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Deadly head-on crash closes Route K, Old Plank Road

March 12, 2021 5:21 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A head-on crash closed Route K and Old Plank Road on Friday evening.

Manslaughter plea in Columbia shooting nets 7 years in prison; family of victim ‘upset’ by outcome

March 12, 2021 11:02 AM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Nadria Wright, an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a September 2019 Columbia shooting, feels like justice wasn’t served today. “I was told explicitly how they [the prosecution] feel about it,” Hamilton said. “That they don’t represent me and my family and now that I know that, I’m gonna

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County uses 1,802 out of 2,300 vaccine doses during today’s event

March 12, 2021 9:17 AM ABC 17 News Team

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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports triple-digit active cases for first time since Monday

March 11, 2021 8:30 AM ABC 17 News Team

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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Truman VA to vaccinate veterans at five off-site locations Friday

March 10, 2021 9:14 AM ABC 17 News Team

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TUESDAY UPDATES: State of Missouri releases new information on sewershed surveillance of COVID-19 variants

March 9, 2021 8:46 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Second suspect arrested in Boone County homicide

March 9, 2021 4:01 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a second man in connection with a February killing in west Columbia. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that deputies arrested Malik Townsend, 22, of Columbia, for the murder of Jakob Cole. Cole died after being shot in the 4700 block of

Columbia Board of Education votes in favor of five-day week

March 8, 2021 8:36 PM Sydney Olsen

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday night to return to in-person learning five days a week. Students in all grades will return to the classroom Monday through Friday after spring break, which ends on April 2. The board voted unanimously to approve the return. Students that were already learning online-only will

The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services assistant director says outside counties are contributing to the majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Boone.

MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County adds dozens of new coronavirus cases to total

March 8, 2021 8:34 AM ABC 17 News Team

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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 12 new coronavirus cases

March 5, 2021 9:16 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Court documents: Dispute over $40 led to murder on W. Millbrook Drive

March 5, 2021 11:31 AM Matt Ragsdale

Court documents say a dispute over $40 led to a fatal shooting on W. Millbrook Drive last month.

Man suspected of child abduction and St. Louis County homicide found dead

March 5, 2021 4:40 AM Molly Stawinoga

The state highway patrol canceled the Amber Alert around 4:40 a.m. Though the one-year-old girl was found safe, the suspect is still at large, the alert said.

Suspect arrested for Feb. 15 Columbia murder

March 4, 2021 5:42 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Tyreese Perkins, 19, of Columbia, Thursday for the homicide of Jakob Cole. Cole was found shot on the 4700 block of west Millbrook Dr. on Feb. 15. Deputies responded to reports of shots fired on the evening of Feb. 15 in the area of W Millbrook Drive