BLOG: The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of widespread strong to damaging wind gusts on Sunday and wind chills below zero by Monday morning. The big changes can be blamed on a deep trough pushing off the Plains, bringing a cold front through the Midwest Sunday
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers recovered a stolen car Saturday on U.S. 54 near Callaway County. A social media post from MSHP’s Troop F said its troopers were alerted about the stolen car around 2:30 p.m. Troopers located the vehicle and took the 15 year old driver, who had been reported
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s say a 17-year-old is in custody after leading troopers and Jefferson City Police on a chase Saturday. In a social media post, MSHP Troop F said a Dodge van was reported stolen to JCPD. Around 1:45 p.m. troopers located the van on US 54, approaching Fulton.
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By Gordon Ebanks, Toni Odejimi, CNN Two helicopters crashed midair in southern New Jersey on Sunday, leaving one person dead and injuring another, officials said. The aircraft, an Enstrom F-28A and an Enstrom 280C helicopter, “collided in mid-air” at about 11:25 a.m. near Hammonton Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Only the pilots were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was injured following a shooting in Boonville on Saturday night, according to the Boonville Police Department. In a social media post, on Saturday, around 6:15 p.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Morgan Street, two people in a car got into a fight. This led to the driver leaving
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s anonymous tip form for schools shows handle with care as the number one report for 2025. Courage2Report allows parents, students and school staff from private and public K-12 schools to report concerns like bullying, school threats and suicide to the school and local law enforcement without the
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team fell short of a heroic game-winning drive in the final seconds on Saturday’s TaxSlayer Gator Bowl to lose to No. 19 Virginia, 13-7. With the loss, head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s team falls to 8-5 on the year for their first bowl loss since 2022. You can watch the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Drivers across Mid Missouri should plan for delays as several road construction and improvement projects continue or begin next week in multiple counties. Many of the projects will run from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4. The impacted counties include: Boone Co., Callaway Co., Camden Co., Crawford Co., Howard Co., Laclede Co., Maries
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By Alessandra Freitas, CNN Young people in Britain will soon be offered the chance of a “gap year” through a new paid program in the armed forces, the government announced Saturday. Set to launch in March 2026, the Armed Forces Foundation Scheme aims to initially recruit around 150 people to experience military life, without long-term
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s hands-free phone law hits one year of being in effect on New Year’s Day. Since its initial implementation in January 2025, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has cited 1,417 drivers. The law was passed in 2023 after a Columbia man died from a car crash in 2019 when a driver was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the 2025 college football world, bowl season is now closely intertwined with the offseason. As teams across the country prepare for their final games of the year, head coaches also have to worry about the teams of the future. During that bowl preparation, those coaches are juggling transfer portal conversations, early
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TAOS, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who lives down the street from where one pedestrian was seriously injured and another killed in Taos, said the couple was likely crossing the street heading to the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church for Mass when they were hit. The crash happened near the church on Route M west of
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) ABC 17 SportsZone previews the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, where Mizzou will take on No. 19 Virginia. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on ABC.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say a California man was the suspect shot by officers on Christmas Day inside a gas station. Marc Lucas, 31, was identified as the suspect in two separate incidents that preceded the shooting Thursday morning inside a Break Time gas station near Highway 63 and East Stadium Boulevard, the Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A boil-water order issued by the City of Eldon after E. coli was detected in the city’s system has reached 10 days and is still going. The city issued the order on instructions from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources after a test revealed high levels of E. coli in the system
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) Tiger football’s season is set to come to a close. Head Coach Eli Drinikwitz and his squad are ready for their final contest of 2025 at the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. The team will be looking for its first ranked win of the year in No. 19 Virginia, who won the ACC regular
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was in the Miller County Jail on Friday morning after his arrest following a chase and crash on Christmas night. Robert E. Smith, 52, was arrested on suspicion of felony DWI, felony leaving the scene of a crash, felony resisting arrest and driving while revoked, according to a Missouri
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers will play Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Saturday. Watch the coaches talk in the media player. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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CNN By Nimi Princewill, Jessie Yeung, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — After months of warning that the US could take military action to stop violence against Christians in Nigeria, President Donald Trump announced on Christmas Day that he had done just that – delivering a strike on Islamic State terrorists in the country’s northwest. US
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police shot a man armed with a knife after he reportedly tried to assault an officer on Christmas morning at a southeast Columbia gas station. Officers were called to the Break Time at East Stadium and Maguire boulevards a little after 10:30 a.m. Thursday. They shot a man who had the knife,
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