COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lawyers for the ACLU argued in court Tuesday that voters’ rights under the Missouri Constitution are being trampled if a new mid-decade congressional map is active. The ACLU and the State of Missouri met in the Cole County Circuit Court on Tuesday for a hearing in a lawsuit asking for a preliminary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fifth-grade student in the Moberly School District died after an accidental shooting over the weekend, the district said in a statement Tuesday, “Our hearts are with the student’s family, friends, classmates, and all those affected by this tragic loss,” Superintendent Cristina Wright wrote in the statement. “The district is providing counseling
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TODAY: Tuesday is one of the warmest days this week, but it won’t feel like it this morning. Wind chills are in the low single digits this morning, as south winds are light. South winds and mostly sunny skies will climb temperatures into the 40s with time today. TONIGHT: A cold front will clip the
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL California (72) Hallsville (29) FINAL North Callaway (26) Fayette (54) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL Fulton (53) South Callaway (42) FINAL North Callaway (64) Fayette (54) FINAL Vienna (71) Tuscumbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) About a group of 30 people walked from the Armory Sports Center in Columbia to the St. Luke United Methodist Church holding candles, remembering the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The walk was apart of the Columbia Parks and Recreation annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Candlelight Walk and Memorial Celebration. That number doubled
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UNION, Mo. (KMIZ) Angela Koepke doesn’t see much difference in the work the Mason Griffith Foundation does compared to what its namesake did. “He was just always finding a way to do exactly what the foundation is doing,” Koepke, the foundation’s director of daily operations, said. “If somebody needed something, he would find a way
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) For nearly seven decades, a pair of grain towers have loomed over Moberly’s downtown skyline, a familiar landmark for anyone driving through the Magic City. By this time next year, those towers are expected to be gone. City officials plan to demolish the long-vacant towers after securing more than $320,000 in federal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police numbers, sidewalk improvements, homelessness and improved housing opportunities are the top priorities of more than 800 Columbia households that responded to the city’s annual Community Survey Findings Report. 2025 Columbia MO Survey ReportDownload According to city documents, the survey was completed by 804 random households. Around 84% of survey respondents have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police said Monday that a man shot in a residential area Sunday night has died. Michael R. Burke, 42, of Columbia, was killed in the shooting that was called in at about 8 p.m. Sunday. Burke died at a local hospital, Columbia Police wrote in a Facebook post. Officers were sent
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and bitterly cold, with wind chills in the single digits. Winds relax and shift out of the southwest. TOMORROW: Cold in the morning, then much milder in the afternoon in the upper 30s and low 40s under sunny skies. Winds from the southwest remain light between 5 and 10 mph. EXTENDED: Sunny
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The strongest solar storm since 2003 may bring the Northern Lights to much of the country again on Monday night. The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G4 (Severe) Geomagnetic Storm Watch, following a strong solar flare on Sunday. G4 conditions were already observed late Monday, which could bring the auroras down to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a disappointing road trip to Baton Rouge, the Mizzou men’s basketball team is returning to the comforts of home, where the team is unbeaten this season. On Tuesday night, head coach Dennis Gates and his team will host the No. 21 Georgia Bulldogs in an effort to bounce back from Saturday’s
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Three shootings in Columbia have left one person dead and four people hurt in the first 19 days of 2026. The shooters in two of the shootings have not been identified and arrested, police say.
According to Columbia police dispatch logs, officers responded to eight calls for shots fired and 16 calls for shots heard from Jan. 1 to Jan. 19, 2026.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will welcome Georgia to Mizzou Arena on Tuesday. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. The Tigers are continuing SEC play. Tuesday’s game follows a loss at LSU last Saturday. Watch a news conference in the player.
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as wind chills again reach dangerous territory this morning. It will feel near or below zero through 9 a.m. to noon across the region, before high temperatures themselves nudge just up to near 20°. TONIGHT: Northwesterly winds relax and turn westerly into the early evening, before
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Madison Street parking garage in Jefferson City is closed off to the public as crews work to demolish it. As work begins on the garage, one business is worried it might throw off its normal flow. Bones Restaurant and Lounge Manager Cindy McDaniel told ABC 17 News in October that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with KTGR’s Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down to reflect on Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball’s first few games of SEC play. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) One person was shot in southwest Columbia Sunday night, according to Lt. Shawn Claypool with the Columbia Police Department. Claypool said a suspect is not in custody and police are unsure of how many people were involved in the shooting. Columbia Police later posted on social media saying police responded to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is set to take up a controversial development proposal Tuesday that would bring 77 triplex buildings to an east side neighborhood. Developer Troy Miller Properties is asking the city to approve plans for the project, which would cover more than 24 acres off East Broadway near the Brooks
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for dangerous cold that returns Monday morning after a brief warmup Sunday afternoon. Wind chills are expected to fall below 0° in many locations, and remain there in some locations through noon. SETUP An arctic airmass settled over the region this weekend, which
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