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Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri Senate passed new rules on Tuesday that could make it harder to force an end to debate in the chamber.

The chamber voted 23-11 on two new rules, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina). One change requires more signatures on a motion to vote on the “previous question.” It now takes 18 senator signatures to move forward with such a move, up from 10. A “previous question” motion still needs 18 votes to pass.

The use of the maneuver in the senate came under criticism last session by Democrats, who had their late-session filibuster ended by it. Republican senate leaders forced votes on an abortion resolution for the 2026 ballot and a rollback of paid sick leave voters approved in 2024. Democratic senators had promised to slow down the session this year because of those moves.

Senate records show 11 GOP senators voted against the rule changes.

The resolution also requires any Senate bill that comes to the chamber with amendments from the House of Representatives sit on its calendar for one day before taken up. Senate Democrats posted yesterday the measure would save taxpayers money from “costly mistakes made by the GOP-led Legislature.”

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Olivia Hayes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

More than six years have passed since James Hickem was shot to death in a north Columbia neighborhood, and police have yet to obtain any key evidence in his case.

Officers responded to the scene in the 600 block of McBaine Avenue at 8:13 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2019. Police found a man with gunshot wounds and later identified the victim as 23-year-old James Hickem. The Columbia man was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead.

Lt. Matt Gremore with the Columbia Police Department Criminal Investigations Division was one of the first people to respond that night.

“I was a patrol sergeant working the midnight shift,” Gremore told ABC 17 News in an interview last week at the shooting scene. “When I first got here, there was just me, and I think maybe one or two other cops had shown up.”

Hickem was the fifth homicide of a violent two-week period in September 2019. Columbia hit a 20-year high with 12 deadly shootings, one later declared justified. Six people were killed that September.

“When we have one homicide for the Detective Bureau, you’re talking months of work, and that’s if it’s solved that day that it happened,” Gremore said. “So you can only imagine having so many within a short time period that it’s all hands on deck. Everybody’s just working homicides at that point, and it’s extremely busy, it’s exhausting.”

Gremore said they found Hickem with gunshot wounds in the grass near the corner of McBaine and Lynn Street.

“I was talking to him, but he couldn’t respond back,” Gremore said. He believes Hickem could not respond due to the severity of his wounds.

The night of the shooting

Hickem’s grandfather, Willie Smith, says he remembers that night as if it were yesterday.

“They were all over to my sister-in-law’s, and they went to the liquor store, Loop Liquor,” Smith said. “They went and got some beer and some other spirits, then came back. It couldn’t have been no more than 5 minutes when I heard shots.”

Smith was inside the family home at the time of the shots.

“I didn’t know James had walked outside with his uncle,” Smith said. “It was him that came to the house and said James had just been shot.”

Gremore would not reveal much about the evidence, citing the need to ensure the integrity of the investigation. But he said for the first time publicly that video had been collected from the scene.

According to Gremore, no weapon was ever recovered. However, police found shell casings at the scene.

“With most shootings, you’re going to find shell casings. I can’t get into numbers,” Gremore said.

Smith said he heard four shots that night.

“I remember ‘dah, dah, dah, dah,'” Smith said.

Smith said Hickem had been going back and forth between Las Vegas and Columbia. He had been visiting Columbia for a few weeks at the time of his death. In Vegas, Hickem lived with Smith and his wife, who are Hickem’s maternal grandparents.

However, Hickem still had his mom and other family in Columbia.

“James had a job here [in Las Vegas] working security at one of the casinos,” Smith said. “James had every reason to come back here; he lived here with us. He had moved here with us as a matter of fact.”

Smith and his wife had come to Columbia for a Mizzou Basketball event; they were also going to bring James home to Vegas with them. Smith was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 for his time with the Tigers.

Targeted shooting?

Gremore and CPD are still unsure of the motive behind Hickem being shot, but he believes there was an intention behind it.

“I don’t think that this was a mistake that somebody just happened to go and kill James,” Gremore said. “Only the killer is going to know what the motivation was or the real story behind why what happened happened.”

Smith described his grandson as a gentle giant, but Smith didn’t feel the same about some of the people Hickem hung around.

“He thought, ‘Because you’re my homie, I’m down with you,'” Smith said. “I just thought he was overzealous to take on other people’s problems.”

Smith said he never witnessed Hickem be violent and didn’t know him to carry a gun or weapon. He said on the day of his death, Hickem did not show any signs that he feared for his life. However, Smith noted an altercation that he and Hickem had seen earlier that day on McBaine Avenue.

Smith said it just seemed like a minor spat involving lots of shouting, though.

Gremore said CPD has fewer than 10 people it considers “persons of interest” in the shooting. He said police have talked to fewer than 10 witnesses to the crime.

“If someone saw or even if they heard someone say that they did that murder, that they knew this information first hand, that someone confessed to them that they did. Obviously, there’s stuff that we would do an our in to verify all this information, but those are credible things that could be said that could go to court,” Gremore said.

Gremore detailed a frustrating reality amongst the killings that happened that month.

“There’s a person of interest that today is just still as true as it was the day that information came out,” Gremore said. “Being able to prove something, to arrest someone, is very different than hearing rumors of what happened, which is very true for all the homicides that happened in 2019.”

Smith believes someone close to James knows what really happened that night.

“His uncle, he was right there. Honestly, I believe he knew who it was to this day,” Smith said.

Smith said he believes Hickem’s uncle has been uncooperative with police because of his criminal history and a culture around not speaking to police for fear of retaliation.

“This is your damn nephew that’s been gunned down,” Smith said. “Open your damn mouth, that’s what I told him when law enforcement came over there to interview him. People don’t want to talk because they fear retaliation? That’s the biggest crock I have heard.”

Gremore said he believes every homicide in Columbia is solvable.

Smith said his family feels forgotten after six years and no answers in Hickem’s death.

“I feel cheated, I certainly feel cheated. If it was a white kid, we’d have a whole different outcome six years later,” Smith said. “I just think some things, some deaths seem to be more important than others, and we resent that. I resent that.”

Gremore said CPD has found no evidence that Hickem’s death was related to any of the other September homicides.

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Jazsmin Halliburton

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Jefferson City leaders will meet Wednesday evening to discuss parking within the city and increased parking fines.

City leaders are set to meet at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.

In January, the Jefferson City Council approved a parking fine hike with an 8-2 vote. Parking violations were approved to be $25 across the board. A fine for metered parking was previously $6.

According to the work session agenda, the proposed rate structure will be discussed for on-street parking, off-street parking and the parking garage being built on Madison Street.

ABC 17 News records requested parking ticket numbers, which showed a significant jump in expired meter parking tickets this January compared to January 2025.

From Jan. 6 to Feb. 2, 2025, 182 tickets were issued. During that same time period in 2026, 1,022 tickets were issued.

In January 2025, an average of 26 tickets were given per day per officer over seven enforcement days. In January 2026, 25.55 tickets were issued per day per two officers over 20 enforcement days.

According to Jefferson City spokesperson Molly Bryan, several factors can contribute to citation numbers. Such factors include weather, staffing, downtown events, legislative sessions, protests, etc.

Parking enforcement operations in January 2025 were limited to approximately seven full days as severe winter weather and staffing shortages impacted city services, says Bryan.

A major snow and ice event during the first week of the month forced the city to close operations on Jan. 6 and delay openings on Jan. 10. Parking personnel were diverted from their typical duties to assist with emergency weather response across the city.

Staff members typically assigned to parking enforcement were reassigned to clear snow and ice from sidewalks, parking garages, corner lots and crosswalks. These emergency response duties extended to various city-owned facilities throughout the month. Due to these reassignments, parking enforcement was not the primary focus for city staff during much of January 2025.

The department also faced significant staffing constraints throughout the month. Records indicate that only one officer was available for parking enforcement during January 2025, which contributed to the reduced number of full enforcement days.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman who was accused of arson in Dunklin County was found not guilty of the charge.

Crystal Umfress, who owned Casa Maria’s in Columbia, was found not guilty of her second-degree arson charge, her attorney Russell Oliver told ABC 17 News on Tuesday night. She was accused of hiring Kerry Raymond to burn down Lupita’s Mexican Restaurant in 2023 in Dunklin County.

“We’re very pleased with the outcome of the case, [it was] fortunate for Crystal to have her day in court and we feel the jury got it right,” Oliver told ABC 17 News on Tuesday evening.

The case was held in Butler County after it was moved in 2024. Umfress is still facing two counts of filing false documents and three counts of forgery after she was accused of impersonating county officials and restaurant owners. Oliver said a hearing is scheduled for Feb. 17 in Butler County.

Casa Maria’s moved out of its Columbia location in December after a judge ruled in Grindstone Plaza Development in its motion for default against Umfress. A writ of possession order filed on Dec. 17 says the restaurant was ordered to vacate the property after owing $120,750.04 in unpaid rent and $8,926.61 in fees and costs. The restaurant had indicated in social media post at the time that it would continue as a food truck.

Raymond has a case review scheduled in his second-degree arson case out of Stoddard County for 1 p.m. March 5.

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Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A small tool now being used by the Columbia Fire Department could be the key to saving lives.

CFD began carrying EpiPens in January, a decision that had been about a year in the making. According to CFD Chief Brian Schaeffer, every fire apparatus is stocked with at least one EpiPen and is located within the emergency medical equipment.

The drug works to treat a severe allergic reaction, as known as anaphylaxis and has the ability to save a someone’s life.

“When we’re making that decision on what type of equipment to carry, what type of supplies to purchase, this is really a no-brainer for us. We haven’t had them before, so we’re moving forward,” Schaeffer said.

According to Schaeffer, CFD went through a period of training and worked with its medical doctor from MU Health Care before rolling them out. Schaeffer said all firefighters have been trained on how to use the EpiPens. They cost between $200-$300 each, depending on the brand, and last for about a year. Thirteen EpiPens were ordered, along with one spare.

When Fire Station 10 opens, one will be purchased for that station, according to EMS Battalion Chief Edward Kehrer. The EpiPens were paid for by money budgeted through the city.

Schaeffer said the fire department has been seeing a larger number of calls for children that are experiencing anaphylactic shock from accidentally eating a peanut they were allergic to, or another allergy of some sort.

Although they haven’t had to use the EpiPens since rolling them out, Schaeffer said it allows them to have the answer in case there is an emergency in any of Columbia’s neighborhoods.

“This is a situation where we’ve needed the tool and we haven’t had it. From our experience, we don’t want to be in a situation where we have to wait or we have to rely on a neighbor or somebody else’s dose to be able to access the life-saving medication,” Schaeffer said. “It certainly has the potential to reverse the consequences of anaphylaxis and save people’s lives. Everybody from a child all the way up to the end of life.”

ABC 17 News reached out to MU Health Care and Boone Health, who are both in support of the changes. MU Health Care spokesman Eric Maze wrote via email that the hospital believes it will allow for rapid administration, a sentiment echoed by Boone Health spokesman Christian Basi.

“It’s yet one more way that the first responders here in Columbia team together to do our best and protect the health of our community. The Boone Health team is very appreciative of the collaboration we have with other first responders in mid-Missouri,” Basi wrote in a Monday statement.

CFD is also utilizing other approaches to provide more advanced life support. It requested $133,500 from the city to start a paramedic pilot program. The funding was approved by the Columbia City Council during its Jan. 5 meeting, according to the city’s agenda.

According to a council memo, the funding was requested to buy two cardiac monitors, all needed advanced life support supplies needed for two fire companies, as well as EpiPens for all frontline apparatus.

The memo points to changing ambulance deployment rates and response of the two advanced life saving providers over the years. It states both providers face constant challenges, such as staffing problems and the increasing cost for service, all of which can lead to patients waiting longer to receive care.

According to Schaeffer, the pilot program will launch sometime in March. It will consist of at least one paramedic at Stations 2 and 5 each day. The program means that the fire department’s response to medical calls will look a lot different, and paramedics will carry medications that people would typically see in an emergency department.

Schaeffer said this will allow them to be able to treat people in their homes, on the street, or anywhere else they’re asked to respond to.

The paramedics will have a “dual role” of firefighter and paramedic, meaning they can potentially transition from fighting a fire, to providing care to someone in need. Schaeffer said 58% of CFD’s incidents are EMS related.

He also said paramedics will only serve a certain neighborhood or battalion, meaning they won’t be sent out of town on transfers. Schaeffer said they’ve budgeted roughly two years into their timeline to gather data for the program and determine if it’s something they want to roll out for the entire city.

Schaeffer also said as Columbia grows, the EMS system that the city has continues to have other responsibilities, such as providing care to surrounding cities, which can create challenges.

Schaeffer said their paramedics will work with paramedics that are on ambulances to ensure there isn’t a gap in care. He said that oftentimes CFD is the first one on scene, and instead of waiting for the paramedic to arrive, they can begin care and then transition it to the transporting paramedic.

“That’s what a good EMS system looks like and that’s where we’re hoping to get to, but we don’t know until we gather the data. So, we’re going to be running this pilot which is two companies and see how it goes,” Schaeffer said. “See if our organization can support it and if the outcomes that we expect are actually what are realized, if having paramedics truly helps people stay healthier, if they’re able to reverse consequences, severe injury or illness.”

According to Schaeffer, the city decided to roll the program out in fire stations two and five after using its AI-powered software, Darkhorse Emergency. He said the software has the capability to look at calls, frequencies, distribution and consequences and then model that into the future. He said they came up with scenarios with an overlay of critical calls that have occurred within the past five years; and out of that recommendation came Station 2 and 5.

“We expect to have the most experience in the quickest time at those two stations. That’ll give us data that we need to make further decisions as we move toward a decision,” Schaeffer said.

The long-term impact of funding for the program will depend on the two-year trial.

ABC 17 News asked the Boone County Fire Protection District if it’s considering carrying EpiPens. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said they’re in the process of figuring out where they would keep them and when they plan to deploy them.

“We’ve all been trained on the use of the EpiPen. We can use other people’s EpiPens if it’s prescribed to them, we can assist them in using it. But as far as carrying it, we’re still in that process working with our medical director to make that happen,” Blomenkamp said.

The Jefferson City Fire Department also does not currently carry EpiPens.

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Mitchell Kaminski

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ)

After sitting vacant for years and surviving multiple failed redevelopment attempts, the former Moberly Junior High and High School is nearing a new chapter as Tannehill Apartments, a 40-unit affordable housing complex for residents 55 years old and older.

The $22.1 million project is a partnership between ND Consulting Group and the Northeast Community Action Corporation, combining the renovation of the historic school building with new construction on the site. Sixteen apartments were created inside the original school, while 24 new units were added to the rear of the property. It is expected to open by Feb. 15.

The project is part of a growing trend across the US of adaptive reuse projects that turn former public school buildings into living spaces. In 2024 alone, nearly 2,000 apartments were created from former schools. 

Ken Nuernberger, president of ND Consulting Group, said former schools often translate well into housing because of their layout.

“Schools are ideal because the classrooms run between 800-and-1,000 square feet, which is about the size of an apartment,” Nuernberger said, noting the abundance of windows allows for natural light in both living spaces and bedrooms. 

He added that the old Moberly Junior High School worked particularly well for conversion into 16 units inside the original structure. But preserving the building was far from simple.

Nuernberger said earlier redevelopment proposals stalled largely because of an addition on the back of the school that included a gymnasium on the upper floors. Renovating that portion of the building proved too costly and impractical, leading to repeated rejections from the Missouri Housing Development Commission.

“We decided that the best way to get this building on the front saved is to add an additional 24 units on three stories to the rear,” Nuernberger said. Those units were designed specifically for seniors and allowed the project to move forward financially.

Cost challenges plagued the site for years. Nuernberger said a previous developer attempted to use the lower level of the school, which resulted in expensive and unattractive units. Historic tax credit requirements also limited design flexibility, forcing the development team to repeatedly revise plans.

“In some cases, if you are going to use historic tax credits, some of the standards for the interior of the building would have made it less practical to use it,” Nuremberg said, “So in the end, the combination over time to continue modifying, adapting the plan to what you will see today as a renovated 16 units and a new construction of 24 units was really the challenge.” 

Construction broke ground just more than two years ago, though post-COVID-19 supply chain issues and rising costs slowed progress. Crews are now installing final finishes and preparing units for occupancy.

“It was a community project,” Nuernberger said, crediting support from the city, the historic society and downtown business leaders. “They also liked this project because instead of building a new senior project on the prairie outside of town, this is right in the core of the town.” 

Tom Sanders, Moberly’s Public Works director, said many residents and elected officials have personal ties to the 1930s-era Moberly school, which was attended by Gen. Omar Bradley. 

“A lot of residents, former council members and current council members had attended school here,” Sanders said, “So everybody has a story of what’s important to them.”

Sanders said the city had supported earlier redevelopment efforts for nearly 20 years, but repeated changes to the project model prevented it from gaining traction. ND Consulting became involved about six years ago, bringing a plan that finally aligned preservation goals with financial feasibility.

“The gym on the back was a big factor that it wasn’t going to be financially viable,” Sanders said. He said the city temporarily took ownership of the building and agreed to demolish the gym in 2018 in exchange for parking improvements for the nearby aquatic center.

The city spent $84,000 to remove the gym, a move that reduced redevelopment costs and strengthened the project’s tax credit application.

“It was a mutually beneficial thing,” Sanders said. “A lot of credit doesn’t go to the city for the efforts they make to save old buildings, but they have to be viable projects for it to happen.”

Sanders said the project also addresses a growing housing need in Moberly. A 2018 housing study showed the city needed roughly 400 additional units over a decade. While construction had historically averaged about 20 units per year, development surged recently, with 89 units added last year alone.

Tannehill Apartments includes one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 632-1,000+ square feet. Rents range from about $650 for one-bedroom units to $680 to $725 for two-bedroom units. All one-bedroom apartments have been rented, and most two-bedroom units are already occupied.

Apartments include furnished kitchen appliances, washer and dryer hookups, centralized mailboxes and secure key-card entry. Section 8 vouchers are accepted.

Funding for the project includes a $2.6 million home loan from the Missouri Housing Development Commission, along with federal and state low-income housing tax credits. Those credits generated roughly $10.5 million in equity, with investments from Midwest Housing Equity Group and Monarch Private Capital.

When renovations are complete, the 1930s-era school will reopen as Tannehill Apartments, preserving a landmark while meeting the city’s growing demand for affordable senior housing.

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Marie Moyer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Starting July 1 this year, the City of Columbia is set to roll out its recently approved median ordinance.

The City of Springfield, Missouri, has had a similar median rule in place since 2018. Both ordinances focus on medians in intersections with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or higher, average daily traffic volumes of at least 15,000 vehicles, or medians narrower than six feet.

The City of Columbia’s ordinance also will:

Prohibit crossing a major road anywhere except in a crosswalk, a pedestrian-control signal, or an intersection if those things aren’t available.

Prohibit being on a median fewer than 6 feet wide except when crossing the road.

Prohibit getting out of cars while in a traffic lane or within a major intersection.

Prohibit approaching cars on a major road unless the car is legally parked.

Prohibit people in vehicles from engaging with pedestrians at major intersections.

According to Maj. Eric Reece with the Springfield Police Department, the rule has made a difference in the number of pedestrians at medians.

“Yes, our hazardous intersections definitely have less people in the area, hopefully that’ll keep everybody safe,” Reece said.

Columbia’s median ordinance faced pushback the City Council approved it with a 5–2 vote on Monday night, with 39 speakers voicing concerns on the rule potentially targeting homeless individuals. Additional concerns include how the rule will be enforced by police.

“Enforcement is one of those questions that came up a lot in council last night, ‘well, how would this be enforced? Will enforcement make situations more dangerous than they are?’ and that was certainly some of my concerns,” said Mike Burden, who is the chief executive officer of the Columbia pedestrian and cyclist advocacy group Local Motion.

Reece said the Springfield Police Department handles median enforcement similar to traffic enforcement by adding it to typical patrol responsibilities for officers.

“We always try to educate first and then we move towards enforcement later on, so it’s really about the discretion of the officer,” Reece said.

Burden added while there may be community concerns about the ordinance targeting certain groups, he is looking to work with the city on other pedestrian safety legislation.

“We didn’t really feel like the ordinance was the right tool to improve pedestrian safety in our community,” Burden said. “However, I’m heartened by the conversations I heard from council members and members of the public who said, ‘this conversation continues.'”

Columbia is currently working on a pedestrian and road study on Business Loop 70, funded by a $2.1 million Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

“The team has been working on site surveys of the planning area in preparation for some input meetings in the next couple of months,” Carrie Gartner, executive director of The Loop CID, said in a statement.

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Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A former corrections officer was convicted Tuesday of manslaughter in the 2023 death of a woman being held in the Cooper County Jail.

Robyn Pfeiffer was convicted Tuesday by a Callaway County jury of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, said Jackson County prosecutor’s office spokesperson Jazzlyn Johnson. A special prosecutor was brought in from Jackson County, Missouri, to work on the case.

Sentencing will be in April.

The trial began last week. Pfieffer was charged with manslaughter for the death of Brooke Bailey. Bailey died from untreated diabetes in her cell at the Cooper County Jail. Court documents say several jail workers told investigators with the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office that Pfeiffer brushed off Bailey’s complaints of feeling ill, saying the inmate was “playing games.”

Bailey was found dead in her cell with blood and vomit on the floor and on her clothing. Bailey was being held for a commitment to the Department of Mental Health.

A medical examiner found Bailey died from diabetic ketoacidosis and low sodium levels.

Another jailer charged in the case, Rachel Atherton, is scheduled to go to trial in April.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Several billboards in Mid-Missouri are promoting safer online exchanges.

Viewers may see those billboards from the group “Justice For Joshua Grey” across the area. Grey died in a 2018 Virginia shooting after setting up the sale of a cellphone on the internet.

The new billboards in Missouri come after Michael Ryan Burke was shot to death on Jan. 18 in the 1400 block of Ridgemont Court. Court documents allege Burke had used Facebook Marketplace to arrange to arrange a cellphone sale.

Tim Ketchum, of Lamar Advertising, says people need to think about safe places to set up online exchanges.

“It’s something that our community and all of us need to be aware of, because none of us are really absent of this happening in our life because it’s so prevalent that these platforms are used,” he said.

There will be nine electronic billboards around Columbia: One in Ashland, one near Jefferson City, one near Boonville and six around the Lake of the Ozarks. Since Columbia doesn’t allow electronic billboards, they are having static ads printed and placed in the city soon. Another seven will appear in Kansas City and Springfield, each, Ketchum said.

Three adults and a juvenile were charged in Burke’s shooting death.

Alexis Baumann, 18, of Hallsville; and Kobe Aust and Joseph Crane, both 18, of Columbia; were all charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, felony murder and armed criminal action. All three people are being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.

The juvenile has not been named, but is the person described as the shooter in court documents.

A confined docket hearing for Aust was scheduled for Tuesday at the Boone County Courthouse and he was denied bond. A bond review is scheduled again for Feb. 10.

Hearings were held last week for Baumann and Crane, and they were denied bond. Crane and Aust have a preliminary hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, March 5. Baumann has a preliminary hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 10.

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Madison Stuerman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Columbia’s city staff is seeking public feedback on a proposal to convert a 2.5-mile section of the COLT Railroad into a public-use trail.

The project focuses on a stretch of track located along Paris Road, extending from Rogers Street to East Brown Station Road. City officials are gathering community input to decide whether to proceed with transforming the unused railroad corridor into a recreational trail.

This initiative would use railbanking, a process previously used in Mid-Missouri to establish Katy Trail State Park.

The feedback would help the city determine what to do with the railroad section that is no longer in service. Community members can submit their thoughts and comments regarding the proposal via the BeHeardCOMO.

The 2.5-mile stretch runs specifically along Paris Road on the city’s east side. The proposed trail would start at Rogers Street and end at East Brown Station Road.

An open house is scheduled for Feb. 12 at City Hall.

 

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