COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Boonville has declared a “snow emergency” and directed drivers to remove their vehicles from along city streets as a large winter storm approaches. Cooper County Emergency Management shared the information on social media on Friday morning with the storm expected to hit overnight. Parking restrictions will begin at 7
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Investors can now buy stock publicly of Columbia-based equipment rental company EquipmentShare. The company began offering stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Friday morning. Nasdaq lists the price of a share at $24.50 at the opening of markets. The company announced last week it would begin offering 30,500,000 shares
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission struck up a conversation around data centers Thursday night. On the commission’s agenda was defining data centers, where they should be and under what conditions. Adding the definition to amend the zoning code could take three to five months. Defining the standards, such as where the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri this week asked a Cole County judge to dismiss a case filed by Columbia Public Schools over charter school applications. The state filed its motion to dismiss on Tuesday and asked the judge to hold all proceedings in the case until a ruling is reached on the motion.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in the Southern Boone R-I School District will decide on a $4 milllion bond issue in April. The bond issue would fund improvements, renovations and repairs at the schools, according to the school district. The district’s debt service tax levy would not change. If approved, the money would go to replace
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students in the Sturgeon School District will learn from home on Thursday and Friday due to an illness outbreak in the small district and a bitterly cold forecast. Superintendent Dustin Fanning wrote in a letter to parents on Wednesday that the school attendance rate had plummeted to 78% at dismissal time on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A minor charged in connection with a southwest Columbia robbery-turned-shooting could be certified as an adult. The minor, whose name ABC 17 News is not releasing unless charges are filed in adult court, appeared at a hearing in juvenile court Wednesday. He was one of four people arrested Tuesday in connection with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person had moderate injuries after a vehicle crashed into an RV Wednesday afternoon in southwest Columbia. A vehicle was seen turned on its side on Coats Lane, a road just off of West Gillespie Bridge Road. Boone County Fire Protection Chief Battalion Chief Clint Walker told ABC 17 News that a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is charged with 29 counts of felony animal abuse is expected to go to trial in April. Melissa Sanders, 26, of Columbia, is scheduled to go to trial on Tuesday, April 28 at the Boone County Courthouse, according to Prosecutor Roger Johnson. She has been held at the Phelps
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County dispensary caught fire on Thursday night after a vehicle hit the gas meter of the building, according to Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp. Firefighters were called around 8:30 p.m. Thursday for a fire at Greenlight Dispensary in the 4000 block of Ponderosa Drive and
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Zachary Muro pleaded guilty to charges for his role in a June 2024 overdose death.
Continue Reading Editor’s note: The name of the business was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire damaged a cannabis dispensary Thursday evening in the 4000 block of Ponderosa Drive in Columbia. Greenlight Dispensary was damaged. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News in a text message there was a fire on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly stole a gun and got into a chase with law enforcement has been charged with six felonies. Devin Taylor, 25, of Columbia, was charged with aggravated fleeing, armed criminal action, first-degree property damage, second-degree burglary, stealing a gun and tampering with evidence.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri House and Senate bill are being considered in legislative committees with goals of curbing juvenile crime. This comes after Gov. Mike Kehoe gave his State of the State address Tuesday, which highlighted plans for state income tax, budget and public safety. “Violent crime committed by juveniles has reached a concerning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traffic study provided by the Regional Economic Development Inc. along a portion of Route B indicates a new road could be built to help with expected traffic needs as businesses expect significant growrth. An access study on Route B was conducted in 2025, with a report dated Dec. 10. It specifically
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement arrested a Columbia man who allegedly had a gun following a chase that ended near Veterans United’s southern Columbia campus on Wednesday. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Wednesday evening press release that Devin Taylor, 25, of Columbia, was eventually found and detained. Taylor was brought to an
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman who was charged with 29 counts of animal abuse has now been sued by more than a dozen dog owners from across the United States and abroad. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Boone County, names Magnum Opus German Shepherds LLC and its owner, Melissa Sanders, 26, and alleges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation met with Boone County stakeholders to discuss what local funding can do to improve Interstate 70 as a lane is added to each side of the highway. Improve I-70 Program Director Eric Kopinski said the goal of Wednesday’s meeting with Boone County commissioners, Columbia Chamber of Commerce
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trailer northwest of Columbia was the scene of a fire investigation early Wednesday. The Boone County Fire Protection District was called to the 5800 block of North Oneal Road at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday after a trailer was set on fire over a dispute, Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said. Boone County firefighters,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after a trailer caught fire in Boone County Wednesday morning. Boone County Fire Protection District crews were called to a fire at North Oneal Road and West Fenton Road around 5:45 a.m. The road was temporarily closed, but has since reopened. Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp
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