COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teen pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple Columbia shootings. Justin Lumley Jr. pleaded guilty to three amended charges, including second-degree assault, admitting to shooting one person in December 2024. He also admitted to shooting a gun from a car that caused property damage in January 2025, according to court records. The
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District named a new assistant chief for its operations bureau on Wednesday, according to a news release posted on Facebook. Chuck Doss was named the new assistant chief and brings “a leadership style that adapts to the situation, clear and decisive during emergency operations, while focusing on
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Mid-Missouri roads have landed on a high-priority list for reducing wildlife-related crashes after a Missouri Department of Transportation study. The study releaed in February showed 19% of animal crashes statewide have happened in Mid-Missouri in the last 10 years. Most of those crashes were with deer. MoDOT put three Mid-Missouri
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Mexico, Missouri, man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to using a 9-year-old girl to make child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Emrah Eymez, 40, was sentenced to 300 months in prison and lifetime supervised release after pleading guilty to
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit out of Moniteau County. Bobby and Suzanne Murphy filed on Tuesday to settle their lawsuit over the death of Deborah Coville, 66, their daughter, according to court documents. Coville died after she was in a crash on Lookout Trail Road at Industrial
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people suffered serious injuries when their crossover SUV went off the road and rolled several times on Highway 54 on Wednesday afternoon. The 2025 Nissan Rogue was traveling eastbound at Route AA in Callaway County when it went off the road, went airborne after hitting an embankment, and rolled several times
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Low humidity and strong winds helped a wildfire spread to engulf 467 acres and threaten a home in Camden County on Tuesday. The Northwest Fire Protection District wrote in a social media post that firefighters were called to the blaze on Indian Creek Road in Edwards at about 1 p.m. The fire
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple customers are without power Wednesday morning, following overnight storms in Mid-Missouri. According to the statewide outage map from the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Benton County has the most outages with 795 customers without power as of 7:53 a.m. Wednesday. After Boone County customers had their power restored just before 5
Continue Reading
President Donald Trump was quoted as saying that one way the war in Iran could end is through “unconditional surrender.” So far, the regime in the Islamic Republic isn’t budging. This week, the hardliners named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the former ayatollah killed early in the strikes, as the next supreme leader. Meanwhile, the
Continue Reading
The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the likelihood of strong storms tonight. The threat for damaging winds and widespread heavy rain continues overnight as storms push ahead of a cold front. A Tornado Watch is in effect for Morgan, Camden, and Benton counties until 4:00 a.m. It’s been
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is prepared to use its alert system on Tuesday, as strong storms could move into the area. Parts of Mid-Missouri were under a tornado watch on Tuesday evening, stretching from Sedalia to Paris. Other areas risk seeing the possibility of damaging wind, large hail and rainfall as the
Continue Reading
COLIMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hazardous material crews on Tuesday morning were called to the water tower at Grand Point Boulevard in Sunrise Beach after a 150-pound chlorine tank leaked, according to a Tuesday press release from the agency. The tank was being changed out in a maintenance building by Camden County Public Water and Sewer District
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were nearly 1,000 Ameren customers without power on Tuesday afternoon. Information from Ameren’s outages map showed 688 customers were without power in Cooper County, while another 280 had no power from the same outage in Moniteau County. Ameren’s map indicates that the outage was caused by damage from a tree at
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico City Council has temporarily turned down a bill that would start the design process to make the old county hospital into a new city hall. The bill – which was voted down by the council 3-2 on Monday night — would have sent $300,000 to a group to start plans
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was found guilty earlier this year for felonies connected with a pair of 2025 shootings has filed an appeal. Joshua Abrams, 24, was found guilty of unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He was previously charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.
Continue Reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used for background research of this article. Missouri’s rules on state census records were the focus of Tuesday’s arguments in the state Supreme Court as the months-long battle of Missouri’s true congressional map continues. The lawsuit, filed by Suzanne Luther and several other Missourians, challenges House Bill
Continue Reading
AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple agencies responded to a fire at a hay barn on Tuesday evening in the 600 block of Audrain Road 110. Dispatch data from the city of Columbia shows the Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a mutual aid call at 4:49 p.m. BCFPD Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said at
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Friday to taking a woman hostage at a Panda Express in 2024. Ricco Marshall, 41, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, second-degree making a terroristic threat, resisting arrest and misdemeanor disturbing the peace. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was given credit for time
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was injured Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Callaway County after a teenage driver fell asleep at the wheel, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred in the eastbound lane around the 153-mile marker. The 16-year-old
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The head principal of Hickman High School announced Tuesday she is taking a job at the Columbia Public Schools central office. ABC 17 News got a copy of an email from Mary Grupe where she said she accepted the position of Director of Student Support for CPS. The district told ABC 17
Continue Reading