JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City checkpoint opened Wednesday morning for racers in the Missouri River 340. More than 700 racers are paddling the river in this annual race across the state that began at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Kansas City. The Carl R. Noren Access in Jefferson City is checkpoint number four in
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The Kansas City Chiefs are back together after winning the Super Bowl last season. They’re sweating it out in the Missouri summer at St. Joseph.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Nobody can quite bring the energy to Chiefs training camp like running back Isiah Pacheco, otherwise known as ‘Pop.’ The 25-year-old is a fan favorite and will enter his third season in the league in 2024. Pop has plenty of goals in mind for the upcoming season. In fact, every year,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An advocacy group is calling on the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to change its rules surrounding a substance found in marijuana products that they are calling “very toxic.” Missouri’s National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, wrote in a Thursday release that it is concerned that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teachers labor union filed a lawsuit against the Higher Education Loan of Authority of the State of Missouri, also known as MOHELA, over claims the business misled borrowers. The American Federation of Teachers — a teachers union based out of Washington D.C. — represents 1.8 million public school teachers, health care
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lohman man was indicted Tuesday on federal child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Anthony Dale Pitts-Fugate, 32, is charged with child enticement, receiving child pornography and three counts of attempting to produce child pornography, the release says. The release claims that Pitts-Fugate tried
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial was scheduled for December in a criminal court case for an umpire who is accused of assaulting a Camden County deputy last year. Neal Sidebottom, of Versailles, was charged last year with first-degree assault and misdemeanor resisting arrest. The case was transferred from Camden County to Moniteau County
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COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Columbia, according to Missouri’s Sewershed Surveillance Program and a doctor with MU Health Care.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was booked into the Callaway County Jail on Monday has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Jakiem Braggs. Mitchell Henderson Jr., 44, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree murder and illegal gun possession. Fulton police wrote on social media on Monday that Henderson Jr. had turned
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was indicted on federal child pornography charges on Tuesday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Howard Dale Speckhals, 61, was charged with possessing and distributing child porn. He allegedly distributed child porn on the internet from June 25, 2023-March 22, 2024. He was
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WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville man was charged with sodomy and other sex crimes after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at his residence, according to court documents. Gareth Rentasponce was charged on Friday with second-degree sodomy and two misdemeanors: Second-degree sexual abuse and second-degree sexual misconduct. An entry of appearance was filed on Tuesday
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Today marks two weeks after Assistant Fire Chief Matt Tobben died during a water rescue in northern Columbia.
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election. Below is an interview with Will Scharf, one of two Republicans seeking election to the Attorney General’s office.
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election. Below is an interview with Andrew Bailey, one of two Republicans seeking election to the attorney general’s office.
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Missouri Republican voters will decide between two conservative candidates for attorney general in the upcoming primary election on Aug. 6.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Stormwater Utility on Wednesday will close Sunset Drive to through traffic near the intersection with Hickory Hill Drive, according to a Tuesday press release from the city. The closure will last from 8 a.m. Wednesday-3:30 p.m. Friday, the release says. Crews will be replacing a stormwater pipe. Barricades
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Authorities found a wanted man inside a Cole County convenience store Monday after a search that lasted more than four hours.
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency monitoring temperatures since the mid-1900s. It’s the second consecutive year average global temperatures have crashed through shocking climate records and will not be the last, as planet-warming fossil fuel pollution drives temperatures
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on his decision to drop out of the 2024 race on Wednesday. “Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET, I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, and how I will finish
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Lauren Fox, Tierney Sneed, Holmes Lybrand and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has tendered her resignation amid scrutiny of security lapses related to the recent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, sources tell CNN. The move comes as lawmakers and an internal government watchdog move forward
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