COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz is headed into year four at the helm of Tiger football knowing that each season is never a guarantee. At SEC Media Days, on Monday, Drinkwitz said he thinks that his program is headed in the right direction. MU finished the 2022 season 6-7 overall and 3-5
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team took center stage in Nashville on Monday morning, as SEC Media Days kicked off. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and players all took questions from both national and local media at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The conversation widely centered around the impending quarterback competition. Drinkwitz will be deciding between
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Columbia, Mo (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council met on Monday night and — once again — recycling was one of the topics discussed. One of the items council’s pre-meeting included the results of a Recycling and Waste Diversion Study. The project includes data collection, responding to recommendations and technical documents for waste projects. Waste collection
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TONIGHT: Chances for isolated storms continue into the evening, with any development have strong to severe potential. Overall, many will stay dry, but watch the radar if you have outdoor plans. Activity will wane after sunset, and temperatures will fall into the upper 60s by sunrise. TOMORROW: More thunderstorms developing to our north overnight, will
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Two proposed constitutional amendments have been submitted to Missouri’s Secretary of State’s Office for certification with opposite goals: one that would allow local governments to enact gun ordinances and one that restricts gun laws to only those passed by the Missouri General Assembly.
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The Atlantic hurricane season is currently underway, officially kicking off at the beginning of June, and a rocky forecast is expected as an atypical pattern develops in the coming months. This year has already been unusual, with two named storms forming concurrently in the Atlantic in June for the first time ever. Conflicting atmospheric features
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The University of Missouri simulated what would happen in an emergency at the campus nuclear reactor in a drill Monday.
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This Afternoon: Highs reach the upper 80s as showers and storms move into the region. Brief heavy downpours and gusty winds remain the primary impacts with some isolated storms in southwestern portions of Mid-Missouri seeing a potential of becoming strong to severe. Tonight: Lows cool to the mid-60s as isolated storms continue overnight. Extended: Tuesday
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Today: High’s rise into the upper 80s as chances for a few scattered showers and storms move into the region. Brief heavy downpours and gusty winds remain the primary impacts with some isolated storms in southwestern portions of Mid-Missouri seeing a potential strong to severe storm possible. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 60s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Powerball says people nationwide will have the chance to win $900 million as the jackpot has gone up again after no one was able to match all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing. That makes the new jackpot the third largest in the game’s history and the seventh-largest U.S. lottery jackpot. ABC
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) SEC Media Days always marks the start of a clean slate for football teams around the Southeastern Conference, as it all kicks off on Monday in Nashville. The Mizzou football team will look to move forward from a 6-7 finish in 2022. The team made head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s third bowl game,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a 6-7 record in 2022, the Mizzou football team will have plenty of new faces to make an impact in 2023. With nearly 9,000 athletes in the transfer portal to choose from, Eli Drinkwitz and company added some much needed depth this offseason. Last year’s quarterback battle between Brady Cook and
Continue ReadingEditor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect new information on the power outage. ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) – Lights are back on Sunday night for thousands of Ameren customers in and around the city of Eldon. The Ameren outage map showed more than 2,000 customers without power just after 9 p.m. The largest concentration
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The second annual Ashland Pride Festival took place on Sunday, at a time when Missouri is enacting laws restricting access to gender-transition treatments. Caitlin Cunningham, owner of the Dandy Lion Cafe and organizer of Ashland’s Pride Festival, said they took every safety precaution when planning Sunday’s event, from health safety to physical safety.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Correction: The drone belonged to a member of the search party. After Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers searched the water at Rocky Fork Lakes, they returned to the shore empty-handed. The search for a missing man from Columbia continues as friends and family urge the public to help. Search efforts got underway
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SETUP: Instability building back into the atmosphere in mid-MO will provide enough fuel for storms, that develop tonight, to carry a very limited severe wind threat into the region. Enough wind shear in the atmosphere will be present to keep these storms alive long enough to produce potential for damaging winds as they spread east
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TONIGHT: Storms redevelop tonight in moderately favorable conditions for severe storms. Given the potential, and overnight timing, we’ve issued an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. Overall, the threat is low, but you may want to secure loose items before heading to bed. Some isolated strong to damaging winds are possible. Storms develop near KC,
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Today: Sunday starts off dry with increasing cloud cover and temperatures approaching 90 degrees before noon. Scattered showers and storms will move in from the northwest by early afternoon bringing a low risk for severe winds and hail. Storms are not expected to exit the vicinity until late overnight. Tomorrow: Monday will be a near
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department responded to reports of shots being fired in the 2000 block of Newton Dr. ABC 17 News crews arrived on the scene at 11:15 P.M. where they saw at least 5 police officers and a CPD K9 office on the scene. CPD officers told ABC News that they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City leaders gathered Saturday morning for a budget work session following City Manager De’Carlon Seewood’s Budget Address. The city manager’s office presented a detailed version of the budget and gave council members the opportunity to ask questions. De’Carlon Seewood spoke with ABC 17 News about the importance of today’s work session. “This
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