COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 31-year-old Brookfield woman was seriously injured in a Friday morning crash on Route C in Chariton County, about 12 miles north of Keytesville, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the woman drove a 2016 Ford F-150 eastbound when it went off the right
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old man from Festus, Missouri, was seriously injured Friday after he crashed a golf cart at the fourth hole of The Oaks Golf Course in Camden County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says the man drove a 2024 Yamaha golf cart westbound down a steep cart
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Central Methodist University has expelled five students who were allegedly involved in an assault against a football player earlier this month, according to a CMU spokeswoman. CMU has not named the players who were expelled, but two were charged with third-degree assault in Howard County earlier this month. Kamarrion Ferguson, 20, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No citations will be issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the death of an electrician who was working the University of Missouri’s Memorial Stadium renovation project. Corey Sooter, 44, died on June 10 after working at Memorial Stadium on June 5. He was a foreman for BK2 Electrical and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Jail is overcrowded, and it’s costing the county millions to house detainees in other county jails across the state. Sheriff Dwayne Carey’s solution is to pass a 3/8-cent sales tax to build a new jail that would be more than twice the size of the current jail. The current
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Over the last two years, federal and state regulators have worked to establish what they believe are efficient safeguards to protect average ratepayers from data center power costs.
Amid a surge in large-scale data center projects across the Show-Me State, Missouri Senate Bill 4 helped lay the groundwork for consumer protections.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missourians will get flat license plates instead of the current plates with raised numbers and letters, starting in February. The Missouri Department of Revenue announced the change in a news release Friday. The department says switching away from the current embossed plates “supports greater efficiency” and lays the groundwork for moving to
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Two southwest Columbia streets were closed Friday morning after a man was critically injured in a motorcycle crash.
According to Boone County Joint Communications, the crash occurred on Scott Boulevard near Gillespie Bridge Road shortly before 6:30 a.m.
Ryan Schaeffer with the Columbia Fire Department said the crash involved one motorcycle, and a man was taken from the scene by ambulance with “critical” injuries.
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By Jeremy Diamond, Oren Liebermann, Dana Karni, Kara Fox and Farida Elsebai, CNN Israel began demolishing buildings and forcing residents to evacuate a neighborhood in the occupied West Bank on Friday, hours after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint, killing two soldiers. Three more soldiers were lightly wounded in the attack
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated after the man was reportedly located. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department said a missing 56-year-old man was found safe Friday morning. In an earlier Facebook post Thursday night, CPD asked for the community’s help in finding the Columbia man. The post says Michael Marvel was last seen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is still exploring several commercial development options on university-owned property as it looks to enhance the game-day experience and provide more amenities for students, faculty and staff. UM System President Mun Choi said during a faculty council meeting on Thursday that the university is considering an entertainment district,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After two months of closure, a portion of Clark Lane at Hanover Boulevard in northeast Columbia is expected to reopen Friday afternoon. Missouri Department of Transportation Improve I-70 Program Director Eric Kopinski told ABC 17 News on Thursday that the road is scheduled to reopen around 3:30 p.m. Friday. The improvements include
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The College Football Playoff could see a new format change heading into the 2027 season, with a suggested expanded field going from 12 teams to 24. National reporting shows under the proposed agreement, ESPN would pay the CFP an additional $345 million on top of the $1.3 billion it already pays for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Battle blocker Nadine Ira went “Beyond the Game” with ABC 17 Sports Reporter Collin Anderson, after the Spartans had their best regular season in school history. You can find a full transcript of the interview below. Collin Anderson: “What is up, everyone? Welcome back to another edition of Beyond the Game, where
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Jefferson City girl was seriously injured in a crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Russellville, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at the intersection of Routes C and AA, according to the report. A 29-year-old Russellville woman was in her 2015 Ford
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A new childcare subsidy program helped one Mid-Missouri mother cut her childcare costs by more than half. Kids Win Missouri oversees the Child Care Works program, which is designed to help families afford childcare while helping employers recruit and retain workers. The program splits childcare costs among the state, participating employers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Airbnb hosts have mixed feelings about newly announced rules that lighten the chore load for guests. Under the change, hosts can no longer require guests to perform chores that take a “significant effort or time.” This includes tasks like washing the dishes, stripping sheets off the bed, doing a load of laundry
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A $1.5 million pump replacement project at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area is still underway, and the Missouri Department of Conservation has no set completion date yet, Deputy Director Aaron Jeffries said Thursday. MDC has paused waterfowl hunting at the area because current water levels are not sufficient to manage the wetlands for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe was joined by state officials and U.S. attorneys in his office Thursday to announce the start of an anti-fraud crackdown dubbed “Operation Show-Me the Money.” This operation is a collaboration between the State of Missouri and the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute individuals and entities that defraud
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MONTGOMERY CITY, (Mo). KMIZ A representative from Amazon told Montgomery County commissioners Thursday that the company plans to expand its data center footprint there. Brian Bolton, the Amazon representative, said the company plans to add up to 15 new data center buildings on up to 890 acres at a site separate from one where a
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