COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Earlier this month counties across Missouri participated in a statewide tornado drill. Boone, Callaway and Cole counties told ABC 17 News that they did not find any issues with their outdoor warning sirens. As severe weather rolled through much of Mid-Missouri on Thursday, local officials braced for having to use those sirens,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The original version of this story had the incorrect time for when the 911 call was made. It has been corrected. Nashville’s Urban Search And Rescue Team on Thursday continued to search along the riverbank for 22-year-old University Of Missouri student Riley Strain. In a press conference this afternoon, Metro Nashville police said there
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A boil advisory was issued Thursday evening for about 150 Columbia Water and Light customers. Columbia Water and Light stated on its Facebook page that a contractor hit a water main in the 1300 block of Woodrail Avenue. Affected customers will receive a hang tag, the map on the city’s outage map
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Storms rolled through Mid-Missouri on Thursday and hail fell throughout the area. Several viewers shared photos of hail they picked up near their homes that ranged drastically in size. Did you get any photos of the storms or hail? Send them to us through our share page or share them with us
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According to the Federal Highway Administration, 70% of weather-related accidents in the U.S. happen on wet pavement.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri is once again bracing for severe weather Thursday afternoon, and local electric utilities have crews on standby. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team is tracking strong to severe storms Thursday night and into the evening that could bring large hail and a low chance for tornadoes. After more than 1,400 Mid-Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of arson in 2021 was ordered to be committed to the Missouri Department on Thursday. Dominque Neighbors, 38, was charged with first-degree making a terroristic threat, second-degree attempted arson, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of an illegal weapon. Court documents say the DMH will examine and
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The search continued Thursday for the University of Missouri student who went missing in Nashville over the weekend with police going out in boats and taking to the air.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested after he allegedly admitted to stabbing another man on Wednesday night on Tenth Street in Columbia, according to court documents and a press release from the Columbia Police Department. Justin Trim, 33, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. His address is listed as Columbia on
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler in a Thursday press release warned the public of scammers trying to impersonate his office. Wheeler said in the release that scammers are trying to call residents to tell them they have warrants for arrest in order to get them to pay the scammer over the
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Even if you are spared from Mother Nature’s direct impacts this spring, there’s an increasing chance you’ll deal with a power outage.
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A look at some recently recalled products nationwide.
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During early Thursday morning storms, several utility companies reported outages across Mid-Missouri.
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Medicaid in Missouri was recently expanded but it still doesn’t cover hearing aids for adults.
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CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man died from injuries he suffered in a Crawford County crash that occurred Wednesday in the eastbound lane of Interstate 44 at mile-marker 221, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred as a 2003 Ford F150 – driven by James Hendrickson
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Three Missouri men have been charged with federal firearms counts after a shooting at last month’s Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade and rally left one person dead and roughly two dozen others injured, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The federal charges were unsealed Wednesday, three weeks after state authorities charged two other men,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge has further delayed a case review for a woman accused of murdering a toddler in 2018. Quatavia Givens was charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse in relation to the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray in 2018.. She
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Westlake Ace Hardware announced in a Wednesday press release that it will be opening a third location in Columbia later this year. Ace Hardware had two locations in Columbia at 1910 West Worley Street and 1900 Business Loop 70 East. According to the release, the new location will be in the Rock
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Missouri residents residents this year may have noticed a change in the cost of their home insurance. Data from Bankrate shows the cost of insurance is increasing across the country, including in Missouri. As of March 1, the national average cost of homeowners insurance was up 23% compared to rates in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia is receiving more than $2.1 million in federal grant money for a study to improve Business Loop 70, according to a Wednesday press release from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The release states $12,055,800 was awarded to Missouri projects through the Reconnecting Communities Pilot and Neighborhood Access and Equity discretionary grant
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