COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite an 8% increase in revenue last school year, MU Athletics still required more than $25 million in university funding to operate. The athletics department finished the 2024–25 fiscal year with a $9.1 million budget deficit after expenses rose 4%. The shortfall marked a significant improvement from the $18 million deficit recorded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders had South Providence Road shut down on Thursday night after a vehicle caught fire. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 9:31 p.m. indicating a vehicle caught fire near the busy intersection. First responders were seen hosing down a vehicle at 10 p.m. in the southbound lane. BCJC sent
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation and Missouri State Highway Patrol warned drivers to be careful this weekend as a winter storm bears down on the state. Much of Mid-Missouri was placed under a winter storm warning on Thursday. The warning starts early Saturday and lasts through 6 p.m. Sunday. Up to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission struck up a conversation around data centers Thursday night. On the commission’s agenda was defining data centers, where they should be and under what conditions. Adding the definition to amend the zoning code could take three to five months. Defining the standards, such as where the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing has been scheduled that could determine if the Columbia teenager accused of firing a gun inside Dick’s Sporting Goods will be certified as an adult. Court officials confirmed earlier this month that a 17-year-old boy from Columbia was accused of shooting a gun on Jan. 3 inside the store at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A winter storm warning in Mid-Missouri remains in effect through 6 p.m. Sunday. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team is showing intense cold begins on Friday, while snow can accumulate throughout the area. Roughly 8 inches of snow could fall in Columbia on Saturday, with more snow expected in the southern
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is working with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to find the reason for violent crime in the city. The Office of Violence Prevention Advisory Committee met Thursday morning to discuss what data is necessary for the institute to begin its analysis on gun violence. GVPA Data
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe signed an executive order on Thursday that declared a state of emergency for Missouri ahead of inclement winter weather. Kehoe’s office announced the precautionary order in a press release. The order also activates the National Guard for state and local response efforts, if needed. The order expires on Feb.
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The ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday due to dangerous cold, with temperatures expected to drop to the teens and single digits, and wind chills potentially reaching subzero levels.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition began Wednesday on the Madison Street Parking Garage in downtown Jefferson City, the city shared on social media. Crews began closing off the area over the weekend and the garage was closed down in December. A city spokesperson told ABC 17 News that demolition is expected to be complete by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Repairs to road and water mains that broke Wednesday in Sedalia have been completed, according to a Thursday social media post from the city. Water mains broke at the 1400 block of South State Fair Boulevard, the State Fair Shopping Center and the 1400 block of West 16th Street. A break that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri this week asked a Cole County judge to dismiss a case filed by Columbia Public Schools over charter school applications. The state filed its motion to dismiss on Tuesday and asked the judge to hold all proceedings in the case until a ruling is reached on the motion.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in the Southern Boone R-I School District will decide on a $4 milllion bond issue in April. The bond issue would fund improvements, renovations and repairs at the schools, according to the school district. The district’s debt service tax levy would not change. If approved, the money would go to replace
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students in the Sturgeon School District will learn from home on Thursday and Friday due to an illness outbreak in the small district and a bitterly cold forecast. Superintendent Dustin Fanning wrote in a letter to parents on Wednesday that the school attendance rate had plummeted to 78% at dismissal time on
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The type of passenger vehicle involved in the crash has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that killed a Mexico, Missouri, man left a Mid-Missouri road closed for several hours Wednesday. The deadly crash happened Wednesday morning on Highway 22, about halfway between Centralia and Mexico. According to a social media post
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three 18-year-olds charged in a deadly shooting in southwest Columbia on Sunday will make their first appearance in a Boone County courtroom Thursday afternoon. Alexis Baumann, of Hallsville; Kobe Aust and Joseph Crane, both of Columbia; were charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree robbery. A juvenile is also facing
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EDITOR’S NOTE: An organization not in attendance was removed from the list. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Protesters flooded all three floors of Missouri’s Capitol rotunda on Wednesday to challenge state lawmakers, whom they claim are going against the will of the people. Several organizations around the state come together a noon for the “Stand Up,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick gave the Missouri Lottery Commission an overall “good” rating, even as a newly released audit shows lottery funding for schools dropped by more than $35 million while advertising spending increased by $5 million during fiscal year 2024. The audit, released Tuesday, found advertising expenditures jumped from $399,973
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Sedalia announced a temporary closure for Ohio Street on Wednesday after a Union Pacific train derailed. No injuries were reported in the freight-train derailment, but the Ohio Street Crossing and W.T. Morris Avenue was blocked, the city announced on its social media. All other railroad crossings in the city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former employee of Columbia Public Schools has been arrested on suspicion of multiple child sex crimes, according to a social media post from the Columbia Police Department. CPD wrote that officers on Wednesday arrested Zachary Hutchinson, 38, of Columbia. He was charged on Wednesday with three counts of second-degree statutory
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