QUESTION OF THE DAY: Have you finished your holiday shopping?
Christmas is just a week away and Columbia was full of holiday shoppers over the weekend.
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Sunday Sit-down with Mizzou Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair sat down in MU’s new Stephens Indoor Practice Facility to discuss the momentum surrounding Tiger athletics ever since Reed-Francois came to Columbia, in Aug. 2021. “It starts with your people,”
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Mizzou drops second straight with loss to Seton Hall in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team fell to 7-4 on the year with a 93-87 loss to Seton Hall at the T-Mobile Center, in Kansas City, on Sunday. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Dennis Gates and players in the video player below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG48VpMQTCs The Tigers only
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Columbia considers change to armed guard security requirements
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is considering a change to the requirements for applicants seeking an armed guard license, but there’s concern it may make the city vulnerable to lawsuits. Columbia may make a change to the rules, so that security guard applications are handled through the city’s police department. It will be
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Car found submerged in pond may be major break in 2013 missing person case
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A car belonging to a missing man was found submerged in a pond in Southern Camden County. Camden County Sheriff’s Office found the car Saturday after a tip from a property owner and freelance videographer, according to a news release. The car, a light-colored Hyundai, belonged to Donald L. Erwin, who
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Man arrested on suspicion of DWI after Miller County crash
MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after he hit an unoccupied parked car in Miller County at 119 Doyle Rd. Nathan Terry, 18, was arrested, but taken to Lake Regional Hospital for minor injuries treatment, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol arrest report.
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University of Missouri wraps up winter commencement ceremonies, statistics through the years
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the University of Missouri wrapped up a weekend of winter commencement ceremonies, ABC 17 News is digging into the numbers of graduates and degrees administered in years past and this year. For 2023 alone, 1,780 UM students will have graduated this weekend with over 1,900 degrees ranging from bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate,
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Crash report names Cole County deputy involved in car crash
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report shared that 22-year-old Mercy Gonzalez was the Cole County deputy involved in a car crash late Friday night. Corporal Chris Winter with the Missouri State Highway Patrol told ABC 17 News that a deputy was injured in a crash Friday night on West Edgewood
Continue Reading St. Louis man killed in Howard County DWI crash Saturday morning
HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was killed in a crash in Howard County Saturday morning. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Moberly resident David Brown, 42, and passenger Joshua McNabb, 39, from St. Louis, were driving westbound on Missouri Highway 124 west of County Rd. 409 when his 2011 Honda CRV failed
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Driver in high-speed chase turned shooting pronounced dead
AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A driver involved in a high-speed chase that turned into a shootout in Audrain County was pronounced dead at an area hospital, according to a social media post from the Audrain County Sheriff’s County. Dominic K. Bosworth, 22, of Mexico, Missouri, was pronounced dead at University Hospital early Saturday morning, according
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Former Callaway County sheriff pleads guilty in DWI case, gets probation pending judge’s approval
Former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism pleaded guilty Thursday in his Randolph County DWI and resisting arrest case, according to online court records.
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Battle High School temporarily evacuated Friday for trash can fire
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students at Battle High School were evacuated from the building for about 20 minutes on Friday after a bathroom trash can caught fire, according to an email from a CPS spokesperson. A cause for the fire was not described. Columbia Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said in an email that a text-message
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Dispensary workers unanimously vote to unionize
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Workers at Columbia dispensary High Profile voted unanimously on Friday to unionize. United Food And Commercial Workers Local 655 want to represent them. That’s the same union that organized workers at Shangri-La in south Columbia. C3 Industries Incorporated will next decide if it will recognize the unionization. Twenty-five employees voted in favor
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Former state representative, Missouri first lady Betty Cooper Hearnes dies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Missouri first lady and state Rep. Betty Cooper Hearnes has died, the Missouri Democratic Party confirmed in a press release. She was 96. Hearnes was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives during a special election in Charleston in 1979 and served through 1986, according to data from the Secretary of
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Statewide prescription drug monitoring program begins after two years of preparation
Two years after Senate Bill 63 was signed, the Missouri Joint Oversight Task Force will be authorized to supervise the use of prescription drugs.
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Columbia man arrested, accused of robbing Walgreens
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged on Friday after he was accused of robbing the Walgreens on East Broadway. Michael Vaughn, 32, was charged with first-degree robbery and fourth-degree assault. He is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. According to the probable cause statement, Vaughn was seen walking
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Father sues City of Columbia, officers in son’s shooting death outside downtown nightclub
The father of Quillan Jacobs, who was shot and killed by Columbia police in 2021, filed an amended petition this week in his wrongful death lawsuit against the officers and the city.
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Man who admitted to manslaughter released from Moberly prison, indicted for perjury
A Boone County man sentenced to 11 years in prison for manslaughter was released Friday and indicted for perjury the same morning.
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Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies
A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment.
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Columbia man sentenced to 30 years for murder charge
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia man who pleaded guilty to killing April Joann Brooks in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison. Montez Williams, 32, pleaded guilty in November to second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful gun possession and resisting arrest. He is still listed on the Boone County Jail roster. Williams was
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