JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R-Wentzville) will be fronting HB 1148, which addresses the 988 crisis hotline in the House Committee on Children and Families on Tuesday. Representative Byrnes will be urging swift action on her bill, citing critical failures she discovered in a “firsthand test” of the 988 mental health crisis hotline.
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A perennial proposal to eliminate Missouri’s sales tax on groceries is back. This time, it comes amid unrelenting inflation that is stretching household budgets.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missourians will not be able to start betting on sports as soon as was originally planned. A spokesperson for the Missouri Gaming Commission told ABC 17 News that the commission was made aware on Thursday that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins had rejected the commission’s emergency licensing rules. The decision now pushes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia officials estimate the elimination of sales tax on groceries will cost $10 million in its first year. House Bill 432 is making its way through the Missouri Legislature and is now awaiting a committee assignment. If passed, HB 432 will remove sales tax on food. This tax elimination will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The president of the University of Missouri warned Monday of budget cuts coming because of a pullback of federal funding. UM System President Mun Choi wrote in a letter to staff that the current fiscal year budget will be trimmed, citing a change to research funding from the National Institutes of Health
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Rep. Make Alford (R-MO) was faced with jeers and boos during a town hall event in Belton, according to video captured by KMBC and shared by MeidasTouch. Alford – who represents Missouri’s 4th District, which includes Columbia, as well as Howard, Cooper and Pettis counties and areas near Kansas City –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender was sentenced 20 years in federal prison on Monday for child pornography charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. David Arabie, 59, was sentenced in Jefferson City to 20 years in prison without parole and 25 years of supervised release after his incarceration. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A power outage that impacted nearly 2,200 Columbia electricity customers on Friday was caused by balloons. City Utilities spokesman Jason West told ABC 17 News in an email that it was caused by “a few balloons that drifted away from their owner and got caught in the wrong spot of a power
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lane closures will be required Tuesday on a Downtown Jefferson City street for emergency utility repairs, according to a Monday press release from the Jefferson City Department of Public Works. Utility street repairs will occur in the north and southbound lanes in the 200 block of Jefferson Street, the release says. Works
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Water was shut off to some residences in Moberly on Monday as emergency water main repairs were required, a press release from the city says. A boil water advisory will be issued for residents after repairs are completed, the release says. Impacted residences include those in the 1200 block of Franklin street,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crafts retailer Joann will close all its stores and hold liquidation sales. The company released a list of stores that would close two weeks ago, including the Jefferson City location. Since then, GA Group bought the company at auction and has decided to close down all stores, according to a customer FAQ
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death that occurred Friday at Jefferson City Correctional Center, a Department of Corrections spokesperson told ABC 17 News. A release from the DOC states that Lewis Younce was pronounced dead at 8:55 p.m. Friday at Jefferson City Correctional Center. He was 49. Younce was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was charged with three felonies after she allegedly admitted to stabbing a man on Sunday morning. Brianna Boone, 35, was charged on Monday with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Auditor’s Office announced in a Monday press release that it is beginning its scheduled audit of Moniteau County. The Auditor’s Office last audit of Moniteau County was in 2017, where the county was given a rating of “good.” The release says that its last audit found the county did not
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. Cooper County Fire Protection District has safely rescued three animals this year after falling through ice. According to a release from the agency, firefighters were called to a partially frozen lake at Warm Springs Ranch on Highway 98 in Boonville after a dog fell into the water on Sunday at 2:56 p.m.
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Climax Springs R-IV School District identified three of the women killed in the crash as Ava Wolfe, Jayden Butterfield and Violet Corado; all recent graduates.
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The American relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has taken a turn.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash involving two vehicles shut down a portion of I-70 Drive Southwest in west Columbia Sunday evening. An ABC 17 News reporter on scene saw one vehicle on its side in a ditch near Spencer Avenue around 5:15 p.m. A second vehicle appeared to have damage to its front passenger side.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly assaulting a man in northwest Columbia. According to a release from the Columbia Police Department, police responded to an assault in the 2700 block of Mayflower Drive at 5:15 a.m. Police say they found a man with serious injuries. He was taken to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the 14th annual City of Columbia Volunteer Satisfaction survey of 92 volunteers, around 98% of participants felt their volunteer activity was meaningful. During the 2024 fiscal year from Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2024, the City of Columbia estimated that 8,000 volunteers worked over 32,000 hours of service valued at
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