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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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say it was an accident when a reporter was hit by flyaway metal as Missouri’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate fired an AR-15-style rifle at a shooting range. Prosecutors declined to charge U.S. Senate hopeful Lucas Kunce. The reporter told the sheriff that he felt a pinch at
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested on Tuesday following a high-speed chase in Miller County that went more than 180 miles per hour, according to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office According to a release sent on Wednesday, deputies were informed by Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers that they were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The battle over the name of Rock Bridge High School’s football field continues. Wayne Sells has refiled a lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools over the naming rights to the field. Sells previously filed a lawsuit against the school district in 2021, claiming CPS had a legal contract with him after he gave
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a pair of child sex crimes dating back to the 1980s. Quinndale Allen Sr., 64, was charged with first-degree sex abuse and first-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man was seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Highway 65, north of Mount Olive in Saline County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says a 2019 International tractor-trailer – driven by Gerardo Velasquez Valladares, 29 – was heading northbound when it went off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A California, Missouri, woman was charged Tuesday with five felonies after she allegedly shot her roommate in the leg and hand. Crystal L. Moore, 50, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of drug possession for a shooting Tuesday at a California
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged with murder in connection to the death of a Columbia man is now in the Boone County Jail. Julius Mosby, 18, was booked into the Boone County Jail Tuesday evening after being extradited from Indianapolis, Indiana. He is charged with second-degree felony murder and first-degree robbery in the death
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 63 in Macon County on Tuesday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 7:24 p.m. when a 2020 GMC Yukon driven by Sandra Williams, 55, was backing out of a private driveway. Then, a 2012 Chrysler
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The Los Angeles Dodgers hoped to get out the brooms for a World Series sweep Tuesday night but the New York Yankees had other ideas. The Yankees, down three games to none, had a power surge in the Bronx to beat the Dodgers 11-4 before a home crowd. Now it’s left to them to do
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TODAY: Wednesday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day, as storms capable of Damaging Winds, Tornadoes, and Hail are possible tonight. For an in depth read on tonight’s storms, visit our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day Blog. Wednesday is just as breezy and warm as Tuesday, with some added humidity to hopefully limit the fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of being the Columbia prowler is set to face a judge Wednesday at the Boone County Courthouse. Guillermo Vasquez Hernandez, 33, of Columbia, is charged with two counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of forgery after he is accused of targeting women as far back as 2020. He
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With early voting underway in Cole County, thousands of Mid-Missourians have already cast their votes a week before the election day. Absentee voting began on Monday in Cole County and according to the county clerk’s office, roughly 5,800 people have already have already cast an early ballot in person, according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters will soon learn if abortions will be legalized in the state. Amendment 3 would overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban, if passed on Nov. 5. The amendment was put on the ballot just hours before the deadline certification, and has become a controversial issue in the state, including among politicians. In
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis teenager was charged with a pair of felonies and misdemeanors after leading deputies on a chase on Monday night. Mehki Cook, 18, was charged with aggravated fleeing, resisting arrest, two misdemeanors — driving without a license and failing to obey a traffic control device – and failure to maintain
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