Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect Boone Electric rates. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cranking up the heat this winter will likely drive up the cost of monthly utility bills more than last year. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates heating expenses will jump 10.5% this winter and reports for Northeast and Midwest
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AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation’s steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months. According to the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, consumer prices rose 2.3% in October from a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That is up
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after a fire broke out at a duplex in Jefferson City on Tuesday night. According to the Jefferson City Fire Department, firefighters were called to the report of a duplex fire in the 1400 block of Bertha Drive at 8:39 p.m. on Tuesday. JCFD said crews found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both lanes of westbound I-70 at mile-marker 125 are back open after a vehicle fire and crash in Columbia Wednesday morning. Columbia Police Department spokesperson Jenny Hooper said the crashed involved three vehicles and injures are unknown. Boone County Joint Communications sent out an alert just before 8 a.m. saying both westbound
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia based organization, Rock the Community will be hosting a community event to celebrate Thanksgiving on Wednesday. This event will be at the Reichmann Indoor Pavilion in Stephens Lake Park from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. with free food, games and raffles. The people who attend the event will also have
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Mizzou football’s season is coming to a close Saturday. The Tigers will try to finish it with nine wins and their best possible playoff position. To do so they’ll have to beat Arkansas on Faurot Field. Do you think Mizzou will prevail? Let us know by voting in the poll.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Powerhouse Community Development Corporation’s CEO Charles Stephenson anticipates 1,600 people will be served free meals on Thanksgiving Day. For the fourth year in a row, the nonprofit is working to carry on the tradition of serving free meals to people on Thanksgiving Day since taking over the event. However, the organization will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was previously charged with murder in a shooting death pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a drug charge. Isaiah Brunson pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance, according to an email from the Boone County prosecutor’s office. He was previously charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department asked for help Tuesday to find a missing 84-year-old man with dementia. Authorities canceled a silvery advisory at 8:07 p.m. Tuesday for Hansil Dean Hartle. The advisory was issued earlier in the day. He left his home in the 39000 blockMonroe County Road 556 in Stoutsville at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While Airports across the country are feeling the strain of the Thanksgiving rush, passengers say their experience at the Columbia Regional Airport has been positive. AAA projects nearly 80 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and Monday. While the majority of those people will travel by
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Division of Drug and Crime Control are urging people to take extra time to examine gas pumps prior to making a credit card payment.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One lane of Route B north of Columbia was closed on Tuesday evening following a two-vehicle crash. First responders were at the scene near the intersection of Route B and East McGee Road before 7 p.m. An ABC 17 News photographer saw two Boone County Fire Protection District vehicles and an
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission approved a Youth Success Initiative grant for the Robert L. Perry Juvenile Justice Center. The grant will provide $425,000 to the justice center to create intervention services and programs, inclusive processes to access the programs and a support system for youth and their families. The federal government
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A mental examination was ordered Tuesday for a Jefferson City woman who is accused of stabbing an 80-year-old man to death. Rejeane Redmon, 27, was charged last year with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence. She has been in custody at the Cole County Jail since Nov. 25,
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate died at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center on Monday after being in custody for just 10 days, according to information from the Missouri Department of Corrections. Nathaniel Cross, 40, of Columbia, was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m. Monday, a Tuesday press release from the DOC says. The release says
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Trevor Foley will become the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, according to a press release from Governor-elect Mike Kehoe’s office. Foley was named the acting director last year after former DOC Director Anne Precythe announced her retirement. “I’m grateful to Governor-Elect Kehoe for this opportunity to continue my service to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s college football season is almost over. The Tigers will host the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday afternoon to cap the season. The 8-3 Tigers are angling to get into the best bowl possible and win the Border Line rivalry game. Watch a live news conference about preparations in the player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Area law enforcement are searching for a driver involved in a Boone County chase. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Kyle Green told ABC 17 News in a text message Monday night that Boone County deputies tried to stop a vehicle for speeding. The vehicle drove eastbound on Interstate 70 and crashed near
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Phelps County man was flown to University Hospital on Monday night after an SUV hit him on a country highway. The 33-year-old Newburg man was walking on Route T just south of Doolittle when he was hit by a GMC Acadia driven by a 16-year-old boy, according to a Missouri State
Continue ReadingCNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, America launched an all-out trade war with China to boost US manufacturing, secure US national security interests and resolve what Trump believed was an extremely out-of-balance trade relationship. President Joe Biden kept most of those tariffs in place and added
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