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Two people shot in downtown Columbia early Saturday morning

September 18, 2021 3:22 AM Meghan Drakas

The Columbia Police Department has confirmed two people were shot at 5th and Walnut St. in downtown Columbia on Saturday morning.

Man seriously injured in Callaway County crash

September 18, 2021 2:17 PM Chanel Porter

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,

Man in critical condition after being hit by a car in Phelps Co.

September 18, 2021 10:25 AM Ben Fein

One man was flown to the hospital in serious condition, after a crash in Phelps county.

Man in serious condition after attempting a ‘wheelie’ on his motorcycle and crashing into a concrete wall

September 18, 2021 10:14 AM Ben Fein

attempting to pull a wheelie.

Multiple people taken to hospital after first responder struck vehicle

September 18, 2021 7:46 AM Ben Fein

Two people have been transported to the hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving a first responder in Montgomery County.

Saturday morning crash seriously injures man in Callaway Co.

September 18, 2021 7:40 AM Meghan Drakas

CALLAWAY Co. (KMIZ) One man was seriously injured in a Saturday morning crash in Callaway County. According to the Missouri State Highway Crash Report, 24-year-old Kyle Canada was driving along Route HH, north of Airway Road in Callaway County around 1 a.m. when his car went off the road. The car then hit a fence

Teenager seriously injured in Moniteau Co. crash that totals car

September 18, 2021 7:28 AM Meghan Drakas

MONITEAU, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in a crash in Moniteau County. According to the crash report, the boy was driving along Route 87 near Shalom Drive on Friday night, when the car crossed a driveway. The car then went off the left side of the road and went airborne. The car

SportsZone Football Friday 2021: Week 4 scores and highlights

September 17, 2021 6:15 PM ABC 17 News Team

You can watch the game of the week, Hickman at Battle, replay in the player below. Hickman (22) at Battle (35) FRock Bridge (43) at Capital City (13) FGranite City (IL) (0) at Helias (49) FMontgomery County (28) at South Callaway (41) FVan-Far (0) at North Callaway (56) FJefferson City (49) at Smith-Cotton (0) FBlair

Protesters escorted off Southern Boone school property as mask mandate takes effect

September 17, 2021 5:25 AM Ben Fein

Southern Boone Elementary School started requiring masks Friday after Superintendent Christopher Felmlee announced the school hit its benchmark to send the school into a temporary mask mandate. Felmlee said 15% of students are out of school due to COVID-19 cases, with 82 students quarantined, five active student cases and one active staff case.

The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports six COVID breakthrough deaths out of 92,000 fully vaccinated residents

September 17, 2021 6:08 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.

Attorney general seeks to add more schools to mask lawsuit against CPS

September 17, 2021 4:33 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt wants to add more schools to the lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools and its mask policy.

Arkansas man seriously injured after a motorcycle wreck in Osage Beach

September 17, 2021 3:58 PM Karl Wehmhoener

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) An Arkansas man was injured after a motorcycle wreck Thursday night on Highway 54. The Osage Beach Police Department responded to Eastbound Highway 54 west of Passover Road after Chester Kowolski, 55, hit the guardrail while driving a motorcycle. Kowolski was taken to Lake Regional Health System with serious injuries treatment.

Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announces he won’t run for reelection

September 17, 2021 2:35 PM Zach Boetto

City of Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced Friday afternoon he will not run for reelection in 2022.

Illinois man dies in Osage Beach crash

September 17, 2021 12:38 PM Matthew Sanders

Donald Leffler of Warsaw, Illinois, tried to exit onto Key Largo from Highway 54 on his Harley-Davidson Trike when he went off the road and hit an electrical box, the Osage Beach Police Department said in a news release. Leffler was thrown from the Trike and pronounced dead at Lake Regional Hospital, police said.

Nonprofits putting plans together to resettle 1,200 Afghan evacuees in Missouri

September 17, 2021 12:29 PM Joushua Blount

Kelli Jones, spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will help those refugees settle here. The Ethiopian Community Development Council can settle up to 250 in Kansas City and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants can resettle up to 200 in Kansas City and up to 350 in St. Louis.

Columbia Public Schools won’t have to make up snow days

September 17, 2021 10:31 AM Matthew Sanders

The district said in an email to parents that CPS accounted for changes in school calendar laws when creating its calendar, which the school board approved Monday. The number of hours built into the calendar exceeds state standards, the district said, leading to leniency on snow days.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you plan to get a flu shot?

September 17, 2021 2:36 AM ABC 17 News Team

Experts are urging Americans to get flu shots as the country enters another fall with high levels of coronavirus transmission. The combination of a flu outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic could have deadly consequences, they warn.

Southern Boone County Fire Protection District firefighters put out shed fire

September 16, 2021 11:40 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Firefighters from the Southern Boone County Fire Protection District put out a shed fire near East State Highway MM and East Edwards Road Thursday night.

Jefferson City Board of Education meeting in the Miller Performing Arts Center.

Jefferson City Board of Education votes to keep COVID-19 reentry plan in place

September 16, 2021 9:48 PM Zach Boetto

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education voted Thursday night to keep the JC Schools’ COVID-19 reentry plan in place and will reevaluate around the 30th day of school. Public comment mainly consisted of debating over masks for students in schools. Watch the meeting replay in the player below. It’s an ongoing

Over 2,600 books donated to Columbia elementary students

September 16, 2021 7:36 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over 2,600 books were provided to Columbia Public School students because of Daniel Boone Country Library program. Each fall and spring, the Read Across Columbia program gives kids four books from the library to promote literacy among children. Read Across Columbia is a Heart of Missouri United Way event that provides books