COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia Parks and Recreation had its first public comment on Wednesday regarding improvements to Field Park, located at 900 Range Line St. The improvements would include two new pickleball courts, for which Columbia College has reportedly agreed to chip in $40,000, according to the capital improvement project search. That’s along with updates
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The friends of Lawrence Renn Junior, who owned 178 acres of land and wanted to turn it into a county park, are considering the next steps after the land was sold in an auction. Hawthorn Bank is the trustee of the Renn Trust, which included the farmland, and what Renn’s friends
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a single-story house fire Saturday night, around 10:13 p.m., according to a BCFPD Facebook post. Residents of the home evacuated after hearing smoke alarms go off, and a dog was rescued, according to the post. No one was injured. Crews arrived on scene about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say an early morning shooting on Saturday that left one person hurt was accidental. Police Department responded to a shots-fired call at Classic Buildings on North Providence Road around 4 a.m. Saturday CPD spokesperson Colin Imhoff told an ABC 17 News reporter that a person was found hurt and was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department identified the suspect in custody after an armed robbery at a bank in downtown Columbia on Saturday morning. Police arrested 71-year-old Basil Kyles, of Columbia, on charges of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and tampering with evidence in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is asking local election authorities to verify voters’ citizenship status after a federal program flagged people for potential illegal status. However, many county clerks have spotted citizens on the list. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said Hoskins sent her a list of 74 voters in November whose
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers are considering two bills that would require summer and day camps to be licensed and create emergency plans for inclement weather. The bill was prompted by a deadly Texas flood that killed 27 girls at Camp Mystic in July 2025. Rep. Cameron Parker (R-Campbell) introduced the legislation in the House,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe has promised $7.5 million to pay for students to attend classes outside their school districts, if the state legislature can pass an open enrollment bill. “Again, open enrollment is not about weakening public education, it’s about strengthening it,” Kehoe said in his State of the State Address in January.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was detained by ICE for several months is back in the Netherlands. Owen Ramsignh returned to the Netherlands– where he lived as a child– early Sunday morning. Ramsingh’s close friend Robert Olson told ABC 17 News that Ramsingh touched down at the Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam at 8:30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Super Bowl 60 is set to kick off Sunday evening, and fans are expected to spend a total of $20.2 billion in preparation, according to a report from the National Retail Federation. That’s about a $1.6 billion increase from last year, but consumers will see an average $3.19 increase. The report shows
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Judge Joseph Shetler dismissed a lawsuit against Hawthorne Bank on Friday over a land auction. An auction for a piece of land that several people have claimed was meant to become a county park. Plaintiffs in the case claim to have a special interest in how the land is
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge on Wednesday did not OK the Secretary of State’s request to rewrite the ballot language for a referendum that would put the new congressional map on the November ballot. Judge Brian Stumpe did not deny the request during the case hearing, either; the request will be considered
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About a week after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minnesota, Mid-Missourians are gathering to protest his death.
Pretti was the second person shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in January. His death came a little more than two weeks after federal agents shot and killed Renee Good.
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The Columbia City Council is expected to vote on a median ordinance on Monday. If passed, people would be prohibited from standing on medians that are on major roadways.
The ordinance was tabled at a November meeting and pushed back to February to allow all council members a chance to vote, hear comments and review additional information from city staff, according to a city council document.
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One person was hurt after a minivan rolled over on Rangeline Street near Blue Ridge Road in Columbia around 2:10 p.m. on Saturday.
Columbia Police Department Lieutenant Andy Muscato said a person was trapped in the vehicle after it rolled over and was treated on scene fro injuries. The accident didn’t involve any other cars, Muscato said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury on Friday found a home daycare operator not guilty of negligence that caused a baby’s death. The jury went into deliberation around 1 p.m. and came back about two hours later with its not guilty verdict. Sarah Brown faced three to 10 years in prison. Brown had been
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Editor’s note: A sentence has been clarified. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former basketball prospect for the University of Missouri who was accused of raping a woman during a September 2024 campus visit is now being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Kansas City. Keiner Asprilla was charged in Boone County last year as an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A committee in the Missouri state House of Representatives heard the governor’s income-tax elimination bill and public comment on Wednesday. Income-tax revenue makes up about two-thirds of the state’s revenue. The general assembly needs to find a way to replace money from the income tax, and Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe proposed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many schools in mid-Missouri have already canceled class for Monday ahead of dangerously cold temperatures. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team is tracking temperatures below zero, following a snowstorm over the weekend. Assistant Chief of the Boone County Fire Protection District Gale Blomenkamp said these temperatures could leave some people vulnerable to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Works snow crews are working to keep roads clear as a snowstorm coats downtown roads, making travel difficult Saturday. The snow stalled for a few hours, but picked back up Saturday evening. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team expects snowfall to pick up during the night and taper off Sunday
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