COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced some shakeups on the defensive line coaching staff, ahead of the 2025 campaign, on Friday night. Just a couple months and some change before another season is set to begin, defensive line coach Al Davis announced he is resigning from his position, “due to personal reasons to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eighty members of Missouri Task Force 1 are heading to St. Louis to help with storm damage recovery. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp confirmed through text message that Task Force 1 will soon head out to St. Louis, which saw significant damage from storms. St. Louis officials had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The North Callaway Fire Protection District is down 13 people after the department’s board of directors voted to fire the current fire chief and another volunteer. “[The Board] was regrettably forced to vote to terminate the current fire chief and another volunteer after several months of attempts to address unacceptable behaviors,” the
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Storms blossomed across eastern Missouri on Friday afternoon as a cold front swept into a moist and energetic atmosphere over the Midwest. While the highest risk of storms is just east of our area, Central Missouri experienced a fair share of severe activity. The primary hazard for our area was large, and at times gigantic,
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-50s with mostly clear skies. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes mostly sunny skies as highs climb into the mid-70s. Winds remain out of the west at 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. EXTENDED: An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has been issued from Sunday at 7 PM through
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed one person died after a crash on W. Business Loop 70 that shut down the road for more than an hour. The road reopened just before 8:40 a.m. A police officer at the scene told ABC 17 News that the accident involved two vehicles and one person died from
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Watch live storm coverage in the media player. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the threat of severe thunderstorms along and just north of the I-44 corridor on early Friday afternoon. Storms are expected to develop ahead of a cold front that will work east through the afternoon.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe says he’s considering calling a special session to discuss incentives the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to renovate or build new stadiums. In a email Kehoe’s office said, “a special session is under consideration. It has not yet been called, so that is why dates and subjects of
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TODAY: Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. For the latest details read our Weather Alert Day Blog. Overall, most of the region is expected to stay sunny and dry, however, a warm front will bring instability into the southeastern quadrant of the viewing area. This will increase warmth and humidity for places like
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Missouri House lawmakers ended their regular session a day ahead of the deadline. The House passed 11 bills on Thursday, limited to only those the state Senate had already passed. The upper chamber called it a year on Wednesday after Republican leaders broke a Democratic filibuster on bills dealing with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Baseball followed up its best two pitching outings with its worst of the season. The Tigers (16-36) surrendered 23 hits and eight home runs in a 25-7 series-opening loss against Mississippi State (32-20), ending their streak of three consecutive wins. After giving up just one earned run on four hits over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri nursing homes rank among the worst in the country for the amount of care provided to residents, and ongoing staffing shortages may be adding to the problem and putting residents’ health and safety at risk. Federal guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require skilled nursing facilities to provide
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals have publicly expressed interest in moving from Missouri to Kansas after Jackson County voters rejected a proposal last year to extend a sales tax to help finance a downtown baseball stadium and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium. In response, Gov. Mike Kehoe proposed to fund
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Dozens of abortion and Proposition-A advocates gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to protest the recent passage of two bills during the legislative session. On Wednesday, the senate ended its session after republicans forced a vote to approve a ballot measure to send abortion rights back to the voters. It also
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s and upper 50s as a dry cold front passes through resulting in partly cloudy skies. TOMORROW: Friday begins dry and mostly sunny as highs top out into the mid-80s. An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has been issued from Noon-5PM Friday afternoon. A cold front looks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing was held Thursday morning for a Columbia man who was sentenced for a triple murder more than 20 years ago. Deandra Buchanan, 51, was found guilty by a jury in 2002 on three counts of first-degree murder. He was initially sentenced to death but was resentenced to life in prison without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Julia Crenshaw is adding another honor to her postseason award haul. Mizzou’s starting catcher has earned NFCA First Team Midwest All-Region honors, marking the first NFCA postseason accolade of her career. Crenshaw was also recently named a first-team All-SEC selection. She was one of 380 student-athletes to receive an NFCA All-Region honor
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TODAY: Afternoon highs continue to rise into the mid to upper 80s as skies remain partly cloudy. Winds remain out of the southwest at 12-18 mph with gusts up to 25 mph possible. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s and upper 50s as a dry cold front passes through resulting in partly cloudy
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TODAY: Thursday will start somewhat muggy with dewpoints in the 60s. A cold front arriving by late morning will clear the region by early afternoon. This will lower dewpoints for most before the heat of the day dramatically. We’ll feel more crisp this afternoon and evening, but keep warm air. Highs will peak in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, May 14, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL HICKMAN (10) ROCK BRIDGE (11) FINAL/10 HELIAS (3) JEFFERSON CITY (2) FINAL BATTLE (0) CAMDENTON (6) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (2) SMITH-COTTON (1) FINAL ROLLA (8) BLAIR OAKS (12) FINAL ELDON
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