit teen on Tuesday in connection with a Halloween murder in Jefferson City.
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Parson met with the State Emergency Management Agency and other government officials to discuss the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus.
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The paperwork is finalized for the demolition of the Jefferson City Memorial Airport terminal to get underway.
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William “Chris” Niemet appeared in court for the first time Monday since he was charged with a 1991 murder of a teenager last week.
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A Cole County man arrested decades ago for the death of a teenager again faces charges in the case.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Jones’ age at the time of his death has been corrected. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a first-degree murder charge Thursday against William “Chris” Niemet in the 1991 shooting death of 14-year-old Greg Jones. First-Degree Murder Charge Cole County charges Chris Niemet with 1991 murder on Feb. 27,
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A man accused of killing a teenager in a 1991 Cole County case was also tied to 2005 Fulton killing that remains unsolved.
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Crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation and Columbia Public Works have been working all winter to fill potholes and perform regular winter maintenance.
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Repairs to the system of barriers that protects areas of north Jefferson City from the Missouri River have yet to be completed ahead of expected spring flooding.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) About a year after a tornado and flooding devasted parts of Cole County and Jefferson City, a new emergency management coordinator is taking the reigns. Sierra Thomas started the job in January, working with Bill Farr, who is retiring as coordinator on Friday. The coordinator position is the main leadership role
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A woman died Wednesday morning after a crash at the Missouri River bridge on Interstate 70.
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