COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a couple of high-profile incidents on East Walnut Street in downtown Columbia, University of Missouri System President Mun Choi is asking city leaders to take action against a downtown Columbia bar. Emails from Choi, which were provided to ABC 17 News by an MU spokesman, date back to April 19, after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A temporary power outage has been scheduled for a Columbia neighborhood on Wednesday morning. A Monday press release from the city says crews will remove fallen trees from an overhead power line. “A tree has fallen onto a second tree, causing an issue with an overhead power line. For the crew to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is hosting a set of meetings regarding a transmission line project that was originally approved in 2015, but has been stalled amid residents’ concerns about high-power lines near homes. The meetings will be held on Tuesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This week, the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services reports more than 1,500 cases of the diarrhea-inducing illness. However, the influx of cases appears to be slowing down. “We continue to add cases daily, but the rate at which they’re being added has noticeably slowed down this week,” DHSS epidemiologist Nathan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moniteau County man was charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor after two children and an adult were injured on Monday night from a crash during a high-speed chase. Jaden Bennett, 23, of California, Missouri, was charged on Tuesday in Cole County with aggravated fleeing, two counts of first-degree endangering the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders from around the state gathered in Moberly on Tuesday for a two-day training focused on responding to active shooters. The Active Attack Incident Management course brings together law enforcement, fire and EMS to train for how they would coordinate and manage resources during an incident. The training is taught by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia woman was arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail on Monday after she allegedly ran over a pedestrian. Kesley Chalfant, 27, was charged in Saline County on Monday with second-degree assault, driving while intoxicated causing serious injury and misdemeanor reckless driving. She is being held at the Saline County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sex offender who is under 20 years of supervised release was arrested on Monday night in Boonville. Andrew Paul Capps, 26, was charged in Cooper County with being a sex offender at a public park and resisting arrest. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail without bond. He pleaded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper was cited by Lake Ozark police for resisting arrest on July 11. Travis Michael Wood, of Kirksville, was cited at 12:45 a.m. July 11 in the 1300 block of Bagnell Dam Boulevard. He has an initial court appearance scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17 at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors after authorities claim she drove a vehicle that was caught on camera while hitting two men during a June 29 hit-and-run incident. Tracy Fairfax, 43, of Jefferson City, was charged on Tuesday with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – While more individual voting precincts in Columbia voted against Proposition 1, big turnout in parts of west Columbia powered the measure to pass. Results for Proposition 1, the 1% increase in Columbia’s sales tax to help fund public safety, analyzed by ABC 17 News, show the race stayed tight across town.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a felony after a child shot off part of their own finger on Thursday. Dontay Palmer, 29, was charged first-degree child endangerment. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held on Monday and a confined docket hearing was scheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say doorbell camera footage and digital data have become essential tools in investigations like the one into the 2021 killing of James Hundle. “In neighborhoods like this, there’s lots of cameras everywhere. Ring doorbell footage, that’s different for this case,” said CPD Lead Criminal Investigator Lt. Matt Gremore. “And this
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and muggy, with lows in the upper 70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and very hot, with a heat index near 105. An isolated storm is possible north of Hwy 50 in the afternoon, capable of damaging winds and hail, but almost everyone stays dry. EXTENDED: ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days have been
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TODAY: Intense heat continues today as temps soar back into the mid 90s this afternoon. Continued humidity will place heat indexes back into the triple digits, potentially reaching closer to 110. TONIGHT: Lows remain warm overnight, only dropping to the mid to upper 70s. Expect clouds to increase overnight. EXTENDED: An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A nine-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Rock Hall of Fame inductee will be taking center stage at Faurot Field for Mizzou football’s season opener, on Thursday, Sept. 3. On Tuesday, Tiger Athletics announced that Mizzou alum Sheryl Crow will be performing the national anthem ahead of MU’s game against Arkansas-Pine
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By Kevin Liptak, Alejandra Jaramillo, Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to a US official. The clandestine security plan — first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 29-year-old Clark woman was seriously hurt in a Randolph County crash just after 2:40 p.m. Monday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, three cars were involved in this crash. A 2019 Ford Edge, driven by the Clark woman; a 2009 Ford F-350, driven by a 52-year-old Salisbury man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 45-year-old Tipton man was seriously hurt in a Moniteau County crash just after 6 p.m. Monday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2006 BMW Z4 south on Route B, south of the Cooper/Moniteau County line, when he crossed the center of the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It is important to know the dangers of being in a hot car amid a heat wave rolling through Mid-Missouri. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day Tuesday and Wednesday for extreme heat in Mid-Missouri. However, it does not take triple-digit heat indices for your vehicle to
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