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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic is back to normal on westbound I-70 in Boone County after a crash involving a jackknifed trailer, according to the MoDOT Traveler Map. A social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F states troopers are investigating a one-vehicle crash at mile marker 134.6, just east of Columbia. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a man with murder after a shooting that killed one person and left two seriously injured on Clark Lane in Columbia Sunday night. Columbia police said Monday that one of the victims in the shooting, Brianna Hawkins, 21, of Fulton, died at a nearby hospital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A box truck at the construction site of Memorial Stadium caught fire early Wednesday morning. Columbia Fire Department Assistant Fire Marshal Jason Thomas told ABC 17 News at the scene that fire crews were called to Providence Road just before 1:45 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a fire. Crews arrived about five
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two birds and two cats are dead after a home in northern Boone County caught fire early Tuesday morning. According to Battalion Chief Clint Walker with the Boone County Fire Protection District, firefighters were called around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday to the 11400 block of Hecht Road for reports of a fire.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A house fire in central Columbia caused West Worley Street to be closed for about an hour Monday morning, but was reopened just after 6 a.m. An ABC 17 News reporter saw five Columbia Fire Department firetrucks and an MU Health Care ambulance at a home in the 1400 block of W
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 4-year-old boy who was rescued in Sturgeon early Friday morning is being treated for mild frostbite and hypothermia, according to family friend Faith Livingston. The child is expected to recover after being outside in 15-degree weather for hours. “It’s like a Christmas miracle that he’s OK,” Livingston said. The child was
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