Wednesday and Thursday are ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days as heat indices could climb to 98-100 on both days, and we’ll be tracking the potential for severe storms both evenings. SETUP: At the top of the atmosphere, ridging (or high pressure) will allow heat and humidity to build while also introducing chances of storms
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of power outages left 111 electric customers without power in Columbia on Tuesday evening. Both of the outages occurred in the central part of the city. One that affected 73 customers was reported at 7:24 p.m. near the corner of West Worley Street and Banks Avenue, while a second one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Michael Troesser is still the victor in Linn’s mayoral race. The city had a follow-up election on Tuesday after 40 people allegedly received the wrong ballot during the April 7 election, previous reporting shows. Osage County Clerk Brooke Dudenhoeffer filed a lawsuit on April 28 to ask the court for a new
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bridge in Glasgow reopened Tuesday after being shut down for inspection. According to a Monday night Facebook post from Howard County Joint Communications, the Missouri Department of Transportation closed the Missouri River bridge on Highway 240 to investigate possible damage to the bridge caused by two loose barges hitting a pillar
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Montgomery County Commission on Monday unanimously approved tax breaks to Google for its $15 billion data center that was announced last month. Presiding Commissioner Ryan Poston confirmed the 3-0 vote in a text message to ABC 17 News. The plan was prepared under Missouri’s Chapter 100 law and called for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman who worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of wire fraud, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Lakeysha Day, 45, pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining $20,000 from a Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2021. A sentencing hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The floor replacement at Mizzou Arena will cost the University of Missouri $907,500, according to the contract for the winning bid. The contract – which was obtained by ABC 17 News on Tuesday through a records request – was awarded to and signed by Reinhardt Construction LLC on Feb. 17, 2026. The
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian…— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 9, 2026 COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The military’s U.S.
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By Sarah Ferris, Dugald McConnell, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans on Tuesday sent a $70 billion immigration enforcement package to President Donald Trump’s desk, ending a months-long fight that exposed major cracks in the party. The move will now fully fund the Department of Homeland Security — specifically, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is accused of killing a University of Missouri student and burning his body in 2023 is still not mentally fit to stand trial, according court documents filed on Monday. Emma Adams, 24, of Columbia, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with evidence and abandoning a corpse
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COLUBMIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced on Monday after he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in a February 2025 shooting. Terrell Fields pleaded guilty on Monday to unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and stealing a gun. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He had been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was sentenced last month in a Cooper County embezzlement case was sentenced to probation in her Boone County case on Friday. Jennifer Waibel, 53, of Boonville, pleaded guilty on Friday in her Boone County case to stealing more than $750 and two counts of fraudulently using a credit card.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion after responding to a house fire early Tuesday in Sunrise Beach, according to a press release from the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District. Crews were called to a home in the 100 block of Via Cresta Drive at 3:40 a.m. for a fire that led
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Tens of millions of retirees and other Americans could see smaller monthly Social Security checks in six years if lawmakers don’t act to shore up the program’s finances, according to an annual report released Tuesday by Social Security’s trustees. Social Security’s retirement trust fund — which helps support payments
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old traveling nurse was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a patient in the Phelps Health hospital emergency room. James H. Todd, 42, was in the Phelps County Jail on Tuesday on a no-bond warrant for two counts of first-degree sodomy, one count of first-degree rape and a count of first-degree sexual
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roads are starting to reopen Tuesday after flooding forced multiple closures in Mid-Missouri. N. Route E is back open Tuesday between W. Wilcox Road and W. Driskel Road after flooding Sunday night into Monday morning. W. Wilcox Road is still closed. Strawn Park Road is back open after being closed for flooding.
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The World Cup starts this month, and there’s been no shortage of buzz here in Mid-Missouri, with games set to be played in nearby Kansas City. It’s been a great time to be a young soccer athlete here. Meanwhile, local first responders are training in case they’re called to help. Local businesses are hoping they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education unanimously passed the 2026-27 budget at its meeting on Monday evening. Previous reporting and a presentation from the district show the operating budget projects $309.8 million in revenue compared with $321.5 million in expenditures, resulting in a planned use of approximately $11.7 million in reserves. Healthcare costs
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CNN By Kit Maher, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has formally tapped acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to take on the top law enforcement job on a more permanent basis, sending his nomination to the Senate on Monday. Blanche – formerly one of Trump’s personal lawyers – would succeed Pam Bondi, who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia is looking to finalize a $42 million project to modernize the city’s electric and water meter infrastructure; replacing and retrofitting tens of thousands of aging meters with advanced technology designed to improve billing accuracy, outage detection and customer access to utility data. The proposed Advanced Metering Infrastructure project would replace 53,992
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