COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri President Mun Choi, in an email obtained by ABC 17 News, called on Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe to address violent crime, warning that if action isn’t taken, he will elevate the issue to Gov. Mike Kehoe. Buffaloe, in response, listed actions the city government and Columbia Police Department have
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Two bills from September’s special session are up for Governor Kehoe’s signature in a closed-door signing Sunday.
A new congressional map, dubbed the “Missouri First” map, is ready to be signed. The map splits Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Fifth District in Kansas City into three. This will merge it with more rural and republican areas, likely removing Cleaver’s seat and giving the Republican Party a boost in the next election.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ). Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe is planning to take steps toward addressing violence downtown. Buffalo responded on social media to an early morning shooting on Saturday that left three people injured, calling it “one too many.” She announced plans to create a task force of city, county, university, business, and community leaders to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Homecoming Parade kicked off Saturday morning, with the Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine in tow. The student group was barred from participating in the parade last year. MSJP was denied again this year but a federal judge ordered the university to allow the group to participate this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 13-year-old girl from Fulton, and a Martinsburg woman were seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Callaway County Saturday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened around 1 p.m. on Route O at County Road 491. The report says the 26-year-old lost control of a
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A large police presence was seen in downtown Columbia early Saturday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When the Rev. Andrew McCausland was appointed to Columbia’s Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church in January 2024, he knew change was ahead. His last appointment was in Union, Missouri, a rural town of just more than 12,000 people, with his new assignment bringing him to a city of more than 126,000. “It
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri high school football kicked off Week 5 of the 2025 season on Friday. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams are posted below.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A plea hearing has been scheduled for next week for a man accused of manslaughter in a fatal crash in August 2024. Walter Montejo, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of second-degree assault, misdemeanor driving while revoked and driving without insurance. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine student organization posted on social media Thursday that they will be marching in the University of Missouri Homecoming Parade on Saturday. MU had denied MSJP the ability to march in the parade, citing “safety concerns,” according to previous ABC 17 reporting. This was the second
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The state where the suspect was arrested has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with five felonies after he allegedly broke into two southwest Columbia homes and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry and cash. Seweryn Rapacinski, 62, of Poland, was charged on Thursday with two counts of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office has rejected three petitions submitted to get a newly redrawn congressional map before voters. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ office released three rejection letters late Friday. The letters were addressed to Richard von Glahn, with Missouri Jobs with Justice, and said the three petitions submitted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brunswick man was charged in Chariton County with a slew of sex crimes on Thursday. Kenneth Paul Jr. was charged with six counts of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of fourth-degree child molestation and a lone count of third-degree assault. He was arrested on Thursday and his
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COLUMBIA, (KMIZ) A man has been charged with a felony and three misdemeanors after he is accused of threatening the lives of multiple people at a distillery on Thursday morning as he poured himself a beer. Ashraf Habimana, 39, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree burglary, two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and a count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s annual security and fire safety report showed sharp declines in reported rapes and liquor arrests in 2024 from the previous year. The report was shared by the university on Friday. The report shows there were nine reports of rape in 2024, which is half the total of 2023’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Political action committees on the opposite ends of Missouri’s abortion debate each reported large fundraising totals to end the week. Stop the Ban Missouri, a coalition aimed at defeating Amendment 3 in November 2026, announced in a news release on Friday that it has raised more than $800,000 since its formation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Regional Airport and city leaders celebrated the long-awaited return of United Airlines Thursday afternoon. At a press conference speakers highlighted the positive impact United’s expansion is expected to bring to Mid-Missouri. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe was unable to attend, but Council Member, Nick Foster the city. Leaders from Jefferson City,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council held a special session on Thursday to review plans for the new downtown conference center. A design report outlined the 189,420-square-foot facility, which would be built between Madison and Monroe streets, with the main entrance on East Capitol Avenue. The project includes a 200-room hotel, bar, conference
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A temporary single-lane closure of eastbound Interstate 70 is scheduled to begin next weekend in Columbia, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The closure will last from 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 through 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, between Range Line Street and Highway 63, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Shelby County woman was seriously injured in a crash Thursday morning near the intersection of Westbound Highway 54 and Route TT in Callaway County, a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says. The report says a 2021 Peterbilt 579 – driven by a 59-year-old Russellville man – was trying
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