COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 was activated on Thursday to respond to expected flooding in southeast Missouri. According to a news release, the team has been activated to help local authorities in flood-related emergency response operations on Friday. Task Force 1 left Columbia just before 3 p.m., marking its first in-state deployment since
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two senior citizens were injured – one seriously – in a crash Thursday night on Highway 63, near the Boone-Callaway County line, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says that a 2013 Nissan Quest was heading southbound in the passing lane just north of County Road 399
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PILOT GROVE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Emergency Management Agency says a power outage is to blame for a tornado siren not activating before an EF-2 tornado touched down in Pilot Grove on Wednesday morning. The siren — described as a “Cold War-era siren” — that sits on the Pilot Grove water tower and solely
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traffic shift through a work zone on Highway 63 in Columbia is expected to occur next week, the Missouri Department of Transportation announced in a Thursday press release. The new southbound bridge near Interstate 70 will be completed and crews will start work on the northbound bridge soon, the release says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several felonies after he was accused of crashing his Jeep into an apartment’s fence during a chase with law enforcement while he was drunk on Thursday morning. Darrell Grimes, 29, was charged with illegal gun possession, armed criminal action, driving while intoxicated, aggravated fleeing and leaving
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The National Weather Service in Kansas City surveyed tornado damage in Cooper County on Wednesday, finding EF-2 damage on the northeast side of town. The storm rolled in from Pettis County around 8:30 a.m., and was on the ground for 6 minutes while it traveled 6.3 miles across Pilot Grove, lifting near I-70. Minor damage
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s four mayoral candidates sat down with ABC 17 News to discuss a number of topics, including homelessness in the city, before the April 8 municipal election. The candidates include incumbent Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy. In 2024, The Boone County Coalition to End Homelessness
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iberia man was charged with a pair of felonies on Wednesday. Owen Lee, 21, was charged in Miller County with two counts of having child porn. He was brought to the Miller County Jail and posted a $7,500 bond. An arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 14. Law enforcement
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Morgan County was charged with several felonies on Thursday. Ryan Berve, 46, of Versailles, was charged with three counts of possessing child pornography and one count of failing to register as a sex offender. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond. An arraignment
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old man from Lake Ozark, Missouri, was killed in a crash on the Route MM bridge on Thursday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 1999 Ford F-250 – driven by an 18-year-old Brumley man – was facing south while it was stopped
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to felony murder in an elderly woman’s death. Jermarion Burnett-Howard had already pleaded guilty to felony murder and a gun charge in the killing of 72-year-old Janet Jago, who was gunned down outside her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The widow of a truck driver who died in a crash in 2022 and the railway company she sued in a wrongful death lawsuit have agreed to a settlement. Erin Barton, of Brookfield, Missouri, had sued Burlington Northern Santa Fe in July 2022 after her husband, Billy Barton II, was killed on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 51-year-old Eldon woman was found safe after a missing person advisory was issued for her. MSHP wrote that Christy Hayes has been missing since 4:30 p.m. March 25 at 111S Oak Street in Eldon. The release says that Hayes left the Eldon Police Department to go back to her residence in
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Liberation Day has come. President Donald Trump announced his sweeping package of tariffs on products from dozens of countries on Wednesday, as promised. Opinions vary on the tariffs. Critics say they’re going to drive the world into an economic depression. Supporters — and their biggest proponent, Trump — argue that tariffs will help bring back
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PILOT GROVE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pilot Grove Community is picking up their gloves and chainsaws to help with clean up efforts following a tornado Wednesday morning. After leaving her basement following the storm, Pilot Grove resident and community building board member Sue Day grabbed her rake and joined her neighbors in the cleanup. “There is
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An EF-2 tornado swept through Pilot Grove in Cooper County, causing damage to homes, garages, power lines, and vehicles, but miraculously, there were no injuries or deaths, and the community came together to offer support and help.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sex offender from Warrensburg was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. William Aloys Wameling, Jr., 39, will also have to pay $99,000 in restitution to the victims. He pleaded guilty to the charges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man has been charged with two felonies after he is accused of shooting man Monday in Kirksville. Biagio Davenport was charged in Adair County on Tuesday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Tuesday. The Kirksville Police Department wrote on its Facebook
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Municipal elections in Missouri are April 8, and one of the roles up for grabs is the mayoral seat in Columbia. Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe is running for reelection, while challengers Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy take a shot at the seat. View an interview ABC 17 News reporter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Municipal elections in Missouri are April 8, and one of the roles up for grabs is the mayoral seat in Columbia. Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe is running for reelection, while challengers Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy take a shot at the seat. View an interview ABC 17 News reporter
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