COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending federal funding for NPR and PBS, public broadcasting stations in Mid-Missouri stations are bracing for impact. Trump alleged in Thursday’s executive order that public stations were biased and “government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured in a crash on Highway 22 in northern Boone County on Monday afternoon. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News that two vehicles were involved in the collision. The crash occurred near East Benson Road. An ABC 17 News photographer saw
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sturgeon man was charged with murder Monday after a deadly weekend shooting in northern Boone County. Dalton R. Perkins, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault in the death of a 56-year-old Sturgeon man. He plead not guilty in his arraignment Monday. The Boone County
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was shot and killed in northern Boone County Saturday night, according to Capt. Brian Leer, of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. A suspect is in custody, Leer said. According to a Saturday night news release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, a person called 911 at 8:15, saying a man
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement searched and found a pair of escapees from the Juvenile Justice Center in the Prathersville area in northern Boone County on Friday night. Boone County Joint Communications received a report around 7:15 p.m. that two 16-year-old boys had escaped from the center, according to a news release. Initial information
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,200 Ameren customers in Boone County have power back after an outage was reported on Thursday evening. An Ameren spokesperson told ABC 17 News in an email that the outage was caused by “a power line issue which feeds a substation in Hallsville.” Crews are currently working on restoring power.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court has issued an interim suspension against an attorney who was handling multiple lawsuits against the University of Missouri and Columbia Police Department. The Supreme Court issued an order of interim suspensions against Matthew Alexander Perry on Friday, April 25. The motion for interim suspension issued by the Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County woman was charged with two felonies after she allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman on Wednesday in Boone County. Jacque Dieckmann, 48, of Mexico, Missouri, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and third-degree domestic assault. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Columbia has been charged with a federal child porn charge. Andrew Charles Nicholls, 38, was charged on Tuesday in the Western District Court of Missouri with sending and receiving child pornography. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Scott County Prosecutor’s Office has been named the special prosecutor in a pair of cases involving a Columbia restaurant owner. Crystal Umfress is charged with felonies in two cases in southeast Missouri. In one case, she’s charged with second-degree arson. In another, she was charged with two counts of filing false
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people – including a 9-year-old girl – were seriously injured Monday in a crash on Highway 63 at South Westbrook Drive in southern Boone County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado – driven by a 54-year-old Hartsburg man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested in Colorado in relation to a missing Missouri teenager. A press release from the Fort Collins Police Department says the Fort Collins Police Cyber Crimes Unit received a tip from a Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force about a possible kidnapping. A youth went missing in December. The release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 82-year-old Boonville woman was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a crash on Highway 179 in Cooper County, just another of Highland School Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says that that the woman was driving a 2021 Buick Encore northbound when it went off the
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Editor’s note: The time was corrected in this story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from a building Monday afternoon in the 6500 block of Brown Station Road, according to a press release from the Columbia Fire Department. An ABC 17 News reporter on the scene saw six Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Someone purchased a lottery ticket in Sturgeon that led to a $2 million prize, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Lottery. The ticket – that matched all six numbers on Saturday night’s drawing — was bought at Prenger Foods at 105 West Smith St. It is the first Lottery-made
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia says it chose to resume recycling collection to help residents maintain recycling habits without adding to their household trash burden. Recycling drop-off centers in Columbia will remain closed and curb-side pickup resume on Monday, though all of it will be brought to the landfill. Recycling pickup was suspended
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several first-responder agencies in the area will partake in a training exercise Monday at Columbia Regional Airport, a press release from the City of Columbia states. The training exercise will occur from 9 a.m.-noon and emergency personnel will respond to a simulated plane crash, the release says. “This exercise allows community partners
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and a woman have been charged after they led law enforcement on more than one chase on Thursday. Floyd Vannorman, 29, of Kansas, was charged in Callaway County with aggravated fleeing, drug possession, misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, first-degree tampering with vehicle, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to killing his wife will not get a new trial. Joseph Elledge pleaded guilty in 2022 in Boone County for second-degree murder and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. He admitted to killing Mengqi Ji and disposing her body in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were arrested Thursday in Callaway County following a chase with law enforcement, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its social media. The sheriff’s office wrote that Boone County deputies were called to a reported theft at a construction site earlier in the day and Ashland police tried to stop
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