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Early morning shooting in Columbia results in one injury

July 16, 2022 3:55 PM Hannah Falcon

On Saturday around 4:30 a.m., Columbia Police were called out to the 1500 block of Raleigh Drive to investigate a possible shooting.

Missouri swimmer likely infected with amoeba in Iowa dies

July 16, 2022 12:27 PM Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri resident who was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that likely happened after swimming in a southwestern Iowa lake has died, health officials said Friday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the patient died due to primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and usually fatal infection

Department of Natural Resources settles with the City of Columbia for $10,000 over water main breaks

July 15, 2022 9:49 PM Marina Diaz

The Department of Natural Resources has settled with the City of Columbia for $10,663.64 following multiple water main breaks between 2017 and 2019.

MU Health Care opens Family Medicine Clinic in Mexico, Urgent Care to open next month

July 15, 2022 8:09 PM Karl Wehmhoener

MU Health Care will open a family medicine clinic in Mexico on Monday followed by a Mizzou Urgent Care in the same building later this summer.

MoDOT to make pavement repairs to Stadium Blvd. on Wednesday

July 15, 2022 7:30 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) contractor will make pavement repairs along Stadium Boulevard beginning Wednesday.

Sheena Greitens seeks more privacy in civil lawsuit

July 15, 2022 5:49 AM Hannah Falcon

Former governor and current Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens and his ex-wife Sheena Greitens did not publicly testify during a hearing Friday in their family court case.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County moves to medium COVID-19 community level

July 15, 2022 3:40 PM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two crashes slow I-70 traffic west of Columbia

July 15, 2022 1:40 PM Zachary Farwell

Two crashes within a short period slowed traffic on Interstate 70 just west of Columbia on Friday afternoon.

ABC 17 News is launching a new commenting platform, let us know what you think

July 15, 2022 2:09 PM ABC 17 News Team

Starting today, ABC 17 News is launching a new digital commenting platform powered by Viafoura.

Local groups to hold resource fair in Columbia for veterans

July 15, 2022 6:47 AM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several organizations will offer resources and potential job opportunities to veterans in Mid-Missouri Friday afternoon. The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) plans to host the resource fair for veterans at the Veterans Urban Farm at 1209 Smith St. in Columbia from 4 to 7 p.m. The Truman VA Hospital, Disabled American

Southern Boone School District places superintendent on leave

July 15, 2022 9:31 AM Zachary Farwell

In a letter sent out to families and students, the school district announced that Superintendent Chris Felmlee was placed on leave Thursday.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the newspaper in Austin, Texas, have released the Uvalde video?

July 15, 2022 2:25 AM ABC 17 News Team

The Austin American-Statesman dominated headlines nationwide this week when it released surveillance video from inside the elementary school in Uvalde where a gunman massacred children and teachers.

Tipton man accused of injuring officer and drug trafficking

July 14, 2022 11:21 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Tipton man is facing multiple drug charges after a drug investigation in Sept. 2021 in Jefferson City.

Alleged daycare bomb threat suspect faces new revenge porn charges

July 14, 2022 11:10 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The suspect that allegedly called in a bomb threat to a daycare in Columbia faces new charges including revenge porn in a new probable cause statement. A Boone County prosecutor has charged Alexzander Green with making a false report and non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images. On May 11, 2021, Green reported

Former MU engineering official charged with felony stealing, credit card fraud

July 14, 2022 3:14 PM Matthew Sanders

A former official in the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering has been charged with stealing from the school after investigations by MU and the highway patrol.

As medical marijuana thrives, Missourians could see recreational use on November ballot

July 14, 2022 1:33 PM Hannah Falcon

In the four years since the program was first approved by Missouri voters, it’s grown to having dispensaries and cultivators in nearly every corner of the state.