A Columbia man was arrested for a shots fired incident in Boone County on the I-70 off-ram at HIghway 63. The incident reportedly happened on August 2, when several people called 911 to report that shots had been fired. When officers got to the scene, they found a person with a gunshot wound to their…
One of MU Health Care’s buildings was closed temporarily on Friday. The South Providence Medical Building closed at noon today and will remain closed throughout the weekend. Mu Health Care said the facility was closed because of an issue with the cooling system in the building. The clinics were contacting patients with appointments at South…
A man was arrested in Mexico Wednesday after a traffic stop uncovered multiple felonies. A Mexico Public Safety Officer reportedly pulled over a Chevy Impala that had improper license plates, and found out the plate actually belonged to a Kia. The driver, who was identified as 52-year-old Shawn Flowers, had a revoked drivers’ license. After…
This weekend is Missouri’s annual Back-to-School sales tax holiday, which started this morning at 12:01 a.m. and will go until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 9. A news release from the Missouri Department of Revenue says that the tax holiday exempts computers, school supplies, clothing, and other qualifying items from all state and local sales…
A 19-year-old woman from Pilot Grove was left with serious injuries after hydroplaning in her vehicle on Thursday in Cooper County. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says that she attempted to drive her 2011 Toyota Camry through standing water on Route JJ around 11:50 a.m. yesterday, when she drove off the road…
Columbia firefighters quickly extinguished a residential structure fire yesterday morning that was believed to have been caused by a lightning strike. At 11:04 a.m., they were dispatched to the 2300 block of Bluff Creek Drive. Crews arrived within three minutes to find smoke showing from a single-story home with a basement. Upon entering the structure,…
One man was arrested this week in Mexico after officers responded to a domestic assault call. Court documents say 18-year-old Konner Gipson struck a victim on the cheek with a hard object and fled the residence. Another witness backed up the statement of the victim. Gipson was located by officers and has now been charged…
Two cats died in a residential fire in Montgomery County on Wednesday morning. The Montgomery Fire Protection District responded to Garden Place around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Crews found heavy smoke in the basement that had carried throughout the ground floor. The crews were able to quickly extinguish the flames, but much of the residence suffered…
Boone County Joint Communications announced that they received sixty storm-related 911 calls on Thursday Director of Emergency Management Chris Kelley told a local news source encouraged individual responsibility and said never to enter floodwaters because you don’t know how deep the water is or what’s in it.
A piece of American history made its pitstop in Kingdom City this afternoon. A beam that is making its way around the country from New York City commemorating the September 11th attacks. The Steel Across America tour through Missouri began in Kansas City at the World War I Memorial. It will end in St. Louis…
The Missouri Department of Transportation’s Traveler Information Map showed Highway 40 being closed in both directions in Boone County between Route J and Interstate 70 due to flooding. The closure started at 10:46 a.m., but there is no word as to when it will reopen.
The Columbia Fire Department and Boone County Fire Protection District rescued the occupants of two cars that were trapped in high water early Thursday morning. The cars were trapped on Blackfoot Road near Bear Creek, in the area near North Stadium Boulevard, and crews were called around 5:13 a.m. All civilians were safely rescued minutes…
Thousands of Missouri residents are waking up without power this morning as outages impact communities across the state. PowerOutage.us reported more than 17,000 customers without electricity as of 5:30 a.m., the highest outage total in the country at that time. In mid-Missouri, Boone County had nearly 750 customers without power, while the city of Columbia…
Missouri continues to see a growing number of illnesses linked to the nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 568 people in the state have been connected to the outbreak tied to Taco Bell or recalled lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico, giving Missouri the third-highest total among 15 affected states….
Two people are facing felony charges after investigators say they stole cash from a Columbia car wash for the second time in just a few weeks. Prosecutors say Todd Harget and Sierra Claxton were arrested after surveillance video allegedly showed Harget using a crowbar to break into cash collection machines at Lighthouse Car Wash on…
