COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 36-year-old man accused of running over a motorcyclist, who later died from his injuries, was charged Monday with murder. Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Roger Johnson told ABC 17 News in an email that charges against Donald J. Legleiter had been changed to include second-degree murder in the death of Jeffrie W.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was killed in Boone County Saturday night in what the Boone County Sheriff’s Office is investigating as a homicide. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to ABC 17 News Sunday night that a suspect was arrested. According to a release from the sheriff’s office Sunday night, Isaiah
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Worley Street was blocked off Sunday night, due to an underground explosion. According to a Boone County Joint Communications alert, Worley Street from Stadium to at least West Blvd was closed due to an underground explosion. Drivers were asked to find an alternate route. A Columbia firefighter on scene
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sentencing has been delayed for a Hartsburg man who pleaded guilty to killing his father in 2022. Collin Knight, 25, appeared in Boone County court via Webex on Friday for a sentencing hearing. Knight had previously agreed to a plea deal that would see him serve life in prison for second-degree murder
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcyclist who was run over by an SUV in McBaine on Monday has died from his injuries. Family members, including the daughter of Jeffrie W. Cash, confirmed with ABC 17 News on Friday morning that he died Thursday. Donald J. Legleiter, 36, was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two radio stations in Columbia that rely on public funding say they’re facing an uncertain future after the U.S. House passed President Donald Trump’s rescissions package. House Republicans gave the green light late Thursday for $9 billion in spending cuts from the federal government, which includes a $1.1 billion cut for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia leaders have discussed the possibility of implementing a juvenile curfew as part of ongoing efforts to address youth violence, though city officials say no formal proposals have been made. “We’ve been talking with some people in the community about the possibility of having a curfew, and especially in some areas where
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More powerful boats and more frequent training for the Columbia Fire Department are needed to keep firefighters safe in flash flood rescues, according to an internal CFD review done in light of a county fire chief’s drowning last year. The city fire department’s facilitated learning review, obtained by ABC 17 News, laid
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored in Boone County after more than 400 people were without power on Thursday morning, as thunderstorms rolled through Mid-Missouri. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map on Thursday morning showed 478 customers without power.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is restored after storms rolled through Howard County Wednesday night. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map on Wednesday night showed 216 Howard Electric customers without power, while 50 Co-Mo Cooperative customers in Cooper County had no power and 28 Boone Electric Co-op customers with no power in Randolph County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An associate pastor at Broadway Christian Church who was accused of stealing campaign signs during the mayoral election has had his charges dropped. The Rev. Andrew Lawrence Taylor-Peck, 46, of Columbia, was originally charged with misdemeanor stealing. Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson told ABC 17 News in an email that the case
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One man was injured Tuesday night after an apparent drive-by shooting in Boone County.The man was shot while in a car near Santa Anna Drive and El Chapparal Avenue, according to Captain Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Leer told ABC 17 News in a text that someone in
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The first night of the Boone County Fair kicked off Tuesday evening with the use of a weapons detection systems loaned by Columbia Public Schools. CPS loaned the fair a total of four systems and two-to-four will be used depending on the day and volume of fair goers. It’s an upgrade
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with two child sex crimes on Tuesday in Boone County. John Harvey, 26, was charged with first-degree statutory rape of a child younger than 14 years old and statutory sodomy of a child younger than 14 years old. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 36-year-old man remained in the Boone County Jail on Tuesday on allegations that he hit a motorcyclist with his SUV, causing serious injuries, and left the scene. Donald J. Legleiter, who has no address listed in online court records, was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and leaving the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) FEMA has requested that more members of Missouri Task Force 1 to be deployed to Texas to assist with the response to flooding, according to a Monday press release from the Boone County Fire Protection District says. The release says Task Force 1 was upgraded from a Type 3 team to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tank used to store flammable liquid blew its top off Route K, sending its top flying into a nearby neighborhood. Fire crews were called to the closed Leatherwood Hills store on Route K at about 2 p.m. for a tank fire. A photo shows four tanks of the sort used to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was set on fire on his porch last month has died. Donovan “Tyler” Baylis died on Monday morning, his mother Nan Oliver told ABC 17 News on Monday afternoon. Baylis was 31. Police had said the man was burned on June 15 in the 1500 block of Paris Road.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Severe weather and flooding forced Missouri Task Force One to suspend search operations along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas on Sunday, according to the latest update from the Boone County Fire Protection District. BCFPD said the team returned to its base of operations where members reconfigured equipment and were
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One continued their relief operations Saturday along a 10-mile stretch of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas. The Boone County Fire Protection District taking to social media to share the latest update. The post said the team, working alongside counterparts from Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, and multiple
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