The first week of the Winter Olympics is in the bag, with mixed results for the United States. The U.S. was a distant third in the medal count behind Norway and host Italy as of Sunday night. The U.S. was the silver leader with eight medals, however. But another week of competition is ahead. Will
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman was charged Friday with domestic assault and armed criminal action for allegedly stabbing her mother in the face. Michelle I. Ritchie, 33, was charged Friday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action in the Thursday stabbing at 221 Dover St. Police came to the home after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A report of shots being heard put five Columbia Public Schools buildings on secure status Thursday in south Columbia. Columbia police spokesperson Colin Imhoff told ABC 17 News that officers responded to a report of shots heard around 12:30 p.m. around Southampton Drive. Officers did not find evidence of any gunshots being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 24-year-old Columbia man arrested this week in Boone County is wanted for meeting a 13-year-old girl at an Illinois hotel for sex. Clayton Newlon, 24, was charged Wednesday in Boone County with being a fugitive from out of state. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Deputy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 75-year-old woman was pronounced dead at University Hospital on Wednesday after a crash on Highway 63 in Randolph County. The woman, from Jacksonville, was driving a 2002 Buick LeSabre when she traveled into the path of a 2022 GMC Yukon at Highway 63 and Route K in Cairo a little before
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A staff member suffered minor injuries when a Montgomery County school bus was hit by a car Wednesday morning. The Montgomery County R-2 bus was hit at about 7:30 a.m. on Highway 19 near Route WW just north of New Florence, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. A Hyundai
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol division is investigating allegations of theft and/or fraud by an elected official in Moniteau County. The Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office made the request on Jan. 28, according to MSHP Sgt. Brad Germann. The Division of Drug and Crime Control is leading the special investigation, Germann said. No
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Mizzou Athletics is looking for ways to make some cash and erase its deficit spending. One new idea is to sell naming rights to Memorial Stadium. Many Tigers faithful know Mizzou’s home by another name — Faurot Field, named for legendary coach Don Faurot. But the stadium itself is one of many throughout the nation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tiger women’s basketball team is traveling to No. 22 Tennessee this week — a team Mizzou’s Kellie Harper once coached. Tipoff is at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Watch Harper field questions live in the player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI released images from a doorbell camera on Tuesday that agents say show a person who was involved in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. The black-and-white images show a person in a ski mask and gloves and wearing a backpack, tampering with the camera. The person appears to be armed. The images show
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say PCP was present in the apartment where a man was fatally shot Saturday night in a senior apartment complex in central Columbia. Officers also found cocaine in the shooting suspect’s apartment, according to court documents. Michael D. Graham, 66, was charged with second-degree murder, illegal gun possession, armed criminal action,
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City of Columbia and University of Missouri leadership have held multiple meetings to discuss public safety since a downtown shooting in the fall focused attention on violent crime. But some Columbia City Council members are asking why the meetings can’t be opened up to the public. Meetings so far have taken place with only part
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials in Pima County, Arizona, gave an update Thursday afternoon on the investigation in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. Guthrie is the mother of NBC host Savannah Guthrie. Watch a replay of the full news conference in the media player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former corrections officer was convicted Tuesday of manslaughter in the 2023 death of a woman being held in the Cooper County Jail. Robyn Pfeiffer was convicted Tuesday by a Callaway County jury of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, said Jackson County prosecutor’s office spokesperson Jazzlyn Johnson. A special prosecutor was brought in from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women will head south of the border this week to take on Arkansas. The Tigers and Razorbacks tip off at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Fayetteville. Watch Coach Kellie Harper talk about the team’s season so far and preparation for the game.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway reached a deal with her former client, Grain Belt Expres,s in the company’s lawsuit over the state’s demand for documents. Hanaway was the lead counsel for Grain Belt when she worked at law firm Husch Blackwell. She left that job when she was appointed attorney general
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who suffered serious injuries in a north Columbia shooting last week was charged Tuesday with eight felonies. Michael D. Gilmore Jr., 21, of Jefferson City, was arrested Monday. Boone County Assistant Prosecutor Paul Wade charged Gilmore on Tuesday with three counts of first-degree assault, four counts of armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was the subject of an endangered person advisory on Saturday was found dead in her wrecked vehicle the next day. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office issued the alert Saturday, saying Amanda Rodgers, 35, had been seen leaving Eldon around 3 a.m. in her Chevrolet Malibu. The alert says Rodgers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced to 30 years in state prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to a Christmas 2023 murder. Jeffrey E. Skaggs pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and child endangerment before Judge Brouck Jacobs. Jacbos sentenced Skaggs to 30 years in prison for murder and seven years for child endangerment.
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The Columbia City Council could vote Monday on an ordinance that would prohibit people from standing or sitting in medians. The idea has support from those who want to see panhandlers gone from busy intersections along roads such as Broadway, Stadium Boulevard and Providence Road. However, critics say the ordinance targets panhandlers and protesters and
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