If you’ve been patiently awaiting fall-like temperatures to catch up with the calendar, we’re finally getting a break from the heat after a cold front moves through tonight. Temperatures across the mountain west and upper Plains have dipped into the 60s for highs on Monday, a sharp contrast of what we have seen the last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a recent shooting in Downtown Columbia early Saturday morning, leaders of the area are reassuring the public that additional safety measures are coming to the area. Nickie Davis with the district downtown said the district paid the city $30,000 earlier this year for new lights to be installed in the area
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Morgan County prosecutors charged A. Scott Wilson, 58, of Versailles on Friday with second-degree manslaughter, causing a crash by driving on the wrong side of the road and failure to yield to an oncoming vehicle. The latter two charges are misdemeanors.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Stephen Jones, 51, of Peoria, Illinois, jumped into the lake off a diving board in an unnamed cove at the 17.6 mile mark Sunday evening and didn’t come back up. The Camden County coroner pronounced him dead about two hours later.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car crashed into a house in Columbia just before 1:45 a.m. on Monday. Three Columbia Fire Department trucks and at least one Columbia Police Department car responded to the scene along East Ash Street. According to CPD on scene, the driver lost control of the car and crashed into the house.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico Public Safety Department is investigating a shooting that left a man hurt on Saturday afternoon. Police said officers responded to the 1000 block of Buchanan Street just before 1 p.m. to reports of a disturbance involving gunshots. According to the MPSD, several people started shooting at each other during an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday night, the Columbia City Council is set to approve the fiscal year 2022 budget for the city which is approximately $474 million dollars. Monday’s meeting will be the third and final public hearing for the budget. Jobs Due to the pandemic, the city previously cut 78.5 full time positions. In
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Many fast-food restaurants have scaled back service and some products are not available on grocery store shelves 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses cite a lack of workers driven by the pandemic for the shortages.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 43rd annual Heritage festival was back in full swing this year after being canceled due to COVID-19 last year. The event took place Sept. 18 and 19 at Nifong Park. Cassie Brandt, Recreation Activist with the Columbia Parks and Recreation said the city felt like it was in a better place
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University released a statement Sunday mourning the loss of a student after he was found dead in his on-campus residence. Dominik Dudley-Moore, a resident of Dawson Hall, was found dead Sunday. While no foul play is suspected, the incident is under investigation by the Lincoln University Police Department. “Dominik, who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia CROP Hunger Walk was held Sunday at the MU Health Care Pavillion. This is a community-wide effort working to help end hunger one step at a time for 26 years. The group, Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty, is sponsored by Church World Service and organized by the Columbia CROP Walk
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 10.2% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,270 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 662,380 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 149 new probable cases with a total number of 138,369 antigen test results being positive. No new
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Columbia’s Heritage Festival is back after being canceled last year due to COVID-19, with events scheduled throughout the day on Sunday.
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One man was flown to the hospital after Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers say he failed to negotiate a turn, traveled off the left side of the road and overturned.
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MILLER, Co. (KMIZ) One man was killed on Saturday night in a UTV crash in Miller County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, 65-year-old Gary Herigon was driving a UTV along Old 10 Mile Rd. south of Kings Bluff Drive when he ran off the left side of the road. The UTV
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Lanes are back open as of 9:46 p.m. Eastbound Clark Lane at the Connector is shut down due to an accident. ABC 17 news crews on scene say the crash involved two vehicles and one victim has been loaded into an ambulance. Boone County Joint Communication is advising drivers to use
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Dream Tree, a nonprofit in Columbia, teaches about 25 children life skills such as mental health responses, trade skills and financial literacy to help them open doors in the future.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department held a recruitment event Saturday at the Molly Bowden Neighborhood Policing Center. Sgt. Kim German told ABC 17 News crews that CPD currently has 14 police officer openings. German says the department goes around the state to job fairs, police academies, and colleges/universities to find new recruits. According
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The Columbia Police Department has confirmed two people were shot at 5th and Walnut St. in downtown Columbia on Saturday morning.
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CALLAWAY CO., Mo (KMIZ) One man is seriously injured after a crash Saturday morning in Callaway County. Kyle Canada, 24 of Fulton, was traveling in Callaway on Route HH North of Airway Rd. at 1:05 a.m. when his vehicle travelled off the roadway and struck a fence. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol crash report,
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