MONROE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Monroe City man is sentenced to 30 years in prison and must serve at least 25 and a half years before being eligible for parole. Jerry Asbell, Jr., 31, entered a guilty plea to the charge of murder in the second degree for the shooting death of Amanda Johnston, 32,
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ABC 17 News is welcoming back a familiar face to Mid-Missouri.
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On Monday, detectives from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office and the Osage Beach Police Department responded to Lake Regional Hospital where they located missing local attorney Brian Byrd’s black Lexus.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The spelling of a crash victims name has been corrected. The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the names of two of the three victims who died in early Saturday morning in a crash in Boone County on Highway 22 and Highway Y. MSHP says 20-year-old Miasja Galloway-Murphy of Fulton and
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was killed Sunday night in a motorcycle crash on a highway near Rolla. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Highway A near Ridgetop Drive around 10:30 p.m. Troopers said Ryan M. Jensen, 34, of Rolla, was thrown from the motorcycle after driving off the
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A push is on to get the legalization of recreational marijuana use on the November ballot.
Continue ReadingA Centralia man died Saturday afternoon after a motorcycle crash in Cole County, according to the crash report from Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) According to most recent CDC Data, two Omicron Subvariants are to blame for the increase in COVID-19 cases across the country. The CDC says the subvariants BA.5 and BA.4 can spread more easily then previous sub-variants. The subvariants represent an estimated 16.3% and 65.0% of the SARS-CoV-2 variants as of the week ending July 9, 2022 according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A house fire in Northern Boone County early Saturday morning caused $1.6 million in damages. according to the Boone County Fire Protection District. The fire happened on the 10,000 block of East Greenfield Rd. in Northern Boone County around 1:20 a.m. The Boone County Fire Protection District says, 15 firefighters were on
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On Saturday around 4:30 a.m., Columbia Police were called out to the 1500 block of Raleigh Drive to investigate a possible shooting.
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Boone County, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people are dead after a crash early Saturday morning. The two vehicle crash happened just outside of Sturgeon on Missouri Highway 22 and Highway Y. When ABC 17 News Crews arrived at the crash at 4 a.m, they saw multiple emergency crews examing the vehicles involved in the crash. According
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri resident who was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that likely happened after swimming in a southwestern Iowa lake has died, health officials said Friday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the patient died due to primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and usually fatal infection
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The Department of Natural Resources has settled with the City of Columbia for $10,663.64 following multiple water main breaks between 2017 and 2019.
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MU Health Care will open a family medicine clinic in Mexico on Monday followed by a Mizzou Urgent Care in the same building later this summer.
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A Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) contractor will make pavement repairs along Stadium Boulevard beginning Wednesday.
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Former governor and current Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens and his ex-wife Sheena Greitens did not publicly testify during a hearing Friday in their family court case.
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Check back for updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Two crashes within a short period slowed traffic on Interstate 70 just west of Columbia on Friday afternoon.
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Starting today, ABC 17 News is launching a new digital commenting platform powered by Viafoura.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several organizations will offer resources and potential job opportunities to veterans in Mid-Missouri Friday afternoon. The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) plans to host the resource fair for veterans at the Veterans Urban Farm at 1209 Smith St. in Columbia from 4 to 7 p.m. The Truman VA Hospital, Disabled American
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