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Vehicle crashes into pole on Worley Street

February 7, 2021 4:16 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia Police Department and the Columbia Fire Department responded to a vehicle crash on Worley Street around 4 p.m. Sunday.

SATURDAY UPDATES: Missouri reports first case of COVID-19 variant

February 6, 2021 1:53 PM Sydney Olsen

The Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,004 new COVID-19 cases Saturday. There have been 465,448 cases reported in Missouri.

WEATHER CONDITION UPDATES: Wreck blocking I-70 eastbound lanes at Missouri River Bridge

February 6, 2021 3:29 PM ABC 17 News Team

Boone County Joint Communications is reporting a wreck on Interstate 70 eastbound at the Missouri River Bridge. Troop F is reporting the wreck is blocking traffic on eastbound I-70. I-70 wreck reported in Cooper County at mile marker 108 A crash is reported on westbound Interstate 70 at mile marker 108 near the Cooper and

Columbia fire crews battle a fire in the 1700 block of Paris Road.

Firefighters battle fire at Columbia business

February 6, 2021 7:16 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia fire crews are battling a fire at the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center Saturday morning. The fire started around 6 a.m. in the 1700 block of Paris Road. Smoke billows from the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center as fire crews work an active fire. Our crews on scene say at least

Road crews preparing ahead for the weekend’s winter weather

February 5, 2021 6:06 PM Victoria Bragg

COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Road crews across Mid-Missouri started pretreatment of priority routes ahead of the anticipated winter weather. Columbia Public Works began pretreatment of main roads Friday and plans to continue pretreatment ahead of the snow Saturday morning. Ashlyn Sherman, a spokesperson for Columbia Public Works said crews will continue to monitor road conditions throughout

Columbia man charged for second sexual assault in ten days

February 5, 2021 11:42 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is in the Boone County Jail tonight after being accused of a Columbia sexual assault. Prosecutors have charged 24-year-old Xavier Gee with armed criminal action, two counts of 1st-degree sodomy, robbery and 3rd-degree assault. According to court documents, the victim was meeting Gee at a hotel. Police say once she

MU Health Care preparing to vaccinate another 2,000 people Saturday

February 5, 2021 8:36 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care is gearing up to vaccinate 2,000 people tomorrow at Faurot Field. More than 2,000 people were vaccinated with the first shot of Moderna’s vaccine yesterday. MU plans to host another clinic the week of February 15th but organizers are still deciding what exact day that will be. They are

FRIDAY UPDATES: Columbia city officials to provide community briefing on COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon

February 5, 2021 11:00 AM ABC 17 News Team

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$200 million meat plant could soon bring Columbia hundreds of jobs

February 5, 2021 3:10 PM Zola Crowder

Swift Prepared Foods is looking for a new location for an Italian meats processing plant to open in 2022. And the company is considering Columbia.

Coronavirus vaccine providers say registration remains the most efficient way to get the shot

February 5, 2021 12:31 PM Chanel Porter

Mid-Missouri medical providers say filling out their vaccine surveys is still the way to go.

No injuries in fire that destroyed barn near Harrisburg

February 5, 2021 5:18 AM Molly Stawinoga

The Boone County Fire Protection District said no one was injured in a barn fire early Friday morning.

MU Health pharmacy head and Boone County Health Department spokeswoman answer coronavirus questions

February 5, 2021 12:06 AM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care held its first mass vaccination clinic today giving over 2,000 people their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. ABC 17 News spoke with MU Health pharmacy head Brad Myers and Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services spokeswoman Sara Humm today and they answered questions live on air about

MU Health vaccinates over 2,000 in first coronavirus shot clinic

February 4, 2021 5:15 PM Victoria Bragg

COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) At 3 p.m. Thursday, MU Health vaccinated 1,300 people so far at its mass vaccination clinic at Faurot Field. The hospital vaccinated 2,056 people by the end of day Thursday and plans to vaccinate another 2,000 people on Saturday. Brad Myers the Executive Director of Pharmacy and Lab Services at the University

Columbia police arrest man accused of statutory rape

February 4, 2021 11:42 AM Matt Ragsdale

Columbia police arrested a man early Thursday morning who is accused of a 2020 statutory rape.

The columns on the Francis Quadrangle at the University of Missouri.

UM System Board of Curators approves ‘Research Commons Thermal Plant’

February 4, 2021 6:35 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A more than nine million dollar project is expected to help save the University of Missouri money. The UM System Board of Curators approved this afternoon building the ‘Research Commons Thermal Plant.’ MU says the new facility removes a need for the school to replace an aging steam main and boiler on

The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.

THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 71st COVID-19 related death; 8th day in a row of double digit new COVID-19 cases

February 4, 2021 8:53 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Columbia shelters prepare for extreme weekend cold

February 4, 2021 11:56 AM Chanel Porter

Local shelters are taking extra steps to make sure that people are provided a space through the weekend as Mid-Missouri enters temperatures in single digits.

Mass vaccination event to begin at Faurot Field Thursday

February 4, 2021 5:15 AM Ben Fein

MU Health Care’s mass vaccination event is set to begin at 7 a.m. on Thursday and will aim to vaccinate 2,000 people.

Trial date set for Joseph Elledge in Mengqi Ji case

February 3, 2021 6:57 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of killing his wife could head to trial this fall. The jury trial for Joseph Elledge is scheduled to start at the Boone County Courthouse on Nov. 1st. Prosecutors have charged him with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Mengqi Ji. He reported her missing back in October

Missourians traveling across county lines in order to get the coronavirus vaccine

February 3, 2021 7:54 PM Victoria Bragg

COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Local health departments say they have received inquiries about the coronavirus vaccine from people all across the state. Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it does not have enough vaccine doses available to vaccinate first-dose patients. The department has struggled with vaccine availability since receiving its first