COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ). Missouri’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday is underway, waiving state and local sales taxes on qualifying clothing, school supplies and technology through Sunday at midnight. The three-day holiday weekend begins annually on the first Friday in August at 12:01 a.m. To qualify for the tax exception, purchases must be for personal use;
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Jail is holding 14 inmates who have been court-ordered for psychiatric care, but officials are saying they do not have enough facility resources to provide mental health care to inmates. In a Facebook post by Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler, the Cole County Jail has 160 inmates, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shooting took place at the Interstate 70/Highway 63 Connector and Conley Road on Sunday, and the Columbia Police Department is still looking for the shooter. CPD is still looking to identify the suspect involved and is asking anyone with information to contact them for a reward. A CPD spokesperson declined to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Boone County are having to navigate an updated congressional map following state redistricting that shuffled the districts that cover Central Missouri. Under the revised congressional map, Boone County is now split between Missouri’s Third and Fifth Congressional Districts. Under the previous map put in place after the 2020 census, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Missouri Bar exam was completed on Wednesday, after long delays from internet connection affected the start time to Tuesday’s portion of the exam. Missouri is one of the first states in the country to test out new exam software called NextGen and hosted the exam at the Wyndham Executive Center on Tuesday
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The number of assaults from May to July 2025 has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi said Tuesday in a written statement that concerns about violence near MU’s campus downtown “must be addressed” after a street brawl over the weekend. This statement comes shortly after a fight
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Editor’s note: A line in reference to a song that was performed at the event has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Regional Library hosted “Rainbow Story Time” on Saturday after receiving threats of potential funding loss from Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The event happened in the Children’s Program Room, and
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge found enough probable cause Thursday to try one of the four suspects involved in the death of Randolph County 16-year-old Kayla Huff. Judge James Cooksey bound over Hunter Ames, 19, to circuit court on Thursday morning after a preliminary hearing in Randolph County. Ames faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works has entered into an agreement with a contractor to perform maintenance on the “no-mow zones” around the city after areas started overgrowing from rain this month. The no-mow zones, or Roadside Pollinator Program, was initiated to help promote biodiversity in Columbia and was strategically placed based
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office filed criminal charges against a Columbia man on Monday after a gun went off during a fight outside an apartment complex. Lorenzo Toledo-Vara, 22, will remain in the Boone County Jail without bond after his hearing Monday. The Columbia Police Department responded to a call around 2
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ). The downtown Fulton building that collapsed on June 17 has had its debris cleaned up, but the city still has the space the building occupied blocked off. ABC 17 News spoke with Fulton city leaders, Callaway County leaders and the Fulton Fire Department, but they were unable to provide any information on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Representative Cameron Parker’s efforts to get a law passed on camp safety regulations didn’t come to fruition in 2026. But she said she’ll try again , spurred on in part by recent floods and a camp evacuation in southeast Missouri. During the 2026 legislative session, Parker filed House Bill 3142, which establishes
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Cole County election judges will see a pay increase starting with the August election, marking the county’s first wage increase for these workers since 2019. Previously, Cole County election judges made $120 per day along with $15 for training. But under a newly appointed plan, judges will now receive $210 per
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 on Monday completed its four-day deployment in Reynolds and Iron counties to respond to and help with the historic flooding in southern Missouri. The task force was originally placed as a type 3 resource, meaning only half the team was deployed, but after seeing the severity of the
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ROCKY MOUNT, Mo. (KMIZ) A severe morning storm caused tree damage and a widespread power outage across Morgan County on July 10, and residents spent much of the day preparing for possible storms later at night. In an email to ABC 17 News, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative representative Patrick Wood said at one point nearly 3,000
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s Public Works and Planning Committee met on July 9 to discuss research on safety requirements for shelters, including those that house homeless individuals, and to create a draft of the ordinance. According to the Department of Planning and Protective Services’ memorandum, officials want to find out more about: Occupancy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia collected nearly 110 tons of recycling materials in the first 10 days after curbside pickup resumed. Utilities spokesman Jason West told ABC 17 News that is more than 25 tons of recycling materials that were collected during the same period in 2025. An EF-1 tornado hit the city’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council approved plans for the budget and construction of the new Jefferson City Conference Center during a special meeting Monday. The conference center will be located in the “heart of Jefferson City,” according to Mayor Ron Fitzwater, on the corner of Madison Street and East Capitol Avenue. Fitzwater
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) One Sunday morning, a fire broke out at a home at the corner of Tara Lane and Hominy Creek Trail in northeast Columbia. Columbia Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer told ABC 17 News there was a temporary delay in finding the home after dispatchers were given incorrect information about its location. The initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A stat has been corrected to show traffic deaths are down statewide. Online traffic crash reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol show that traffic fatalities in Troop F have nearly doubled so far this year compared to the same time period in 2025. MSHP Troop F — which covers
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