COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools proposed a 2020-21 budget on Wednesday that relies on $17 million in deficit spending as COVID-19 continues to drag down revenue and a new middle school opens. Kathy Steinhoff, president of the Columbia Missouri National Education Association teachers’ union, said she believes that students or classrooms will not see
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A memorial service was held Thursday for George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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The owner of a Columbia daycare has dropped his case seeking to stop COVID-19-related health orders issued by the county and city health director.
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Prosecutors have charged a Jefferson City man with possession of an illegal weapon after he was allegedly found with what he called a modified firework.
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THURSDAY: Showers and storms will move through quickly this morning. By this afternoon sunshine looks to return with highs pushing into the middle 80’s with a heat index near 90. TONIGHT: Staying quiet under partly cloudy skies. Overnight lows fall back into the upper 60’s. EXTENDED: This boundary system will be in the area tomorrow,
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One person is dead after an all-terrain vehicle crash in Cooper County.
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office upgraded charges Wednesday against the former Minneapolis police officers allegedly responsible for George Floyd’s death. ABC 17 spoke with local attorney and former Cole County prosecutor Bill Tackett about what the next steps are in the case. Tackett said there are a couple of things the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As demonstrations continue across the state and country after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Gov. Mike Parson thanked citizens for a peaceful night in Missouri on Tuesday. Parson has said several times the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was unacceptable. He also condemned
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Protesters took to the streets in downtown Columbia again Wednesday evening. Groups have been marching through streets and kneeling in intersections of downtown Columbia for several days.
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TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered to widespread strong storms into the overnight hours. Lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Storms exit early, becoming partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the low 80s. EXTENDED: The cold front will likely stay to our south going into Thursday, but it begins to
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The City of Columbia saw protests both Monday and Tuesday of this week and Columbia PD took very different approaches to handling each night.
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Missouri health director Dr. Randall Williams will join Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday for the daily COVID-19 briefing.
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Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers.
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Updates on COVID-19 news in Missouri and locally.
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The former Lincoln University Foundation will retain control over its endowed scholarships under a lawsuit settlement reached last month.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County health department and city volunteers are scheduled to hand out free lunches at Douglass Park starting Wednesday through the end of July. Lunches will be available Monday-Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., the department said in a news release Wednesday. Changes have been made to the annual program.
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The son of a black man who died last week in Minneapolis with a white police officer’s knee on his neck spoke Wednesday at a news conference.
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There are no set plans for what the City of Columbia’s curbside trash collection and recycling pick up will look like next week.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four buildings on East Capitol Avenue will be rehabilitated after their sale to a private developer. The Jefferson City Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority sold 507, 511, 501 and 513 E. Capitol Ave. to Stitt Barony on Tuesday, according to a news release. The company plans to redevelop the buildings for
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A Columbia man, 20, is being held in the Boone County Jail on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
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