COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly 13,000 animals entered shelters and rescues each day in 2023 across the nation and the need for more pet foster families is at a high, according national rescue group Best Friends. Melody Whitworth, director of Unchained Melodies Dog Rescue, said besides a new litter and mom they took in over the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A box of puppies was dropped off at the Central Missouri Humane Society on Monday evening, according to a Facebook post from the group. The post features a photo of four puppies in a Scott toilet paper box. The caption states that someone had pulled behind a Humane Society employee’s car, dropped
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As temperatures remain in the teens and single-digits with a below-zero wind chill in Mid-Missouri, some drivers might run into issues getting their cars ready to go. Tony Hoffman, service manager at Custom Complete Automotive on Providence Road, said not allowing your car enough time to warm up properly is one of
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was seriously hurt after a crash on Tranquil Woods Rd. west of Kips Cove in Camden County early Sunday morning, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 39-year-old Camdenton man was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 westbound at
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The driving lane of I-70 westbound at the 137 mile marker in Callaway County reopened Saturday afternoon, according to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Sgt. Kyle Green with the Missouri State Highway Patrol told ABC 17 News via email that MoDOT was repairing a pothole. A
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A new center that its creators say will support displaced foster care youth and at-risk children will take over the hospital in Fulton that has been vacant since 2022. According to a release, Cornerstone Treatment Center is taking over the hospital. More than 400,000 children in the U.S. are in foster care.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Following an inauguration ceremony Monday, new Gov. Mike Kehoe signed six executive orders focusing on public safety. Kehoe also officially launched his “Safer Missouri” public safety initiative. “It’s a really big day for Missouri and Missourians who want safer communities, and we’ve said for months that we were going to work
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people are without power across Mid-Missouri on Sunday morning as a winter storm moves across the region. According to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, more than 900 people in Cooper County are without power. Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives spokesman Mike Sutherland said in an email that crews have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters and emergency personnel were seen in the 4300 block of Belleview Dr. early Wednesday morning. An ABC 17 News videographer arrived to the scene just after 5 a.m. and saw firefighters and firetrucks with the Columbia Fire Department and the Boone County Fire Protection District working near a home in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 38-year-old Linn Creek woman was killed in a Friday night crash on Rt. TT in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, the woman was driving a 2014 Jeep Patriot at a high rate of speed just before 10 p.m. when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has reported the first significant overdose death decrease since 2015, with 1,948 deaths in 2023. The department says 1,310 overdose deaths were caused by synthetic opioids, 18 by heroin with a synthetic drug present and five deaths caused by heroin alone. According to the
Continue Reading BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored in Boone County after an outage early Saturday morning. According to the Boone Electric Cooperative outage map, hundreds of customers were without power Saturday morning. The map showed 690 customers in the Prathersville area had no power as of around 1:30 a.m. Saturday to around 5:30 a.m.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation cut a ribbon Tuesday marking the completion of the Lance Corporal Leon Deraps I-70 Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some representatives of Missouri’s business community have filed a petition with the Missouri Supreme Court to overturn Proposition A. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry says in a news release that Proposition A will increase prices for consumers and bring burdens on businesses of all sizes. “I think it’s going to
Continue Reading COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were seriously hurt after a crash in Cole County at around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that a 37-year-old man from Jefferson City was driving a 2020 Lincoln Nautilus with a 27-year-old woman from Montgomery City. They were heading
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were sent to the hospital after a fire broke out in a building early Sunday morning in Sedalia, according to a social media post from the Sedalia Fire Department. According to the post, crews responded to smoke in a building at 419 West Main Street at 2:38 a.m. Crews were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 32-year-old man from Columbia died in a crash in northeast Columbia Saturday morning, according to Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. According to Leer, around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, a deputy tried to stop a vehicle for a registration violation on Clark Lane and Ballenger Lane. The vehicle did not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A video of a man beating up a hurt deer posted on social media has garnered attention and now the Missouri Department of Conservation is investigating. The video posted on Facebook at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday is a screen recording of a Snapchat video showing a hurt deer lying on the side
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some residents on St. Louis Road in Jefferson City are repairing damage to their homes after a home exploded early Saturday morning. The explosion left the home in piles of debris. Six people and two dogs were rescued from the rubble. Two of the victims had to be flown to University
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Six people were injured after a house exploded on St. Louis Road in Jefferson City around 2:45 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Jefferson City Fire Chief Matt Bowden. “It was about 2:30 in the morning. I just heard a loud bang, sounded like a bomb went off,” a nearby neighbor Donovan Bard
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