COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The much-anticipated Nordstrom Rack store opened its doors in West Columbia on Thursday. This is the first Nordstrom Rack in Mid-Missouri, with the closest locations in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas. The store is an “off-price” department store chain, which sells high-quality brands at discounts. The 25,000-square-foot store is in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is spreading awareness of safe driving practices heading into the holiday and winter season, with a goal of logging another year of declining traffic deaths. According to MoDOT, November and December are busy times for deadly crashes. MoDOT said in 2025, 144 people were killed in traffic
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly marked progress toward opening its first new fire station since 1977 on Tuesday. The Moberly Fire Department held a “topping off” ceremony for a new fire station at 1445 S. Morley St., which is set to open in May 2027. People at the event Tuesday signed a steel beam that will
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe was joined by state officials and U.S. attorneys in his office Thursday to announce the start of an anti-fraud crackdown dubbed “Operation Show-Me the Money.” This operation is a collaboration between the State of Missouri and the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute individuals and entities that defraud
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lifelong Columbia resident says he has shared his concerns about excessive speeding on Garth Avenue, but he claims the city won’t take his issue seriously. Stacy Wilson, 63, has lived in the 2500 block of North Garth Avenue for over 30 years. He told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council unanimously approved purchasing a new animal control facility at its meeting Monday night. The former site of Columbia Animal Hospital, located at 1300 Boone Industrial Drive will house animal control operations. Operations will include animal shelter services, veterinary care and facility maintenance. The property at 1300 Boone Industrial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Having responded to seven school shootings during his career, John McDonald stresses that school districts must first understand where they stand on the spectrum of school safety. As the chief operating officer for the Missouri School Boards’ Association Center for Education Safety, he emphasizes that recognizing this baseline is a critical first
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HUNSTVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Moberly man charged with murder will proceed, a judge ruled Thursday. Christopher Viley, 51, appeared Thursday before Judge Garreth Cooksey for his preliminary hearing at the Randolph County Courthouse. Cooksey ruled that there’s enough probable cause to move forward with the case, moving it up to circuit court.
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) Six Central Methodist University football players have been suspended from the team after two of them were charged with assaulting a teammate. The university told ABC 17 News about the suspensions Wednesday afternoon, after earlier in the day saying two players charged with assault had been suspended. The university did not name
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One Columbia resident has been sharing his concerns about the City of Columbia Utilities plan for a new transmission line near Mill Creek Elementary School. Keary Husain, a resident who ran for a school board position earlier this year, said he does not think there is enough research done on what close
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The spelling of the victim’s name has been corrected. A Sturgeon man was found guilty of three felonies, including manslaughter, in the death of his father. ABC 17 News was told at 9:30 p.m. that a verdict was reached by a jury. Just before 10 p.m., it was announced that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following Columbia’s gun violence analysis, the Office of Violence Prevention aims to improve school violence intervention. The City of Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention presented a violence-prevention analysis last week identifying three areas of focus, including violence interruption in schools. D’Markkus Thomas-Brown, Office of Violence Prevention administrator, said increasing school intervention will
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A homicide investigation is underway in Kingdom City. Maj. Curtis Hall with the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday that an arrest was made in connection with the investigation. Jonathan G. Houston, 44, was booked into the Callaway County Jail on Sunday night on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping. Callaway
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) An appeal hearing in the murder of a snake breeder stalled Monday in Audrain County after an attorney failed to appear. Michael Humphrey filed the motion seeking to vacate or set aside his sentence in the killing of Ben Renick in Montgomery County, claiming his constitutional rights were violated by ineffective legal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tennessee death row inmate is in the hospital and on a ventilator after an attempt to execute her failed, per national reports. On Wednesday, Christa Pike received lethal injection drugs twice and survived. Tennessee and Missouri use the same drug for the lethal injection, pentobarbital. Missouri’s Department of Corrections told ABC
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri senator announced on Wednesday he is introducing a new bill related to automatic license plate readers like Flock. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the “Stop Flock Abuse Act” to establish basic safeguards for AI-powered cameras and to “protect Americans’ fundamental constitutional rights,” Senator Hawley said. This comes as use of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: A source’s title has been corrected. Protein is everywhere. Grocery stores are full of products that promise extra protein, and federal health authorities have sung the virtues of adding more to Americans’ diets. But a University of Missouri School of Medicine researcher said Tuesday that there’s not much evidence to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Attorney General’s office says Reign Bar has responded to Catherine Hanaway’s letter from last week addressed to the establishment. ABC 17 News asked for a copy of the letter, but a spokesperson at the AG’s office said they would not provide the letter. Hanaway sent a letter to the business last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction on the Providence Road bridge is expected to be completed by November, weather permitting, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Spencer Robinson, Project Director of the Improve I-70: Rocheport to Columbia project, said that a few pieces of the bridge are slightly ahead of schedule. He clarified that the on-
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have charged a man with first-degree terrorist threat and resisting arrest following a four-hour standoff on Wednesday. Police identified the suspect as 34-year-old Christopher Dow of Columbia. Officers arrested Dow shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday at his home on Hidden Creek Court on a warrant for third-degree domestic assault. According to
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