JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says he’s putting life in public office on hold. Ashcroft is ending his second term after losing the Republican primary for governor last summer. A spokesman for his office confirmed that Ashcroft told the Missouri Independent this week that he has no plans to seek
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has struck down parts of a Missouri law requiring redactions of many court records, including the names of all witnesses and victims involved in lawsuits and criminal proceedings. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a Moniteau County associate circuit judge has ruled Friday provisions of the 2023 law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State and city offices will be closed on Christmas Day, and some changes will occur this week for services such as trash pickup. Trash pickup will not occur on Wednesday for the holiday in several area cities, including Columbia, Jefferson City, Fulton and Boonville. All trash pickup for the rest of the
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Associated Press Opponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S. This month, the Texas attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor, saying she violated Texas law by prescribing abortion pills to a patient there via
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson granted 16 pardons on Friday afternoon in his last round of clemency while in office. A Columbia business owner was one of the people who received a pardon. A judge sentenced Dimetrious Woods, who owns Essentialz and Woods Auto Spa, to 25 years for drug trafficking in 2007. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Jackson County judge blocked Missouri’s near-total abortion ban Friday following the passage of a statewide constitutional amendment in November. Judge Jerri Zhang’s 22-page ruling temporarily blocks several state laws regulating the procedure. That includes Missouri’s law banning abortions except for a medical emergency. Planned Parenthood sued the state shortly after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many people travel during the holidays. Do you plan on traveling for Christmas? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thornbrook residents on Thursday flocked to Columbia City Hall to express their thoughts, feelings and questions over the recently proposed site for a new water tower next to the neighborhood and Beulah Ralph Elementary School. “That’s where a lot of carpools and kids come, so it’s it’s not an ideal place,” Thornbrook
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County property that was apparently abandoned for years has nearby residents frustrated. But, the county says there isn’t much it can legally do. The property is located in the 8800 Block of North Brown Station Road, north of Columbia. Despite not having running water or utilities, multiple people have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 33-year-old man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Thursday on southbound Highway 13 at Blackwater River in Johnson County, Missouri, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado was trying to pass another vehicle, but it began to “fish tail.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor-elect Mike Kehoe announced the next director to lead the Missouri Department of Natural Resources will be from Mid-Missouri. According to a news release on Thursday, Kehoe named former Boone County state senator Kurt Schaefer as the next director. Schaefer would assume the position on Jan. 13 and wait to be confirmed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parents of a Phelps County baby who died of a fentanyl overdose last year are in custody. Caleb Deon Gorman, 25, of Salem, and Corissa Dessie Botkin, 24, of Rolla, are charged with child abuse resulting in death. Gorman was arrested Tuesday morning and Botkin was arrested that evening, the Phelps
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man is calling on state agencies to make changes along Route B to lower the number of crashes and create a safe road for drivers. In an email to ABC 17 News, Tom Payne expressed his concern for the state road that takes drivers to and from Columbia to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday after he was accused of committing pandemic-related fraud. Steven Hendren, 32, was indicted in the Eastern District Court of Missouri in St. Louis for three counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, according to a Wednesday
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Prairie Home man has been sentenced for a federal charge involving child pornography. Bradley Leigh Knecht, 30, was sentenced on Wednesday to 45 years in prison without parole, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The court also ordered that he spend the rest of his life on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri may have one of the highest levels of the COVID-19 virus, according to federal officials. Missouri is one of the top handful of states for the amount of coronavirus in wastewater based on sampling from just one site in Jefferson County, south of St. Louis. The Centers for Disease Control and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has reported the first significant overdose death decrease since 2015, with 1,948 deaths in 2023. The department says 1,310 overdose deaths were caused by synthetic opioids, 18 by heroin with a synthetic drug present and five deaths caused by heroin alone. According to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Belle in Maries County is under a boil advisory until Tuesday after three water line breaks occurred within the city. The city clerk’s office told ABC 17 News that the advisory is in effect until Tuesday in order to give time for testing. The clerk’s office said that some
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old man from Monroe City was seriously injured in a crash on Friday on Highway 24, about three miles south of Monroe City, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 2005 Ford 500 – driven by a 60-year-old Monroe City man –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The owner of a south Columbia Mexican restaurant is seeing another court case be moved to Butler County. Crystal Umfress was charged in Dunklin County with two counts of filing false documents and three counts of forgery after she was accused of impersonating county officials and restaurant owners. A change of venue
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