COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education unanimously passed its new policy on artificial intelligence. The policy focuses on “generative AI,” which creates text, images, videos and other media. The new policy set forth by the Missouri School Boards’ Association says that the district must have an AI coordinator, who will monitor advancements, risks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men charged in a deadly 2022 shooting in Columbia were sentenced on Monday to 18 years in prison. Oscar Ashford and Samarion Robins entered guilty pleas last week to second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. The two are charged in the shooting death of 15-year-old Aubrey Doxley on McKee
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who previously sentenced to 50 years in prison in federal court and five years in Missouri for statutory rape and child–porn-related charges took several more plea deals on Monday. In four separate cases involving five victims, William Dahl, 41, pleaded guilty on Monday to promoting child porn, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City is accused of having a 7.5-inch, prison-made shiv in a baby powder bottle last year. Brandon Bassett, 25, was charged with having a weapon at a prison and armed criminal action. A court date has not been scheduled. Court documents allege prison staff
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate who was previously held at a Jefferson City prison has been accused of raping another inmate in October 2023. Michael Sheets, 41, was charged on Friday with first-degree sodomy in Cole County. He has since been moved to a Springfield facility. A court appearance is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car was seen in the side of a home on Monday afternoon at a Central Columbia intersection. Several first responders were seen at the corner of West Worley Street and North Garth Avenue around 4 p.m. after a car hit a home. Columbia police officers and more than a dozen Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A company that wants to build high-voltage electric lines to carry wind energy through Missouri has sued a Callaway County landowner for the right to use his land. Grain Belt Express, LLC., filed the lawsuit against Dustin Hudson of Auxvasse on Friday in county court. In its eminent domain petition, the company
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By Danya Gainor, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing the unprecedented federal immigration operation in the state is “a federal invasion,” and seeking a court order halting the crackdown, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. “This has to stop; it just has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former cheerleading coach at Mexico High School was sentenced to five years of probation on Monday in Audrain County court. Janae Nunnelly, 26, of Mexico, Missouri, pleaded guilty on Oct. 14 to having sexual contact with a student. She faces four years in the Department of Corrections, if she violates her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An AMBER alert was canceled Monday afternoon after two children were found safe. Law enforcement took Malang Jan Akbari in custody around 1:40 p.m. after he was accused of taking two children after killing their mother. MSHP Troop A spokesperson Justin Ewing told ABC 17 News the suspect was taken into custody
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By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday, a senior White House official told CNN. Her visit to the White House comes as the president declined to endorse her following the US military strikes in
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EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo has been removed from this story because it was not directly related to the subject matter. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sunday marked National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and the Missouri Department of Transportation is using not only Sunday, but the entire month of January to help educate the public about how traffickers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri bill could force Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the state to identify themselves, if passed. The bill’s introduction follows a deadly shooting in Minneapolis involving an ICE agent and a civilian. Rep. Ray Reed (D-St. Louis) introduced the bill Wednesday where it received a first reading on the opening
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A 72-year-old man from Cuba, Missouri, was seriously injured Saturday in a crash in Gasconade County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The report says the crash happened on Route T, south of Third Street, at 9 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City residents silently marched through the city on Saturday after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed a Minneapolis woman Wednesday. Protesters marched past government offices and the Governor’s Mansion wearing all black and holding signs with phrases such as “Stop ICE terror” and “ICE keep your [hands] off our
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fayette R-III School District says someone damaged its high school football stadium press box. The school district posted about the incident on Friday night, urging people to contact its superintendent or the Fayette Police Department with information. In an email sent to ABC 17 News on Saturday afternoon, Superintendent Brent Doolin
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Versailles man was killed in a car crash in Miller County Saturday night, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the crash happened on Highway 54, east of Midway Road, around 1 p.m. The man was headed eastbound in a 2012 Mazda 3 and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department is searching for a man after one person was shot and killed in Jefferson City on Friday, according to a Saturday afternoon press release. According to the release, police were called to the 800 block of Mulberry Street just after 4 p.m. on Friday after receiving
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with Mizzou women’s basketball legend Sophie Cunningham at day one of the annual Sophie Cunningham Classic at Columbia College. You can watch the full conversation with Cunningham in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Lake Ozark announced in a Thursday press release that it will received a $300,000 Community Development Block Grant from the state’s Department of Economic Development for a demolition project. The release says the money will be put toward a $433,030 demolition project “focused on improving safety and redevelopment opportunities
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