COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The head of the Columbia city government’s planning, housing and neighborhood programs will retire in July. Tim Teddy, head of the Columbia Community Development Department, told ABC 17 News via email that he will retire on July 7. Teddy started working for the city in 2005. Teddy oversaw several major changes
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – At least four fire agencies responded to a fire Wednesday night in southern Callaway County. Captain Josh Lippincott with South Callaway Fire Protection District told ABC 17 News in an email his department was helping with the call on the 12000 block of County Road 391. Holts Summit Fire Protection
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A federal judge awarded the state of Missouri $24 billion in a lawsuit over China’s alleged hoarding of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge Stephen Limbaugh in the Eastern District Court of Missouri sided with Attorney General Andrew Bailey in the state’s years-long lawsuit against the country. The office
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(Editor’s note: ABC 17 News has redacted the phone numbers of those involved in the crash from the reports.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Distracted driving played a part in at least one of two deadly crashes that happened within minutes of each other on Highway 63 north of Columbia in January, according to the Missouri State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Canned heat placed too close to combustible material caused about $6,000 worth of damage to a Mizzou Arena suite last month, according to a Columbia Fire Department report. The fire marshal’s report said investigators found the charred Sterno can in the corner of a suite following the men’s basketball game against the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Chris Kelley remembers the hours he put in to filling sandbags during the flood of 1993. He and dozens of others held open bags and shoveled sand for days as the rising waters of the Missouri River creeped into Rocheport. Those volunteer numbers, though, dwindled over time as the flood continued. Kelley,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A state representative on Monday night touted “critical failures” in the state’s 988 mental health crisis hotline system after “a firsthand test” exposed them. The test, though, also has the attention of law enforcement in Jefferson City, with some dispatchers informing Byrnes of how much her “test” had tied up law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia mayoral candidate this week collected another five-figure check, his third such donation this winter. Blair Murphy’s campaign took a $10,000 donation from Richard Miller, owner of Miller’s Professional Imaging. The picture printing company has a location in east Columbia. Miller is also a prominent University of Missouri athletics booster, having
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man claims that elected officials in Harrisburg got him fired over comments and appearances he made at various public meetings. Michael Williams filed a lawsuit against the village of Harrisburg, its governing board of trustees and his former employer, Commercial Trust of Fayette in January. The case was moved
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) – If the Kansas City Chiefs are to make history as the first team in NFL history to win three titles in a row, they’ll do it in the city that started their championship legacy. The Chiefs won Super Bowl 4 in 1970 23-7 over the Minnesota Vikings at the old Tulane
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) The competitive spirit of Super Bowl 59 runs through the ABC 17 News anchors. Watch as Meghan Drakas, Lucas Geisler and Nathalie Jones compete in precision passing, vertical leaping and a 40-yard-dash at the NFL Fan Experience to determine the reigning champion at the station. Former sports director Andrew Kauffman came out
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) Fans from Missouri and all over the U.S. took in the sights, sounds and smells of New Orleans on Friday to kick off the Super Bowl weekend. About a dozen food vendors lined Woldenberg Park in downtown New Orleans to welcome the weekend of the big game. The event, hosted by Pepsi,
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) Fox Sports hosts and reporters are preparing to call their second Super Bowl in three years. The network is hosting a rematch of the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday for Super Bowl 59. The two teams met in Super Bowl 57, which Fox also broadcasted. The Chiefs won that
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) Steve Barrios doesn’t remember how he got the information about Tulane Stadium, but he does remember acting on it. “I don’t know if the word was passed to the [school’s football] team that the door would be open, or the door may be opened, but I know a few of us tried
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid took questions from reporters Tuesday morning as he prepares his team to compete for yet another Super Bowl title. Reid will spoke at the team’s hotel. Several players, including quarterback Patrick Mahomes, will also take questions following Reid’s conference. The Chiefs are preparing to try and
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) Players and coaches of the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles took dozens, if not hundreds, of questions from people attending the Super Bowl Opening Night ceremony. The event opened up at 5 p.m. at the Caesars Superdome, where the two teams will play six days later in Super Bowl 59. Several
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) Officials at both the local and federal level are getting ready for thousands of visitors in New Orleans for Super Bowl 59. The New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee discussed “the city’s readiness” on Monday morning at the Ernest Morial Convention Center at 10 a.m. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was joined
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NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs arrived in New Orleans on Sunday to accomplish something no other NFL team has. The team landed at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport at 4 p.m. Sunday to begin a week of festivities and practices ahead of Super Bowl 59. The Chiefs will participate Monday night in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Power went out for more than a thousand people in southeast Columbia on Thursday night. Columbia Water & Light posted on X that 1,150 customers lost power just before 11 p.m. The city’s outage map showed crews working at the substation on Grindstone Parkway and Ponderosa Street. The post did not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Red Cross chapter serving Mid-Missouri is planning to build a new facility in south Columbia. Rebecca Gordon, executive director of the Central and Northern Missouri chapter, said the new building on South Providence Road will serve as the nonprofit’s headquarters for its service area. The chapter covers 27 counties, stretching from
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