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Addiction Treatment
ABC 17 News’ own Marissa Hallowed speaks to Valley Hope Admissions Manager Dan Bridges about Addiction Treatment at Valley Hope. For more information about Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery, click here.
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Some Mid-Missouri counties see crowded school board races
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Plenty of folks want to be on a school board in Cole County. Each board of education race in that county has drawn a number of candidates that at least doubles the number of seats available. Every ballot across Mid-Missouri will feature local races, including municipal governments and school boards. More on
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Continuum of Care
ABC 17 News’ own Marissa Hallowed speaks to Valley Hope Admissions Manager Dan Bridges about Continuum of Care at Valley Hope. For more information about Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery, click here.
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Public safety taxes among a slew of April ballot issues in Mid-Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This April election will be a busy one for schools, ambulance and fire districts and 911 centers. Ballots in Mid-Missouri are packed with issues that ask voters to raise or extend taxes to keep public safety operations funded. Such taxes are on the ballot in counties that include Callaway, Cooper, Howard, Maries,
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Recovery Month
Sponsored Content ABC 17 News’ own Marissa Hallowed speaks to Valley Hope Admissions Manager Dan Bridges about Recovery Month at Valley Hope. For more information about Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery, click here.
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Car hauler catches fire, closes westbound I-70 ramp in Boone County Saturday night
A large vehicle fire blocked traffic from using an I-70 on-ramp in Boone County on Saturday night.
Continue ReadingAs the Iran war drags on, Israeli solidarity comes under strain
By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As Israelis prepared to mark Passover Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week delivered a defiant wartime address replete with biblical references of ancient Jewish triumphs over their enemies. He likened Israel’s strikes on its enemies as the Ten Plagues that God is believed to have inflicted on Egypt
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One person transported to hospital after I-70 crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was transported to the hospital with minor trauma Saturday night after a car accident on I-70. Gale Blomenkamp, with Boone County Fire Protection District, tells ABC 17 News it was a crash between two cars. Skylar Clark, with the Columbia Fire Department, said their firefighters were called to assist the
Continue ReadingMore than a dozen injured after vehicle hits parade-goers during Louisiana celebration
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Fifteen people were injured, some of whom were in serious condition, on Saturday after a vehicle struck multiple pedestrians during a parade in rural Louisiana, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office said. The driver of the vehicle is in custody, and the preliminary investigation determined the incident “does not appear
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Russia again claims to have taken an eastern Ukrainian region. The real picture is very different
By Tim Lister and Svitlana Vlasova (CNN) — This week, for the third time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia claimed it fully occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region. The Russian military has held almost all of Luhansk – one of four eastern regions that Moscow has illegally sought to annex – since the first year
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Kingdom City woman to be charged after a series of crashes in northeast Columbia
A Kingdom City woman is under investigation after multiple crashes Friday evening.
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Several injured in 3-vehicle crash leads to lane of I-70 closing, 1 driver arrested on suspicion of DWI
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 just west of Columbia were closed on Friday during rush hour after a crash. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, at around 5:45 p.m., a 27-year-old Columbia man was driving a 2021 Ram 3500 east on I-70 when he passed a 38-year-old Fayette
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Retired matador killed by bull ahead of bullfight in southern Spain
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A retired matador was killed by a bull on Friday as he prepared the animals for a bullfight at an arena in Málaga, in southern Spain, organizers said. Ricardo Ortiz was handling the bulls in their enclosures at La Malagueta, a historic bullring in Málaga, when one of the
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