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School safety investigation: Sedalia, Iberia and Fatima

August 25, 2022 9:23 PM Sarah Higgins

ABC 17 News asked for dozens of Mid-Missouri school districts’ security plans, maintenance records and expenses ahead of the 2022-2023 school year.

More Mid-Missouri counties move into ‘high’ COVID-19 community level

August 26, 2022 10:21 AM Matthew Sanders

Four more Mid-Missouri counties have moved into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “high” community level for COVID-19, according to a state government update Friday.

Thursday night fire displaces Jefferson City business

August 26, 2022 7:17 AM Zachary Farwell

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire Thursday night in Jefferson City displaced a local business. The Jefferson City Fire Department responded to reports of a fire in the 2400 block of Hyde Park Road just before 6:50 p.m. Firefighters said crews at the scene found a storage shed behind the building on fire. The fire

Fulton Public Schools use locks, alerts to help keep students safe

August 26, 2022 5:38 AM Ethan Heinz

Would-be intruders at Fulton Public Schools will find the doors locked while students are inside.

Family hurt after head-on crash in Gasconade County

August 26, 2022 6:01 AM Zachary Farwell

GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Eight members of a family were hurt Thursday morning after a head-on crash in Gasconade County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash on Highway 50 east of Fowler Road around 10:40 a.m. Troopers said a transit van driven by Ashlee D. Nelson, 36, of Neosho, hit a semi-truck

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the government mandate more electric car production?

August 26, 2022 3:47 AM ABC 17 News Team

The state of California moved ahead Thursday to end the sale of new gasoline vehicles in 2035.

Passengers stranded for hours in Jefferson City after Greyhound bus breaks down

August 25, 2022 9:44 PM Katie Greathouse

More than a dozen people were stranded in a Texas Roadhouse parking lot for hours after their Greyhound bus broke down.

Missouri Budget Project estimates impact of governor’s tax cut plan is nearly $1 billion

August 25, 2022 8:48 AM Hannah Falcon

Gov. Mike Parson stressed the state budget’s ability to take the biggest income tax cut in history and still fully fund important programs in his Columbia tour stop Thursday to raise support for his special session plans.

EquipmentShare moves closer to winning tax incentive approval for expansion

August 25, 2022 6:26 PM Matthew Sanders

A Columbia company came a step closer Thursday to landing tax credits it says will allow it to convert its headquarters in an old furniture store into a facility that can handle heavy tech demands.

New court dates set for six University of Missouri hazing suspects

August 25, 2022 11:17 AM Leila Mitchell

Five of the men charged with hazing in connection with the University of Missouri Phi Gamma Delta hazing case are scheduled for their first appearance in court Thursday.

Bus with students onboard, car crash in Columbia

August 25, 2022 4:37 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A bus and car crashed on Business Loop 70 in Columbia on Thursday afternoon. Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said no one on the Hickman High School bus was hurt in the crash on Business Loop 70 East and Seventh St. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. near the school’s

Jefferson City highway ramp reopens early

August 25, 2022 3:56 PM Matthew Sanders

Work that closed a busy highway ramp in north Jefferson City wrapped up about a week early Thursday.

Man hit by SUV while trimming grass in Jefferson City

August 25, 2022 3:27 PM Matthew Sanders

A Linn man suffered serious injuries when an SUV hit him while he was trimming grass in Jefferson City on Thursday.

Crashes frequent on stretch of Highway 124 in Boone County

August 25, 2022 10:36 AM Kennedy Miller

At least three people have been killed since January 2021 on Highway 124 between Fayette and Highway 63, the highway where four people were hurt in a crash Tuesday.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you still keeping up with the war in Ukraine?

August 25, 2022 3:38 AM ABC 17 News Team

The war in Ukraine hit its six-month mark on Wednesday.

California R-I school district emphasizes safety measures as new school year starts

August 25, 2022 5:52 AM Ethan Heinz

With the new school year underway, many districts are left wondering how they can keep their staff and students safe after mass shootings like the one at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.

Downtown Columbia Leadership Council reviews proposed plan for Wabash Bus station

August 24, 2022 10:38 PM Marina Diaz

The Downtown Columbia Leadership Council heard local business owners’ complaints about the Wabash Bus Station at its meeting Wednesday.

Uvalde school board fires police chief after mass shooting

August 24, 2022 7:31 PM Associated Press

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunman at Robb Elementary School remain in a fourth-grade classroom for more than an hour with an AR-15 style rifle as