Morberly, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The last name of the victim on first reference has been corrected. Sunday evening, members of the Moberly community met for the ‘Justice for Bailey walk’ movement. People gathered in purple clothing and shirts in remembrance of 23-year-old Bailey Scott, who was shot and killed last Sunday. The walk began
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F responded to a boat fire Sunday afternoon at the Lake of the Ozarks. Sgt. Kyle Green with the highway patrol tells ABC 17 News troopers were called around 2:20 in the afternoon to a boat fire at the 10 mile marker of the main channel on
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Severe weather and flooding forced Missouri Task Force One to suspend search operations along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas on Sunday, according to the latest update from the Boone County Fire Protection District. BCFPD said the team returned to its base of operations where members reconfigured equipment and were
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By Chris Boyette, Michelle Watson, Linda Lam, CNN (CNN) — Just over a week after deadly flash floods swept through central Texas, slow-moving thunderstorms brought heavy rain, and a potential for flash flooding and rapid river rises to the region Sunday. While the most significant rain happened Sunday morning, the chance for more thunderstorms continues
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By Natasha Chen and Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — If tomato prices jump because of new tariffs on the Mexican-grown produce, restaurant owner Teresa Razo says her businesses could go bust. “I give it three months, and then we go bankrupt,” said Teresa Razo, owner of two Argentine-Italian restaurants in Southern California. A nearly three-decade-old
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Fire Department battled an early morning fire Sunday, according to a press release from the department. According to the release, crews responded to a call for a residential structure fire at around 12:41 a.m. Sunday on the 800 block of Weathered Rock Road. Firefighters found fire showing from a
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One continued their relief operations Saturday along a 10-mile stretch of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas. The Boone County Fire Protection District taking to social media to share the latest update. The post said the team, working alongside counterparts from Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, and multiple
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By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Employees at the United States Institute of Peace were terminated for a second time by the Trump administration, after a federal court ruling last month paved the way, according to multiple fired employees. Liz Callihan, a now-former employee, said Department of Government Efficiency personnel installed at USIP notified the
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Saturday vowed her department will strengthen its efforts to crack down on immigration, thanks to a funding boost from President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, which he signed into law last week. “Now that the president’s reconciliation bill, the ‘big, beautiful bill,’ has
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By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump reignited a decades-long feud with comedian Rosie O’Donnell Saturday, taking to his Truth Social platform to write he was considering revoking her citizenship. “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people are dead and two others hurt after a crash in Mexico Saturday, according to the Mexico Public Safety Department. MPSD said shortly after 6:30 Saturday morning it responded to a crash on the 4800 block of South Clark street near Highway 54. The report said responding personnel found that a
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A 54-year-old man from Batonville, IL, died in a crash on Route F, in Camden County, a half mile south of Route TT, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the crash occurred at around 12:45 a.m. Saturday when a 2022 Subaru Ascent traveling south failed to make a turn
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An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has come to an end early Saturday morning after a line of strong to severe storms tracked through the area. Severe storms were most widespread in western Missouri, where 70+ mph wind gusts were reported near Kansas City. The line of storms weakened as it rolled through Mid-MO
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly community is remembering the life of Bailey Scott through a number of memorial events on Friday. Scott died Sunday night after being shot in the 900 block of East Logan Street in Moberly. “She was always the sweetest and she always complimented somebody, like anything about them. She was so fulfilling.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 54-year-old woman from Fulton was seriously injured Friday afternoon in a crash in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70 near the Boone-Callaway County line, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, a 2011 Toyota 4 Runner – driven by the woman – and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Negotiations are still ongoing between MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, but a state senator is alleging they could be close to a deal. A spokesman with MU Health Care told ABC 17 News in an email that the hospital system talked with Anthem throughout the day on Friday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel has filed a lawsuit to keep his driver’s license. Pinkel’s lawyer – Bogdan Susan — on Wednesday filed a petition in Camden County asking the court to not suspend the former coach’s license after he allegedly refused to take a breathalyzer test A Missouri State Highway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Veterans Commission’s veterans suicide prevention report that was published this week shows 171 veterans in the state died by suicide in 2022. The report shows that 42.6 of every 100,000 Missouri veterans died by suicide, higher than the national average of 34.7 of every 100,000. Guns made up roughly three-quarters
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David Kip Heyde has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Bailey Scott after allegedly shooting her on his front porch.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Task Force 1, a search and rescue team based in Columbia at the Boone County Fire District, has been busy helping in the aftermath of the floods that have killed scores in Texas. However, the group’s spokesman, Boone County Fire Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp, has been limited in the information that he
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