Redistricting concerns raised during Boone County Lincoln Days
Boone County Republican Central Committee is hosting its annual Lincoln Days banquet Friday evening at the Courtyard by Marriott.
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Jefferson City man charged with sexual assault in mid-March
 A Cole County prosecutor has charged a Jefferson City after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in mid-March.
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Goodbye, thank you and good luck Kevin Schneider
ABC 17 News This Morning’s meteorologist Kevin Schneider is leaving the show to pursue opportunities in Colorado.
Continue Reading Illinois man charged with sexual assault of a learning-disabled adult in Mexico
MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County prosecutor has charged an Illinois man after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 32-year-old woman that is learning disabled. Tobias Olavarri is charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. According to court documents, the victim told police she was at the Jodie Coin Laundry on the 600 block of East
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An Osage County farmer struggles to keep up as inflation sticks around
A farm in Osage County is taking a hard hit as gas and food prices continue rising.
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Noble Health furloughs 175 employees at Audrain and Callaway hospitals
Noble Health said Friday that it has furloughed 175 employees at its hospitals in Audrain and Callaway counties.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports double-digit increase for the second time in three days
Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Flu and stomach bug cases on the rise as COVID cases remain low across Missouri
Missouri hit its first week of the endemic phase of the COVID-19 pandemic Friday but health experts say Influenza and Norovirus cases are on the rise.
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Biden says Jackson’s historic Supreme Court confirmation is ‘a moment of real change in American history’
President Joe Biden on Friday will host an event at the White House to mark the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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Charges filed in shooting at east Columbia apartments
EDITOR’S NOTE: Some details related to the shooting have been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with two felonies after a weekend shooting that left one person injured at an east Columbia apartment complex. TC Lee Littrice, of Columbia, was charged Thursday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He was
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Dennis Gates makes first hire as Mizzou’s head coach; Charlton Young joins the staff
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou head basketball coach Dennis Gates has officially pegged Charlton “C.Y.” Young as the first member of his staff. Young will serve as the associate head coach. The former Florida State assistant will comes to Columbia with nearly 30 years of coaching experience, including one previous job as a head coach. Young
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Missouri to release new weekly COVID-19 report amid drop in cases, hospitalizations
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is set to release a new weekly COVID-19 activity report, after the state cut back its COVID-19 reporting and entered the endemic phase of the pandemic on April 1.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you happy with the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson?
History was made Thursday when Ketanji Brown Jackson became the country’s first Black woman to be a Supreme Court justice.
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MU Faculty Council votes to extend test-optional admissions
The University of Missouri’s Faculty Council is set to meet Thursday at 3:30 p.m., as the group is expected to vote on whether or not to extend test-optional admissions in the university.
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William Woods University holds first presidential inauguration in 32 years
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Dr. Jeremy Moreland was installed as the 13th president of William Woods University in a ceremony with the William Woods community, the WWU Board of Trustees, University alumni and supporters, and state and local leaders. “I join you today both humbled and in awe of the magnitude and privilege of the responsibility
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Missouri congressional Democrats and Democratic Senate candidate issue statements on new Supreme Court justice
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The two Missouri congressional Democrats and three democrats looking to be the next senator of Missouri have issued statements on the new Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Rep. Cori Bush (D – St. Louis) Hoping every little Black girl out there today sees this photo and knows they can be whatever
Continue Reading Missouri courts short on diversity as Brown Jackson set to make Supreme Court history
The Senate was poised Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
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President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis speaks on the economy at MU
Jim Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis, stopped at the University of Missouri Thursday morning to discuss the economy and monetary policy.
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Columbia city leaders consider regulations for short-term rentals
There are between 300 and 400 short-term rental properties in Columbia, according to the Convention and Visitors Bueraeu, but there are no regulations for that kind of property.
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Fotoohighiam calls murder conspiracy prosecution “malicious” after acquittal
A Columbia man acquitted of plotting to kill his ex-wife called his prosecution “malicious” Thursday.
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