COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two cars were found in and near a pond in Barberry Park in Columbia Thursday morning. ABC 17 News arrived at the scene just after 6:45 a.m. and saw three Columbia Police Department officers investigating. ABC 17 News saw the front of one car in the pond, while the other was near
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lane closures are scheduled to occur next week on North Providence Road as city brews work to repair damaged concrete, a Thursday press release from the city says. Work will occur near the intersection with Armadillo Drive. It is scheduled to begin 7 a.m. Monday and wrap up by 4 p.m. Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)— Doctors and nurses at Bothwell Regional Health Center spent Wednesday preparing for pediatric emergencies through hands-on simulations led by specialists from Children’s Mercy and University of Missouri Health Care. The eight-hour training focused on helping emergency department staff recognize and respond to pediatric trauma through realistic scenarios and procedures. Emergency Department Director
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department says the investigation into a vehicle found in Binder Lake earlier this month has been closed. Lt. Curtis Finke with JCPD said the vehicle was a 1993 Pontiac Grand Am with license plates that expired in 1997. “It was submerged in the water for quite some
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was convicted of murder and other charges in a 2025 Holts Summit shooting has filed a notice of appeal. Heather Smith filed a notice of appeal on Monday to the Western District Court of Missouri. She was found guilty on April 23 of felony murder, three counts of unlawful
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daniel Boone Regional Library has responded to state Sen. Rick Brattin’s Sunshine Law request. Brattin (R-Harrisonville) had filed a request earlier this week surrounding an LGBTQ+-themed event that was held on Saturday. The Columbia Public Library held a “Rainbow Storytime” event on Saturday that included readings of “Rainbowsaurus” and “Big Wig.” Secretary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s geographic and demographic growth are helping to push city government expenditures higher, creating larger budgets, the city manager said at a budget town hall on Thursday. The City of Columbia has been hosting a series of town hall meetings. The meeting Thursday was designed to engage residents in the budget process.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Deaths by drowning are up 80% compared to last year, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP wrote that from Jan. 1-July 30, it has responded to 27 drownings, marking an 80% increase from the same period in 2025. There have also been 30 total water
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash in the driving lane of Highway 63 in Columbia led to a lane closure on Thursday afternoon. A crash was reported in the southbound lanes of the highway near Discovery Parkway. Boone County Joint Communications shared a notification at 2:44 p.m. stating the driving lane was closed. The Columbia Fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Boone County are having to navigate an updated congressional map following state redistricting that shuffled the districts that cover Central Missouri. Under the revised congressional map, Boone County is now split between Missouri’s Third and Fifth Congressional Districts. Under the previous map put in place after the 2020 census, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man brought down from a retired smokestack at Columbia’s Municipal Power Plant on Wednesday allegedly told police that he broke into the tower because he wanted to “have fun.” Richard Nichols, 33, was arrested Wednesday morning after refusing to come down from an enclosed platform about halfway up the tower for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four vehicles were stolen during a rash of automobile break-ins early Thursday in Jefferson City, police say. The break-ins were primarily concentrated on the east side of the city. The Jefferson City Police Department posted information about the break-ins on social media, saying three vehicles had been stolen, but Lt. Curtis
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CNN By Eric Levenson, Isabel Rosales, Devon M. Sayers, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Colin Gray, the Georgia father whose teenage son Colt killed four people in a 2024 school shooting, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison in a landmark case testing the limits of who can be held responsible for a mass
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By Manu Raju, Hannah Rabinowitz, Alison Main, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wouldn’t object to temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche as his nominee for attorney general amid resistance from two Republican senators, another blow to Blanche’s confirmation battle. Trump said he could renominate Blanche after Sens. John Cornyn of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Mizzou football player was granted a temporary restraining order by a St. Louis County judge for another year of eligibility. Defensive tackle Sterling Webb filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in St. Louis County against the NCAA, claiming that he should have one more year of eligibility. In a motion hearing
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The primary election is Tuesday, and the U.S. House district that you’ll vote in might have changed since the last one. Republican-led redistricting in 2005 made big changes to the map, drawing a large chunk of Mid-Missouri into the Fifth Congressional District and taking most of the region out of the Fourth Congressional District. The
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Over the course of the last five seasons, Mizzou legend and two-time Super Bowl champion Nick Bolton has become a mainstay of the Kansas City defense…and head coach Andy Reid doesn’t expect anything to change in 2026. “He’s had a phenomenal five years here, so I wouldn’t imagine [this year’s] any
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An intersection in northern Columbia was blocked off by police on Wednesday night. ABC 17 News saw at least a half-dozen Columbia Police Department patrol vehicles and a crime scene investigation van at the intersection of Bold Venture and Derby Ridge Drive. The intersection — which is east of Range Line Street
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Growing concerns over the use of Flock Safety cameras in Columbia are part of a larger national debate over privacy, data sharing and the expanding use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement. Two University of Missouri students brought those concerns to the Columbia City Council on July 20, questioning what information the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man was charged on Wednesday after authorities allegedly found 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine at his residence on Tuesday. Joshua Bachman, 53, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking and drug possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable
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