COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) People around Columbia celebrated Juneteenth on Friday. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Volunteers helped Powerhouse Community Development put on its third annual event on Friday at Cosmo Park. A community luncheon and another event were held at Douglass Park the same day.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri officials say they are investigating multiple cases involving alleged fake nursing credentials as authorities warn the issue is becoming more common nationwide. A spokesperson for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office told ABC 17 News the agency is currently investigating another nursing credentials case in addition to the one filed this week
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seasonal retailers can begin selling fireworks on Saturday and will be able to through Friday, July 10, a press release from the state fire marshal’s office says. Through June 11, the Division of Fire Safety issued 1,129 permits to seasonal retailers, the release says. The release says officials expect to see an
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COLUMBIA MO. (KMIZ) Gas prices across the state have fallen again this week, just two weeks before Independence Day. According to AAA, the state average for a tank of gas sits at $3.65. That’s down 11 cents from last week but still up 83 cents compared to last year at the same time. The current
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was flown to a hospital, and another person was found dead when Osage County deputies and state troopers responded to a shooting Friday morning. A release posted on the Osage County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page says deputies and troopers were sent to a home on County Road 623 on a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women were charged in Cole County with child abuse and other charges after state officials determined their home was not safe for children to live in. Whitney Barron, 42, and Beverly Barron, 74, were charged on Thursday in Cole County with three counts of child abuse, three counts of first-degree endangering
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Vienna man was charged on Thursday in Maries County with animal abuse. A no-bond warrant was issued for Stephen Dale Helton. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says law enforcement was called to a home on Dec. 12 in the 30000 block of Highway 63 North
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning on Friday morning, according to a social media post from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office. The post says the Rolla Rural Fire Department was called at 5:24 a.m. for a carbon monoxide alert at a duplex just east of Rolla. The Rolla Rural
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man, accused of firing shots at a vehicle on April 26 at a Waffle House on the north side of Columbia, has been booked into the Boone County Jail. Damonte Jones, 19, was booked into the Boone County Jail on Thursday evening. He is charged with unlawful use of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the year 2026, the United States of America celebrates its 250th anniversary of freedom and independence. However, on July 4, 1776, not everyone in this country was free. It was another 82 years before the South was ordered to free all slaves when President Abram Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash Thursday night on Highway 50. The 57-year-old motorcyclist from Russellville was not wearing a helmet while driving on Highway 50 westbound, just west of the Tri-Level in Jefferson City, according to a Jefferson City Police Department news release. The man lost
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old Montreal, Missouri boy was seriously hurt in a crash after a chase with the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Thursday. According to a Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened on Highway 5, about 1500 feet south of Smooth Hill Dr. at 10:47 p.m. The teen was driving a 2000
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Missouri Gov. Kehoe brought together researchers and industry people in Rolla on Thursday for a conference on artificial intelligence and data centers. Kehoe has been supportive of data center projects in Missouri, casting them as key to the state’s economic future. But the projects have met resistance in rural areas around the state, including several
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several of Missouri’s abortion restrictions were shut down in a Thursday ruling in Jackson County. Judge Jerri Zhang’s 20-page ruling struck down a number of restrictions that were in place that were determined to be in violation of 2024’s Amendment 3, a voter-approved measure that enshrined abortion rights within the Missouri Constitution.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Fulton businesses remain closed and a block of Nichols Street is expected to stay shut down through the weekend after part of a historic building collapsed Wednesday morning, exposing a second-floor apartment and forcing evacuations. No injuries were reported in the collapse, but businesses remain displaced and the residents who lived
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a fatal crash Wednesday night in Centralia, a local minister is sharing his memories of 17-year-old Hunter Hull, alongside a message from the boy’s family. The Rev. Justin Danielson is the minister at Parkview Christian Church, where the Hull family are members. Danielson said his family had just finished a family
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI is offering up a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a man who is accused of robbing the Isle of Capri Casino in March. Two men were charged in the robbery, with the first being Benjamin Charles, 21, of Columbia. He is charged with first-degree robbery,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After 35 years, Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp has retired. A retirement letter that was sent to ABC 17 News by Blomenkamp says his last day with BCFPD was Wednesday. He began his 35-year career as a volunteer firefighter in Brush, Colorado, before serving in Castle Rock, Colorado.
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) State leaders, industry experts, researchers and business stakeholders gathered in Rolla on Thursday to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and data center development in Missouri. Gov. Mike Kehoe hosted the conference at Missouri S&T’s new Proto-Plex building, bringing together leaders from across the state to explore how Missouri can position itself
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UNION, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge imposed the death penalty Thursday on a man who was found guilty of murdering a Hermann police officer and injuring another in a Casey’s gas station A jury found Kenneth Simpson guilty of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, assault, drug possession and other charges in January. Jurors also recommended a
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