COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged on Friday with a pair of felonies after he allegedly strangled a woman multiple times this summer. Jonathan Swiney was charged in Audrain County with two counts of first-degree domestic assault. A warrant was issued and no bond was set. The probable cause statement says a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletic Director Laird Veatch spoke with reporters Monday on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The Tigers will host Central Arkansas on Faurot on Aug. 28 — a Thursday night kickoff.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a guest at the White House on Monday as European leaders try to hammer out a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Zelensky and Trump took questions from reporters before a closed-door meeting, and the atmosphere was more friendly than Zelensky’s last trip to the White
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District is kicking off the 2025-26 school year Monday morning, as students will be introduced to the new statewide cellphone policy in schools. In July, Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 68 banning the use of cell phones during instructional time, lunch breaks, study halls and between
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An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day is in effect through Monday afternoon as dangerous heat is expected to persist through the start of the week. A Heat Advisory is in effect from through Monday for all of mid-Missouri. A combination of heat and humidity will led to heat index values between 105-108 Monday. Stay
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark woman was seriously hurt after being thrown from a jet ski at the 17-mile marker of the main channel at the Lake of the Ozarks in Miller County just after 7 p.m. Sunday, according to an incident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the woman
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 3-year-old boy from Tuscumbia drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks in Camden County Sunday afternoon at the 4.8-mile marker of the Glaize Arm, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states that the child entered the water around 12:30 p.m. Sunday from the back of
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Friday for a summit in Anchorage, Alaska. The key topic: the war in Ukraine. Trump failed to secure the ceasefire he’d been aiming for, with Putin making no promises beyond continuing the talks. The meeting ended with brief statements from each leader and no questions taken.
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By Arlette Saenz, Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Molly English, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort returned on Monday, ending their 15-day holdout. Democrats returned to Austin on Monday about an hour before the House was set to convene. And while they have vowed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) K-12 students were leaving the Armory Sports and Recreation Center and Cosmo Park with backpacks, sharp pencils, and even sharper hairstyles Sunday after two local Columbia businesses hosted two back-to-school events. This year marked the 5th annual Renz Blendz Barbershop event at the rec center and the first-ever Broadway Hair Company event
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COOPER COUNTY, MO. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office says its response to a possible armed home invasion turned into a two-hour long stand off. Sunday morning at around 7:30, the Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post that Cooper County deputies and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to an address on
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job. The New Mexico National Guard is in Albuquerque to help counter what officials have called a
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff — one of three American participants in Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — described on Sunday several major agreements reached during the Alaska talks that he said created strong momentum toward a peace agreement with Ukraine. Witkoff told CNN that
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2025 college football season hasn’t even kicked off yet and Mizzou already has its first road test in the books. That came in the form of a road practice on the campus of Lindenwood University, on a muggy Saturday afternoon in St. Charles. After a slow start on the road
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Despite deer season starting up in next month in Missouri, deer have been making their presence known during the month of August. First responders have reported at least four serious vehicle crashes involving deer since the start of the month. The crashes include a Pettis County Man driving a truck and three
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Dozens of people gathered outside of the State Capitol on Saturday, protesting a recent push made by some republican lawmakers.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people – three of which were children – were injured in a crash on Friday night on Highway 124 between Hallsville and Centralia, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report published on Saturday. The report says a 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee – driven by a 42-year-old Jefferson City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is implementing a “cellphone free” policy for the 2025–26 school year, aligning with a statewide mandate. In July, Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 68 banning the use of cell phones during instructional time, lunch breaks, study halls and between passing periods, for all K-12 students. To implement the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, for a summit on the Ukraine war on Friday. The two leaders held a news conference after speaking, accompanied by diplomats, for about two hours. Watch the two leaders meet after landing and holding a joint news conference.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a dozen felonies in Cole County after a chase in Jefferson City allegedly led to him hitting an officer’s patrol vehicle. Travion Reams, 32, of Columbia, was charged with aggravated fleeing, six counts of armed criminal action, three counts of second-degree assault, one count of first-degree
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