LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) There are rivalries that you watch. Then, there are rivalries that you feel. For generations, Missouri and Kansas have been separated by a border — but connected by something much, much deeper: one of the best rivalries in all college sports. On Friday night, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company will pay
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The lawsuit Jefferson City filed against the owner of the Quality Inn earlier this summer has been put on pause. Court documents in previous reporting say the city sued DEAA Hospitality and Paresh Patel after the city requested records regarding its lodging tax and did not receive them by the June 1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A political action committee that was active during last year’s Columbia mayoral race has been fined by the Missouri Ethics Commission. Citizens For A Better Columbia was fined $31,000 after the MEC claims the group failed to maintain a treasurer, improper access to the official depository account, failure to file amended statements
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged after he allegedly fired a shot early Sunday near the Boone County Courthouse. Lorenzo Estes, 33, of Jefferson City, was chargd on Friday with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and one count of misdemeanor illegally shooting a gun.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s City Council passed a motion on Tuesday to hold a public hearing to discuss Flock cameras. The public hearing will allow officials and the public to speak about Flock cameras and the city’s contract with Flock, which ends in March 2027. Ward 5 Councilwoman Christina Hartman first brought up the idea
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News Anchor Erika McGuire and Sports Director Nathalie Jones toured the area around the stadium and talked to fans of both teams before Mizzou’s Friday night game at Kansas.
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Sixty-six years after reaching No. 1 for the first time in Missouri football history, Mizzou Athletics will formally recognize the 1960 Tigers as national champions during a halftime ceremony Sept. 19 against Troy in the Memorial Stadium 100th Anniversary Game. ABC 17 News caught up with two surviving members of the team to relive a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The rivalry between the University of Missouri Tigers and the University of Kansas Jayhawks is well known in college sports. But the passion infused into it actually started as a way to move past the bloody conflict between pro-slavery groups in Missouri and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas. University of Missouri history professor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks are facing off for their second Border War showdown since the two teams renewed their series. For one Missouri couple, the rivalry isn’t just played out on the field; it’s a divide inside their own home. Phil and Shelly McGuire live in St. Louis and have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fans heading to Lawrence, Kansas, should be aware of traffic impacts and what to expect when entering David Booth Memorial Stadium Friday night, as the University of Missouri Tigers and the University of Kansas Jayhawks meet on the field once again. The area around Mississippi St. on the KU campus will be
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Missouri and Kansas will continue their revived football rivalry Friday in Lawrence. The Tigers won the matchup last year after Mizzou’s move to the SEC had put the Border Battle on ice. The No. 23 Tigers are favored to take the matchup again this year, with oddsmakers giving the Tigers a 5.5-point advantage as of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 400 Ameren customers in Boonville were without power on Thursday night. Ameren’s outage map showed that crews were assessing an outage that began at 7:13 p.m. That outage affected 432 customers in Boonville. A restoration time was not available. A second outage was reported just north of that outage that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is giving residents a new way to help neighbors struggling to pay their utility bills. The city announced Wednesday that customers can now donate through their monthly utility bills by rounding their payment up to the nearest dollar. The average donation is expected to be about 50 cents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire occurred Thursday in the 2400 block of North Bluff Street in Fulton, according to a press release from the Fulton Fire Department. The release says crews were called at 6:34 p.m. and ended up seeing smoke coming from the roof. A tree limb was on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Election officials will move forward with creating ballots for the November election that align with Missouri’s 2022 congressional map rather than the 2025 “Missouri First” map. This comes amid litigation and rulings by the Missouri and U.S. Supreme court over which map will be active when voters cast their ballot.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A silver advisory was issued on Thursday evening for a 72-year-old woman with dementia and diabetes. The Missouri State Highway Patrol sent out the advisory that was issued for the St. Charles County Police Department. The release says Pamalee Ross Willenbrink — 5 feet, 4 inches; 200 pounds – was last seen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Health Toll of 9/11 25 years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York, first responders who worked at Ground Zero continue to suffer health consequences linked to exposure of toxic and hazardous materials. The World Trade Center Health Program reports more than 9,000 first responders have died from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Highway 63 reopened Thursday morning north of Columbia after a crash shut it down. First responders shut down the highway north of the intersection with Range Line Street. Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert just before 9:30 a.m. An ABC 17 News reporter saw one northbound lane and both southbound
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri school districts could get their first look at 2025 performance data connected with the state’s proposed A-F grading framework by the end of this month, a Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education official said Thursday. Jocelyn Strand, DESE assistant commissioner for the Office of Quality Schools, led the department’s final
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EASLEY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County firefighters have recovered a boat that was drifting down the Missouri River on Thursday morning. Boone County Fire Protection District said there were two individuals on the boat that was rescued. No injuries were reported. Boone County Fire Protection District boats launched from Coopers Landing in southern Boone County after
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