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Jefferson City Parks Department looking to expand Washington and Ellis-Porter Park
The Jefferson City Department of Parks & Recreation & Forestry is looking to reshape Washington Park and the Botanical Gardens at Elis-Porter Park.
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson City Department of Parks & Recreation & Forestry is looking to reshape Washington Park and the Botanical Gardens at Elis-Porter Park.
Continue ReadingThursday night was cold and quiet in Downtown Columbia. Students stayed in, either to avoid the cold or avoid breaking new protocols.
Continue ReadingA Cole County jury has declared a mistrial in the case against Devin Schrimpf.
Continue ReadingJefferson City police arrested a man after an investigation into the theft of catalytic converters at commuter parking lots in north Jefferson City.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri bankers and Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick voiced concerns about an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) latest proposal requiring financial institutions to turn over financial account information for accounts with inflows or outflows totaling more than $10,000. “This proposal is the Biden Administration’s latest attempt at blatant government overreach and, like so
Continue ReadingPhi Gamma Delta, the fraternity at the center of the University of Missouri’s suspension of fraternity activities across campus, was hit with a hazing violation in the spring 2021 semester and an alcohol violation in August.
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Continue ReadingThe White House could issue its employee coronavirus vaccination and test mandate any day, The Associated Press reports, as employers wait to get details on a key part of President Joe Biden’s plan to boost vaccination rates.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A member of the Columbia Schools Board of Education has announced his plans to run for mayor of Columbia. David Seamon released Thursday morning he expects to run for the position in next year’s election. He was elected to the board of education in June 2020. According to a press release from
Continue ReadingA $4.5 million project to take learning outdoors is celebrating the completion of its first phase.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has halted all fraternity activities, including any social events, effective immediately. The university said this was due to a freshman participating in a social event at the Phi Gamma Delta house who was hospitalized due to concerns about alcohol poisoning. A spokesperson for the university, Christian Basi, said
Continue ReadingThe mandate is part of the Biden administration’s push to increase vaccination rates nationwide. However, it has met with pushback from conservative politicians and workers who say it impinges on their freedom.
Continue ReadingA Boone County prosecutor has charged a Columbia woman after an incident in September where she allegedly maced a person.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the White House announced Wednesday plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for children ages five to 11, some parents are on the fence, but health experts are backing the idea, saying it is an important step in the vaccine effort. Some parents ABC 17 News spoke with were skeptical, wanting more
Continue ReadingThe jury in the first-degree murder trial against Michael Humphrey on Wednesday watched an interview Humphrey did with the Missouri State Highway Patrol on the day of his 2020 arrest. Humphrey told Master Sgt. Marcus Reynolds he did not know of Lynlee Renick’s plan to kill her husband, Ben Renick, when the two traveled to the Renicks’ Montgomery County farm in 2017.
Continue ReadingKAISER, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued a silver advisory for a missing Miller County woman has been canceled. The Miller County Sheriff’s Department reports Debra Charlene Wise returned home. Wise is diagnosed with schizophrenia and has cancer.
Continue ReadingMU leaders announced the decision in an email to the campus Wednesday evening.
Continue ReadingThe nationwide food supply shortage has hurt some schools districts in communities that need to serve lunch to students. According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary school, the distributors that deliver the foods could be facing staffing issues or a lack of product availability because of the pandemic supply chain crisis. Mallory McGowin
Continue ReadingMultiple Columbia police and fire trucks were called Wednesday morning to an apartment building on Towne Drive for an apparent fire.
Continue ReadingSome Columbia residents expressed confusion toward the language on the special election ballot, so ABC 17 reached out to the Parks and Recreation Department for an explanation on the vote.
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