JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Street repairs on two Jefferson City streets will require “intermittent lane changes,” according to a Thursday press release from the Jefferson City Department of Public Works. Road repairs will begin on Monday in the eastbound lanes of the 300 block of East McCarty Street and the southbound lanes of the 300
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation will delay stocking rainbow trout at Cosmo-Bethel Lake in Columbia until next week, according to a Thursday press release. Catch-and-release season for trout typically begins on Nov. 1, however MDC fisheries staff do not stock trout in lakes when the water temperatures are warmer than 65
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A look at some of the major product recalls in the past week.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for assault in connection with a deadly 2022 shooting. Corey Blueitt, 45, was found guilty in September of third-degree assault. A grand jury had indicted him on first-degree murder and armed criminal action, as well, but a jury found him not
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been corrected to note that the material was no longer radioactive. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department determined there was no hazardous material exposure after empty containers of hazardous material fell off a shipping company vehicle on Wednesday. Jeffrey Hoelscher, a spokesman for the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’
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TODAY: Thursday is dry after rain exits this morning. Westerly winds around 10-15 mph may gust to 20+ mph, cooling us through the morning. If temperatures can settle and rebound this afternoon, it will only be into the 50s. We’ll stay mostly cloudy through the morning, with a peak at sunshine late in the afternoon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Before parents send their children off trick-or-treating for Halloween, there are some safety tips that will help keep your kids safe. Halloween is of course all fun and games with candy, parents and kids can get caught up in all the excitement. Kids running from house to house focusing on candy and
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Just a few days remain until the U.S. general election. And already public, criminal acts related to the election have been documented. In particular, ballot dropboxes in the Pacific Northwest were lit on fire. Police are investigating who caused the fire and anyone whose ballot burned can still vote. But a poll released last week
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people were without power on Wednesday night after storms rolled through the area. There were 311 electricity customers without on Wednesday night in Monroe County, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. And there were 532 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Inc. customers in Moniteau County without electricity. Of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With less than a week until election Day, a group is making a final push to strike down Amendment 7, which would prohibit ranked-choice voting in Missouri. However, proponents of Amendment 7 argue that ranking candidates is too cumbersome and violates the one person, one vote principle in the Constitution. Preserve Local
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several law enforcement officers were seen in a northern Columbia neighborhood on Wednesday night. An ABC 17 News reporter saw five shell casings on the ground and eight Columbia police officers near Interstate Drive and East Brown School Road. Police confirmed that there was an investigation for shots being fired at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department and True North of Columbia have a longtime partnership, but roughly a year ago the two started a collaboration aimed at distributing “stop tops.” The stop tops are stickers that work as covers for beverages, aimed at preventing drinks from being tampered with or drugged. The covers contain
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UPDATES: WEDNESDAY EVENING: A line of strong storms capable of producing 40-60 mph winds and small hail continues to track east through Mid-Missouri. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 4:00 a.m. for much of the area. BLOG An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has been issued for Wednesday night from 5 p.m
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City on Wednesday released a Request for Proposals that is aimed at redeveloping some properties in a neighborhood near East Capitol Avenue. A press release says the RFP focuses on five properties, with four vacant parcels in the East Capitol Avenue area and one parcel at 320 East Miller Street.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Republicans look to continue their statewide political dominance in Missouri with this year’s U.S. Senate election. Sen. Josh Hawley will represent the Republican Party in hopes of securing another six-year term. Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce will try to to swing the seat back to the Democratic Party, which last held the office
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A power outage that impacted 2,173 Columbia Water and Light customers was caused by a truck. The outage occurred after 3 p.m. Wednesday. “A truck snagged a line, which broke a pole near Pershing Road and Pearl Avenue. The incident caused the circuit to trip, which caused a larger outage of 2,173.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday evening marked the final day of the Boone County Office of Emergency Management’s three-day training course on how to respond to an active shooter. According to the press release from the Boone County OEM, the training session involved 60 participants from 15 Mid-Missouri agencies, including law enforcement, school security and emergency
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It has been almost one year since The Food Bank Market opened its doors on Business Loop 70 in Columbia, and The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri said it’s seen immense growth over that timeframe. The Food Bank Spokesperson Katie Adkins said the number of people the market serves is
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the two victims in a Jan. 16 fire at Potawatomi Campgrounds, just outside of Fulton. Cathy and Gary Starkey perished in the fire, according to an email from Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Crystal Kent. The investigation is ongoing. The Sheriff’s Office previously said
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Changes to some Ashland roads will occur on Friday, according to two Wednesday press releases from the city. The 100-200 blocks of Burnam Avenue and the 100 block of South College Street will become one-way streets, the release says. South College Street will have southbound traffic and Burnam Avenue will take westbound
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