April 2020

Dry and warmer for Saturday, Increasing storm chances Sunday

April 17, 2020 1:01 PM Luke Victor

TONIGHT: Those clouds continue to filter out of the area overnight leading to another chilly night. Lows will fall to near the freezing mark so any of those sensitive plants probably need to come in again or be covered. SATURDAY: After a cold night, we’re expecting a nice warming trend through the afternoon. Mostly sunny skies

Man shot dead in Callaway County

April 17, 2020 12:23 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that a man was killed in a shooting in Kingdom City.

Columbia Public Schools ending first full week under new learning model

April 17, 2020 12:07 PM Ben Fein

Columbia Public Schools is wrapping up its first full week of remote learning after making adjustments last week.

No foul play suspected in Miller County death

April 17, 2020 11:50 AM Matthew Sanders

Miller County authorities have identified the man whose body was found floating in a pond a week ago.

More than 400 new coronavirus cases reported in Missouri, according to Johns Hopkins

April 17, 2020 10:37 AM Associated Press

The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri jumped by more than 400 Friday, the biggest one-day increase since the first case was reported last month.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Marshall plant suspends operations after 20 employees test positive for COVID-19

April 17, 2020 9:35 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back throughout the day for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tracking a cold rain this morning

April 17, 2020 4:44 AM Kevin Schneider

FRIDAY: A cold rain is greeting us this morning for most of the viewing area. Still can’t rule out a snowflake or two mixing in as far south as Moberly, but that window is looking pretty small. The rain moves on by lunchtime, but with the clouds lingering and a cool breeze out of the

Andrew’s at-home sports: April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020 10:13 PM Tyler Murry

Multiple Mizzou coaches and administrators volunteer to temporary pay cuts

April 16, 2020 8:21 PM Tyler Murry

COLUMBIA, Mo. – A spokesperson for the Mizzou athletic department said athletic director Jim Sterk, football coach Eli Drinkwitz, men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin, women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton, wrestling coach Brian Smith and baseball coach Steve Bieser all volunteered to take each a salary reduction from May 1 to July 31. The six were

Columbia lab needs more swabs to increase COVID-19 testing

April 16, 2020 7:43 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) GeneTrait Laboratories in Columbia has the capacity to test up to 20,000 samples for COVID-19 per week but officials from the lab say they’re lacking in essential materials. “We have some limitations right now,” said Michelle Beckwith, the vice president of GeneTrait Laboratories. “I don’t believe most of it’s an actual testing

COVID-19’s impact on travel forces hotels to cut staff

April 16, 2020 6:42 PM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As people across the state and country are asked to stay in their homes, unemployment continues to swell, especially within the tourism industry. In Missouri, 307,498 people have filed for unemployment because of COVID-19 as of Thursday at 4 p.m. Boone County has racked up 7,787 of those claims, while Cole County

VIDEO: Boone County commissioner says workers to return May 4

April 16, 2020 6:25 PM ABC 17 News Team

Boone County employees will get back to work May 4, the first day a statewide stay-at-home order meant to slow down COVID-19 will be lifted.

The science behind the major spring snowstorm

April 16, 2020 6:17 PM Luke Victor

Time for some science! A significant late-season winter storm is expected to dump heavy snow from Nebraska to Massachusetts over the next 48 hours. The science behind this well-defined (almost horizontal) stripe of snowfall is found in a meteorological term called “frontogenetic snowfall”. That can seem like a big, scary word, but when it’s broken

Mid-Missouri leaders respond to the idea of reopening the state

April 16, 2020 5:48 PM Ben Fein

Local leaders who spoke with ABC 17 News on Thursday said they would like to lift restrictions on business and movement put in place to slow COVID-19 as soon as possible, but such easing must be done in a safe way.

Web Extra: Robin Pingeton speaks about signings and staying home

April 16, 2020 4:28 PM Tyler Murry

Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton met with reporters, virtually, to talk about her team and the offseason.

Tracking showers overnight, light dusting of snow north

April 16, 2020 3:52 PM Jessica Hafner

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with showers likely overnight. Lows in the upper 30s. A light dusting of snow is possible for areas along and north of Highway 36. FRIDAY: Morning showers and/or flurries, followed by mostly cloudy skies. Highs in the upper 40s. EXTENDED: Once this system slides east, high pressure builds in from the north

Columbia golf courses to open Friday

April 16, 2020 2:36 PM Tyler Murry

Courses will open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

Parson extends Missouri stay-at-home order

April 16, 2020 2:11 PM Matthew Sanders

Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he will extend a stay-at-home order to May 3 and that the state will use a “data-driven approach” to reopen the Missouri economy.