COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was taken to the hospital after they were hit by a car at the intersection of Rangeline Street and Business Loop 70 on Wednesday morning. An ABC 17 News videographer arrived at the scene just after 7 a.m. and saw a person lying on the ground in the road, while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Shell casings were found at a west Columbia apartment complex early Wednesday morning. According to Sergeant Hill with the Columbia Police Department, the department was called to the 300 block of Tiger Lane for a report of shots being fired. Three bullet casings were found, but no property damage or victims were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A home is damaged after a fire early Friday morning in Jefferson City, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. The release states firefighters were called to a home in the 400 block of Locust Street just after midnight Friday for reports of a home on fire. When
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 24-year-old Columbia man has been arrested and charged in connection with the deadly shooting of a 20-year-old on Wednesday in central Columbia, making this the second arrest in the case. Landen Ladaren Jackson is charged with second-degree felony murder, armed criminal action, illegal gun possesion and unlawful use of a weapon after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters with the Boone County Fire Protection District were battling a house fire in Boone County, just east of Columbia Thursday morning. An ABC 17 News videographer arrived at the scene on Snead Drive just before 7 a.m. and saw heavy smoke coming from a home, with flames coming out of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 40-year-old man from Cole Camp was hurt after a crash in Benton County on Tuesday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states this happened on Highway 52, east of Route W at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday. The report states the man was driving eastbound in a 2005 Jeep Wrangler on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of candidates lined the third floor of the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center as candidate filing for the August primary elections opened Tuesday morning in Jefferson City. All candidates are required to file in person with the Secretary of State’s Office, unless they are on active duty or cannot appear
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 are back open, after they were closed for six hours as troopers investigated and cleaned up after a deadly crash involving a tractor-trailer at mile marker 111 in Cooper County early Thursday morning. Troop F spokesman Kyle Green says no other vehicles were involved. An ABC
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Editor’s note: The total hours a day for the Rapid Care Path method was corrected after source error was noted. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health says it is making strides to reduce stressors for patients waiting in the emergency department. In mid-October, Boone Health fully implemented a new method called the Rapid Care Path to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It only took 10 seconds for a perfect summer day in Chariton County to turn into a tragedy. It was just before 1 p.m. on June 27, 2022, when a dump truck hauling materials to a nearby site was crossing the railroad tracks at Porche Prairie Avenue near Mendon when it was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite safety efforts nationwide, more than 2,000 incidents were reported at highway rail crossings nationwide in 2025, resulting in 268 deaths and 686 injuries, according to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Only about 2% of those incidents happened in Missouri, where 34 crossing collisions resulted in four deaths and nine
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Editor’s Note: details about what led up to the crash have been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two teenagers and a woman were seriously injured after a three-vehicle crash in Pettis County. Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 9:19 p.m. on Route Y on Wednesday night. Troopers said the crash happened when a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old Camdenton woman was seriously injured after a crash just before midnight Wednesday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the woman was driving a 2017 Cadillac XT5 north on W. Cross Fox Trail, south of Hawks Landing, when she went off the right
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety says the cause of a fire at an individualized supported living facility in Fayette that killed three people is undetermined. Mike O’Connell with the Missouri Department of Public Safety says due to the extent of the fire and damage, no factual determination can be made on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 33-year-old Lake Ozark man is seriously hurt after a crash in Camden County just before midnight Sunday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states the man was driving a 2016 Toyota 4Runner on Carol Road, west of Ginger Road, at 11:46 p.m. Sunday, when he failed
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The type of passenger vehicle involved in the crash has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that killed a Mexico, Missouri, man left a Mid-Missouri road closed for several hours Wednesday. The deadly crash happened Wednesday morning on Highway 22, about halfway between Centralia and Mexico. According to a social media post
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A meeting set up on Facebook to ostensibly sell an iPhone turned deadly in Columbia on Sunday, according to court documents. Columbia police on Tuesday arrested a woman, two men and a juvenile in connection with a deadly shooting that took place in the 1400 block of Ridgemont Court on Sunday. They
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was taken to the hospital after shots were fired in north Columbia just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Columbia Police Department. A release posted on social media from the department states officers were called to the 2400 block of Nelwood Dr. at 11:37 p.m. for reports of shots
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bicyclist was taken to University Hospital Thursday morning, after they were involved in a hit-and-run just after 7 a.m. at the intersection of Rangeline St. and E. Brown School Road. According to Kyle Green with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F, they received reports that a car had hit a
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating after a man died while in the custody of the patrol. Troop A posted on social media that a man died after being taken in custody by troopers in Johnson County. The release states that around 6:30 p.m. on
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