COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s no-excuse absentee voting begins Tuesday and ends Nov. 2, allowing voters to cast their ballots in person before election day on Nov. 3. Voters can cast their ballots in person at the Boone County Government Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Voters do not need to sign
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation’s traffic shift on I-70 in Cooper County has been pushed back. In an email to ABC 17 at 8:19 a.m., A MoDOT spokesperson said the department is meeting with the contractor Monday morning to finalize plans, but they believe it has been pushed to the week of
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission met Thursday afternoon to consider a budget amendment to increase funding to cover the cost of out-of-county detainee housing. Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey proposed a $1.9 million increase in funding; this money would only be used to pay the rest of the 2026 costs for out-of-county detainees.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Football fans heading to the 11 a.m. kickoff between No. 14 Missouri and Texas A&M at Memorial Stadium Saturday must be aware of game parking and traffic impacts. Permit and tailgate lots will be open at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Anyone with permits to park in areas designated for Mizzou game day must
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The spelling of the victim’s name has been corrected. The jurors have been selected for a murder trial underway in Boone County. Dalton Perkins, 33, of Sturgeon, is charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of first-degree domestic assault and a count of unlawful use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Utilities will host interested-party meetings Tuesday to gather public feedback regarding a decade-long transmission line project. Meetings will be held Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Forum Christian Church, 3900 Forum Blvd. The meetings will be open-house style, where residents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council leaders shot down a rezoning plan for a potential apartment complex on the south side of town. The rezoning request was for 32.7 acres off Rock Quarry Road and Grindstone Parkway for a development called “The Retreat at Columbia.” The project is expected to be a 194-unit multifamily development
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A source error has been corrected to say the victim was a pedestrian, not a cyclist. A morning crash killed a 43-year-old pedestrian on Paris Road in Columbia, police said. The crash happened at about 6:40 a.m. in the 2500 block of Paris Road, and the pedestrian was pronounced dead
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged in connection with the death of 16-year-old Kayla Huff is set to appear in a Randolph County Courtroom to learn if a judge will move the case to a different county. Alayna Mason, 20, of Moberly, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping in the death of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention will present a Community Violence Intervention Landscape Analysis Tuesday morning. The presentation on Columbia violence data will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club at 1200 North Seventh Street. The Community Violence Intervention Landscape Analysis was conducted with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who pleaded guilty to a deadly hit-and-run in Boone County last year is set to be sentenced Monday afternoon. Donald Legleiter pleaded guilty in August to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, first-degree property damage and leaving the scene of an accident after backing his SUV over Jeffrie Cash. Judge Jacobs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scheduled roadwork on Interstate 70 near the Highway 63 connector in Columbia will bring multiple travel impacts starting Friday night into Saturday morning. Starting at 7 p.m. Friday, drivers will not have access to westbound I-70 from the south end of the I-70/Highway 63 connector or access to eastbound I-70 from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education held a work session Thursday morning to discuss lottery school updates and the potential addition of a “health science high school.” According to the meeting agenda, lottery schools are specialized schools that admit students through a random drawing. CPS lottery schools feature specialized instruction areas such as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Oral arguments are set to be heard Wednesday morning in the case of a University of Missouri student group that was excluded from marching in Mizzou Homecoming parades. Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit against university President Mun Choi after it was banned from participating in the 2024 and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ongoing saga over which congressional map Missouri will use for the November election takes a new turn after People Not Politicians filed an emergency appeal to the Eighth District Court of Appeals late Monday night. This comes after the Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state’s current plan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of killing his girlfriend was ordered to take a mental exam by a judge for the defense to present battered spouse syndrome evidence. Isaiah Goins, 27, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after shooting his girlfriend, identified as M.G. in court documents, in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two golfers from the Mizzou women’s golf team were granted a temporary restraining order on Friday, allowing them to participate in a fifth year. Addie Dobson and Melanie Walker filed the motion against the NCAA on Sept. 14, and a hearing is scheduled for 12 p.m. at the Boone County Courthouse before
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HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) What started as a local restaurant that decided to stop serving breakfast has turned into a worldwide story of a Harrisburg woman wanting to serve her community and getting the attention of the president of the United States. Kathy Kite wakes up at 3 a.m. every morning to cook breakfast and hands
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Representatives for U.S. Rep. Bob Onder, State Sen. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) and others asked judges with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to side with a lower court to use the 2025 “Missouri First” map in the November election. People Not Politicians, which was intervening in the case also asked the judges
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of Missourians from across the state met at the Capitol rotunda Wednesday afternoon in support of placing a moratorium on data centers until state regulations are in place. “Now they are building one within a mile of our house, it’s taking up good cropland, In fact, my two sons lost
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