COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amendment 6, proposed by Respect Missouri Voters, will appear on the November ballot, and would limit legislators’ power to overturn laws enacted by direct vote of the people. The ballot language that will appear before voters reads as follows: expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right;
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 86-year-old Sunrise Beach man was seriously hurt in a Camden County crash at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2018 Jeep Cherokee on Route TT at Shawnee View Dr. when the man went off the left side of the road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A non-injury crash closed one lane of U.S. Highway 63 Thursday morning. The highway fully reopened just before 7:30 a.m. A Boone County Joint Communications alert was sent around 6:20 a.m. stating that the crash was on the highway at E. Dripping Springs Road in Boone County and to avoid the area
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A church is considered a total loss after a fire in Northeast Johnson County Wednesday morning. According to Capt. Joe Jennings with the Johnson County Fire Protection District, the Mount Zion Christian Church was fully engulfed in flames when the first crews arrived at the scene. A passerby called in the fire
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Across the Show-Me State, more than 122,000 Missourians aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the latest data from the Department of Health and Senior Services. One-in-three seniors die from Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia across the country. “That is a staggering figure,” said Senior Program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A name misspelled because of a source error has been corrected. A five-hour-long manhunt in Montgomery County ended Thursday night with a man with a nationwide extradition warrant arrested. According to a press release from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called at 6:30 a.m. to the 100 block
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car was seen on its top on East Sexton Road near North Garth Avenue in Columbia at around 6:15 a.m. Thursday morning. The road reopened just before 7:15 a.m. A spokesperson for the Columbia Police Department said one person was taken to the hospital and the crash involved multiple vehicles. ABC
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after the Columbia Fire Department responded to a structure fire call at a strip mall in the 600 block of Business Loop 70 West on Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release from the department, crews arrived at the business just after 2 p.m. within three minutes and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tractor-trailer crash on eastbound Interstate 70 east of Columbia that spilled protein shakes partially blocked the road for several hours Thursday. According to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol posted just before 2 a.m., troopers investigated a crash involving an overturned tractor-trailer at mile marker 137 in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Wardsville man was seriously hurt during a crash in Miller County around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2025 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R north on Highway 17, south of Saline Road, when he hit a deer, began to skid and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 40-year-old Sweet Springs man died during a crash in Pettis County at around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened on eastbound Highway 50 at Sadie Lane. The crash involved two vehicles. The 40-year-old man was driving a 2009 Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office’s search for a missing 14-year-old girl has ended. According to a department social media post, Delilah, 14, was last seen leaving Montgomery County High School. The school is located at 394 N Highway 19, according to the school’s website. An update to the post just before 6:30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol are investigating a tractor-trailer crash on westbound Interstate 70 in Cooper County. An ABC 17 News videographer arrived at the 109.8-mile marker at 6:45 a.m. and saw a tractor-trailer hauling two loads of cargo in a ditch on the side of the road, with caution
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old Osage Beach man was seriously hurt during a crash in Camden County just before 1 a.m. Monday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on Storm Cove Dr. at Dennison Dr. The man was driving a 2022 Jeep Cherokee west when the car went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Columbia man detained by ICE in Chicago after a trip to Europe last year shared a glimpse this week of his new life one year later. Blue Note and Rose Music Hall’s former head of security, Owen Ramsingh, was detained at O’Hare Airport in Chicago in September 2025 after returning
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COLUMBIA. Mo (KMIZ) A fourth person has been charged for their role in a shooting in Columbia on Aug. 2. Walter Ricketts, 43, of Columbia was charged on Aug. 12, but not made public until after his arrest on Tuesday. He is charged with two counts of armed criminal action, one count of first-degree assault
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Vienna woman was seriously hurt in a crash in Maries County just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the woman was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Impala on County Road 302, a half mile east of Highway 63, with a 16-year-old Vienna girl as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place in Pettis County Sunday night. According to a MSHP press release, deputies with the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home in the 3300 block of Route TT at 11:45 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Northwest Interstate 70 Dr. at Garden Dr. in Columbia is back open after it was closed due to a crash. The road reopened around 7:50 a.m. ABC 17 News at the scene saw four Columbia Fire Department trucks, an MU Health Care Ambulance, two tow trucks and two Columbia Police Department patrol
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old Auxvasse man was seriously hurt during a crash in Callaway County just before 8 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was riding a 1997 Suzuki Marauder 800 motorcycle east on Route E near Country Road 271 when he hit a deer. The crash
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