COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the city of Columbia honors Memorial Day, city offices will be closed and trash and recycling collection will be delayed one day after the holiday for the remainder of the week. Other closures on Memorial Day: The sanitary landfill will be closed.City buses will not operate.Parking meters will not be enforced.Administrative
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly police department arrested a man at 300 N College Avenue Friday night after he was reported entering at least two separate apartments without the consent of the residents. A press release from the Moberly police department said officers responded to the apartment complex around 8:30 p.m. on Friday. 35-year-old William
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It was a Friday afternoon when Edward Martell, dressed in a dark purple suit and bow tie, stood in front of Judge Bruce Morrow’s courtroom. With one hand raised, the new lawyer was sworn into the State Bar of Michigan. Sixteen years ago in that same Wayne County courtroom, Martell stood in front of Morrow
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on L’Damian Washington in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The former Mizzou football star recently announced he’s moving back to his home state. Washington will be the wide receivers coach for Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. You can watch the full interview on
Continue Reading Law enforcement officials have arrested a Texas man who they say was planning a “mass casualty event,” possibly at a Walmart. Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, of Kerrville, was arrested Friday “on a warrant for a Terroristic Threat to Create Public Fear of Serious Bodily Injury,” according to a news release from the Kerr County Sheriff’s
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Police are asking for the public’s help in finding whoever opened fire at a Florida club early Sunday, killing at least two people and wounding at least 20 more, Miami-Dade Police Department Director Alfredo Ramirez III said. Shortly after midnight, a white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up to the El Mula Banquet Hall near Hialeah and
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MONROE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman is suffering from serious injuries after getting hit by anchor on Mark Twain Lake near Stoutsville. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Incident Reports, 56-year-old Lisa Sherman of Hartsburg was taken to University Hospital for her injuries. Troopers say the boat was driving with it’s anchor down. When it
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Seven people are presumed to have died in Saturday’s crash of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including Remnant Fellowship Church founder and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara, officials said. The Cessna 501 was carrying seven people when it crashed late Saturday morning into Percy Priest Lake in Smyrna, a community near Nashville,
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There’s no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic was tough. It turned our world upside down. It disrupted our routines, forced us to stay home, made us confront the fragility of life and pushed us well beyond the limits of our comfort zone. But amid our collective fear and suffering, there were some silver linings. We learned
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: The Camden County Sheriffs Office released the name of the victim and located the third person of interest in relation to the Saturday night Lazy Gators homicide. Twenty-seven year old Vonza Watson of Jefferson City was shot and killed around 11 p.m on Saturday night at a bar
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Seven people are presumed to have died in Saturday’s crash of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including Remnant Fellowship Church founder and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara, officials said. The Cessna 501 was carrying seven people when it crashed late Saturday morning into Percy Priest Lake in Smyrna, a community near Nashville,
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is dead after a crash outside of Columbia Sunday night. The Boone County Fire Protection District confirmed the man died after a single-vehicle rollover crash. Another woman was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers were investigating the crash on East Vemers Ford Road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: ABC17 News crews went back to the scene around 5:30, and Fairview had opened back up. ORIGINAL: A road near two major grocery stores in west Columbia was closed due to a water main break on Sunday afternoon. Boone County Joint Communications tweeted that a portion of Fairview Road at Broadway
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Police have released a new digitally enhanced photo of the boy whose body was found by a hiker on a trail near Las Vegas on Friday morning. The photo was provided to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) by The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as they work to identify the child,
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 184 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, bringing the total up to 511,444 throughout the pandemic. In addition, 65 new probable cases of the virus were found through antigen testing. Now, 87,938 probable cases have been found in the state. MO DHSS COVID-19 Data No new deaths
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Helio Castroneves on Sunday became the fourth driver in history to win the Indianapolis 500 four times. By beating Alex Palou in the final laps of the 105th running of the Indy 500, Castroneves now ties A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser for the most all time first-place finishes. Castroneves has 31 Indy car
Continue Reading Black athletes at a high school in Georgia received the gift of a lifetime when an anonymous donor offered to pay their college tuition if they made straight As. The donor, a community member who didn’t want his identity revealed, was inspired to make change after realizing the lack of diversity in Centennial High School’s
Continue Reading The dream home for Star Wars fans is now on the market in Texas. But the path to the dark side is not cheap. Known as “The Darth Vader House,” the 7,000 square-foot home in Houston’s West University Place subdivision has a listing price of $4,300,000. The nickname comes from the exterior’s resemblance to the
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A further 92 earthquakes and tremors have been recorded in the past 24 hours around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local government official told CNN on Sunday. The 11,500-foot-high volcano first erupted last Saturday, killing at least 31 people. Since then, the area has experienced a series of earthquakes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The federal government is flying flags at half-mast to commemorate the deaths of 215 First Nations children whose remains were found buried near a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Twitter on Sunday. “To honour
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