COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death that occurred Friday at Jefferson City Correctional Center, a Department of Corrections spokesperson told ABC 17 News. A release from the DOC states that Lewis Younce was pronounced dead at 8:55 p.m. Friday at Jefferson City Correctional Center. He was 49. Younce was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was charged with three felonies after she allegedly admitted to stabbing a man on Sunday morning. Brianna Boone, 35, was charged on Monday with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Auditor’s Office announced in a Monday press release that it is beginning its scheduled audit of Moniteau County. The Auditor’s Office last audit of Moniteau County was in 2017, where the county was given a rating of “good.” The release says that its last audit found the county did not
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The Mizzou Tigers will host the South Carolina Gamecocks at Mizzou Arena on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy. The vote against the Ukrainian and European-backed resolution saw the US at odds with its longtime European allies and instead aligned
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. Cooper County Fire Protection District has safely rescued three animals this year after falling through ice. According to a release from the agency, firefighters were called to a partially frozen lake at Warm Springs Ranch on Highway 98 in Boonville after a dog fell into the water on Sunday at 2:56 p.m.
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Climax Springs R-IV School District identified three of the women killed in the crash as Ava Wolfe, Jayden Butterfield and Violet Corado; all recent graduates.
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The American relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has taken a turn.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash involving two vehicles shut down a portion of I-70 Drive Southwest in west Columbia Sunday evening. An ABC 17 News reporter on scene saw one vehicle on its side in a ditch near Spencer Avenue around 5:15 p.m. A second vehicle appeared to have damage to its front passenger side.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly assaulting a man in northwest Columbia. According to a release from the Columbia Police Department, police responded to an assault in the 2700 block of Mayflower Drive at 5:15 a.m. Police say they found a man with serious injuries. He was taken to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the 14th annual City of Columbia Volunteer Satisfaction survey of 92 volunteers, around 98% of participants felt their volunteer activity was meaningful. During the 2024 fiscal year from Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2024, the City of Columbia estimated that 8,000 volunteers worked over 32,000 hours of service valued at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A series of devastating fires swept through Boone County this week, leaving behind widespread destruction and challenging fire crews as they battled not only the flames, but also brutal winter weather. This week alone, Boone County firefighters responded to several house fires, many resulting in severe destruction. One of the most severe
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A 19-year-old man from Farmington, Missouri, was seriously injured in a crash Friday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 240 and Highway 40 in Howard County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
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Group When She Votes will host a community “Issues and Actions” forum on Saturday to discuss current issues and connect citizens to resources on how to get involved in the community.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia mayoral candidate this week collected another five-figure check, his third such donation this winter. Blair Murphy’s campaign took a $10,000 donation from Richard Miller, owner of Miller’s Professional Imaging. The picture printing company has a location in east Columbia. Miller is also a prominent University of Missouri athletics booster, having
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters were on the scene Friday afternoon at a building fire in the 4300 block of East Gordon Road near Sturgeon. Boone County Fire Protection District Firefighter Wayne Cummins said no one was in the building at the time of the fire and no injuries have been reported. The roof of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman at a residence where a toddler died last year from an alleged overdose has been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor. Brittany Maheny, of Montgomery City, was charged on Friday with three counts of illegal gun possession and one count of misdemeanor possessing a defaced gun. A warrant was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 2,200 electricity customers in Columbia were impacted by a power outage on Friday evening. An outage was reported at 5:41 p.m. Friday near the Columbia Municipal Power Plant on Business Loop 70, just east of Edison Street, according to the city’s outage map. The outage impacted 2,178 customers. A crew was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 members came back to its headquarters in Columbia on Friday after being deployed in Kentucky for several days. Eighty members were sent to Kentucky on Sunday to focus on water rescues after the region experienced historic flooding. At least 12 people in the state have died from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two segments of Interstate 70 in Cooper County will narrow to one lane next week for drilling, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says that the driving lane of westbound Interstate 70 near mile marker 113 will be closed 8 p.m.-7 a.m. each night
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