Jessica Hafner is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather. You can see her forecasts at 5:00, 6:00, 6:30, and 10:00 on KMIZ and at 9:00 PM on KQFX. Jessica returned to ABC 17 News after three years at KSDK-TV in St. Louis, where she was a meteorologist and fill-in traffic anchor. During her
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Forecaster Nate Splater joined the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team in the summer of 2020. He’s from a small town in southern Arkansas and came to mid-Missouri to pursue a degree in meteorology at Mizzou in 2018. Even though it’s been a few years since he first came to Columbia, Nate is still not used
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Chance Gotsch is a meteorologist for ABC 17 News and FOX 22. He joined the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team in February 2021 and graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in meteorology in Spring 2022. You can usually catch Chance’s forecasts weekdays at noon on KMIZ.
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Marissa Hollowed feels right at home living in Columbia, Missouri and is thrilled to be back! Marissa grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She went to college at Mizzou and graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism. In college, Marissa interned at NBC News in New York. There she worked for the TODAY Show, Nightly News
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Lucas Geisler anchors the 6, 9 and 10 p.m. newscasts for ABC 17 News and reports on the latest news around mid-Missouri. His coverage includes issues within the City of Columbia and the state’s court system. Lucas has covered protests in Ferguson, Mo., sweeping changes at the University of Missouri and numerous issues people in
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Morgan is an evening anchor and reporter who came to ABC 17 News in April 2023.
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Meghan Drakas joined ABC 17 News from the Keystone State and calls the suburbs of Philadelphia her home.
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Mitchell Kaminski is a Big J Journalist from Wheaton, Illinois, who got a degree in sports communication and journalism from Bradley University.
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Avery Roehler joined the ABC 17 News team as a Multimedia Journalist in January 2023. She is currently a student at the University of Missouri where she is majoring in broadcast journalism. Roehler is from Lee’s Summit, Missouri. She became interested in pursuing a career in broadcast journalism while anchoring her high school’s broadcast. Growing
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Nia Hinson joined the ABC 17 News team in January of 2023 as a MMJ. She graduated from Miami University in May of 2022, with bachelor’s degrees in both Journalism and Sport Management. During her time at Miami, she worked as a reporter/anchor for Miami Television News, and interned for The Borgen Project. She has
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FT/PT: Full-time Job Description:The Networks of Mid-Missouri is seeking full-time Account Executive that is a highly driven professional to work with local business on their advertising and marketing strategies in the Columbia, MO area. The successful candidate will complete a training program which includes hands-on learning with a guarantee salary for the first year. In
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Abigail Landwehr joined the ABC 17 news team in September 2022 from Wyoming. Abigail graduated with a degree in Multimedia Communications from Casper College in 2022 and moved to mid-Missouri to finish at the University of Missouri J-School. You can often find her reporting for ABC 17 on the weekends. She grew up about an
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Sawyer Jackson is an ABC 17 Stormtrack Forecaster and started working for ABC 17 in early October of 2022. He is a freshman at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and is majoring in Meteorology. You can usually watch him on weekend evenings at 6, 9, and 10 p.m. Jackson comes from Blue Springs, Missouri, and grew
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department invited the community to an open house event at their regional training center at 5001 Meyer Industrial Drive on Saturday. The event was a part of CPD’s ongoing recruitment drive to fill 21 open positions at the department. “This is not only a prime recruiting opportunity, but also a great chance
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Ethan Heinz joined the ABC 17 News team in the summer of 2022. He’s originally from Chicago, Illinois and came to mid-Missouri for college. He has a degree in Documentary Journalism from the University of Missouri’s Reynolds School of Journalism. Ethan is interested in reporting on crime and public safety. If you have a news
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FT/PT: Full-time Job Description: Work for a family-owned company committed to doing local journalism the right way. Receive terrific training while you launch a meaningful career in an exciting field. Work with an amazing team and know you’re making a difference. ABC 17 News is looking for a News Producer. The right candidate will join a
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FT/PT: Full-time Job Description: ABC17 News is seeking a full-time Multimedia Journalist that will be expected to perform live reporting in the field and bring enterprised story ideas to work every day and work within a research-driven newsroom. Employee must have the flexibility to work in the modern newsroom and could be called upon to
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Marina Diaz is a Multimedia Journalist for ABC 17 News. She is originally from Denver, Colorado, and attended Missouri Valley College where she played lacrosse and basketball and anchored her school’s newscast.
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