MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who caused a lockdown last year in Moberly was sentenced to probation on Wednesday. Jeanette Tolson, 45, of Huntsville, pleaded guilty on Aug. 14 to two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. She was sentenced to five years of unsupervised probation on Wednesday, along with a four-year suspended sentence.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. The University of Missouri will be holding multiple homecoming events Friday and Saturday that will cause streets to be closed in and around campus. On Friday from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., fraternities and sororities will be hosting a house decoration event that will have food trucks, vendors and will be a pedestrian
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Israeli officials announced Thursday that the country’s military had achieved one of its main war objectives — killing the leader of Hamas’ military operations.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With Election Day less than a month away, a growing number of Americans do not trust the process, but Missouri officials are still confident that the state’s elections are fair and secure. A study by the Pew Research Center found that after the 2020 presidential election only 21% of Donald Trump supporters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A northern Columbia street was closed off on Thursday night as police investigated the area. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 10:25 p.m. stating that Derby Ridge Drive was closed from Bold Venture Drive to Bold Ruler Court. An ABC 17 News reporter At least seven Columbia police officers were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools students who receive Medicaid are now able to have eye exams and optometry care through the SCHOLAR Clinic, a Thursday press release says. SCHOLAR Clinic – which is a partnership between Clarity Healthcare and CPS — hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the new eye care
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A new program at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City aims to help adults who need help managing withdrawal symptoms. According to a Thursday press release, StepOne Service is an inpatient three-to-five-day acute withdrawal management service for those experiencing withdrawal symptoms from alcohol and opioids. The program launched on
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A look at some major recalls this week.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City businessman who pleaded guilty earlier this year to three felonies, including fraud, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Tod Ray Keilholz, 61, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole. He pleaded guilty on March
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moniteau County city has hired a new police chief. California City Clerk Scott Jobe told ABC 17 News in an email on Thursday that Scott John will be the city’s new chief of police and Dale Harp will be a detective and sergeant. Both started on Monday. The city still have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Murphy announced his intent to run for Columbia mayor in a Thursday afternoon press release. Murphy is the third person to throw their hat into the April mayoral race. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe announced her reelection bid last month and Tanya Heath announced her intent to run for mayor. Murphy and his wife Melissa own
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A 2024 housing study released Thursday by Boone County and the City of Columbia show the local market is plagued with high prices.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi called a pair of recent racist incidents on campus “abhorrent” in a letter sent to students this week. The Mizzou Legion of Black Collegians shared information – on its Instagram page on Sunday — about students being called racial slurs on campus on Oct. 6
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged with murder for the death of a Columbia teenager is now charged with stealing the vehicle used in the killing. Byron Sampson, 20, of St. Louis, was charged with second-degree murder after he was accused of killing 18-year-old Traquan Reed on Oct. 10. Sampson is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s Homecoming takes place on Saturday and its annual parade will require some street closures. The parade begins 8 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Tiger Avenue and Rollins Street, according to a Thursday press release from the City of Columbia. The parade then goes east on Rollins Street,
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Losses from Hurricane Milton could reach as high as $34 billion, according to an early estimate of both flood and wind damage from research firm CoreLogic, with between $4 billion to $6 billion of those losses being uninsured flood damage. And that is only an estimate of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire closed down Interstate 70 east of Columbia on Thursday but the road reopened a little before 2 p.m. Westbound I-70 was closed after a fire that was reported about an hour earlier. A flatbed tow truck caught fire and was 50% involved when firefighters arrived, said a Boone County Fire
Continue Reading By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The day the crash happened has been corrected. SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia woman was killed after a crash in Pettis County involving a semi-truck on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 4:25 p.m. at the intersection of Route Y and Quisenberry Road in Pettis County.
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Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most-wanted
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