COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rock Bridge Elementary School student was found with a BB gun in their backpack before dismissal on Thursday, according to an email from a district spokeswoman. Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark shared an email to ABC 17 News that was sent to parents following the incident. “We were alerted to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Non-uniformed employees at the Columbia Police Department are looking to form a union. An item listed in the consent agenda of Monday’s City Council meeting shows that the Columbia Police Civilians Association is seeking to be recognized by the city. Meeting documents say the group filed a petition for certification with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former West Middle School teacher who was arrested for a second time earlier this month is no longer listed on the Boone County Jail roster. Zachary Hutchinson, of Columbia, is charged with felonies in two cases. In one case, he is charged with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been charged with first-degree rape in Cole County. A warrant was requested on Wednesday for Tamiko Carter Jr., who was accused of raping a woman in her apartment while she slept on April11. He is not listed on the Cole County Jail roster. A second man, Bruce
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A school bus with 17 middle and high school students from the Jefferson City School District was involved in a crash on Thursday morning. School district spokeswoman Ryan Burns told ABC 17 News that a car rear-ended the bus on the way to school on Route T at Parkview Road in St.
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By Holmes Lybrand, Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who is accused of pointing his government-issued firearm at another car and its passengers while driving on duty will turn himself in on Thursday, his attorney told CNN. An arrest warrant was issued for Greg Morgan in April after Hennepin County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An ICE agent has been charged with assault for an alleged road rage incident on a Minnesota highway during Operation Metro Surge. Prosecutors in Hennepin County announced charges against Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., on Thursday. He is charged with two counts of second-degree assault for allegedly driving on the shoulder to pull
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire. Trump wrote that the ceasefire will take effect at 4 p.m. Thursday, following the countries’ agreement reached during talks in Washington, D.C. Trump stated that he has directed a group,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The name of the hospital the worker was sent to has been corrected. A worker suffered minor injuries when he fell at a University of Missouri construction site on Thursday morning. The man fell about 18 feet, Columbia Fire Department Assistant Chief Lester Shewmake said. A University spokesman said the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fayette police are investigating after a possible threat was reported against the Fayette R-III School District on Wednesday. The police department said on Facebook that the report was made around 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday. Police Chief Bo Wells said in the statement that they do not believe the threat to be credible.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple people suffered injuries after a deck collapsed in Lake Ozark on Wednesday night. According to the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District, the dock collapsed around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on Sander Road. Fire crews found that the entrance walkway of a multi-family home had collapsed, with six people. Fire Chief Jerome Blomberg
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man died after a crash with a semi-truck carrying grain in Callaway County on Wednesday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 91-year-old Fulton man was driving a 2008 Ford Fusion on Highway 54 at County Road 2002 heading east at 11:55 a.m. Wednesday. The crash report states the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored after severe storms rolled through parts of Mid-Missouri Wednesday night. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, power has been fully restored in Camden and Cole Counties. Wednesday night, 1,500 Ameren customers were without power in Cole County. The threat of severe storms in Mid-Missouri prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Officials in Clinton reported damage to several buildings Wednesday night after storms moved through the area. Henry County Sheriff Aaron Brown told ABC 17 News that a tornado appeared to have touched down in Clinton near Calvird Drive between 2nd Street and Highway 13. Henry County is located in the western part of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Morgan County R-2 School District in Versailles had a bus that was involved in a crash on Tuesday afternoon. A Wednesday press release from the school district says bus No. 24 ended up in a ditch near the Little Tigers Early Learning Center in Gravois Mills. The release says the bus’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 27-year-old Eldon man drowned in a private pond on Wednesday afternoon in the 1400 block of North Grand Avenue, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man “suffered an unknown medical emergency and was located in the pond.” He was pronounced dead at 4:22
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Family Access Center of Excellence has been tasked with cutting its budget by $1.6 million ahead of the 2027-28 school year. The FACE program works with students in schools across the county to help students who need additional social, emotional or behavioral support, according to its website. The program is funded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced Wednesday that its looking for community feedback to update its 2021 Strategic Plan. The city said it wants the plan to reflect the community’s future priorities. Its gathering the feedback through a number of ways including a survey, ideas wall and discussion forum. Three public forums will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Republican candidates seeking their party’s nomination for Missouri’s Sixth Senate District have raised more than $1 million combined for their campaigns, according to reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. State Rep. Rudy Veit, who represents rural Cole County, has taken in the most money so far, raising more than $324,000 for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison without parole for federal child pornography charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Ryan Hine, 29, was sentenced for enticing a minor to produce child porn and advertising child porn to other people. He will also
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