COLUMBIA, Mo. (KM(Z) American Shaman has agreed to suspend the sale of kratom and 7-OH products in Missouri, the state’s Attorney General’s Office shared in a Thursday press release. AG Catherine Hanaway announced in March that her office was suing the business and its affiliated companies under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, claiming that its
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Peters Lake in Fayette is temporarily closed, the City of Fayette announced in a Wednesday social media post. “Due to the recent heavy rainfall, the spillway at Peter’s Lake has been washed out,” the post says. “For the safety of the public, Peter’s Lake will be closed until further notice while the
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The father of 16-year-old Kayla Huff, who was found dead in a Randolph County conservation area last month, says he’s working with a domestic violence shelter to bring awareness to teen dating violence and abuse. “We are working with this amazing organization to try to educate our children on the dangers of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline has been corrected to remove an erroneous mention of the older Orton, A Harrisburg student was killed Wednesday when a train hit his father’s semi-truck in Iowa. Robert Orton, 14, was killed when a 2015 Kenworth truck driven by Michael Orton, 38, of Palmyra, Missouri, crossed tracks in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed that it has received “several” reports about a bear being spotted in St. James. The St. James Police Department shared photos of a black bear in the area on Wednesday and Thursday. A Department of Conservation spokeswoman told ABC 17 News in an email that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a new phishing scam that is targeting Apple users. A press release from the sheriff’s office says text messages and emails are falsely claiming that “an Apple ID or Apple Pay account has been linked to money laundering or other illegal activity.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center was closed again Thursday while workers repair the filtration system. The pool closed early Tuesday afternoon because of water clarity issues, according to the City of Columbia’s Parks and Recreation Department. Issues persisted Wednesday, causing the pool to be closed again while staff tried to pinpoint the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A large police response closed the parking garage at Boone Hospital on Thursday. A hospital spokesperson said patients and staff could leave out the north entrance of the garage, but the garage was closed to the public. An ABC 17 News reporter saw multiple police cruisers around the parking garage. The reporter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager was hurt after a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash on Route Z in Boone County at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday. Troopers said a 21-year-old woman from New Bloomfield was driving east in a 2022 Toyota Corolla when she failed to yield to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri hopes more potential victims in a Columbia doctor’s healthcare fraud and illegal prescriptions case. Dr. Jonathan Morris was indicted by a federal grand jury on 15 counts of illegally prescribing drugs and 23 counts of healthcare fraud. The Department of Justice alleges Morris,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 47-year-old Roach man was seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday in Camden County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2001 Harley Davidson Sportster on Irontown Dr. north of Tick Lane. The man swerved to avoid a deer, went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a work session on Thursday regarding data center-specific use standards and conditional use permit criteria. The work session will start at 5:30 p.m., followed by the commission’s regular session at 7 p.m. inside City Hall. Planning and Zoning is continuing conversations on drafting regulations
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Columbia Regional Airport continues to add more flight options, with the latest starting on Wednesday. Allegiant Airlines began its flights to and from Orlando, with other flights to Florida starting later this week, and still more in the fall. The regional budget carrier adds a new type of option to what had been limited options
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly $1.95 million was paid out to 74 Mid-Missouri landowners along the Rock Island Trail by the federal government. The landowners, represented by a St. Louis firm, brought claims against the federal government for taking their property for the 200-mile hiking and biking trail. The move came in 2015 when the federal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is proposing a roughly $390.7 million budget for the 2026-27 school year that relies on dipping into reserves to cover rising costs, most notably the opening of a new elementary school and uncertainties surrounding state funding. The district’s operating budget, or General and Teachers funds, accounts for roughly 80%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two adults and five children were displaced from their Jefferson City duplex on Wednesday after a fire occurred in the 1000 block of Elizabeth Street, a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department says. Crews were called at 6:38 p.m. and found smoke coming from a two-story duplex, the release says.
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Eldon handed out free cases of water to residents while under a boil order Wednesday at the Eldon Community Center, located at 309 E. 2nd St., from 4 to 5:30 p.m, according to a Facebook post. City administrator Mandy Asbury said 10 pallets of bottled water were donated, which
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed its annual bus inspections. A Wednesday press release from MSHP says 10,239 buses were approved on its initial inspection, while 849 were rated “defective” and 283 were determined to be “out of service.” The release says that defective components require repair within 10 days, “out-of-service”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will not be able to accept new applications for enrollees beginning on July 1 because of state budget cuts, according to an email from a Missouri Department of Education and Secondary Education spokesperson. “Due to the proposed 2027 Fiscal Year state budget reduction, beginning July 1, 2026, Dolly Parton Imagination Library will not have the funds to accept
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people in their 60s were seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Route C in Cole County, just south of Spring Ridge Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver of a Honda CR-V – a 67-year-old woman from Meta, Missouri –
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