COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Drug Enforcement Administration announced on Tuesday that 21,218 pounds of old, unwanted, and expired medications were collected in Missouri during National Prescription Drug Take Day, to combat the opioid crisis. Opioid overdoses account for 70% of deaths of adults aged 18-44 in Missouri, the leading cause of death in the state,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Mental Health is experiencing an increase in individuals in jail awaiting a mental health evaluation. According to Jeanette Simmons, the deputy director for the Division of Behavioral Health, 297 people in Missouri jails are currently waiting for a mental-health evaluation before they can go to trial. Those people
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College honored veterans on Friday in front of the outside the Gen. Charles E. McGee House on North Eighth Street. This ceremony held the day before Veterans Day included speakers from the college, Silver Star Families of America and the Missouri National Guard. During the ceremony, the college announced that it renewed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another arrest has been made in relation to the June 26 homicide on Dove Drive in Columbia, according to a Thursday night social media post from the Columbia Police Department. Police say Maurice Penny Jr., 39, of Columbia, was arrested in connection to the shooting death of Deshon Joseph Houston, 33, who was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department stated on its social media that two people were found dead in the 500 block of Woodlawn Avenue. The department wrote on its social media that police responded at 12:15 p.m. to the house. CPD spokesman Christian Tabak told ABC 17 News that police were originally called to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Public Works crews and other departments will partake in its annual snow dry run on Tuesday, according to a Thursday release from the city. The purpose of the run is to review safety procedures and practice snow routes for winter-weather responses, according to the release. The release states a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is looking to transform vacant lots to help solve the city’s affordable housing issue. City leaders are attending a Vacant Property Leadership Institute in Austin, Texas, this week to get information on what can be done with the city’s vacant lots. Columbia Neighborhood Services Manager Leigh Kottwitz –
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Gift cards often make great stocking stuffers this time of year, but they can also be an easy way for scammers to bleed people dry of hundreds and thousands of dollars.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roll carts have been a hot-button issue in Columbia for years, and the new program is set to begin on March 4. At the most-recent City Council meeting, Ward 6 Councilwoman Betsy Peters suggested the language surrounding the storage of roll carts at a residence is not specific enough. The council decided
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The overlook area at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area has been temporarily closed for repairs and maintenance, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Conservation. A timeframe for when the overlook area will reopen was not announced. MDC staff continually evaluate existing infrastructure on conservation areas to ensure public safety. The repair
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is looking to change the ordinance for its roll cart program. During Monday’s City Council meeting, Ward 6 Councilwoman Betsy Peters took issue with the language surrounding the city’s current roll cart ordinance, specifically about the storage of roll carts. “We have no ordinance in the city,” Peters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Board of Education members on Wednesday night were presented with an update on the addition of three new schools being built within the district. According to Chief Operations Officer of Columbia Public Schools Randall Gooch, additions to Russell Boulevard and Battle elementary schools are on track to open at the start
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several employees of High Profile dispensary in Columbia are seeking to unionize. On Tuesday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board. According to the NLRB’s website, 33 employees are eligible to be represented by UFCW Local 655, according to the National
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday night, the Columbia Commission on Human Rights met at City Hall to discuss the possibility of Columbia becoming an LGBTQ+ sanctuary city. The discussion comes after the The University of Missouri chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America presented an ordinance to the Columbia City Council Monday night. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a water main break near the University of Missouri’s campus last month flooded a parking lot and the basement of a residence hall, ABC 17 submitted a records request to learn how many water main breaks have happened in the city. Since Jan. 1, 2020, through October of this year, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Professional Firefighters Union and the Columbia Fire Department confirmed firefighters moved back into Fire Station 2 on Monday. Firefighters were moved out of the station on West Worley and Fire Station 6 on Chapel Hill Road after ABC 17 alerted Columbia Fire leadership to possible mold in those stations thanks
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bay Springs, Mississippi, man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to child enticement involving a teenager from Columbia, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Zachary Wes Buckley, 49, admitted he traveled to Columbia, rented a room at a hotel and sexually assaulted the victim. Buckley and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council at its Monday night meeting approved the affordable housing funding agreement with the Housing Authority of Columbia and the Kinney Point Development Group. The City Council approved the use of $2 million in HOME-ARP funds in the Kinney Point housing project to be developed at the northeast corner of
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A federal grand jury has indicted three Columbia residents for their part in a bank fraud conspiracy.
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Firefighters found an injured man outside a vacant, burning house late Friday, the Columbia Fire Department said Tuesday.
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