Month: July 2018

KMIZ would like to address and take full responsibility for the conduct taken by two of our newsroom employees. The ABC 17 News crew was assigned to cover Columbia’s so-called “fireworks war” Wednesday night when they encountered three individuals intending to take part in the annual event. Our crew agreed to drive those individuals in

The Columbia Police Department responded to 162 calls for fireworks in less than 24 hours. According to dispatch records, the calls were from 11 a.m. Wednesday to 3 a.m. Thursday. At least one of those calls was in the county, where the Columbia fireworks war took place. Sheriff Dwayne Carey with the Boone County Sheriff’s

UPDATE 6:34 p.m.: The Boone County Sheriff’s Department said it will be the last fireworks war. Sheriff Dwayne Carey told ABC 17 that some of his deputies were hit last night and injured. Residents told us, last night, was the worst year they’ve seen. Neighbor Leslie Wyatt said, “this is the worst year we’ve ever

Editor’s note: KMIZ has removed video from this story because it was obtained in a manner that did not meet newsroom standards. Despite warnings from law enforcement against participating, more than one hundred people took part in a fireworks war in Boone County Wednesday night, starting around 10:15 p.m. Boone County Sheriff’s deputies and emergency

UPDATE 5:48 P.M.: Rewerts-Schiavoni was found safe in Minnesota. ORIGINAL STORY: The Lenexa Police Department is looking for 13-year-old Amber Rewerts-Schiavoni, a white girl, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 140 pounds, with black hair, blue eyes and wearing a black T-shirt with a “sons of anarchy” logo, black jeans and carrying a shiny blue billfold.

According to Missouri State Highway Patrol data, the dollar value of firearms stolen so far this year has increased compared to the same time in 2017. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler says the data can be misleading because the data is represented in value rather than quantity or type of firearm. The MSHP’s Uniform Crime

Emergency crews responded to a crash on Truman Boulevard in Jefferson City Friday night. Police, firefighters and Cole County EMS responded to the scene around 6:30 p.m. One lane of Truman Bouelvard was temporarily blocked. ABC 17 News confirmed no one was taken to the hospital, but a stop sign in the Hy-Vee parking lot

UPDATE 7/6: The Moniteau County Sheriff told ABC 17 that the girl who died was 5 years old and they believe a hot car contributed to her death. You can read the release from the Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office below: An investigation is presently underway by Moniteau County authorities surrounding the circumstances leading to the

The Columbia Police Department sent out a release on Friday, saying the suspect wanted in relation to the May 3 homicide on Greeley Drive was killed on July 6 in Overland Park, Kansas. CPD issued a warrant on May 7 for Charles Tyrone Webb, 43, for second degree murder and armed criminal action. “On July

TONIGHT: Clear skies and northeasterly winds up to 10 mph will set the stage for a beautiful night. Temperatures overnight will drop into the upper 50s and lower 60s. SATURDAY: The day will start with mild temperatures in the 60s until 8 AM and 70s until 11 before heating into the mid 80s in the

Columbia Parks and Recreation will hold a public input meeting for the construction of a cross-country course on July 10. The course will be a joint project paid for by the city of Columbia and MU in the Gans Creek Recreation Area. The project’s budget is $200,000. The 2015 voter-approved park sales tax will make

Phelps County, Mo- The Marine whose body was found in the Big Piney River near Fort Leonard Wood, has now been identified as 23- year-old Corey C. Staten, from Randallstown, Maryland. Staten was reported missing July Fourth in the afternoon when he was swept away by the Big Piney River and never resurfaced. His body

Missouri is no longer the only state in the nation without a statewide 911 system. Gov. Parson signed House Bill 1456. Before, Missouri was the only state not allowed to use funding from cell phones for its 911 services. Missouri counties have relied on a landline surcharge for funding even though more than 70 percent

MEXICO, Mo- The Mexico Public Safety Department says in a press release they had 50 documented fireworks incidents since fireworks tents opened up around a week before the Fourth of July. Most of those incidents happened in the overnight hours of July 4 into July 5. In its press release, MPSD highlighted several incidents involving

A former neurosurgery resident has filed a lawsuit alleging the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s chief of neurosurgery harassed him and fired him without good cause. The Columbia Missourian reports that Rylan Brantl is seeking $50 million in his lawsuit filed last week against the UM Board of Curators. Brantl alleges that N. Scott

THIS AFTERNOON: Slowly but surely we will continue to track drier air settling into Mid-Missouri through this afternoon. Places well north already seeing dew points in the mid 60s, that is the type of dry air that is going to be bringing us the pleasant weekend. Throughout the rest of this afternoon, we’ll see temperatures

UPDATE 10:24 A.M.: The victim has been identified as 52-year-old Joseph Anthony Menzel of Sunrise Beach. ORIGINAL STORY: A house fire in Sunrise Beach killed one person Wednesday afternoon after they suffered respiratory injuries. The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District responded to the call within six minutes, but when rescue crews arrived at the house

The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning to permanently close the Business Loop 70 on-ramp to eastbound Interstate 70 on Monday. MoDOT said the closure would be part of the overall improvements currently under construction at Conley Road and Business Loop 70. Drivers will instead have to take the Business Loop to Conley to the

TODAY: It’s a warm start to the morning across Mid-Missouri, but cooler weather is slowly filtering into the region. As a cold front continues to track through the region today, we’ll see lower humidity and winds shifting out of the northeast up to 15 mph. A spot shower is possible near I-44, but most locations

Columbia Public Works hopes a new roundabout on Route K will help manage traffic when a new middle school opens. Public Works proposed building the single-lane roundabout on Route K between Sinclair and Old Plank roads. If approved by the city council, the $1.2 million project will begin design in 2019 and construction in 2020,