The Jefferson City Room at the Inn hopes to move forward with possible next steps towards expansion after Monday.
The Jefferson City Council is set to hold a public hearing Monday night about possibly rezoning a vacant building in the city to house a new resource center and emergency shelter.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall announced in a Friday social media post that it will stop having inpatient labor and delivery services on Sept. 30. The hospital wrote that its women’s care clinic will stay open. “The inpatient Labor and Delivery unit has experienced ongoing financial losses for several years,” the social media
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Long hours, heavy equipment and pressure to finish work before the weather changes are among the risks farmers face during harvest. A recent analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data found that 175 farmers, ranchers and agricultural managers died in workplace incidents nationwide in 2024, a fatal injury rate of 19.4
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monroe County announced on Thursday that it will hold an informational meeting about how the department uses Flock cameras, according to a social media post from the county’s sheriff’s office. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5 at the county’s courthouse. The sheriff’s office wrote that a representative
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri is calling out Columbia city leaders, after it says a request to discuss city ordinances — which it says targets unhoused people — remains unanswered. The request was first sent in a letter on July 16 and included support from local and state advocates including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An employee at a Jefferson City Walgreen’s has been charged after she allegedly stole $7,822.61 from the business over multiple months. DeBreana Daniels, of Jefferson City, was charged in Cole County with stealing more than $750. She posted a $5,000 bond on Aug. 11. A criminal summons was issued for Daniels on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is in the Boone County Jail after investigators claim he molested a child at a Bonnie View Park in Columbia on Sept. 14. Matthew McCoy, 30, of Columbia, is charged in Boone County with second-degree child molestation of a youth younger than 12 years old. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager already being prosecuted for evidence tampering in a separate shooting has been charged with four felonies in an August shooting on the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector. Chase D. Ricketts, 19, was charged Friday with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of killing his girlfriend was ordered to take a mental exam by a judge for the defense to present battered spouse syndrome evidence. Isaiah Goins, 27, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after shooting his girlfriend, identified as M.G. in court documents, in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place in Pettis County Sunday night. According to a MSHP press release, deputies with the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home in the 3300 block of Route TT at 11:45 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Northwest Interstate 70 Dr. at Garden Dr. in Columbia is back open after it was closed due to a crash. The road reopened around 7:50 a.m. ABC 17 News at the scene saw four Columbia Fire Department trucks, an MU Health Care Ambulance, two tow trucks and two Columbia Police Department patrol
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CNN By Katelyn Polantz, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The three national news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access. The emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in the DC District
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper and her horse Anastasia in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full chat in the video player above. You can also find the full transcript of the interview below. Nathalie Jones: Welcome back, everyone.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council will meet Monday to discuss a grant agreement with the Federal Highway Administration that will help to fund a reconstruction project along 1.32 miles of Clark Lane. Approval will authorize the city manager to execute a $8.4 million federal grant awarded through the 2024 Safe Streets and Roads
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will head into the gauntlet that is Southeastern Conference play with an unblemished record and a one-spot jump in each of the major national rankings. On Sunday, following the team’s Week 3 win over Troy, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and his team moved up one spot to No.
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By Eduardo Cuevas, Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Priscilla Alvarez, Boer Deng, Andy Rose, Julianna Bragg, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a man from Venezuela who was working as a DoorDash driver Sunday in Texas’ capital, city officials confirmed, with protests erupting at the scene against President
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The Columbia City Council is set to vote Monday on the proposed $606.7 million city budget for fiscal year 2027 following millions of dollars in cuts to the proposed budget.
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CNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — As world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, a growing number of flashpoints across the Middle East are raising concerns about a wider regional escalation, from renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It definitely wasn’t pretty…but No. 20 Mizzou football’s record remained unblemished with a 27-17 win over Troy, on Saturday night. You can watch extended highlights of the victory in the video player below. With the win, MU moved to 3-0 on the season ahead of SEC action. You can watch the full
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flu season is approaching, and MU Health is offering Columbia residents pharmacy appointments, drive-thru and evening events, and extended-hour clinics to get their flu shots. MU Health is offering several vaccine events in Columbia from September through October: Sept. 21 at the Battle Avenue Medical Building from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept.
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