Columbia assistant coach accused of distributing child pornography
Online records show Benjamin Melvin, 25, was being held Friday in the Boone County Jail without bond.
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Columbia man arrested for November shooting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a man in connection with a shots fired incident in November 2020. Prosecutors filed charges against Aaron Jones, 20, on July 14, more than seven months after police say they identified Jones as the suspect in the case. According to court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, police responded
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Car making U-turn in Miller County injures woman lying near road
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman from Osage Beach was flown to a hospital with serious injuries after a pedestrian crash Friday morning. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the incident happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday. Troopers said a 20-year-old driver was heading east on Kaiser Industrial Park in
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Illinois man drowns in Lake of the Ozarks
A 64-year-old from Illinois drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks Thursday night.
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Show-Me State Games return for week two as extreme heat settles in
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day as hot temperatures are expected this weekend and the Show-Me State Games week two start Friday. Tennis, baseball, youth tackle football and track and field all have events starting Friday and go through the weekend. The Stormtrack Weather Team said
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Japan go ahead with the Olympics?
Japan is undergoing its own coronavirus surge and the Japanese government has been pressured to cancel the games.
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Missouri Supreme Court sides with Medicaid expansion supporters
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s voter-approved Medicaid expansion does not violate the state constitution’s prohibition on voters creating new programs that aren’t funded. The court in its unanimous 14-page decision sent the case back to Cole County circuit court and instructed the judge to enter a judgment
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Jefferson City man gets probation in 2019 shooting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man pleads guilty to several charges after a December 2019 shooting and gets five years probation. Jerome E. Malone entered a guilty plea for unlawful possession of a firearm, stealing a gun, resisting arrest and unlawful use of a weapon. Witnesses told police in 2019 that Malone and
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Columbia police: online reporting system temporarily down
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is reporting technical difficulties with its online reporting system. System administrators are working to fix the problem quickly. If you need to report a crime, please contact Joint Communications at 573-442-6131 for non-emergency reporting, or call 9-1-1.
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Columbia police Silver alert canceled; woman found
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Silver Alert was canceled after a woman was located. The woman was reported missing Thursday evening. The woman was last seen at 1 p.m. by her son.
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Miller County man seriously injured after wreck in Camden County Thursday afternoon
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 76-year-old man is seriously injured after a wreck on Route A one mile south of Bear Road in Camden County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Earl Sanders was driving a 2004 Ford F-150 northbound on Route A when it went off the right side of the
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Gov. Parson directs state resources to Springfield-Greene County due to rise in COVID-19 cases
Gov. Mike Parson is sending additional personnel and equipment to Springfield and Greene County to assist in the fight against COVID-19 and support the local health care system. “Throughout this pandemic, we have worked with our local partners to provide support and resources as quickly as logistically possible, and that has not changed,” Governor Parson
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More than 100,000 sign up for Missouri vaccine incentive program in less than a day
Those in the blue tier are eligible for an education savings account through the Missouri State Treasurer’s MOST 529 program instead of the lottery-like prize for the other two tiers.
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Interstate 70 ramps to be impacted during Stadium Boulevard project next week
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic entering and exiting Stadium Blvd. onto Interstate 70 will be impacted next week due to lane closures. The I-70 eastbound exit ramp and the westbound entrance ramp will both be closed on Monday and Tuesday. Also, two of the three northbound lanes of Stadium Boulevard will be closed on Monday, with
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Columbia city manager questioned over handling of employee speech at city council
Attorney Andy Hirth sent a letter Wednesday to city manager John Glascock pushing back on Glascock’s decision to put city budget officer Kyle Rieman on paid leave. Glascock did not specify why he was put on leave in a July 9 memo to Rieman, but Hirth’s letter said Glascock told Rieman it was “insubordination.”
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Man arrested after shooting at Jefferson City gas station
Officers on Thursday afternoon arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the shooting, according to a Jefferson City Police Department news release. He was already awaiting trial for first-degree robbery from a 2019 incident, police said.
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Grease fire closes Jefferson City Arby’s
Firefighters were sent to the restaurant at 2815 S. Ten Mile Drive on Thursday morning for a fryer on fire, according to a news release. The restaurant was evacuated and firefighters put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher.
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Opioid settlement worth millions of dollars announced in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said the state could expect more than half a billion dollars as part of a settlement between several states and painkiller manufacturers. Attorney General Schmitt made the announcement alongside the families of people affected by the opioid epidemic. Schmitt said the final details of the settlement
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Missouri’s vaccine incentives work?
Missouri is having a surge in coronavirus cases health officials say is being powered by the more contagious delta variant combined with a low vaccination rate. About 40% of the state is fully vaccinated.
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Judge denies bond in deadly Moberly shooting
Judge Mason Robert Gebhardt on Wednesday set a Sept. 10 preliminary hearing date for Jerry Fitzwater of Moberly. Fitzwater, 79, is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting death of Mitchell Nickerson.
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