COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Each of the two candidates for the Fifth Ward seat on the Columbia City Council say infrastructure projects would be a top priority if they’re elected April 7. Incumbent Don Waterman and challenger Christina Hartman told ABC 17 News in separate interviews that they are focused on long-delayed infrastructure projects, including a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An everyday sale took a turn last Friday after a man pulled a shotgun and shot at a salesman in Boone County, according to authorities. Boone County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Brian Leer said 69-year-old Mark Streeter allegedly confronted a salesman and later fired shots at him as the salesman was leaving. Deputies
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of shooting at a door-to-door salesman in Boone County was arrested on Friday night. Capt. Brian Leer, of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office told ABC 17 News in an email Mark Q. Streeter was arrested on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon. Around 6:30 p.m. Friday, deputies were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Free naloxone distribution boxes are now available at locations across Columbia, the city announced in a news release on Friday. Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, is a medication that can help reverse overdoses from opioids like heroin, fentanyl or prescription opioid medications. The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services said the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville school district broke ground Thursday on the second phase of a series of improvements to its facilities. Phase one of the district’s long-term facility master plan focused on improvements to the middle school. Upcoming work will include changes to sports facilities and expanded parking for students, as well as additional
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District named a new assistant chief for its operations bureau on Wednesday, according to a news release posted on Facebook. Chuck Doss was named the new assistant chief and brings “a leadership style that adapts to the situation, clear and decisive during emergency operations, while focusing on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple customers are without power Wednesday morning, following overnight storms in Mid-Missouri. According to the statewide outage map from the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Benton County has the most outages with 795 customers without power as of 7:53 a.m. Wednesday. After Boone County customers had their power restored just before 5
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is prepared to use its alert system on Tuesday, as strong storms could move into the area. Parts of Mid-Missouri were under a tornado watch on Tuesday evening, stretching from Sedalia to Paris. Other areas risk seeing the possibility of damaging wind, large hail and rainfall as the
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple agencies responded to a fire at a hay barn on Tuesday evening in the 600 block of Audrain Road 110. Dispatch data from the city of Columbia shows the Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a mutual aid call at 4:49 p.m. BCFPD Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County deputies have arrested a Columbia man for a crash that left a child hurt over the weekend. On Monday, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said it was searching for a driver accused of hitting a 9-year-old girl with their car in the 700 block of Demaret Drive on Sunday night.
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Editor’s note: The date and area of the shooting was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Witnesses took the stand Tuesday in day one of the jury trial for the man charged in connection with a shooting inside a Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbia in 2024. A jury of nine men and five women were chosen for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County deputies are asking for the public’s help in finding a driver who hit a 9-year-old girl and drove away Sunday night. The child, who was taken to a hospital but was alert and talking at the scene, was crossing in the 700 block of Demaret Drive east of Columbia at
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EDITOR’S NOTE: AI tools were used to help organize the information in this story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is urging drivers to travel with caution, with warmer weather causing potholes to pop up across roads. MoDOT crews responded to the westbound Interstate 70 on-ramp at the Highway 63 connector twice over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new set of charges have been filed against one of the men accused in the 2023 Dove Drive shooting that left one man dead. A superseding indictment was filed on Friday in the case against Ja’Shaun Barney, 21, of Columbia. He is now charged with conspiracy to commit a felony, accessory
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Doug Westhoff has been named the new full-time chief of the Boone County Fire Protection District. BCFPD announced in a Monday social media post that that Westoff was named the new chief. He was named the interim chief in December after Scott Olsen retired. The release says he is a fourth-generation firefighter
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two horses that were pulled out of mud near Harrisburg in late February are now back home, according to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District. The post states firefighters involved in the rescue visited the farm and horses on Sunday. “It was a great opportunity to
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power was reported to be fully restored Saturday after storms left hundreds of Mid-Missourians experiencing outages. Saturday morning, Cooper County crews were working to restore power to more than 400 Ameren customers. The number of those without power started to rise again around 10:30 p.m. on Friday night. Storms began entering the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A reinspection of Copper Kettle in Ashland shows it still has one health-code violation. The Columbia/Boone County Health Department inspected the restaurant last week and found nine violations, seven of which were critical. A health inspector went back on Wednesday and found all of the critical violations had been fixed. However, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission announced in a Wednesday press release that it will discuss amending its senior property tax policy during a Thursday meeting. The release says the amendment would get rid of the need for seniors to sign up for the tax freeze each year. Applicants who maintain eligibility will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lane of Interstate 70 eastbound in Boone County was closed Wednesday for emergency repairs. The Missouri Department of Transportation said in a news release that the lane is closed at mile-marker 133/8, near the Route Z exit for Centralia. Drivers are asked to use alternate routes. The work is expected to
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