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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Mizzou beat Kansas State?

September 7, 2022 2:25 AM ABC 17 News Team

The Mizzou Tigers football team will travel to Manhattan, Kansas, for its Week 2 game.

Jefferson City Council approves three proposals for affordable housing

September 6, 2022 6:32 AM Ben Fein

The Jefferson City Council is set to talk about affordable housing proposals at its Tuesday night meeting.

Columbia City Council discuss violence prevention, CPD software in amended budget

September 6, 2022 11:41 PM Marina Diaz

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Columbia City Council held a meeting Tuesday to allow community and city council members to comment on the proposed budget for the upcoming year. Pat Fowler proposed bringing on Cure Violence, a program used in big cities to combat violence through outreach programs. The program would cost $3 million if

Oakland Middle School hosts back-to-school event

September 6, 2022 10:08 PM Katie Greathouse

Oakland Middle School in Columbia held its back-to-school event Tuesday night.

Hartsburg man charged with first-degree murder in father’s stabbing death

September 6, 2022 10:28 AM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors have charged a Hartsburg man with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the weekend stabbing death of his father.

Police investigate after neighbors say shots were fired in east Columbia

September 6, 2022 7:07 PM Katie Greathouse

Police were investigating in east Columbia on Tuesday night after neighbors said someone fired a gun.

Jefferson City apartment fire displaces several people

September 6, 2022 6:42 PM Katie Greathouse

The Jefferson City Fire Department responded to a fire at an apartment complex Tuesday afternoon.

Man charged with resisting arrest after Callaway County chase

September 6, 2022 5:10 PM Matthew Sanders

Callaway County prosecutors charged a man Monday with felony resisting arrest and drug possession after a weekend chase.

Appeals court upholds Jefferson City man’s assault conviction

September 6, 2022 4:51 PM Matthew Sanders

A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday ruled against a Jefferson City man in his bid to overturn an assault conviction in a deadly 2017 shooting.

Family seeks damages in Jefferson City pedestrian death

September 6, 2022 1:48 PM Matthew Sanders

The family of a Holts Summit woman killed when a truck hit her in 2020 in Jefferson City has sued the truck driver, his employer and another driver over her death.

Former Columbia mayor Treece sworn in as member of Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission

September 6, 2022 1:30 PM Ethan Heinz

Former Columbia mayor Brian Treece spent his morning at the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday in the company of Gov. Mike Parson and Missouri Supreme Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge, being sworn in as the new commissioner of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.

Morgan County man charged with murder, manslaughter in son’s crash death

September 6, 2022 12:11 PM Matthew Sanders

A Rocky Mount man accused of kidnapping his children from Nebraska is now charged with murder and manslaughter in connection with his son’s death after a weekend crash.

AP seeks ex-Missouri Gov. Greitens’ child custody record

September 6, 2022 12:04 PM Associated Press

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Associated Press has joined an effort to get a sealed court record from former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ child custody case. The Boone County Circuit Court clerk on Tuesday accepted the AP’s request to join The Kansas City Star’s motion to make public the document

Crashes, injuries on Missouri highways down this Labor Day weekend

September 6, 2022 11:07 AM Matthew Sanders

The number of crashes and injuries on Missouri’s highways over the long holiday weekend fell compared to last year, the highway patrol reported Tuesday.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you going to get the new COVID-19 booster?

September 6, 2022 2:32 AM ABC 17 News Team

Federal regulators this week approved a new COVID-19 booster meant to target the omicron variants that have become the dominant strains across the country.

Union favorability rises as local, national organizations unionize

September 5, 2022 5:03 PM Hannah Falcon

National chains such as Chipotle, Starbucks and Amazon are seeing workers organizing across the country. But so are local organizations.

Columbia City Council set to discuss fees on utility bills for some residents

September 5, 2022 8:44 PM Erika McGuire

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday and hear a report about possible changes to utility bill late fees and due dates for residents on fixed incomes. Right now, the city requires customers to pay their bill every 20 days from the billing date. If their bill is not paid

Missouri State Highway Patrol sees some crashes in counting period

September 5, 2022 7:24 PM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA,Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol started its counting period Friday, and it’s set to end at 11:59 p.m. Monday. So while troopers have pushed traffic safety and water safety, crashes have still taken place. Patrol crash reports show at least 73 traffic crashes since 6 p.m. Friday. At least three crashes have been fatal and 10