COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission struck up a conversation around data centers Thursday night. On the commission’s agenda was defining data centers, where they should be and under what conditions. Adding the definition to amend the zoning code could take three to five months. Defining the standards, such as where the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A minor charged in connection with a southwest Columbia robbery-turned-shooting could be certified as an adult. The minor, whose name ABC 17 News is not releasing unless charges are filed in adult court, appeared at a hearing in juvenile court Wednesday. He was one of four people arrested Tuesday in connection with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City murder suspect will remain in the Cole County Jail without bond after his first court hearing on Friday. Malcolm M. Mayes, 29, of Jefferson City, appeared via video from the Cole County Jail. The judge noted that Mayes’ application for a public defender was approved, but he had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with multiple felonies and a misdemeanor after leading police on a chase that ended with a crash Wednesday night at a Columbia intersection. Daylon Logan, 21, is charged with driving without a license, kidnapping, stealing a car, fleeing a traffic stop and leaving the scene of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri closed its bid portal on Friday for companies looking to shoot their shot at enhancing game day experiences. The university has laid out three zones with eight properties on university land as potential commercial development sites. There will be three development zones: Development Zone No. 1: North Campus/Central Business
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office gave an inside look at its new $20 million Law Enforcement Training Institute on Wednesday. The facility will hold classes and trainings for prospective and current officers 48 weeks out of the year, sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Brian Leer said. “We averaged just over 30 students per academy,
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Harry Adrian IV is no longer working for MoDOT. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The former state safety coordinator for the Missouri Department of Transportation, who was accused of pulling out a gun during a road-rage incident in September, pleaded guilty Tuesday in an agreement with the state. Harry Adrian IV, of Tuscumbia, pleaded guilty
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Columbia teen was arrested for firing shots and a carjacking in the Shoppes at Stadium area Saturday night, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. CPD spokesman Colin Imhoff said officers were called to the area just after 7 p.m. for reports of an active assailant and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Police are trying to determine why a car crashed into Westbrook Terrace Memory Care on Thursday afternoon, leaving a resident of the facility dead and the driver of the car hurt. Firefighters were called to the facility at 1:54 p.m. Thursday after the car hit the building at 3305
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers recovered a stolen car Saturday on U.S. 54 near Callaway County. A social media post from MSHP’s Troop F said its troopers were alerted about the stolen car around 2:30 p.m. Troopers located the vehicle and took the 15 year old driver, who had been reported
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s say a 17-year-old is in custody after leading troopers and Jefferson City Police on a chase Saturday. In a social media post, MSHP Troop F said a Dodge van was reported stolen to JCPD. Around 1:45 p.m. troopers located the van on US 54, approaching Fulton.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is set to graduate its third recruit class from its in-house training academy launched Nov. 2024. The 14 Police Officers in Training will graduate January 16th, 2026 and add their names to the list of the other 21 students from the academy’s first two classes from March and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is cautioning residents to be aware of the risk around home robbers and package thieves this holiday season. Lt. Clint Sinclair, with CPD, tells ABC 17 News the holidays create the perfect opportunity for them to commit their crimes. He said people should not leave things, like boxes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the four years since the death of Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Bryant Gladney, the Boone Co. Fire Protection District tells ABC 17 News its made changes to its training and response procedures. Gladney was killed when a tractor-trailer slammed into his service SUV on Dec. 22, 2021 as Gladney was working at
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A 36-year-old man from O’Fallon, MO is dead after drowning in the Lake of the Ozarks, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The MSHP drowning report, said the man was last seen on a dock at the 40.1 mile marker of the Osage at the lake. He is believed to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Food insecurity is at a 10-year high in Mid Missouri, and the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri says demand has increased since the government shutdown in October and November. The demand became noticeable in October when concerns grew around SNAP benefits during the country’s longest government shutdown. The Food Bank
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills in the negatives between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
This weather can cause symptoms and signs of frostbite to appear in less than 30 minutes. The extra factor of wind can make the process set in even faster.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri homeless organizations are preparing to see an increased need as extreme low temperatures are expected over the weekend. Maj. Nancy Powers, a Corps Officer with Columbia’s Salvation Army Harbor House, said Friday that the colder weather has already brought people to Harbor House with dangerous weather-related health problems. “By the time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of the man killed in a May shooting outside a McDonald’s in south Columbia says police might have acted too slowly in giving him emergency medical aid before his death. “The police came up to him, laying on the ground, fighting for his life, and they just, they handcuff him,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia-based Equipment Share Inc. is looking to take its business to the stock market with an initial public stock offering. The registration statement has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, but is waiting for regulatory approval. Stocks and shares may not be sold until the company’s request becomes
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