Columbia Video Archives

COVID-19 cases across Missouri and nationwide continue to drop but health experts say we aren’t in the clear just yet

October 12, 2021 5:12 PM Chanel Porter

With case numbers falling, first and second-dose vaccinations are not continuing a steady upward trend.

Columbia Board of Education voted to raise wages for school bus drivers and keep COVID-19 plan in place

October 11, 2021 8:07 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday to raise wages for school bus drivers after the administration asked them to a current contract agreement with the company that CPS contracts with to bus students to and from buildings. According to the school district’s website, drivers are currently starting at $16.25/per hour, but this

Ameren Missouri customers can apply for a utility assistance program due to pandemic

October 5, 2021 5:15 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An additional $1.5 million is now available by Ameren Missouri for families struggling to pay their utility bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ameren is directing $1.2 million to its Clean Slate program to support moderate-income customers who do not qualify for low-income programs. The company is also directing $300,000 to support

WATCH: Savannah Guthrie reports on Ernest Lee Johnson murders in 1994

October 5, 2021 3:54 PM ABC 17 News Team

These videos pulled from the ABC 17 News archive show the station’s original reporting in the aftermath of a 1994 triple murder at a Casey’s gas station.

The MU community and local businesses prepare for Mizzou’s homecoming week

October 2, 2021 11:19 PM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Local businesses in Columbia and the University are preparing for a busy homecoming week. This is Mizzou’s 110th homecoming celebration and this year’s theme is “A Reason to Roar.” Michelle Dillard is the owner of Tiger Sprit in Downtown Columbia. She tells me that she is ready for what the foot traffic

WATCH: MU Health Care breaks ground on new Children’s Hospital

October 1, 2021 3:14 PM ABC 17 News Team

The hospital is being built on the main MU Health Care campus, adjacent to the University of Missouri campus.

Hospital leaders stress the importance of showing how effective COVID-19 vaccines are in local areas

September 29, 2021 5:49 PM Chanel Porter

MU Health Care is now sharing data on how many COVID-19 patients are vaccinated.

Columbia city leaders look to past task force for violence mitigation strategies

September 27, 2021 7:36 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders are again looking to the 2014 Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence in response to the recent shootings on Fifth St. downtown. Police say shots were fired Sunday on Broadway and Fifth Streets, but no injuries were reported. On Sept. 18, just a block away, two people were shot

Hickman parents tell their children’s experiences at the homecoming dance after gun rumors

September 26, 2021 6:50 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kristin Bowen said her son sent her a text 15 minutes before the dance was set to end to come pick him up. She said this was unlike him and she sensed something was wrong because he usually stays until the end. “As my child was getting ready to leave, he said

Missouri leaders say more than 45,000 adults have gotten the vaccine since the launch of the incentive program

September 21, 2021 6:31 PM Chanel Porter

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s Vaccine Incentive Program or MO VIP will have its fourth drawing of winners Wednesday and state leaders are considering the program to have been a success. Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, said the state has had about 630,000 people enter the program and

Safety precautions in place to keep Downtown Columbia safe after Saturday shooting

September 20, 2021 3:55 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a recent shooting in Downtown Columbia early Saturday morning, leaders of the area are reassuring the public that additional safety measures are coming to the area. Nickie Davis with the district downtown said the district paid the city $30,000 earlier this year for new lights to be installed in the area

Reports of drinks being drugged at Mizzou

September 17, 2021 9:41 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Friday it has received multiple reports alleging drinks are being drugged around campus. “The university has received multiple reports from individuals that suspected they may have been the victims of drugs in their drinks,” said Christian Basi, a University of Missouri spokesperson. Basi says the university wanted

Truck crashes into home in central Columbia; one person pinned under vehicle

September 15, 2021 5:02 PM Matthew Sanders

A pickup truck crashed into a home in central Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.

University of Missouri curators extend mask rules with some exemptions for vaccinated

September 13, 2021 4:01 AM Meghan Drakas

The only item scheduled for action during the special meeting is the University of Missouri’s COVID-19 masking policy. The special meeting is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. on Monday over Zoom.

Retired Air Force general recalls time with Bush, military command on 9/11

September 9, 2021 3:28 PM Deborah Kendrick

When President George W. Bush was rushed to a secure location in Omaha on 9/11, Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Harding was there.

The 9/11 attack changed airport security for good

September 9, 2021 10:43 PM Chanel Porter

Going through airports before the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, was a much simpler process, but stricter policies still continue to be enforced even 20 years after the incident.

Parents of recent suicide victim call on the city of Columbia to make safety improvements at Fifth And Walnut garage

September 8, 2021 7:49 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several suicides of happened at the site of the Fifth and Walnut parking garage in the past decade. Parent’s of the recent victim, Haven Thomason, is shining light on the city of Columbia not taking appropriate steps to prevent this from continuing. Earl and Jenny Rebarchek said their daughter Haven was a

Columbia and Boone County leaders to give COVID-19 update at Columbia City Hall Monday.

Columbia City Council holds public hearing on the 2022 Annual Budget

September 7, 2021 3:37 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second of three public hearings for the Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Budget was held Tuesday in the council chambers to allow opportunities for public input on the many items covered by the budget process. There was also an organized rally held outside city hall before the meeting by “Rally to Invest

Neighbors ‘shocked’ after Columbia man is arrested for kidnapping allegations

August 26, 2021 4:50 PM Karl Wehmhoener

The Columbia police arrested a man Thursday after an attempted kidnapping in the area of Hyde Park Avenue and Cooper Drive.

Community reacts after the killings of a Fulton teacher and her 11-year-old daughter

August 23, 2021 11:29 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A community in Boone County and two school districts around Mid-Missouri are grieving the loss of a 43-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter after they were found dead Sunday night at a Boone County home. Deputies found Allison Abitz and Jozee Abitz dead in the 7500 block of Lavender Court just south