Jury rules man guilty of murder in Waffle House shooting case
The trial of a man accused in a deadly 2018 shooting at a Columbia Waffle House continued Wednesday with testimony from one of two men shot that night.
Continue ReadingThe trial of a man accused in a deadly 2018 shooting at a Columbia Waffle House continued Wednesday with testimony from one of two men shot that night.
Continue ReadingMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will be in Columbia on Wednesday to talk about an initiative meant to address the backlog of rape kits awaiting testing.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Natural Resources is asking for the public’s help after a slew of “orphaned” containers were recovered along the Missouri River following the flood of 2019.
Continue ReadingOSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage County Sheriff’s Office arrested the subject of a widespread manhunt on Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Troop F spokesman Scott White said troopers recognized Shay Vinson’s car and tried to pull him over Friday morning. Troopers started the chase around 10:30 a.m. on Friday Deputies posted on Facebook that a
Continue ReadingA Boone County prosecutor filed a manslaughter charge Wednesday against a woman accused of causing a crash that killed a man who was picking up cones after a bike race.
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a Jamestown, New York, man on Tuesday after he allegedly had nearly 100 pounds of marijuana in his car. Brett A. Shafer, 57, was arrested in Cooper County on suspicion of delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance. A trooper pulled
Continue ReadingLADDONIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Community R-6 School District employee was placed on a paid leave of absence after questions arose about the employee’s use of booster club finances. “An issue has arisen about how a member of the Booster Club has handled Club finances,” Community R-6 Superintendent Cheryl Mack wrote in a statement. The booster
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Drivers saw some traffic Wednesday morning on Interstate 70 as Missouri Department of Transportation crews finished overnight pavement improvements. 🚨🚨COLUMBIA TRAFFIC ALERT🚨🚨One lane remains closed this morning on westbound I-70 west of the Rt. 63 in Columbia as crews finalize overnight pavement improvements that have been delayed. Traffic is backed up and
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is facing skeptical House Democrats when he’s sworn in as the first witness in Wednesday’s impeachment hearings. ABC 17 News will livestream the hearings in the player below. The Oregon hotelier and million-dollar Trump donor is expected to describe his role in Trump’s Ukraine policy
Continue ReadingA member of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Commission on Tuesday became the first person to turn in a petition for election in the First Ward.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Tornado damage and flooding made 2019 a devastating year for the Show-Me State. Through it all, Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency continues to help people pick up the pieces. On the night of May 22, SEMA director Ron Walker said workers at the agency closely watched the storm system move across
Continue ReadingFollowing the discovery of his body, Columbia police spoke with several friends of Ryan Berry of Kirksville, according to a police report obtained by ABC 17 News. A City of Columbia trash collector called the police department around 6:30 on the morning Monday, July 29, after finding Berry’s body in the parking lot on Lake
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri held public forums Tuesday to hear from faculty, staff, students and community members about what they want to see in the next vice-chancellor. Members of the research firm who are helping search for candidates attended the forums. Staff and faculty filled an hour telling the research committee what
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Office of Administration’s facilities division continued Tuesday to treat four second-floor office suites of the Harry S Truman State Office Building. The state’s Department of Health and Senior Services says even though there are no beds in a workplace, bed bugs can still be carried in from the outside.
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson City Fire Department responded to a fire at a home in the 900 block of Jackson Street on Tuesday night. Firefighters said a passerby saw smoke before 5 p.m. Officials said there were flames in a window and smoke coming from the roof. Crews began clearing the scene around 6:30 p.m. Firefighters said
Continue ReadingColumbia police were involved Tuesday morning in an apparent chase on north Columbia roads.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County jury on Tuesday convicted a Kansas City man accused of post-tornado looting. The jury found Adam S. Brandt, 40, guilty of unlawful gun possession, unlawful use of a weapon, drug possession and two counts of receiving stolen property, Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said in a news
Continue ReadingCOLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An SUV hit and killed a woman crossing Highway 54 near Brazito on Tuesday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The patrol said in an online crash report that Rachel Welch, 46, of Eldon, died after a 2007 Lincoln Navigator hit her while she was crossing the highway at
Continue ReadingSix months after an EF-3 tornado blew through Jefferson City, many businesses are still trying to rebuild.
Continue ReadingMILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former School of the Osage teacher pleaded guilty to statutory sodomy of a person less than 14 years old on Tuesday. Mark Edwards, of Eldon, was accused of touching a student inappropriately on two separate occasions in April 2018. A detective with the sheriff’s office looked at the school bus
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