The Oasis at Lakeport entertainment district in Osage Beach is now expected to open in Summer 2026, with the amusement park and parking garage scheduled for that summer, and the resort and water park expected to open in the first quarter of 2027.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 200 days after a suspect shot at two Callaway County deputies in October, both are now back on patrol. The sheriff’s office said in a social media post on Tuesday that Deputy Gardner Pottorff returned to patrol on Monday night, 204 days after he and Cpl. Justin Bax were shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council called for a special election to be held in Ward 2 to replace council member Lisa Meyer following her resignation. According to documents from the council, it is the council’s responsibility to call for a special election in Ward to fill the remainder of Meyer’s term. Meyer’s resignation
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For more than 80 years, the prison on Alcatraz Island has been mostly a museum. But President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wants to reopen the prison on the island. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he was directing officials to research reopening the prison to house America’s most violent criminals.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a roughly two-hour discussion, the Columbia City Council on Monday night unanimously decided to table an item that would have removed language around diversity, equity and inclusion to its June 16 meeting. The proposed change comes as those three words – commonly referred to as DEI – have been targeted by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people from Bunceton are accused of abandoning a disabled, elderly woman in a home with unsafe conditions. Jordan Hulbert and Celia Marriott are charged in Cooper County with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and a pair of misdemeanors: Elderly abuse and animal neglect. They both appeared for a hearing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With the May 16 legislative deadline fast approaching, the clock is ticking on a bill that would make Missouri an open-enrollment state. House Bill 711, sponsored by Rep. Brad Pollit (R-Sedalia), would allow K-12 public schools to decide whether to accept students from neighboring districts. It passed the state House in
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday morning in Ashland for the expansion of its waste water treatment facility. The new additional will increase the facility’s capacity from 600,000 gallons per day to 1.6 million gallons per day. It could treat up to 2.6 million gallons per day once it is fully built
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ragtag Film Society in Columbia announced in a Monday press release that its grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was terminated on Friday. The group is a 501(c)(3) organization that runs and operates Ragtag Cinema on Hitt Street in Downtown Columbia and the True/False Film Fest, which has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has been charged after she allegedly drove into another vehicle and pulled out a gun on Saturday. Hali Johnson, 40, was charged with second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers while recording a video for social media. Heath Bishop was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He posted a $5,000 bond on Monday, court filings show. An initial court appearance is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending federal funding for NPR and PBS, public broadcasting stations in Mid-Missouri stations are bracing for impact. Trump alleged in Thursday’s executive order that public stations were biased and “government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured in a crash on Highway 22 in northern Boone County on Monday afternoon. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News that two vehicles were involved in the collision. The crash occurred near East Benson Road. An ABC 17 News photographer saw
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was convicted of murder in 2009 was charged with first-degree assault on Saturday. Kenneth Wayne Beck, 52, was charged with first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of violence to an inmate. He is currently being held at South Central Correctional Center. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eastbound Interstate 70 was at a standstill Monday afternoon after a crash near the Millersburg exit in Callaway County. No one was hurt in the crash at the 136-mile marker between Columbia and Kingdom City, the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote in a social media post. The collision blocked one lane of
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Another round of auto tariffs went into effect Saturday, this time on imported parts. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on March 26 to impose a 25% tariff on imports of automobiles and certain automobile parts.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sturgeon man was charged with murder Monday after a deadly weekend shooting in northern Boone County. Dalton R. Perkins, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault in the death of a 56-year-old Sturgeon man. He plead not guilty in his arraignment Monday. The Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Monday in connection with two shootings that happened weeks apart. Joshua A. Abrams, 23, was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in an April shooting in Downtown Columbia and another shooting last week in north Columbia. He was arrested over
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President Donald Trump is looking for a new national security adviser now that Mike Waltz — the man responsible for the Signal controversy — is moving to U.N. ambassador. Trump told reporters Sunday that one of the possibilities is White House adviser Stephen Miller. Miller is seen as the driving force behind the Trump administration’s
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials blocked off East Mount Zion Church Road Sunday night as first responders battled a structure fire that left a local home heavily damaged. Boone County Fire Captain Matthew Stone said crews arrived to find heavy flames coming from the rear of the structure. The fire had already began to spread inside
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