COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Oct. 25, 2020, Columbia Police responded to 300 W. Brookside Lane around 1 a.m. for a report of shots heard. When police arrived, they found 17-year-old Bryant Wilks II had been shot multiple times and he was pronounced dead at the scene. “It was chaotic, there was a lot of people,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has long said it is working to curb violence and gun crimes, especially crimes involving youth, even as stories of young people and guns seem to be a regular occurrence. Part of that policy push has been the creation of the Office of Violence Prevention, whose onset has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Alzheimer’s Association hosted Strikes to End Alzheimer’s on Thursday night. The event was held at Strikers Bowling Alley after the Walk to End Alzheimer’s event was canceled in October due to weather. “It’s really a time for the community to come together,” Alzheimer’s Association Fundraising Senior Manager Laurie Williams said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than six years after two Columbia residents were shot and killed in northeast Columbia, their families and police are still searching for answers. “Something that was different about this scene than others, it was very quiet,” Columbia Police Department Lt. Matt Gremore said. Just after 3 a.m. Sept. 22, 2019, police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than six years after a string of homicides and gun violence struck Columbia, police and the former mayor spoke with ABC 17 News about a violent September. “I think I referred to it at the time as a hurricane of violence that was circling our community,” former Columbia Mayor Brian Treece
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Minutes before the opening of the new Trader Joe’s in Columbia, hundreds of people were in a line wrapped around the Shoppes at Stadium from the new store to Old Navy. “This is my first grand opening, but I just love the atmosphere and the fun,” said Columbia resident Tim Dollens. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News Anchor Meghan Drakas is sharing her family’s experience and other members of the ABC 17 family with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in the leadup to Jefferson City Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, but has been canceled due to impending weather. The organization will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia mother is asking community members to be brave and come forward to the police to help solve her son’s 2017 murder. “It has really affected us … We just need someone to speak up and say what they saw,” Vivian Morgan said. “I guess they fear for their life, which
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As of Monday, the Columbia Police Department has documented fewer than 7,400 crimes in Columbia in 2025, according to CPD’s crime dashboard. During the investigation of each crime, police try and collect evidence to build a case. This evidence can include conversations, eye witness testimony and physical evidence such as documents, shell
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One MU Health Care neurologist says research on Alzheimer’s disease treatments and prevention has rapidly accelerated in the last few years. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 7 million Americans are battling this disease, which includes more than 122,300 Missourians. “We had a good 15 to 20 years of nothing,” Dr.
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MILLER Co. (KMIZ) A Miller County mother is searching for answers as Friday marks the fourth anniversary of her son’s disappearance. “It’s difficult, it’s always going to be difficult until we have some answers,” Chyenne Noriega said. “But I have my four other boys that have kind of helped pull me together and keep the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Love Columbia says the construction of its new Love Forward Homes apartment complex is going well and it will start welcoming families in January. “We are thankful to the many skilled workers in Columbia who have kept us on track,” Love Columbia spokesperson Caroline Roush wrote in an email. The complex in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While authorities and family members continue to search for answers, Columbia police are revealing new details about the homicide case of Edmond ‘Ricky’ Randolph Jr. “Not knowing what happened to him is still troubling,” Randolph’s mother Nicole Craig said. “It’s still a struggle.” Ricky Randolph Jr. with his daughter. (Credit: Nicole Craig) Around
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County chapter of Crimestoppers typically offers rewards in cases involving warrants and drugs. However, the organization has a role in helping solve the city’s unsolved homicides, too. Crimestoppers board president and former Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputy John Fields said the local chapter was founded in 1980. Fields estimates the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Progress is being made at the Voluntary Action Center’s Opportunity Campus site at Bowling Street and Business Loop 70 in Columbia. The $18.6 million site will house a resource center and a 125-bed shelter facility. After breaking ground in February 2024, the Opportunity Campus was planned to open this fall. It was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are revealing new details about the unsolved case of Virginia ‘Ginger’ Davis. Police say on the morning of June 6, 1994, authorities found Davis inside her home at 1508 Patsy Lane in only her underwear with a plastic bag over her head. According to a 1994 media release, a neighbor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad continues to help out local law enforcement agencies 60 years after its formation, lending resources to the most high-profile investigations. “It’s comprised of a bunch of detectives from different agencies to make a criminal investigation division of their own,” Columbia Police Department Lt. Matt Gremore said. “If
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are still searching for a man seen with 59-year-old George Showalter before he was killed at the Red Roof Inn in 1994. George Showalter, date unknown On April 17, 1994, Columbia Police responded to a call at the Red Roof Inn Motel near Interstate 70 and found Showalter facedown and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say advancements in DNA technology are helping in cold case investigations. Police are investigating 16 cold case homicides dating back to 1985. Three of these cases are over 30 years old. This includes the case of 59-year-old George Showalter, who was found dead inside a Red Roof Inn motel room
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, dozens of former and current Missouri lawmakers traveled from around the state to honor former governor and Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond. Bond died last week at 86 years old. He was originally from Mexico, Missouri, where his maternal grandfather, A.P. Green, was a well-known businessman. He was sworn in
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