MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) For nearly seven decades, a pair of grain towers have loomed over Moberly’s downtown skyline, a familiar landmark for anyone driving through the Magic City. By this time next year, those towers are expected to be gone. City officials plan to demolish the long-vacant towers after securing more than $320,000 in federal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police numbers, sidewalk improvements, homelessness and improved housing opportunities are the top priorities of more than 800 Columbia households that responded to the city’s annual Community Survey Findings Report. 2025 Columbia MO Survey ReportDownload According to city documents, the survey was completed by 804 random households. Around 84% of survey respondents have
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Three shootings in Columbia have left one person dead and four people hurt in the first 19 days of 2026. The shooters in two of the shootings have not been identified and arrested, police say.
According to Columbia police dispatch logs, officers responded to eight calls for shots fired and 16 calls for shots heard from Jan. 1 to Jan. 19, 2026.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will welcome Georgia to Mizzou Arena on Tuesday. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. The Tigers are continuing SEC play. Tuesday’s game follows a loss at LSU last Saturday. Watch a news conference in the player.
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The playoffs look a little different this year. The Kansas City Chiefs are sitting at home for the first time in a long time, having finished the season at 6-11, only a few games better than the hapless Raiders. But the teams that are playing are offering some excitement. The latest fireworks happened in yet
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Madison Street parking garage in Jefferson City is closed off to the public as crews work to demolish it. As work begins on the garage, one business is worried it might throw off its normal flow. Bones Restaurant and Lounge Manager Cindy McDaniel told ABC 17 News in October that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Elverta, California man was seriously injured in a crash in Pulaski County on Sunday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred around 8 a.m. at the 150 mile marker on Interstate 44. The report says the 59-year-old was driving a 1998 Kenworth truck eastbound, when
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) One person was shot in southwest Columbia Sunday night, according to Lt. Shawn Claypool with the Columbia Police Department. Claypool said a suspect is not in custody and police are unsure of how many people were involved in the shooting. Columbia Police later posted on social media saying police responded to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is set to take up a controversial development proposal Tuesday that would bring 77 triplex buildings to an east side neighborhood. Developer Troy Miller Properties is asking the city to approve plans for the project, which would cover more than 24 acres off East Broadway near the Brooks
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for dangerous cold that returns Monday morning after a brief warmup Sunday afternoon. Wind chills are expected to fall below 0° in many locations, and remain there in some locations through noon. SETUP An arctic airmass settled over the region this weekend, which
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A representative for Columbia in Missouri’s state house has joined other lawmakers in the push to address Missouri’s Department of Mental Health’s referral backlog.
Democratic State Rep. David Tyson Smith filed House Bill 2952 on Jan. 13.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Room at the Inn is keeping its doors open throughout Saturday night for people in need of a warm place to sleep as the frigid cold sweeps through mid-Missouri. Manager John Trapp said the shelter regularly hits its full capacity of 110 people. The shelter opens at 6:30 p.m. and
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The Missouri Department of Education has until June to create a plan to implement a new system for grading schools in the state, following Gov. Mike Kehoe’s announcement of an executive order signed during his State of the State address.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri law enforcement agencies continue to expand their participation in a federal immigration enforcement partnership more than nine months after the state first moved to align itself with President Donald Trump’s directive to broaden cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A 1996 federal law allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of stabbing his wife to death this week at their home pleaded not guilty Friday, claiming a mental disease or defect. Malang J. Akbari, 46, was charged Tuesday with murdering his wife, Manhaz Akbari, by stabbing her to death in their home on East McCarty Street. Court documents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia on Thursday entered an agreement with Utah-based EnviroServe that involves cleaning out homeless camps around the city. A city spokeswoman wrote in an email that bids were requested because the city will often not have the specialized equipment needed to deal with hazardous materials and other items left
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with multiple child sex crimes. Michael Minor, 48, was charged in Cole County with two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works announced on its social media that it is activating a 16-person overnight crew at 7 p.m. Friday as poor road conditions could occur from the snow and cold. There are scattered snow chances throughout the evening, according to the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team. Isolated accumulations
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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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was wanted for murder and other charges in Michigan was arrested in Callaway County. Maurice Harris, 20, was charged Friday in Callaway County with being a fugitive from out of state. He was arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s Office on Thursday for warrants out of Wayne County, Michigan. He is being held
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