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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Saline County reports two more deaths

August 19, 2020 5:40 AM ABC 17 News Team

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MONDAY UPDATES: Columbia Regional Airport continues to see drops in traffic

August 10, 2020 1:47 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Former Boonville radio host sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to child molestation

August 6, 2020 10:24 AM Matt Ragsdale

A former Boonville radio host was sentenced to 5 years of supervised probation after he pleaded guilty to a felony count of child molestation Wednesday.

MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County COVID-19 cases increase 11, actives fall 20

July 27, 2020 2:11 PM Matt Ragsdale

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Marshall man drowns in Lamine River

July 21, 2020 9:15 AM Matt Ragsdale

COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) State troopers say a Marshall, Mo. man drowned in the Lamine River Monday night while swimming with his family. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report said 25-year-old Joseph Johnson got caught in the current of the river at the Harriean Hill Access around 7:30 p.m. Troopers said Johnson swam after a

Missouri State Highway Patrol Vehicle parked with its lights on.

Morgan County man killed in Tuesday rollover crash

July 8, 2020 9:34 AM Matt Ragsdale

State troopers said a Morgan County man was killed in a rollover crash outside of Boonville Tuesday afternoon.

Doctors from Boonville hospital to work at new clinic

June 22, 2020 5:44 PM Matthew Sanders

Two family doctors from Pinnacle Regional Hospital will work at University of Missouri Health Care’s new Boonville clinic when it opens next month.

Police give update in search for missing mother at Lamine River

June 17, 2020 9:55 PM Katie Greathouse

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department gave an update in the search for a missing mother on Wednesday night. In a press release, police said they have “completed the process of using a levee to excavate an area of the Lamine River in the search for Mengqi Ji.” Police had focused their search on

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: SSM St. Mary’s Hospital changing visitor guidelines

June 17, 2020 8:43 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Boonville man killed in Sunday motorcycle crash

June 15, 2020 8:41 AM Matt Ragsdale

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near the intersection of Eleventh Street and Highway 87.;

Second crash reported at Rocheport Bridge Tuesday morning

June 9, 2020 8:03 AM Matt Ragsdale

Mid-Missouri crews responded to a second crash at the Missouri River Bridge on Interstate 70 westbound near Rocheport on Tuesday.

Troopers rescue two women missing on the Lamine River

June 8, 2020 1:56 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday two women were rescued in Cooper County early in the morning after getting lost on the Lamine River on Sunday.

Lane of I-70 to close on Missouri River bridge for urgent repairs

June 4, 2020 3:44 PM Matthew Sanders

One eastbound lane of Interstate 70 over the Missouri River bridge near Rocheport will be closed for three nights next week for urgent repairs.

One dead in Cooper County ATV crash

June 4, 2020 3:35 AM Brittany Wiley

One person is dead after an all-terrain vehicle crash in Cooper County.

Clarksburg man pleads guilty to fatal DWI

May 18, 2020 2:14 PM Matt Ragsdale

A Clarksburg man was put on probation after he pleaded guilty Friday to driving while intoxicated that caused the death of a California man.

Boonville prison inmate charged with murder in overdose death

May 15, 2020 4:35 PM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors have charged a Boonville Correctional Center inmate with murder after he allegedly provided a fatal dose of fentanyl to another inmate.

Search for missing Columbia woman ends for the week

May 12, 2020 5:57 PM Matthew Sanders

The search for a missing Columbia woman has wrapped up for the week because of expected rain and storms.

Authorities continue search for Mengqi Ji at the Lamine River

May 8, 2020 7:51 PM Zach Boetto

Crews returned to the De Bourgmont Access at the Lamine River near Highway 41 in search for a missing Columbia mother.

Authorities continue to build levee in search for Mengqi Ji

May 7, 2020 8:26 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Crews gained ground Thursday on the Lamine River levee construction to aid in the search for Mengqi Ji. Authorities began building the levee in order to get heavy machinery onto the river in attempt to reach the south column of the Highway 41 bridge where they believe Mengqi Ji may be located.

Crews return to Lamine River in search of missing mom

May 6, 2020 9:37 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Search teams returned to the Lamine River on Wednesday, in search of a missing Columbia mother. “Our goal is really to gain some closure for the family and to truly investigate to a point where we find evidence of her body and close the case,” Brittany Hilderbrand, a Columbia Police Department spokesperson