COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dozens of Montgomery County residents packed the County Commission Room Thursday to voice their concerns against a possible Amazon data center entering the region. A major concern for residents is the data center’s environmental impacts, including noise pollution, chemical runoff and over-pumped wells. According to the International Energy Agency, large-scale data centers
TONIGHT: Skies remain clear overnight, allowing temperatures to fall back to the teens. Wind chills could reach single digits in northern Missouri by sunrise on Friday. TOMORROW: Sunny and milder, with high temperatures rebounding to the upper 30s and low 40s. Winds from the southwest will be light at 5 to 10 mph. EXTENDED: The
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi met with Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday to discuss public safety in the city, but some area leaders were absent. “I was disappointed, not just that I wasn’t there, that’s not a big deal, but that my police chief wasn’t there,” Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe
THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny and chilly, with highs in the mid-20s at best. TONIGHT: Skies remain clear overnight, allowing temperatures to fall back to the teens. Wind chills could reach single digits in northern Missouri by sunrise on Friday. EXTENDED: The week ends on a nicer note as sunshine and a light southwest breeze will
TODAY: Thursday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as arctic air and a light wind will combine to create wind chills near zero. Highs reach the low 20s under partly cloudy skies. TONIGHT: Skies clear more tonight, dropping temperatures again into the teens by Friday morning. EXTENDED: Sunshine and southwest wind will push highs
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Steve Tubbesing sits in his office on Brown Station Road in Columbia roughly four months after he and his family experienced what he called a “nightmare” with a newly found mindset. Tubbesing is the grandfather to 11-and 8-year-old children who attend Jefferson Middle School and Ridgeway Elementary. Two days into the school year,
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just two months into the 2026 fiscal year, Columbia has already nearly exhausted its utility assistance funds. So far, the city has spent $580,000 of its $600,000 for the year, prompting the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services to request an additional $200,000 from reserves. According to a City Council memo,
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Buffalo Bills before a sold-out Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Fans for each team assembled hours before game time in the parking lot to tailgate and get themselves hyped for an intense postseason rivalry matchup. In the end, the Chiefs won the game 32-29.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Elected officials who won the November 2024 election were sworn in outside the Missouri Capitol today. Among those to take the oath was first-time Gov. Mike Kehoe. Kehoe, a Republican, was elected governor after serving as lieutenant governor. Another Mid-Missouri resident, Denny Hoskins, was sworn in for the first time as
In the aftermath of the May 2019 storm, the National Weather Service sent a team to Jefferson City to assess the damage and determine if it had been caused by a tornado.
By Alaa Elassar, Nicquel Terry Ellis and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Students have established encampments and occupied campus buildings to protest Israel’s war in Gaza, roiling college campuses across America. Many of them say they’re inspired by the long – if often turbulent – history of university activism in the United States. As universities
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KMIZ) We have more scenes to share from the gathering at Southern Illinois University on Monday for the total solar eclipse. Thousands of people gathered at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, with many traveling hundreds of miles for the event. View the photo gallery above to see more. View more scenes from Carbondale,
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Check out the photo gallery below by ABC 17’s Chief Photographer Chris Bryant of the Kansas vs. Mizzou Border Showdown.
The small community of Wooldridge, with about 60 residents, was devastated in a wildfire Saturday.
The Mizzou Tigers football team opened its season with a Thursday night game against Louisiana Tech at Memorial Stadium this year.