Zach Boetto, Author at ABC17NEWS

Demolition begins Tuesday on Hanger 350 at the Columbia Regional Airport to make way for a new terminal.

Demolition underway at Columbia Regional Airport to make way for new terminal

May 4, 2021 8:47 AM Zach Boetto

Demolition started Tuesday at the Columbia Regional Airport to make way for a new terminal.…

Columbia Public Schools begins vaccinations on high school campuses

May 4, 2021 5:48 AM Zach Boetto

Columbia Public Schools students will have the opportunity to get vaccinated Tuesday at Battle High…

Columbia and Boone County leaders to give COVID-19 update

May 3, 2021 5:22 AM Zach Boetto

Boone County leaders will be updating residents on the future of health orders…

Deputies respond to a motorcycle collision in Columbia.

Motorcycle crash sends one to hospital

May 1, 2021 3:38 AM Zach Boetto

One person was taken to the hospital after a motorcycle crash just before midnight on…

State House gives vocal approval to chokehold bill

April 27, 2021 5:37 AM Zach Boetto

The bill features a measure that prohibits law enforcement officers from using a respiratory choke-hold unless deadly force is authorized under the…

MoDOT Central District sign and a filled pothole.

MoDOT crews to start patching potholes along Stadium Boulevard in Columbia

April 26, 2021 4:15 AM Zach Boetto

Crews will be focusing on Stadium Boulevard between I-70 and Highway…

Teen seriously injured after being thrown from a clothes basket being towed by a rope

April 25, 2021 2:25 AM Zach Boetto

FULTON, Mo, (KMIZ) A teenager is recovering from serious injuries after being thrown from a clothes basket that was being towed by a vehicle with a…

Missouri State Highway Patrol Vehicle parked with its lights on.

Woman flown to hospital after UTV crash in Camden County

April 25, 2021 2:08 AM Zach Boetto

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Raymore woman is recovering from serious injuries after being thrown from a UTV Saturday night. Missouri State Highway…

Callaway County crash leaves one seriously injured

April 11, 2021 1:16 AM Zach Boetto

CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash in Callaway County left a 17-year-old seriously injured Saturday afternoon. According to Missouri State Highway…

Three candidates face off for the open Columbia City Council Ward 2 seat.

Waner wins Ward 2 Columbia City Council seat

April 6, 2021 6:25 PM Zach Boetto

The chair of Columbia’s Human Rights Commission has won an open seat on the Columbia City…

Voters in line to cast their absentee ballots Monday at the Boone County Government Center.

What to expect at Boone County polling places for Tuesday’s municipal election

April 6, 2021 4:35 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County polling places on Tuesday’s municipal election day will continue coronavirus safety protocols for the second year…

Columbia Public Schools buses lined up as students and teachers return to full time in person classes.

CPS returns to full-time, in-person classes

April 5, 2021 5:47 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students and teachers in Columbia Public Schools will return to 5-day, in-person classes Monday. Students are still required to…

Pursuit suspect crashes into The State Historical Society of Missouri building

April 4, 2021 12:56 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One suspect is in custody after crashing into The State Historical Society of Missouri Center for Missouri Studies, Sunday…

Open appointments allowing for walk-ins at Moniteau County vaccine clinic.

‘Plenty of openings’ allowing for walk-ins at Moniteau County vaccine clinic

March 30, 2021 5:26 AM Zach Boetto

The Moniteau County Health Center says open appointments are allowing for walk-ins at its vaccine clinics on Tuesday and…

Phase 2 activation extends vaccine eligibility to those 'essential for economic recovery.'

Phase 2 activates Monday; those ‘essential for economic recovery’ now eligible for vaccine

March 29, 2021 4:16 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 900,000 additional Missourians become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine Monday. According to the state, the activation…

Deputies were called around 11:30 Saturday night to the 4400 block of West Millbrook Drive for reports of shots heard.

Nobody injured after West Columbia shooting

March 28, 2021 1:09 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nobody is injured after a shooting late Saturday night in West Columbia. Deputies were called out around 11:30 p.m. to the 4400…

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers busted a vehicle for speeding in Cole County Friday night and found guns and drugs inside.

Four arrested after MSHP finds guns, drugs and cash

March 27, 2021 10:29 AM Zach Boetto

COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers busted a vehicle for speeding in Cole County Friday night and found guns and drugs…

First floor collapses in Tuesday morning Jefferson City fire

March 23, 2021 5:50 AM Zach Boetto

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Fire crews shut down parts of East Ashley Street and East Hess Way in Jefferson City for an early Tuesday morning fire.…

Columbia man indicted in ex-wife’s alleged murder

March 21, 2021 10:17 AM Zach Boetto

Andrew Scott Lucas was indicted on an upgraded first-degree murder charge after initially being arrested and charged with second-degree murder back…

Two people rescued from flooded bridge in Rolla

March 13, 2021 10:52 AM Zach Boetto

ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Water rescue crews saved two people from a flooded bridge in Rolla on Friday night. It happened around 9 p.m. on a low water bridge…