The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Tuesday night through Wednesday, and again on Friday for the potential of severe storms that could produce strong winds and hail. SETUP Temperatures reached the mid-80s on Tuesday, with plenty of instability and moisture for storms to feed off of and sustain
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Board of Education voted 5-1 on Tuesday to approve an application for a Columbia charter school. The application was refiled by Frontier last week for a STEM charter school in Columbia. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recommended the board authorize the Frontier STEM school for pre-K
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TONIGHT: Warm and muggy with storms moving in late. Some storms could be severe with damaging winds and hail. Lows in the upper 60s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy with scattered strong storms possible. Highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: A more organized line of storms moves in late tonight from the west, bringing the threat of
Continue ReadingLast night, storms and heavy rain may have caught you by surprise. This was all due to a couple of unexpected storms that started in Kansas after growing and taking advantage of a very favorable environment. These three storms went on to be tornado-warned throughout the evening hours of Olathe and near Pleasanton, with two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The two men accused of robbing the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville last month have each been indicted by a grand jury. Benjamin Michael-Dass Charles, 21, of Columbia has been charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute high school teacher from the state of California has been arrested after he tried to get children from Callaway County to send him nude photographs. Matthew Bowman, 25, of Los Banos, California, was charged on Friday in Callaway County with two counts of child enticement and two counts of misrepresenting
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Hemp Trade Association held a news conference ahead of delivering handwritten letters to the governor’s office opposing hemp regulations. Watch it in the video player.
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TODAY: An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has been issued for the potential of strong to severe storms today. For the most detailed information, head on over to our weather alert day blog. I’m tracking mostly dry time throughout the rest of the afternoon as high temperatures reach into the mid-80s and dewpoints persist in
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TODAY: Tuesday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. For the most detailed information, head on over to our weather alert day blog. Most of Tuesday is dry and warm. Highs are forecast in the mid-80s, with dewpoints in the 60s adding a muggy feel to the air. Tuesday will again be breezy, much like
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The final 12 games remaining on the Mizzou softball team’s regular-season slate will prove critical in if the team makes its highly-anticipated return to the NCAA Tournament stage in 2026. Head coach Larissa Anderson and her squad sit at 22-22 overall with a 6-9 record in Southeastern Conference play, after taking a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fourth player from the 2025-26 Mizzou men’s basketball team threw his name into the portal, on Monday. However, this latest entry comes with a question that will need to be answered by the NCAA. Tiger forward Jacob Crews confirmed a report from On3 on his Instagram account that he will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday night’s Columbia Board of Education meeting was abruptly halted after a group of residents protested the district’s decision to replace its chief equity officer. Last week, Columbia Public Schools posted a job opening for chief equity officer, a position previously held by Carla London. London was responsible for training homeschool communicators
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public School District has issued 2,628 cellphone policy referrals so far this school year, according to the district. The district says that number reflects incidents and not individual students, as one student can receive multiple referrals. This marks a decrease from 3,185 in the 2024-2025 school year. In the 2023-2024
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe met Monday afternoon with federal, state and local officials about security preparations for the World Cup in Kansas City. Kansas City will host six matches, including a quarterfinal game. The city is expecting 650,000 visitors and four countries will call KC its base camp. Those countries include:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Monday with eight felonies after allegedly running over three people early Sunday. Boone County prosecutors charged Andy Cenobio, 19, with four counts of first-degree assault and four counts of armed criminal action. Columbia Police say a man identified as J.E. was with three friends and his girlfriend
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cody Holt was approved by the Jefferson City Council and sworn in as the new Ward 2 member during a Monday work session. Holt was one of three people who expressed interest in the job after Aaron Mealy announced his resignation in March. The council approved Holts with an 8-1 vote,
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and mild with lows in the upper 60s. Gusty winds up to 25 mph out of the south. TOMORROW: Warm and breezy with highs in the upper 80s. Winds could gust to 30 mph. Storms developing by early evening with hail and damaging winds possible. EXTENDED: Warm, humid air has moved into
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TODAY: Monday is a mostly dry and warm day, with south winds driving temperatures into the 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Wind may gust as high as 35 mph with sustained winds from the south at 15-20 mph. These south winds will increase dew points into the 60s, meaning we may actually feel a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new project is bringing Columbia’s history to life right from the sidewalks of downtown. CoMo Preservation is honoring six historic buildings through a new initiative called CoMo Brick & Mortar, designed to showcase the city’s rich architectural past in a modern, interactive way. The project transforms downtown Columbia into a self-guided
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