By Amir Vera, Eric Levenson, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Hurricane Ian continued to batter the Florida peninsula with a catastrophic trifecta of high winds, heavy rain and historic storm surge Wednesday night, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Amid widespread flooding, property damage, power outages
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COLUMBIA, Mo. KMIZ. Power companies in Missouri are preparing to support communities impacted by Hurricane Ian, and some crews have already packed up and left. More than 2.5 million Florida residents are under an evacuation warning as Hurricane Ian makes its way closer to the West Coast, according to CNN. Doug Colvin, director of Nixa utilities, said
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Joseph Elledge appealed his murder conviction Tuesday in a 67-page filing that argues there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hurricane Ian is causing trouble before even making landfall, as 2.5 million Floridians are under evacuation orders and running to get last-minute supplies. People have been told to evacuate but some have chosen to ride out the storm and grabbing many items is difficult with store shelves being empty. “Stores are crazy,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia residents and City Council members joined the Columbia Fire Department for the groundbreaking of its new station. Fire Station No. 11 will be located at 6909 Scott Boulevard. The new location will serve a five-mile radius, and will help alleviate some of the strain other departments experience. The project is estimated
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hurricane Ian is set to make it to land Wednesday in Florida. Although Mid-Missouri doesn’t experience hurricanes, there are natural disasters that leave lasting impacts on residents. The Great Flood of 1993, the 2011 Joplin tornado and the 2019 Jefferson City tornado are a few that have left a great impact on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A criminal defense and civil rights attorney in Columbia died of natural causes, according to a medical examiner’s report. The report from the Boone/Callaway County Medical Examiner obtained by ABC 17 News said Stephen Wyse, 55, died of severe cardiomegaly. The Aug. 23 report from Dr. Carl Stacy said hepatic fibrosis
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A worker was injured in a fall Tuesday at the construction site of the new Missouri River bridge on Interstate 70.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Portland, Missouri, man was charged Monday with several felony counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, first-degree property damage and unlawful use of a weapon. Callaway County deputies seized 18 firearms from Wally Spencer, 46, following an incident Sunday at Rivers Edge RV Park & Compound in Portland. Spencer was convicted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Treasurer’s Office announced an unclaimed property auction will be held Oct. 3-4 at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center in Columbia. The auction will begin at 9 a.m. both days, with daily previews beginning at 8 a.m. each day.  A preview for the auction will be held 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2.
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This live video from Key West comes from WPLG.
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz will take questions from reporters during a noon news conference Tuesday.
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The Columbia-based Missouri Public Utility Alliance has 57 lineworkers from 13 crews heading to the Orlando area to get ready for recovery work as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida.
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A crash Monday night on Highway 50 west of Sedalia left two people hurt. The crash happened in the eastbound lanes near Sadie Lane around 7:35 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a car driven by 19-year-old Brady D. Carr rear-ended a motorcycle waiting at a red light before going off
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The Columbia Police Department hosted an open house last week.
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A Boone County grand jury has indicted eight former fraternity brothers in an alleged hazing that left a University of Missouri freshman pledge unable to speak or walk.
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Officials at North County High School are apologizing for comments made by a student about Battle athletes after a live video stream of a Friday football game.
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN An American who returned to US soil last week after being held by Russian-backed forces for more than three months said Monday that it’s “surreal” to be back home. “Honestly, it’s still surreal. It’s going to take time to adjust,” Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “OutFront” Monday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As residents in Florida prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ian, so are organizations across the country. The Red Cross of the Missouri and Arkansas Region and Convoy of Hope in Springfield have been preparing to provide shelter and supplies to those in Florida. “Here in the Missouri Arkansas region we sent
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Southern Boone High School officials gave the public a heads-up Monday morning about a crash simulation planned outside the school.
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