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Crash causes backups on I-70 at Perche Creek

December 16, 2019 11:01 AM Madison Fleck

A crash involving multiple vehicles caused backups in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near Perche Creek on Monday morning.

Police release description, photos of Steak ‘n Shake robbers

December 16, 2019 10:55 AM Matthew Sanders

Columbia police are seeking two people in the robbery of a Steak ‘n Shake restaurant during Sunday’s snowstorm.

Some roads snow-covered as crews prepare for second round of snow

December 16, 2019 4:26 AM Madison Fleck

Some roads across mid-Missouri remained snow-covered on Monday morning as road crews prepared for a second round of snow. LIVE PLAYBACK of morning road conditions can be viewed in the player below. ABC 17 Stormtrack meteorologist Kevin Schneider was tracking more snow accumulation expected throughout the day Monday. Snow accumulations are expected to give an

Columbia, Boone County to work on clearing roads through Monday

December 15, 2019 2:35 PM Sydney Olsen

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Snow moving through the area on Sunday and Monday will cause crews to be on the roads overnight. Columbia Public Works had a full crew out clearing roads Sunday. It will also have a full, or close to full, crew in overnight Sunday. Barry Dalton from Columbia Public Works said the crews

Several crashes reported around Columbia, Boone County during winter storm

December 15, 2019 1:48 PM Barry Mangold

Emergency responders handled several calls for car crashes amid a Sunday winter storm.

Columbia Police arrest man in Friday night shooting, assault

December 13, 2019 11:18 PM Matt Ragsdale

Columbia Police Department officers arrested a man in connection with a shooting and assault on Friday night.

Columbia calls in road crews ahead of Sunday winter storm

December 14, 2019 8:16 PM Barry Mangold

Two dozen city workers will get to work on Sunday morning ahead of a winter storm that could blanket Mid-Missouri with snow.

Alcohol sales at MU football games totaling more than $600,000

December 13, 2019 6:45 PM Sydney Olsen

The University of Missouri sold alcohol at football games for the first time in 2019.

Investigators to use SONAR tech during ninth day of Elledge search

December 13, 2019 5:22 AM Joe McLean

COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Law enforcement agencies are not giving up the search for a missing Columbia mother, Mengqi Ji Elledge. A search of the Lamine River in Cooper County stretched into its ninth day Friday as cold temperatures create an obstacle to divers. HAPPENING NOW: Day 9 in the Lamine River search for

Columbia psychologist faces sodomy charges in Boone and St. Louis Counties

December 12, 2019 6:17 PM Sydney Olsen

Kurt Bumby, 50, from Columbia is charged with two counts of statutory sodomy in Boone County and two counts of sodomy in St. Louis County.

Columbia man arrested, charged in Welcome Inn killing

December 13, 2019 9:43 AM Madison Fleck

A Columbia man was arrested and charged on Friday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with a killing at the Welcome Inn in Columbia.

Two more plead guilty in Missouri marijuana conspiracy

December 12, 2019 3:57 PM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more people admitted to their roles in a nationwide marijuana-selling operation that’s tied to a killing in Columbia. Kurt Arthur Petersen and Norman James George, III pleaded guilty on Thursday at the Christopher Bond federal courthouse in Jefferson City. Petersen pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute more

City council members react to city getting Boone County Fairgrounds

December 11, 2019 6:32 PM Sydney Olsen

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia could soon take over the Boone County Fairgrounds. City Council and the Boone County Commission need to approve a deal where the county will give the fairgrounds to the city in a deed. Several city council members have voiced their support for the deal, saying the recreation complex

Behind the Kitchen Door: Mall food court subject to same inspections as restaurants

December 11, 2019 6:00 PM Zara Barker

Holiday shopping season is in full swing, which means many people will make their way to the Columbia Mall and work up an appetite.

Search for Columbia mother apparently scaled back

December 11, 2019 5:42 AM Joe McLean

The search in a Mid-Missouri river for a missing Columbia woman was scaled back Wednesday, the seventh day that crews were on the water.

Boone County fair to return to Columbia

December 10, 2019 5:11 PM Sydney Olsen

The Boone County Fair will return to Columbia in 2020 after news that the county will transfer the old fairgrounds to the city of Columbia.

Search for Mengqi Ji Elledge continues into seventh day

December 10, 2019 10:24 AM Zach Boetto

Authorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.

Columbia Board of Education approves revised seclusion, isolation and restraint policy

December 9, 2019 4:16 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia Board of Education will consider items including a final reading of a revised policy on seclusion, isolation and restraint of students when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Family, friends remember teenager killed in Columbia police chase

December 6, 2019 5:37 PM Sydney Olsen

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of a Hallsville teenager killed in a crash early Friday called him a “loving young man who made a stupid mistake.” Hayden Holt, 17, died when his vehicle crashed into a utility pole during a chance involving police. Holt’s mother, Kari Hallowell, described her son as loving. “I will say

One man dies after pedestrian crash on College Avenue

December 6, 2019 8:38 PM Matt Ragsdale

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old man died Friday night after he was struck by a vehicle on College Avenue. Logan M. Warnecke of Columbia was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries where he after died. According to a media release, Kathrine E Madigan, 21, was driving north on College Avenue when she struck Warnecke.