A top Missouri Senate leader who represents Boone County says language approved by the House in budget bills prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion in government spending won’t make it through the Senate.
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ABC 17 News is interviewing each of the seven candidates running for three open spots on the Columbia Board of Education. At least two of them will be new members — only one incumbent is in the race.
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Cardinal Health is permanently closing its factory and will lay off 131 employees by the end of June, according to a letter sent to Moberly officials.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, The Boone County Muleskinners hosted another discussion on proposed marijuana sales taxes ahead of Tuesday’s election. Columbia, Boone County and several other cities and counties have asked voters if they should impose an additional 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana. The state currently collects a 6% tax from recreational marijuana sales, following the
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News broke late Thursday that former president Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Department officers searched for a person with a gun near Nifong Boulevard and Buttonwood Drive in south Columbia on Thursday afternoon, with reports of at least one arrest. MU Alert Update: ALL CLEAR. Subject taken into custody. No reported injuries. Campus operating under normal conditions. ALL CLEAR.— MU Alert (@MUalert)
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Editor’s note: This story will be updated with more reactions as they come in. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury Thursday in New York. The indictment has been filed under seal and will be announced in the coming days, according to CNN. The charges are not publicly known
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Lincoln University Board of Curators recently decided to add a new fee for students, as well as increase tuition and room and board. Tuition and room and board are both increasing about 5% for the 2023-24 school year. The undergraduate flat-rate tuition (12-18 credit hours) for in-state students is increasing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been sentenced to four years in prison on a pair of felony charges. David Patton, 33, pleaded guilty on Monday to first-degree accessory to tampering with a motor vehicle and accessory to second-degree burglary. He was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks R-2 was one of seven school districts that earned the 2023 Missouri Purple Star designation by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, according to a Thursday press release. 2023 Purple Star School Districts · Blair Oaks R-II · Carl Junction R-1 · Desoto 73 · Hickory Co. R-1 · Knob Noster R-VIII · St.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people, including three children, had minor injuries after a car smashed into another parked vehicle Wednesday in Jefferson City. The car’s driver, Danielle Bailey, 28, was “visibly intoxicated” and arrested at the scene, police said in a news release. Bailey was driving a Nissan Altima in the 1400 block of
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ABC 17 News is interviewing each of the seven candidates running for three open spots on the Columbia Board of Education. At least two of them will be new members — only one incumbent is in the race.
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A Randolph County man was charged Thursday with murder after a deadly drug overdose.
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Columbia police have announced no arrests in connection with three separate shootings over two days this week.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, March of Dimes, an organization advocating for mothers and babies across America is set to host “March For Change” March for Change is a rally aimed at bettering health care in several areas for mothers and babies in Missouri. The rally comes just a day after hundreds of LGBTQ+
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Columbia police taped off a shooting scene outside a north Columbia gas station Wednesday after three people suffered minor injuries.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people from around Missouri on Wednesday gathered outside the Capitol to protest bills relating to transgender issues. The protest was scheduled last week after the Missouri senate passed two pieces of anti-transgender legislation, despite a filibuster by Democrats. For several hours, speakers from advocate groups along with members of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Adrienne Siddens lost her whole world on May 5, 2019, when a distracted driver ran over her husband while he was picking up cones after a marathon. “She was video chatting, she wasn’t texting and she was over 21, so technically under the current law that we have she wasn’t doing
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Traffic deaths on Missouri roads are down so far this year, officials say.
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The FDA approved a 4-milligram naloxone nasal spray for over-the-counter sales Wednesday.
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