HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District battled a fire in Hallsville Sunday evening. Crews responded to a fire on North Robinson Road around 5 p.m. A controlled burn in a field got out of control, Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp said. The fire was contained shortly before 6 p.m. and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools was among several Mid-Missouri districts to announce a shift to remote learning or class cancellations due to forecasted snowfall for Wednesday. After Wednesday, CPS will have just one remaining Alternative Method of Instruction day before it would need to extend the school year. Missouri law requires public school districts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dangerously cold temperatures have led to a number of area schools to either call off classes on Tuesday or have a late start. Overnight wind chills in parts of Mid-Missouri are expected to hit minus-20 degrees, according to the ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team, who issued a Weather Alert Day for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri schools were impacted this week by winter weather and poor road conditions. A number of schools called off class, while others chose to partake in alternative methods. Missouri law requires public school districts and charter schools to provide a minimum of 1,044 instructional hours each school year, but with winter weather
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Read the full list of closures and cancellations here. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several area school districts will once again not be in session on Tuesday. Columbia Public Schools will have it second AMI day of the year on Tuesday, a district spokesperson said in an email. “Columbia Public Schools will not be in session on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 300 Ameren Missouri customers briefly lost power Monday afternoon with wind chills in the single digits. Ameren Missouri’s outage map showed 363 customers in the Hallsville and Centralia areas without power early Monday afternoon. The outage was no longer listed by about 12:40 p.m. The National Weather Service monitoring station
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Outgoing state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) was fined $100 by the Missouri Ethics Commission last week over yard signs that were used during her bid for northern district commissioner. Toalson Reisch ran an unsuccessful bid this past fall against incumbent Boone County Northern District Commissioner Janet Thompson. Toalson Reisch served in
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville boys basketball coach Brandon Crites was seen on the sidelines again Friday night after being on administrative leave for several weeks. The Indians were victorious 73-47 over South Shelby in Crites’ return on Friday night at Moberly Area Community College. Crites was placed on administrative leave on Dec. 2 during an investigation
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol canceled an Endangered Silver Advisory Monday morning for a Boone County man. MSHP canceled the advisory at 9:27 a.m. Monday after Miller was found safe near his home by law enforcement. Miller was reported missing Sunday at 5 p.m. after the Highway Patrol said he left
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) There were 85 Ameren Missouri customers without power on Thursday night in Hallsville. According to Ameren’s outage map, the outage was caused by damage from a tree. The outage was initially reported at 8:39 p.m., the map says. An order was assigned to a crew, the website says. Ameren estimates on its
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) During a Wednesday night Board of Education meeting, Hallsville residents demanded the district to reinstate a coach who was put on leave. Varsity boys basketball head coach Brandon Crites was placed on administrative leave on Dec. 2. District spokesperson Kari Yeagy wrote in an email to ABC 17 News on Dec. 10
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man is calling on state agencies to make changes along Route B to lower the number of crashes and create a safe road for drivers. In an email to ABC 17 News, Tom Payne expressed his concern for the state road that takes drivers to and from Columbia to
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville boys basketball head coach Brandon Crites has been put on administrative leave, according to an email from a school district spokesperson. District spokesperson Kari Yeagy wrote in a Tuesday email to ABC 17 News that Crites was placed on leave “pending an ongoing investigation conducted by an external agency.” Crites was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is asking for community input to fill out an assessment on the county’s “food system,” a Monday press release says. The survey — which can be found online – consists of 25 questions and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete, the release says. The
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of North Hecht road was blocked off in Hallsville Sunday evening following a crash involving one vehicle. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a vehicle flipped upside down on its roof in the grass and several Boone County Fire Protection District vehicles on scene. According to Boone County Fire Protection
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of murdering a Hallsville man in Morgan County in June appeared in court on Tuesday morning for an arraignment. Chad Armstrong, 50, of Stover, was charged on Friday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond. Armstrong was
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the death of a Hallsville man last month that was ruled an intentional homicide. Chad Armstrong, 50, of Stover, was charged on Friday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All outdoor warning sirens in Boone County were determined to be “fully operational and functioning as intended,” after they were tested by Boone County Joint Communications on Wednesday, a press release from the Boone County Office of Emergency Management says. The test comes after programming issues last month kept sirens in northern
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The death of a Hallsville man whose body was found over the weekend in Morgan County was ruled an “intentional homicide,” according to a social media post from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. Beauford Wilson, 71, was found dead Sunday against a tree near Beechnut Road, south of Stover, the post
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A Hallsville man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of driving drunk and causing a head-on crash.
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