Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) A 58-year-old Osage Beach man was seriously injured Sunday in a Camden County motorcycle crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at around 5:10 p.m., the man was on a 2013 Triumph Rocket 3 heading east on U.S. Route 54 at J.R. Hunt Dr. when he lost control of the motorcycle.
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old Hermann man was seriously injured Sunday in Gasconade County during a moped accident. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at around 3 p.m., the man was driving a 2023 Honda Metropolitan Moped east on Black Forest Drive, just west of Missouri State Highway 100. The moped then lost control
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 69-year-old Edwards man was seriously injured in Camden County Sunday afternoon in a UTV crash. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, at around 1 p.m., the man was driving a John Deere 855D south on Paradise Acres Road, just south of Brown Bend Road. He then drove off the
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eastbound traffic near the 3000 block of Chapel Hill Road, just east of Chapel Ridge Road, was stalled after a car crash in southwest Columbia Sunday evening. An ABC 17 News reporter on scene at around 7:20 p.m. saw a Grey Nissan Kicks turned west in the eastbound lane of Chapel Hill
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. KMIZ EDITORS NOTE: Day in title was corrected. A man was injured after being shot Sunday in east Columbia near the I-70 connector. Sgt. Patrick Corcoran told ABC 17 News that when police arrived on scene, they found a 26-year-old male victim at the Break Time with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The victim
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old Centralia man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Boone County Saturday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at around 3:50 p.m. The man was driving a 2008 Harley-Davidson Dyna Street Bob northbound on Route U just south of Ricketts Road when a 55-year-old Hallsville
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old Fulton Man died after drowning in the Gasconade River Friday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the drowning happened at around 8 p.m. The man tried to retrieve a boat from a boat ramp at the Rollins Ferry Access point in Osage County when he went under the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 43-year-old Jefferson woman was seriously injured in a jetski crash on the Osage River Saturday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the woman was a passenger in a 2021 Kawasaki STX 160 being driven by a 23-year-old Jefferson City man. At around 6:15 p.m., the man was driving west from
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 51-year-old man from Citrus Heights, Ca. was seriously injured Saturday morning in a car crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was a passenger in a 2025 Volvo VNL driven by a 54-year-old Citrus Heights man. At around 11:55 a.m., the driver was going west on I-70 east
Continue Reading
Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after a standoff with the Columbia Police Department in the 1400 block of West Worley Street on Friday evening. CPD reported in a press release that at around 11:45 p.m. Friday, 53-year-old Glen Lee Parey was reported to police after standing near the street and pointing
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite missing its renewable energy goal for 2026, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new plan Monday that aims to provide 40% of the city’s electricity from renewable resources by 2035. According to the report, City of Columbia Utilities purchased or generated a little under 285,00 megawatts of its total electric
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Shane Kampeter is a Republican running for Missouri’s 60th House District. Kampeter is a lifelong Jefferson City resident and current Jefferson City Fifth Ward council member. He formerly worked as a civilian employee in the Missouri Army National Guard before creating his small business, Kampeter Remodeling. Kampeter’s platform includes being anti-abortion, supporting
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kyerra Johnson is a Republican running for Missouri’s 60th House District. Johnson is originally from East St. Louis, Illinois, but has worked within Missouri’s government for several years. This includes working as a criminal deputy clerk in Jefferson County and in administrative roles at the Missouri Supreme Court. Johnson most recently served as Chief
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scott Spencer is a republican running for Missouri’s 60th House District. Spencer is a lifelong resident of Jefferson City and a former fire captain and firefighter with the Jefferson City Fire Department. Spencer also previously served as the city’s Ward 3 council member. Spencer’s platform includes being anti-abortion, pro-Second Amendment and supportive
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Republican candidates hoping to represent Jefferson City in the Missouri House say they’re hearing a lot on the campaign trail about one issue — a ballot measure that would phase out state income tax, if approved by voters. Missouri’s 60th District covers Jefferson City south of the Missouri River. The seat
Continue Reading Sedalia man died this Saturday morning after drowning in Truman Lake. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 36-year-old was swimming in the Shawnee Bend Recreation Area Beach in Benton County at around 8:20 a.m. when he went under the water and did not come back up. The man’s body was recovered by the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man was seriously injured in a car accident in Miller County Friday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash report, at around 12:15 p.m. yesterday, a 38-year-old Richmond, Missouri man was driving a 2020 Ford F-550 and waiting to take a left turn on State Route 52 near Meadowbrook
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported from a structure fire in southwest Columbia on Saturday. An ABC 17 News Reporter arrived at the 4900 block of Craydon Drive at around 4 p.m. Saturday, where they saw Columbia Fire Department crews responding to a home with a hole in the roof and smoke showing. The
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In about a week, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has reported that cases of cyclosporiasis in Missouri has nearly doubled from 43 to 80. “There are more cases across the country than we usually see in an entire year,” DHSS said in a Facebook Post Thursday. The Columbia/Boone County
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than a month after opening its doors, one of Jefferson City’s only accredited sober living homes for men is already full, with six more people waiting for a bed. Landmark Recovery’s Men’s Sober Living Home opened on June 1 helps men with reentry into the workforce. Residents include men who may
Continue Reading