COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fischer Minerals LLC filed an application for a mine expansion in Callaway County, according to information from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The application to the DNR was stamped with a Sept. 4 date. The DNR told ABC 17 News in an email that Fischer Minerals is expanding 40 acres for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Public Service Commission has until Feb. 28, 2027, to rule on a proposed substation plan by Ameren Missouri. The application was submitted on Oct. 16 and plans to add a roughly 76,000-square-foot substation just southwest of Columbia. CCN Application – Katy PublicDownload According to a statement from Ameren, the substation’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Missouri Budget Director Dan Haug has been named the state government relations director at Centerstone, the nonprofit announced in a Wednesday press release. Haug retired from his position with the state on Oct. 1, according to previous reporting. He served as the budget director for 11 years, which makes him the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is spreading awareness of safe driving practices heading into the holiday and winter season, with a goal of logging another year of declining traffic deaths. According to MoDOT, November and December are busy times for deadly crashes. MoDOT said in 2025, 144 people were killed in traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested and charged after he allegedly shot a hawk within Fayette city limits on Monday. Jeffrey Cramer, 60, of Fayette, was charged on Tuesday in Howard County with being a felon with a gun and misdemeanor illegally shooting a gun. He is being held at the Howard County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former employee of the Cooper County Jail was sentenced to probation on Friday after he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct. John Dillehay, 50, pleaded guilty to sexual conduct in the course of public duty. He was accused of having sex with an inmate in 2024. He was sentenced to probation for four
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender was charged on Tuesday in Cole County with possessing child sex abuse materials. Shawn A. Swan, 51, of Eugene, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says an investigator found files containing child sex
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Tuesday in Callaway County with second-degree child molestation and child abuse for an incident that allegedly occurred in 2024. A no-bond warrant was issued for Zach Garner on Wednesday. A court date has not been announced. The probable cause statement says a school resource officer in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The candidates running to take over a seat currently held by term-limited State Rep. Rudi Veit (R-Wardsville) have different viewpoints on the state’s congressional map controversy and how to properly fund public education. Two candidates are running to fill the House District seat. The Republican candidate is former Jefferson City Mayor
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: Video that included a Missouri Department of Natural Resources sign has been removed. A sharp increase in camping violations on Missouri Department of Conservation areas prompted new regulations requiring campers to obtain permits beginning in March 2027. Under the new regulations, campers will need to purchase a $5 permit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public School District’s Long-Range Facilities Planning Committee is looking into voter-approved bonds to fund $420 million in its long-range facility plan for the next 10 years. The district’s last $300 million bond plan included new schools like Beulah Ralph Elementary School, John Warner Middle School and more. The Columbia Area
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri officials are reassuring voters of election security ahead of next week’s midterm election. “There’s a number of safeguards that we have in place, not just for the security of the machines, but also the security of the ballots,” Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said. “We have a chain of custody on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Family Access Center of Excellence of Boone County has changed its name to better reflect its services after being tasked with cutting $1.6 million. The shortfall in funding has cut out community-based services and has forced some staff to be let go. The newly named Boone County Schools Mental Health Coalition
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly marked progress toward opening its first new fire station since 1977 on Tuesday. The Moberly Fire Department held a “topping off” ceremony for a new fire station at 1445 S. Morley St., which is set to open in May 2027. People at the event Tuesday signed a steel beam that will
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City voters will decide next Tuesday whether to double the city’s existing public safety sales tax to help fund police and fire department salaries, benefits and equipment. Voters approved the quarter-cent sales tax in 2021. The tax generates 25 cents for every $100 spent on taxable purchases in Jefferson City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge on Monday extended a restraining order giving college basketball eligibility to Mizzou basketball transfer CJ Gunn. Circuit Judge Jeff Harris extended until Monday a temporary restraining order granting Gunn the ability to play for Mizzou in the coming season. Gunn’s lawyer, Scott Pool, had canceled the original hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football returns from its bye this week, and Coach Eli Drinkwitz talked about running back Ahmad Hardy’s return to practice during the team’s weekly news conference.
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After missing the deadline to apply for federal disaster relief, small business owner Scott Morris is in limbo on how to get a damaged historic property he purchased in Glasgow fixed.
Morris was just 22 days away from moving into the downtown building at the corner of Market and 2nd Streets, combining his next-door business — River Brew Coffee Company — and a nearby bookstore — Fitz’s SideQuests. But those plans have been on hold since an EF-2 tornado tore through the roof of the building on Apr. 27.
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Should Missouri welcome new data center projects, or work to limit them? Vote and see live results on SquareOffs. Data centers remain a huge issue in Missouri as development continues on two Montgomery County projects and local governments across the area wrangle with citizens’ concerns about them. Regulators told ABC 17 News in a special
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education’s Policy Committee on Monday discussed how to best honor students at graduations who died before getting a chance to receive their diploma. The policy introduced outlines the process schools and administrators need to take leading up to graduation, on the day of and after. Under the guidelines,
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