A major winter storm is forecast to blanket Mid-Missouri in snow and ice this weekend. Some forecast models predict more than 10 inches of snow for some areas but the totals could also be much less. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has called a Weather Alert Day from Saturday night to Monday morning. Forecasts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local and federal officials in New Orleans were expected to update the public about a deadly New Year’s Day truck attack Thursday morning. The attack by a U.S. citizen and Army veteran who might have been inspired by ISIS left at least 15 people dead in the French Quarter when his truck
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As of Wednesday, police can now ticket Missouri drivers for using their cellphones while driving. The law requires the use of cellphones while driving to be hands-free. Police can write tickets but they can’t pull drivers over for this violation — it must accompany a more severe driving infraction to warrant a traffic stop. Do
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden delivered remarks Wednesday evening on the attack that left at least 10 people dead in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day. Law enforcement officials identified 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US citizen from Texas, as the suspect who they believe drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers
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Eat better, quit smoking, quit drinking, exercise more. People make plenty of New Year’s resolutions every year. Some are kept, and some are discarded. Doubtless, many will be made and broken in 2025. Are you making any New Year’s resolutions? Let us know by voting in the poll.
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This isn’t your grandfather’s college football bowl season. Corporate sponsorships and spectacles made for social media virality have taken center stage during bowl season. Possibly the most outrageous one — the Pop-Tarts Bowl — took place over the weekend. Mizzou takes on Iowa on Monday in Nashville in a more-toned down game — the Music
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Mizzou and Iowa will take center stage Sunday when they face off in the Music City Bowl. Experts consider the 9-3 Tigers the better team — they picked Mizzou No. 19 in the College Football Playoff rankings while the Hawkeyes were unranked. The game kicks off at 1:30 p.m. Monday on ESPN. Will the Tigers
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Haley Swaino joined the ABC 17 News team in November 2024 as a multimedia journalist. She got her start at PBS/NPR affiliate WOUB (Ohio University) where she anchored and reported for NewsWatch. Haley is also an alumna of Delta Gamma Fraternity and served as Zeta Rho chapter president in 2022. She was born and raised
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President-elect Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk are yet to officially assume power. Yet last week they exercised a great deal of it in the negotiations over funding the government. Some Republicans killed a bipartisan deal struck in the House on Musk’s encouragement, then killed a second deal that Trump helped authorize. Both Houses
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many people travel during the holidays. Do you plan on traveling for Christmas? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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Christmas is less than a week away. For Mid-Missouri, it’s looking like the holiday could be a warm one. What’s pretty certain is that it won’t be white. White Christmases are so beloved there’s even a song about them. However, some folks would rather the snow stay away no matter the date. Are you one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers football team is getting ready for the postseason. The Tigers, who finished No. 19 in the College Football Playoff rankings, will head to Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec. 30 to play Iowa in the Music City Bowl. Watch a news conference about the team’s preparation in the player.
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It’s that time of year again. Illnesses are thriving as cold temperatures push people inside. Locally, the spread of the flu has calmed a bit but COVID-19 cases rose in early December in Boone County. That’s reflective of a national trend of rising COVID-19 infections. Have you or your family fallen prey to the bugs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday night approved to rezone nearly 5 acres of land in west Columbia. The council unanimously approved to rezone 4.82-acres land in the 4400 block of Smith Drive – near Scott Boulevard — from single-family to multi-family. There was not a specific plan for the area published
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The Kansas City Chiefs released more information on quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ ankle injury suffered in Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns. The team said Monday that Mahomes has a mild high ankle sprain. Those sprains are notoriously painful but Mahomes appears set on playing this week and beyond. Do you think the gritty quarterback will
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The whole country is abuzz over drones. Reports of sightings and videos from several states show single drones or formations of multiple flying objects that are mysterious in origin. These objects have gotten the attention of authorities at the national and state levels where they’ve been reported. However, federal officials have said the objects —
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is riding high after upsetting Kansas at home last weekend. The Tigers will host Long Island University at Mizzou Arena at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Tigers are now 8-1 with an eight-game winning streak. Watch the news conference in the video player.
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The way Americans shop for holiday gifts has changed. Where Black Friday used to draw sometimes violent crowds to stores to compete for scarce deals, online commerce has allowed many to find their gifts from the comfort of home. And online commerce is continuing to grow, as evidenced by the Amazon facility recently built in
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FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that he will resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term, avoiding his firing by President-elect Donald Trump. Trump has been clear about his intention to replace Wray when he’s inaugurated next month. Trump’s pick is Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist who has been a public defender and
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Authorities say they found a 3D-printed gun when Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania and charged in connection with the killing of a health insurance CEO in New York. The guns, also known as ghost guns, contain some metal but can be largely made with a 3D printer and are untraceable. They’re also legal to
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