COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flowers, photos, balloons and candles were seen outside of a Columbia bar on Wednesday for a Stephens College student who was killed in a shooting over the weekend. Aiyanna Williams, 21, of Columbia, died after she was shot early Saturday morning in downtown Columbia. The memorial was placed outside of Nash Vegas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has enough funding to last until November, according to Kim Buckman, Feeding Missouri advocacy and communication director. The 2018 Farm Bill funds SNAP and the emergency food assistance program along with many agricultural programs. For these programs to keep going, Congress needs to renew the legislation, Buckman
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s School of Medicine’s Emergency Department held a “simulated mass casualty event” at Faurot Field on Wednesday. Emergency medicine resident physicians trained for six different scenarios, including cardiac arrest, a field stampede incident, a player spinal injury and more. The students used several actors and mannequins–plus a mobile lab to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi is inviting City of Columbia officials to take to the streets with him Saturday evening for a walkthrough of downtown Columbia, according to an email obtained by ABC 17 News. “You’ll be able to witness for yourself what business owners, your constituents, students and parents
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and warm with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: We’ll see broken clouds with mainly clear skies overnight, with a light south breeze keeping lows in the lower to mid-60s. We’ll be hotter tomorrow and Friday with highs in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri immigration lawyer says due to new immigration policies, he has had to stop taking on removal cases for immigrants in detention. “Changes to the immigration court system, how evidence is being evaluated, how charges are being brought, people are being placed in removal proceedings with far greater ease,” said David
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As high pressure dominated the forecast for the majority of September, it led to a dry and warm start to the fall, compared to the same month in previous years. The daily high temperatures measured through September resulted in an average temperature of 84 degrees for the entire month. Comparing this to the normal average
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man whose sentence was commuted by former President Joe Biden but was later accused of violating his parole was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Wednesday A judge ruled Malcolm Redmon, 42 go back to prison for a little more than a year after a hearing on Wednesday. He’ll
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TODAY: I’m tracking temperatures warming into the mid 80s by the afternoon hours before slowly cooling back down into the low 60s through the overnight hours. Winds will be out of the southeast at 5-8 mph during this time period, and partly cloudy sky conditions can be expected. TOMORROW: I’m tracking clouds exiting the area
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine will be going through simulated mass casualty training at Faurot Field Wednesday morning. MU Health Care spokesperson Eric Maze told ABC 17 News that around 24 emergency medicine resident physicians will be engaging in six different scenarios such as
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TODAY: Wednesday is another warm one, albeit a few degrees cooler than Tuesday on account of more cloud cover. We’ll be bright, with sunshine only being filtered by thin clouds. Highs are expected in the mid-to-upper 80s. Humidity remains low, and winds remain from the southeast around 5 mph. TONIGHT: Skies should clear overnight, and
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man in ICE detention was taken into custody by federal authorities because of convictions for possession of marijuana and cocaine, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Tuesday. Owen Ramsingh was detained by agents in Chicago after returning from the Netherlands and landing at O’Hare International Airport. He has been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State lawmakers are reacting to the outpouring response by local leaders and community organizations following a deadly downtown Columbia shooting over the University of Missouri’s Homecoming weekend. Columbia police responded to a shooting in the 800 block of East Broadway just before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police found three people shot; one woman,
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville’s Brody Brown and Carter Geisler are our Week 5 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winners! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Indians will travel to face the Osage Indians on Friday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe said Tuesday that he has authorized the Missouri National Guard to help at ICE facilities in Missouri. The mission will begin on Wednesday, Kehoe’s office wrote in a news release. “This decision comes in response to a request for assistance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) You know that old say ‘there’s no place like home’? It really rings true for the Mizzou volleyball team in the 2025 campaign. Out of 28 matches, head coach Dawn Sullivan and company will only play eight at the Hearnes Center this season, which makes the occasions that the Tigers are in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing two women on Interstate 70 in Columbia in 2024 accepted a plea deal on Tuesday that reduces his charges. Walter Montejo, 27, entered open pleas for two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of fourth-degree assault. The defense and prosecution agreed to the open plea, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude wrote in an email Tuesday that her department is prioritizing downtown crime, enhancing technology to solve cases and collaborating with Boone County, city leaders and the Missouri State Highway Patrol to develop a plan to improve safety in Columbia. The letter was Schlude’s first public statement since
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TONIGHT: Increasing cloud with mild temperatures overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny with high thin clouds. Highs in the mid-80s. EXTENDED: Temperatures remain about ten degrees above average on Wednesday despite the addition of mid-high level clouds. Upper high pressure holds over the region into the weekend, with light southwesterly winds keeping
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Cole County EMS Chief Eric Hoy said after months of work to decide how to close cost gaps for the Safe Haven Baby Box installation at the Cole County EMS Headquarters in downtown Jefferson City, the county has agreed on a solution.
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