COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District has announced Jake Heller will become the new bureau director of special operations and program manager of Missouri Task Force 1. BCFPD made the announcement in a Tuesday social media post. The post says Heller served with the Union Fire District for 16 years and has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vehicle and a Columbia Public Schools bus collided on Interstate 70 eastbound east of St. Charles Road on Wednesday. CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said no students were on the bus. Boone County dispatchers sent out a public alert saying the road was likely blocked. Columbia Police are working the crash scene.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state presented more witness testimony Tuesday as the jury trial for a deadly 2025 Holts Summit shooting continues. This testimony included new information on both Smith’s retelling of events and the whereabouts of Dills’ gun following the shooting. A 12-person jury was picked Monday to decide the fate of 38-year-old Heather
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(Editor’s note, 4/22: The story has been corrected to reflect which agency recommended approval of the ordinance.) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centralia Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday night unanimously recommended approval of an ordinance that defines and places rules on potential data centers in the city. Centralia Mayor Chris Cox told ABC 17 News
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s been one year since a tornado destroyed Columbia’s recycling facility and city officials told ABC 17 News the city is spending more money to transport recyclables than what it makes in return. Recovery Supervisor Tom Elliot with the city’s Solid Waste Division said the revenue impact is due to profit sharing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A National Weather Service team identified damage from an EF-0 tornado Monday after it ripped through Hartsburg and crossed the Missouri River toward Fulton. The tornado, with winds of about 85 mph, caused sporadic tree damage partially tore the roof of a hangar at the Fulton-Elton Hensley Memorial Airport on Friday. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Boone County dog breeder accused of animal abuse appeared in court on Monday. Melissa Sanders, 26, of Columbia, is charged with 13 counts of felony animal abuse and one count of misdemeanor animal abuse. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. She previously faced 29 felony counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is scheduled to shut down the U.S. 63 northbound on and off ramps at Grindstone Parkway in Columbia on Monday, according to a MoDOT press release. The closure is expected to last until the end of June while crews work to build the on and off ramps
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police was on the scene of a crash involving two cars at the intersection of Elm Street and Providence Road in Columbia. The road was partially blocked off for about an hour Sunday night. CPD Sgt. Matthew Nichols told an ABC 17 News reporter on scene the crash happened around 6:20
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Route K in Boone County opened back up about 20 minutes after being closed due to an accident between a car and a motorcycle. First responders were called around 5:40 p.m. Sunday to the area of Route K. One lane of the road was closed down shortly after. An ABC 17 News
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State and local governments will be given one more year to update their websites and apps to match requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act following an extension by the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice announced the initial order on April 24, 2024. Local governments with a total population of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Branches and trees were down around Mid-Missouri after storms rolled through the area on Friday. The threat of high winds and hail damage prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team to issue a Weather Alert Day for Friday. Most of Mid-Missouri was in tornado watch on Friday evening. Gov. Mike Kehoe had preemptively
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Editor’s note, 4/17: The caption on the video has been corrected to reflect when the incident happened. COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) – An American Airlines flight leaving Columbia Regional Airport was delayed after a power unit issue on the plane forced passengers off the flight. COU airport manager Mike Parks tells ABC 17 News that an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) South Carolina Gov. Henry McMcaster on Friday signed an extradition order for a man accused of killing a University of Missouri student 26 years ago. Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder in Boone County for the 2000 death of University of Missouri student Candace
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Centralia’s Board of Aldermen on Monday is expected to discuss the definition of what would be considered a data center, should one be built within city limits. City documents say the proposed definition would read as followed: “DATA CENTER. A facility, or portion of a facility, the primary purpose of which is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The man Columbia police arrested Thursday after an hours-long standoff had skipped out on returning to jail following his release from the hospital, according to court documents. Brian Strickland, 58, was arrested Thursday night on Parkade Boulevard. Columbia police wrote that they tried to serve a warrant for his arrest on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials from the City of Columbia, Boone County, University of Missouri, Columbia Public Schools and the Chamber of Commerce will hold a joint meeting Friday morning. The meeting is set to begin at 8 a.m. in City Hall, where officials will discuss several items on the agenda, like public safety and housing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As construction continues on Columbia’s Opportunity Campus, community leaders are working to prepare both staff and the public ahead of the shelter’s opening this summer. The Voluntary Action Center is hosting a series of training sessions aimed at educating the community about homelessness. Thursday marked the third of six sessions and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Housing Authority, a non-profit that offers low-cost housing, celebrated a ribbon cutting Wednesday marking 70 years of services. But demand for its services continues to outpace available housing. CHA serves over 2,000 households and nearly 4,000 people in Boone County and Columbia, according to the organization. Its work includes providing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash on North Providence road near Monday night Hickman High School that left a man seriously hurt marked the third crash in Columbia this year that involved a pedestrian. Statewide crash data shows pedestrian crashes are three times lower in Columbia than by the same point in 2025. By April 2025,
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