COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old Versailles man was killed in a crash on Friday afternoon on Route W in Morgan County near Old Marvin Cutoff Road, a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says. The report says the man drove a 2023 Chevrolet Silverado southbound and it went off the left side of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Allegiant Airlines started two new service lines from the Columbia Regional Airport to Destin and Orlando, Florida, earlier this week. The new destinations were made possible through a $1 million revenue guarantee that the Columbia City Council approved in May. The city has doled out $82,000 from the transportation sales tax as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Fayette announced on its social media on Friday that another lake will be closed until further notice. D.C. Rogers Lake closed at 4 p.m. Friday because of “recent storm impacts, elevated water levels, as well as ongoing work associated with the D.C. Rogers Wing Wall construction project,” the city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Fulton has been charged with a child sex crime. James Dale Courtney, 63, has been charged in Callaway County with statutory sodomy of a person younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been
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COLUMBIA MO. (KMIZ) Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center reopened to the public Friday after being closed for four days due to issues with its filtration system. Columbia Aquatic Recreation Supervisor Sydney Philpot said the repairs have been completed along with the pool being vacuumed to clear up the water. Philpot said the reason for the pool
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Editor’s note: The launch date has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Social Services announced Friday that it is extending the date of the Healthy SNAP initiative, which eliminates many sugary food and drinks from purchases. The initiative was originally set to launch on Oct. 1 of this year, but will now
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The incorrect age requirement for medical marijuana has been removed. A couple from Mexico, Missouri, was charged with multiple felonies Thursday after they reportedly admitted to police giving their young children marijuana to help with their behavioral problems. Joseph L. Croghan and Makayla Lynn Croghan were each charged with drug
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Allegiant Airlines’ first flight from Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport has touched down at the Columbia Regional Airport. The flight was set to arrive at Columbia Regional Airport around 9:06 a.m. Friday, but ended up arriving around 8:50 a.m. The flight to Destin will depart around 9:56 a.m. According to FlightAware, Allegiant Airlines’
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says the search for an alleged armed man who ran away during a traffic stop has been resolved, after he died by suicide. The law enforcement agency wrote on its social media on Thursday night that it is looking for a man near Route E, East
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works opened its doors Thursday evening to address safety concerns about a residential road on the east side of town. City officials hosted an open house from 6-7 p.m. to discuss a traffic calming project on Hoylake Drive between East Broadway and South Rolling Hills Road. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Ashland police officer has settled his lawsuit with the city, according to his attorney. Andy Hirth of TGH Litigation said former officer Tom Whitener settled his claims over wrongful firing with Ashland for $1 million. The two sides were set to go to trial on July 6. Whitener sued Ashland
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Community members gathered Thursday to discuss the future of the Shops at Sharp End, a retail incubator created to support local entrepreneurs in one of Columbia’s most historically significant Black neighborhoods. The meeting comes as organizers face a looming funding deadline and growing questions about whether the current model adequately reflects the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tractor-trailer loaded with cheese crashed on Interstate 70 westbound on the west side of Boonville on Thursday, closing the road temporarily. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the injury crash happened at the 102-mile marker near the Ashley Road exit in Boonville. Crews were working late Thursday afternoon to clean up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KM(Z) American Shaman has agreed to suspend the sale of kratom and 7-OH products in Missouri, the state’s Attorney General’s Office shared in a Thursday press release. AG Catherine Hanaway announced in March that her office was suing the business and its affiliated companies under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, claiming that its
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Peters Lake in Fayette is temporarily closed, the City of Fayette announced in a Wednesday social media post. “Due to the recent heavy rainfall, the spillway at Peter’s Lake has been washed out,” the post says. “For the safety of the public, Peter’s Lake will be closed until further notice while the
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The father of 16-year-old Kayla Huff, who was found dead in a Randolph County conservation area last month, says he’s working with a domestic violence shelter to bring awareness to teen dating violence and abuse. “We are working with this amazing organization to try to educate our children on the dangers of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline has been corrected to remove an erroneous mention of the older Orton, A Harrisburg student was killed Wednesday when a train hit his father’s semi-truck in Iowa. Robert Orton, 14, was killed when a 2015 Kenworth truck driven by Michael Orton, 38, of Palmyra, Missouri, crossed tracks in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed that it has received “several” reports about a bear being spotted in St. James. The St. James Police Department shared photos of a black bear in the area on Wednesday and Thursday. A Department of Conservation spokeswoman told ABC 17 News in an email that
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) For the first time in 16 seasons, a pair of Big 12 rivals will meet on the hardwood. On Thursday, Mizzou Athletics announced that Tiger hoops will be renewing its rivalry with Nebraska in a neutral-site game at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City on Dec. 12. That will mark a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a new phishing scam that is targeting Apple users. A press release from the sheriff’s office says text messages and emails are falsely claiming that “an Apple ID or Apple Pay account has been linked to money laundering or other illegal activity.
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