JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The former head of election integrity for the State of Missouri sued his ex-boss on Monday, alleging retaliation after he reported wrongdoing. Hoskins is accused of firing former Director of Election Integrity Nicholas La Strada for “blowing the whistle on fabricated evidence and a decision to overturn a certified election,” according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 82-year-old Buckner man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a crash invovling a Chariton County Sheriff’s Department vehicle just before noon Sunday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2021 Honda Pioneer Side-by-Side UTV westbound on Highway 24, one mile east
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers took a juvenile into custody Sunday for allegedly stealing a family member’s car in Jefferson City. MSHP’s Troop F said in a social media post that Flock Safety Cameras were used to find the car. 🚨Flock Camera Locates Stolen Car🚨 Troopers received notification of a car, stolen
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Drivers parking downtown Jefferson City will pay more at the meter as the city begins rolling out higher parking rates. The city approved the rate increases in Aug. as part of a new two-tiered parking system that will gradually increase rates through 2030. The first increase went into effect Sept. 1
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A 40-year-old woman who lived in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has died from measles complications, the county coroner confirmed Sunday. It’s the third measles-associated death in a fast-growing outbreak that’s sparked a political clash between state and federal officials. The woman died Saturday, according to a news release from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Westbound Interstate 70 near the I-70/Highway 63 connector in Columbia is back to two lanes earlier than expected. According to a Facebook post from the Missouri Department of Transportation, the second lane reopened early Sunday morning after being closed since Friday night for work on a new flyover ramp that will connect
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Peptide-based medicines are not new, but a new market is emerging and growing quickly. In the 1920s, insulin became one of the earliest and most important peptide therapies, helping people manage diabetes. Since the Food and Drug Administration started regulating it in the ’40s, the organization has approved numerous peptide-based drugs such
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are investigating a homicide after a stabbing left one person dead and three others injured early Sunday morning in Owensville. The Owensville Police Department said officers responded around 1:30 a.m. Sunday to a report of a death. Police Chief Scott Griffith told ABC 17 the incident involved a stabbing. Three other
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters are asking a Cole County judge to approve a class action lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins over how he handled signatures for the referendum to get the 2025 gerrymandered congressional map on the November ballot. The lawsuit asks for $500 for each person who signed the referendum, had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and a woman were seriously injured Friday evening in a motorcycle crash in Howard County. According to a Missouri Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred around 4:40 p.m. The motorcycle, a 2020 Harley-Davidson Road King Special, was being driven by a 43-year-old Madison man on Route U, just east
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A dog park in Ashland now has a new name, honoring a local four-legged hero who served at Ground Zero following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The city renamed its dog park Tuff Memorial Park in honor of Tuff, a chocolate Labrador retriever who worked as a search-and-rescue dog with Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An emergency alert system that will notify drivers of EMS vehicles was approved by the Cole County commission and is set to be installed by the end of the year. In a county commission meeting on Tuesday, the technology was approved along with the budget. Cole County EMS Chief Eric Hoy
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Editor’s note: Source name has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District hosted a ceremony for members of the Missouri Task Force 1 who were deployed to the World Trade Center during 9/11 25 years ago. University of Missouri Provost Matthew Martens and Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe gave speeches at the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two teenagers were seriously injured late Friday night after being thrown from a vehicle in a crash in Boone County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, five people were in a 2024 Chevrolet Impala headed north on Route J. Shortly after 11 p.m., the driver — a 16-year-old Harrisburg
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The Show Me State Air Show is set to honor veterans who served in Desert Storm and the War in Afghanistan on Saturday at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Desert Storm and the 25th anniversary of the Afghanistan War, which began shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) It wasn’t the prettiest game in the world, but the Tigers got it done on the road against their rival. Mizzou (2-0) committed 10 penalties for 76 yards and allowed a pair of blocked field goals, but they ended strong with a 38-21 victory on Friday night over the Kansas Jayhawks. You
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Although the Mizzou-Kansas rivalry game is being played in Lawrence on Friday night, Tiger fans are making game day a big event in Columbia. Some fans are feeling especially confident about the Tigers’ chances, telling ABC 17 News they expect Mizzou to win 50-0. At My House Sports Bar in downtown Columbia,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash involving multiple vehicles closed lanes of a busy Columbia street on Friday night. An ABC 17 News reporter saw vehicles crashed in the northbound lanes of Providence Road near the turn lane to the Waffle House. Boone County Joint Communications sent at 8:38 p.m. stating that a crash occurred “S
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 3 of the Missouri high school football season kicked off on Friday night. You can find scores from all of your Mid-Missouri teams below, as well as highlights in the video player above.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) There are rivalries that you watch. Then, there are rivalries that you feel. For generations, Missouri and Kansas have been separated by a border — but connected by something much, much deeper: one of the best rivalries in all college sports. On Friday night, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company will pay
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