COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As cooler, fall temperatures creep into Mid-Missouri, you might be turning on your heat for the first time in months. If you are turning up the heat, you may notice a burning smell; however, there’s likely nothing to worry about if the smell dissipates within a few minutes. When furnaces haven’t been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hickman’s Cadic Sutton is our Week 8 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Kewpies will travel to face Chaminade on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will begin a new era in less than two weeks. First-year head coach Kellie Harper and her team will open up the the 2025-26 schedule on Monday, Nov. 3 against Central Arkansas at Mizzou Arena. However, the unofficial start will come on Tuesday, Oct. 28, when Maryville
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The resurgence of No. 10 Vanderbilt football is a storyline that has swept the college football world in 2025, as the Commodores are off to their best seven-game start since the 1950s. In fact, it’s such a big story that the traveling pregame show, ‘College GameDay,’ is bringing its party to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Missouri Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou, Vanderbilt edition of Tiger Talk out at Harpo’s. You can watch the full conversation with Mike Kelly in the video player above.
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A crowd of more than 60 community members, teachers and staff gathered Tuesday night in the Hallsville Secondary Cafeteria as district leaders outlined plans for Proposition 2 and the proposed continuation of the four-day school week on the Nov. 4 ballot. Superintendent Tyler Walker said the district’s goal is to ensure residents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention Administrator D’Markus Thomas-Brown is looking to help youth reach their academic and career goals. “Anecdotally, CPS and different organizations have identified that 13-to-17 age range where we’re seeing some of the violence,” Thomas-Brown said. “So, a program that targets that directed demographic and seeing the success they
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear as winds die down. Lows in the upper 30s to around 40. Patchy frost possible in low lying areas. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and comfortable with highs in the mid-70s. EXTENDED: Winds finally die down tonight as the surface high pressure gets overhead, allowing temperatures to drop into the upper 30s to around
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Editor’s note: A statistic about the number of fatal crashes has been updated. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The daughter of a 56-year-old Jefferson City man who died in a dump truck crash while riding his bicycle on Monday is hoping to raise awareness about the need for safety improvements along Business Loop 70. Columbia police identified
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new mental health center in Columbia will triple the length of time patients can get treatment, with the hope of better caring for their illnesses. Burrell Behavioral Health broke ground Tuesday on its new Behavioral Health Crisis Center on Texas Avenue in Columbia. Burrell provides services specializing in mental health and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers are getting ready for their second top-15 matchup of the year. The 6-1 Tigers, ranked No. 15 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll, will travel to Nashville this weekend to face Vanderbilt. The Commodores, usually an also-ran in the SEC, have jumped to No. 10 in the poll
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THIS AFTERNOON: Windy and cool with mostly sunny skies. Highs in the lower 60s. TONIGHT: Mostly clear as winds begin to die down. Lows in the upper 30s. EXTENDED: Gusty winds continue throughout the day as high pressure begins to settle in following a strong low pressure system that continues to work to our east.
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville School District is hosting a community forum Tuesday night to discuss Proposition 2 and four-day school weeks. District leaders will be giving an update on its bond issues for construction projects and the continuation of the district’s four-day school week for students and staff. The forum will be in the
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TODAY: Tuesday will be windy and cool. A jacket might be handy all day, as sustained winds around 20-25 mph from the northwest will gust up to 30-40 mph at times. This will pull in cool northern air to keep us in the upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon. Sunshine will be dominant today,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Oct. 20 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Helias (0) Rock Bridge (1) FINAL – district championship St. Elizabeth (7) Northeast (3) FINAL – district championship Linn (0) New Bloomfield (1) FINAL – district championship Macon (9) Mexico
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed a man is dead after he was hit by a dump truck on Monday afternoon near the intersection of Business Loop 70 and Range Line Street. Columbia Police Department Lt. Scott Alpers told ABC 17 News at the scene that it is still unclear how the crash occurred and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Cathrine Hanaway was publicly sworn-in on Monday at the Capitol. She is the state’s 45th attorney general and the first woman to hold the position. Hanaway was appointed by Repulican Gov. Mike Kehoe in August to fill the rest of Andrew Bailey’s term. Bailey is taking a job
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri System works is working to restore system services for students as operations to the school’s class management program Canvas remains unavailable after the massive Amazon Web Services cloud services outage Monday morning. The outage, which began at around 3 a.m. was resolved by 3:40 p.m., according to national
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and breezy with lows in the mid-40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny, cooler, and breezy with highs in the lower to mid-60s. EXTENDED: It’s been a breezy start to the week with wind gusts getting to 40 mph in some spots again today as high pressure moves east and another cold front moves in.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has suggested an ordinance that would make panhandling illegal at high-traffic intersections. “They’re calling it a pedestrian safety measure, but in reality it’s a getting the homeless out of the median ordinance,” said John Trapp, Executive Director for Columbia’s Room at the Inn. The ordinance would regulate the
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