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Boone Electric restores power to hundreds of customers

November 8, 2022 11:11 AM Matthew Sanders

More than 600 Boone Electric Cooperative members lost power Tuesday morning.

Court documents: Baby spared in Columbia double killing

November 7, 2022 10:52 AM Matthew Sanders

The man who shot two people dead late Saturday in northeast Columbia spared his infant child, according to documents filed in court.

Weather Alert Day: Strong wind gusts and isolated severe storms possible tonight

November 3, 2022 3:23 PM Jessica Hafner

The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of strong winds tonight into early Saturday morning, along with a few severe storms. SETUP: Winds have already started to increase as we transition away from upper high pressure working to our east and strong low pressure diving across the

District football game times being adjusting for weather

November 4, 2022 9:56 AM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With Friday’s Weather Alert Day for the possibility of severe storms, many high school football teams have adjusted the times of their district games. All games were set for Friday at 7 p.m., but here’s the teams that have moved that time: Battle vs. Helias: 5 p.m. at Ray Hentges StadiumCentralia vs

Police: Shell casings found after people in two cars shoot at each other near Clark Lane

November 2, 2022 5:16 PM Matthew Sanders

Police have closed part of a major artery in east Columbia.

Scene cleared after Columbia police ask drivers to avoid part of Stadium Boulevard

October 31, 2022 5:16 PM Matthew Sanders

Columbia police were asking drivers to avoid part of a busy road during the evening rush Monday because of a crash.

Columbia Fire Department promotes from within to find new chief

October 31, 2022 2:20 PM Matthew Sanders

The Columbia Fire Department’s acting chief has won the job on a permanent basis.

Mexico authorities identify source of school threat

October 28, 2022 11:18 AM Matthew Sanders

Police in Mexico have identified the source of a threat that led to all district schools being shut down Friday.

DNA leads to arrest in 1984 Columbia rape, attempted murder

October 27, 2022 12:20 PM Matthew Sanders

North Carolina authorities and Columbia police arrested a man Thursday who is suspected in a 1984 rape and attempted murder.

Police release name of man arrested after central Columbia standoff

October 26, 2022 11:22 AM Matthew Sanders

Columbia police on Wednesday released the name of the man they arrested after s standoff the night before in central Columbia.

Parent asks for more transparency after law enforcement sent to Rock Bridge High School for possibly armed student

October 25, 2022 2:16 PM Matthew Sanders

Columbia police were called to help investigate a “specific reported incident” Tuesday at Rock Bridge High School, a Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said.

Emergency dispatchers report lines down around Columbia

October 25, 2022 12:20 PM Matthew Sanders

Emergency dispatchers sent out alerts about communication and power lines down in multiple spots in Columbia early Tuesday afternoon.

Gas odor prompts Columbia elementary school evacuation

October 25, 2022 9:33 AM Matthew Sanders

A north Columbia elementary school was evacuated Tuesday morning because of a gas smell.

2 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school; gunman dead

October 24, 2022 11:30 AM Associated Press

St. Louis police say three people are dead after a shooting a high school Monday morning.

Hundreds of Boone Electric Cooperative members lose power

October 24, 2022 4:30 PM Matthew Sanders

Nearly 900 Boone Electric Cooperative members were without power at about 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon.

Firefighters respond to outside fire in south Columbia

October 24, 2022 8:37 AM Zachary Farwell

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters have contained an outside fire that broke out in a wooded area in south Columbia Monday morning. At least five Columbia Fire Department and Boone County Fire Protection District vehicles responded to the area near Manhanttan Drive and Norman Drive at about 9 a.m. Crews at the scene tell ABC 17

Controlled burn meant to keep Cooper County wildfire from spreading

October 24, 2022 11:08 AM Matthew Sanders

NEAR WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hoping to keep the wildfire that devastated a Cooper County town over the weekend from spreading onto more public land. Fish and Wildlife workers were conducting a controlled burn Monday in the Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge in Cooper County. The refuge is near

Fifth Ward Columbia councilman to step down next year

October 24, 2022 10:32 AM Matthew Sanders

Columbia Fifth Ward Councilman Matt Pitzer said Monday that he will not seek another term on the city council.

January 6 committee announces it has sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump

October 21, 2022 12:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol announced on Friday that the panel has officially sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump as it paints him as the central figure in the multi-step plan to overturn the results

Apartment standoff ends with Columbia man’s arrest

October 14, 2022 5:27 AM Zachary Farwell

Police used an unspecified gas to end a standoff at a west Columbia apartment building on Friday.