A gunman opened fire at a family birthday party in Colorado Springs on Sunday, leaving six people dead and a community in mourning. There were at least 11 mass shootings in the country over the weekend that combined left at least 17 people dead and 35 more wounded, according to CNN reporting and an analysis
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, May 11, 2021. You can watch the highlights at 10 on ABC 17! HS BASEBALL Battle 2 | Hickman 4 FINAL * The Kewpies secured the first ever CMAC regular season championship. Southern Boone 1 | Tolton 0 FINAL Fatima 0 | Rock Bridge 14 FINAL Blair Oaks
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The governor’s office said federal unemployment programs are the topic but did not give any other details.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a weapon, a class D felony, after Cole County Sheriff’s deputies found pipe bombs, drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop in 2018. Deputies found meth and two pipe bombs in a vehicle being driving by Charles McBrearety after the traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A multi-vehicle wreck has blocked off Stadium drive and monk near University of Missouri campus. Boone County Joint Communication reports for drivers to avoid the area if possible. An ABC 17 News crew on scene reports three cars are on the scene and a motorcycle is in the middle of Stadium. Watch
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Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians escalated further on Tuesday as Palestinian militants in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, which in turn ramped up airstrikes on the coastal enclave, as unrest spread to cities and towns beyond Jerusalem. As both sides traded airstrikes on Tuesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation
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Former standout college quarterback Colt Brennan died this week in a California hospital, his family confirmed to CNN. “He had been in a long-term rehab facility,” Brennan’s sister, Carrera Shea, told CNN on Tuesday. “Unfortunately, he relapsed.” Brennan, 37, was pronounced dead at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, according to the Orange County coroner. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Organizers for Columbia’s annual True/False Film Festival say this year was a success despite pandemic restrictions in place and lower turnout. Organizers told us they filled 9,500 seats this year and 2,050 of those were online viewers. Normally, about 15,000 people come to True/False and buy about 45,000 tickets. True/False held its
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcycle driver has moderate injuries after a wreck on Pit Road, a half-mile south of Highway H in Cole County Tuesday afternoon. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Michael Huber, 34, was driving on Pit road when he lost control and skidded on the road. The motorcycle overturned and Huber
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou freshman phenom Jenna Laird is the SEC freshman of the year. The conference announced its yearly awards on Tuesday, and Mizzou was well represented. In total – MU had five players named to All-SEC teams. Laird was also named First Team All-SEC. The New York native added an All-SEC freshman team
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou lifted the interim tag off of tennis coach Chris Wootton on Tuesday afternoon. He’s now officially the Tigers head coach. Wootton led the Tigers to a 15-16 record this past season. Those 15 wins were the fifth-most in program history for a single season. Wootton’s squad was ranked as high as
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A two vehicle crash in Camden County sends two people to the hospital with injuries. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 1997 Subaru Impreza traveled into the northbound lane of Ballenger Creek Road when it hit a 2001 Ford F-250 head-on. According tot he crash report, the driver of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City fire department responded to the Goldschmidt Cancer Center just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after reports of a fire. When crews arrived they found smoke and flames showing from the roof and occupants leaving the building. The first crew on scene used a ground ladder to get to the
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Some vaccine sites began to inoculate 12-to-15-year-olds against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, a day after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for the age group. Jacob Laney, 14, was in line at a Decatur, Georgia, vaccine site early Tuesday in hopes of getting the vaccine. “My friend got Covid and it looked
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Water and Light is continuing to expand its renewable energy portfolio through an agreement to receive energy from the Truman Solar Facility. The facility is south of Interstate 70 and east Burnside Drive on over 90 acres of land. The mega facility is expected to produce more than 23,000 megawatt-hours during
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The man who fatally shot six people at a birthday party in Colorado Springs was upset at not being invited to the event, authorities said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The police chief said Teodoro Macias, 28, had been dating Sandra Ibarra, one of the six victims for about a year. Ibarra and five
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After viewing body and dash camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.‘s death, attorneys and family members of Brown said Tuesday that it proves police were unjustified in shooting him. Brown was fatally shot April 21 when Pasquotank County deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, were trying to execute a warrant. Chance Lynch, one of the
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Click here for updates on this story JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WCBS) — About 6,000 people show up at the U.S. southern border each day. It has led to an unprecedented border crisis. CBS2’s Kevin Rincon has a look at why so many immigrants are willing to leave everything behind, and what those in our
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The Intelligence Community is investigating what appears to be an increase in suspected radio frequency attacks on U.S. officials, impacting their health. Former Senior CIA Intelligence Officer Marc Polymeropoulos says a work trip to Moscow about three years ago changed his life and ended his
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Two Concho County sheriff’s deputies were killed and an Eden city employee critically injured after an altercation with a suspect over a dog complaint “quickly escalated to gunfire,” the Texas Department of Public Safety said. A suspect is in custody and the Monday night incident is under investigation by the Texas Rangers, the department statement
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