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Columbia’s Heritage Festival back after being canceled last year due to COVID-19

September 19, 2021 5:20 AM Ben Fein

Columbia’s Heritage Festival is back after being canceled last year due to COVID-19, with events scheduled throughout the day on Sunday.

Man flown to University Hospital after motorcycle crash in Camden County

September 19, 2021 5:52 AM Ben Fein

One man was flown to the hospital after Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers say he failed to negotiate a turn, traveled off the left side of the road and overturned.

UPDATE: Lanes at Clark Lane and Connector back open

September 18, 2021 9:35 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Lanes are back open as of 9:46 p.m. Eastbound Clark Lane at the Connector is shut down due to an accident. ABC 17 news crews on scene say the crash involved two vehicles and one victim has been loaded into an ambulance. Boone County Joint Communication is advising drivers to use

Columbia nonprofit teaches life skills to keep kids off the streets

September 18, 2021 8:46 PM Hannah Falcon

Dream Tree, a nonprofit in Columbia, teaches about 25 children life skills such as mental health responses, trade skills and financial literacy to help them open doors in the future.

CPD holds recruitment event as staffing continues to be an issue

September 18, 2021 6:23 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department held a recruitment event Saturday at the Molly Bowden Neighborhood Policing Center. Sgt. Kim German told ABC 17 News crews that CPD currently has 14 police officer openings. German says the department goes around the state to job fairs, police academies, and colleges/universities to find new recruits. According

Two people shot in downtown Columbia early Saturday morning

September 18, 2021 3:22 AM Meghan Drakas

The Columbia Police Department has confirmed two people were shot at 5th and Walnut St. in downtown Columbia on Saturday morning.

Reports of drinks being drugged at Mizzou

September 17, 2021 9:41 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Friday it has received multiple reports alleging drinks are being drugged around campus. “The university has received multiple reports from individuals that suspected they may have been the victims of drugs in their drinks,” said Christian Basi, a University of Missouri spokesperson. Basi says the university wanted

Attorney general seeks to add more schools to mask lawsuit against CPS

September 17, 2021 4:33 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt wants to add more schools to the lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools and its mask policy.

Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announces he won’t run for reelection

September 17, 2021 2:35 PM Zach Boetto

City of Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced Friday afternoon he will not run for reelection in 2022.

Nonprofits putting plans together to resettle 1,200 Afghan evacuees in Missouri

September 17, 2021 12:29 PM Joushua Blount

Kelli Jones, spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will help those refugees settle here. The Ethiopian Community Development Council can settle up to 250 in Kansas City and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants can resettle up to 200 in Kansas City and up to 350 in St. Louis.

Columbia Public Schools won’t have to make up snow days

September 17, 2021 10:31 AM Matthew Sanders

The district said in an email to parents that CPS accounted for changes in school calendar laws when creating its calendar, which the school board approved Monday. The number of hours built into the calendar exceeds state standards, the district said, leading to leniency on snow days.

Repairs underway on central Columbia home hit by truck

September 16, 2021 5:34 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fixes have begun on a home in central Columbia a truck crashed into Wednesday afternoon. ABC 17 News saw people installing a post inside a Worley Street bedroom on Thursday. Columbia Building and Site Development said the post will help keep the roof above the damaged room stable. The Wednesday crash injured

Over 2,600 books donated to Columbia elementary students

September 16, 2021 7:36 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over 2,600 books were provided to Columbia Public School students because of Daniel Boone Country Library program. Each fall and spring, the Read Across Columbia program gives kids four books from the library to promote literacy among children. Read Across Columbia is a Heart of Missouri United Way event that provides books

THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports second coronavirus-related death this week

September 16, 2021 5:52 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back here for updates on the pandemic in Missouri.

MU Health Care offering weekend drive-thru flu shots

September 16, 2021 11:15 AM Karl Wehmhoener

MU Health Care is offering drive-thru flu shots for adults and children six months and older on the last weekend in September and first weekend in October at the South Providence Medical Park from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should murals be removed from the Boone County Courthouse?

September 16, 2021 2:08 AM ABC 17 News Team

The lawyers object to violent and racist depictions, including a man being whipped for a crime, slave labor and a Native American with a gun pointed at him. But another lawyer told ABC 17 News that while those images might be offensive, that’s the point — to depict life as it was, including the brutality.

Man arrested for 2018 alleged ax attack in Columbia

September 15, 2021 11:34 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Columbia man is charged with assault after an alleged incident in 2018 involving an ax at a home.

Columbia woman agrees to plea deal in federal child pornography case

September 15, 2021 10:51 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has agreed to a plea deal after being charged in 2019 in federal court with child pornography charges. Brittany Bailey was charged in May 2019 with knowingly distributing child pornography and conspiring with others to distribute and receive it. Bailey has agreed to plead guilty, charging her with the

Truck crashes into home in central Columbia; one person pinned under vehicle

September 15, 2021 5:02 PM Matthew Sanders

A pickup truck crashed into a home in central Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.

Boone County lawyers ask commission to move courthouse murals

September 15, 2021 4:31 PM Lucas Geisler

The effort spearheaded by Rusty Antel and Gary Oxenhandler asks the county commission to take out murals placed on the landings of the courthouse steps. The lawyers say the depictions in some of them of people being whipped and hanged sends the wrong message to people either visiting the courthouse or defending themselves in a criminal case.