COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Northern Lights can be seen throughout a decent portion of the country on Tuesday evening. Some ABC 17 News viewers took photos showing the views from their homes. Do you want to share what you see with us? Let us know on our Facebook page or on the share page of
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A section of Business Loop 70 between Hathman Place and Eastland Circle will be closed from Nov. 12-26 as construction on a new roundabout begins. The roundabout is part of the larger Improve I-70 project, with the addition connecting eastbound I-70 traffic to the Business Loop. “We’re going to really attack this
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a house caught fire on Tuesday evening in Holts Summit. Firefighters responded to a home that caught fire on Callaway County Road 394 at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to Holts Summit Assistant Fire Chief Allen Wehmeyer. Wehmeyer said the fire started in the back of the
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CNN By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Israeli settlers launched an arson attack on an agricultural area in the occupied West Bank Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian activists in the area, marking the latest such attack in what has been a surge of settler violence. The attack took place in the town of
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A county in Kansas has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize for a 2023 raid on a small-town newspaper. Monday’s agreement stems from the August 2023 search of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of the paper’s publisher and a councilwoman, seizing
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Ozark Board of Aldermen on Wednesday night will determine whether to approve or deny a deal with Osage Casinos. The new property is part of a new entertainment district in Missouri announced last fall by the Osage Nation. The proposed site is at 3501 Bagnell Damn Blvd. and is expected
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some SNAP recipients are expected to start seeing some benefits return as early as today, according to an email from the Missouri Department of Social Services. SNAP benefits had not been delivered this month because of political battles surrounding ongoing government shutdown. “The United State Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Services
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The former executive director of Unlimited Opportunities Inc. has been charged with a felony after she was accused embezzling nearly $50,000. Jennifer Waibel, of Boonville, was charged on Monday in Cooper County with stealing more than $25,000. A warrant was issued for her arrest on Monday and a $10,000 bond was set.
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Continue Reading By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Israeli settlers launched an arson attack on an agricultural area in the occupied West Bank Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian activists in the area, marking the latest such attack in what has been a surge of settler violence. The attack took place in the town of Beit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Benton County official has an arraignment scheduled in his child sex crime case. Richard Lenno, of Lincoln, Missouri, waived his preliminary hearing on Monday when he appeared in court. He is charged with child enticement of a youth younger than 15 years old and sexual misconduct involving a child younger
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Venezuela says it is launching a “massive mobilization” of military personnel, weapons and equipment in response to the build-up of US warships and troops in the Caribbean Sea. Land, air, naval and reserve forces will carry out exercises through Wednesday, according to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, who described the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been arrested and charged after he was accused of robbing someone at knifepoint on June 18 in downtown Columbia. Jordan Thompson, 28, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is taking questions from media on Tuesday before it hosts Minnesota on Wednesday. The Tigers are 3-0 to start the season, with their most recent win coming in the form of a 106-68 rout of VMI on Sunday. Minnesota is 2-0 with wins over Gardner-Webb and Alcorn
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers have another home game this week — this time hosting Mississippi State at Faurot Field. The Tigers are coming off two straight SEC losses that have driven them out of the AP Top 25. Watch the news conference live here.
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Missouri is paying tribute to its service members on Tuesday with the dedication of a new memorial obelisk honoring veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The event will also include a rededication of the Gulf War memorial obelisk, which now bears the conflict’s end date.
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By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Donald Trump’s assault on the media went global this week, as he threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over a documentary that his lawyer claimed made “false, defamatory, malicious, disparaging, and inflammatory” edits to a speech the US president made before the storming of the Capitol
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By Chelsea Bailey, Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — On a Monday in March 2012, detectives with the Moore, Oklahoma, police department were called to a bloody scene at a Super 8 Motel. They arrived before dawn to find a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase and a path of bloody footprints heading
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Rep. Mark Alford spoke with CNN on Tuesday morning as House members returned to the Capitol to vote on a deal to end the longest-ever government shutdown. Alford supports the spending package after Democrats dropped a demand that subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans be extended. Watch Alford talk about
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, along with his agents, are planning to leave Chicago as early as this week as they eye other locations to ramp up arrests, according to three US officials familiar
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