JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is preparing for winter weather conditions and held a winter operations drill Thursday to practice snow removal routes. “We’re always preparing for the worst possible case scenario because it can happen at any given winter,” said MoDOT Central District Maintenance Engineer Jason Shafer. Shafer said the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A representative for Major League Baseball made an appearance at Thursday’s Missouri House Committee on Gaming hearing. Jeremy Kudon of MLB was in Jefferson City for Thursday’s hearing which began at noon. The MLB is projected to make $1.106 billion from legal sports betting, according to a Nielsen report commissioned by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state conservation department announced several Mid-Missouri counties are affected by an invasive bug species that attacks ash trees. The Missouri Department of Conservation said Wednesday the Emerald Ash Borer is impacting more communities around the state. MDC released a list of 16 counties where the species was found recently. Of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Special Olympics of Missouri announced a new partnership with the University of Missouri System Wednesday. The announcement was held at the Aquatic Mezzanine in the Mizzou Rec at 11:30 a.m. The new relationship includes the University of Missouri System schools and MU Health Care. MU officials said the partnership could lead
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“All of a sudden… I couldn’t get access to any of my email accounts.” Gregg Bennett, an entrepreneur from Seattle, said he was a victim of SIM card swapping earlier this year. Without warning, he lost access to several email, financial and other accounts. “(The hackers) got into my amazon account, my Evernote account, my
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WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) A Missouri college student is dead after a gun accidentally discharged at an apartment building on campus. The University of Central Missouri says Stephon Abron of St. Charles died after suffering a gunshot wound around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Another student was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, but Johnson County prosecutor Robert
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It’s not clear what action, if any, the state could take following a sudden phone service outage last week. After a construction crews cut a Centurylink fiber line in Kansas City, 911 centers, schools, and other local agencies were impacted in Mid-Missouri. The company is not regulated by the Department of Commerce and Insurance. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Mayor Brian Treece will hosted a meeting at City Hall on Friday with mayors and staff representing four of Missouri’s largest cities: Columbia, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis. The summit focused on progressing the conversation about how to make Missouri’s communities safer. Mayor Treece said their 3 main priorities are
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – An administrative hearing to decide whether the state of Missouri can revoke the abortion license for the state’s only abortion clinic has concluded. The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up Thursday, a day early. A
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A widespread phone and internet outage, stemming from construction work in Kansas City, caused statewide issues including an electronic system failure in the Cole County Jail. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said the Monday morning outage resulted in a shutdown of certain systems, including cell door operations. The doors, which are normally operated electronically throughout
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court denied the University of Missouri’s request to rehear the appeals court decision that graduate workers are employees. The university asked the Supreme Court to hear the case last month. In its decision filed Tuesday, the court denied the request. In August, the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals
Continue ReadingRoads are wet in Moberly as you head out the door Wednesday. Moberly Police posted on Facebook early Wednesday morning warning residents to, “slow down and use caution while traveling.” City of Moberly officials took to Facebook to let residents know crews are prepared for the wet, rainy and possibly snowy conditions to come. ABC
Continue ReadingRain in mid-Missouri is leaving roads slick for Wednesday morning’s commute. ABC 17 News crews monitored road conditions throughout Columbia and Boone County. Drivers should be sure to take it slow heading out the door with rains causing poor visibility and slippery road conditions. Temperatures have managed to stay above freezing in the area, leaving
Continue ReadingUPDATE, 10:36 p.m.: The commission unanimously approved the development, saying it had no choice but to do so. The commission voted in July to approve to rezoning request of the land, and required the developer to come up with a review plan for their consideration. The county’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved that plan, making
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Supreme Court denied the University of Missouri’s request to rehear the appeals court decision that graduate workers are employees. The university asked the Supreme Court to hear the case last month. In its decision, which was filed Tuesday, the court denied the request. The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals issued a notice
Continue ReadingA widespread phone and internet outage, stemming from construction work in Kansas City, caused statewide issues including an electronic system failure in the Cole County Jail. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said the Monday morning outage resulted in a shutdown of certain systems, including cell door operations. The doors, which are normally operated electronically throughout
Continue ReadingA date has been set for a trial for a man convicted in 2018 of assaulting and stealing from a 91-year-old veteran. Driss Zarhouni was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2018, convicted on multiple charges. Online court records show a new trial is set for Feb. 2, 2020, in the case. Zarhouni wants
Continue ReadingCole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a murder charge against the woman suspected in the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray. Thompson filed a superceding indictment Tuesday. Online court records show Quatavia Givens is now charged with second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse or neglect resulting in death in the case.
Continue ReadingAn academic fraud scandal and the ensuing NCAA appeal has cost the University of Missouri more than a half-million dollars. The university paid a total of $595,626.60 to outside counsel for their work on the investigation and appeal, according to records obtained by ABC 17 News. In January, the NCAA ruled to ban several of
Continue ReadingAnother fast-food chicken restaurant could be popping up on Providence in Columbia. Raising Cain’s Chicken Fingers, represented by Van Matre Law Firm, has applied for a concept review and is requesting a conditional use permit to construct a drive-through on the corner of Providence and Locust Street. Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission held an informational
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