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Callaway County sends evidence to state crime lab in explosives investigation

April 29, 2021 12:01 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has sent evidence to the state crime lab after deputies found explosives near a lake Wednesday.

Woman charged with hitting child at Columbia school bus stop

April 29, 2021 11:54 AM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors have charged a woman with failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child after she allegedly hit a boy at a southeast Columbia bus stop.

Police seek information in Columbia attempted robbery

April 29, 2021 9:57 AM ABC 17 News Team

Officers were called a little after 8 a.m. to the Walmart Supercenter at 415 Conley Road.

Twenty-year-old in hospital, charged with DWI in Macon County crash

April 29, 2021 7:46 AM Ben Fein

Highway Patrol Troop B arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of alcohol after crash reports say he veered off a road and hit a tree.

Missouri Senate votes against Medicaid expansion

April 29, 2021 5:55 AM Ben Fein

The Missouri Senate met Wednesday and voted 20-14 against Medicaid expansion.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should preschool be free of cost to families?

April 29, 2021 2:10 AM ABC 17 News Team

President Joe Biden has proposed having the federal government pay for two years of preschool for each child in his new American Families Plan.

Columbia Boone County Health Department hosts first walk-in only vaccine clinic

April 28, 2021 7:19 PM Victoria Bragg

CENTRALIA, MO (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone Public Health and Human Services Department hosted its first walk-in only vaccination clinic for rural areas Wednesday. The health department, in partnership with the Missouri National Guard, vaccinated 95 people at its walk-in clinic in Centralia Wednesday. Ashton Day, the health educator for Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services,

Hallsville man sentenced to three years in prison for 2019 burglary

April 28, 2021 8:16 PM ABC 17 News Team

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The second suspect involved in a 2019 Columbia pawn shop burglary has been sentenced to prison. 21-year-old Alexander Mears was sentenced Wednesday morning to three years in prison. Mears and 26-year-old Tyler Hilderman stole more than 60 firearms from Tiger Pawn in Columbia. According to Mears’s plea agreement, the duo made

Jackknifed 18-wheeler reported at St. Charles exit on Interstate 70

April 28, 2021 7:48 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communication is reporting a jackknifed 18-wheeler at exit 131 on westbound Interstate 70. The eastbound passing lane is closed due to the wreck. That exit is the St. Charles road. Officials are reporting driver to avoid the area if possible.

Explosives found near lake in Callaway County

April 28, 2021 2:02 PM Leila Mitchell

Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said deputies were sent to the McCredie Farm Lake east of Kingdom City a little before 7 a.m. Deputies found two suspicious objects they believed to be explosives, Chism said. The University of Missouri owns and maintains the area.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Vehicle parked with its lights on.

Arkansas man seriously injured after morning wreck in Callaway County

April 28, 2021 5:37 PM Karl Wehmhoener

CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting an Arkansas man is seriously injured after a Wednesday morning wreck on Highway 94. According to the online crash report, Ryan Williams, 34, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, was traveling on the 2600 block of Highway 94 when the vehicle traveled off the road and became

Biden’s American Families plan to offer free college for American students

April 28, 2021 5:19 PM Zola Crowder

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Biden announced a $1.8 trillion American Families Plan ahead of his first address to Congress Wednesday. The plan includes having universal, quality-preschool to all three and four-year-olds and It will provide Americans two years of free community college. The American Families Plan will also provide direct support to families to make sure

Columbia man referred to prison program after guilty plea in shooting case

April 28, 2021 4:59 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man could spend four months in prison after pleading guilty to several different crimes over the last two years. Antonio H. Robinson pleaded guilty Monday to four different cases in Boone County. One of those cases stemmed from a northeast Columbia shooting in 2019. Robinson pleaded guilty to a reduced

St. Joseph man accused of using peanuts attempting to assault a man with severe peanut allergy

April 28, 2021 4:58 PM Karl Wehmhoener

CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Joseph man is accused of using peanuts in an attempt to assault a man in Camden County with a severe peanut allergy. According to a release from the Camden County prosecuting attorney Facebook page, the victim told Camdenton police that Jacob Andes, 27, put peanuts in his coffee, laundry soap

The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County coronavirus active cases remain below 100

April 28, 2021 8:13 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.

Fulton man killed in crash on Highway 54 in Callaway County

April 28, 2021 12:03 PM Matthew Sanders

A 30-year-old Fulton man died Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 54 in Callaway County.

Columbia Public Schools buses lined up as students and teachers return to full time in person classes.

Law enforcement, school officials: Follow bus-stop crossing law

April 28, 2021 2:33 PM Chanel Porter

The 10-year-old New Haven Elementary School student suffered only minor injuries, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested a woman on suspicion of ignoring the stopped sign on the school bus.

A CPS student was hit walking to the school bus Wednesday morning.

19-year-old woman accused of hitting child at Columbia bus stop

April 28, 2021 8:37 AM Molly Stawinoga

Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Nancy P. Metz of Columbia was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child. Leer said she posted bond and was released.

One person dead after motorcycle crash in Montgomery County

April 28, 2021 5:28 AM Ben Fein

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a motorcycle crash at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday night in Montgomery County killed one person.

As Missouri shifts vaccination focus, Boone County starts walk-in clinics Wednesday

April 28, 2021 4:13 AM Ben Fein

Health officials will host walk-in vaccination clinic at Centralia Intermediate School from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.