COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The average time a Missouri resident spends in an emergency department from arriving to leaving is 2 hours and 35 minutes, ranking the state 29th in the longest average wait time. Emergency department wait times have increased across the country and here in Missouri. According to the CDC, emergency departments in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of a downtown Columbia street and sidewalk will be closed for roughly a month beginning on Thursday, according to a Monday press release from the city. The release says Park Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets will be closed as crews make waterline connections for the East Park Avenue Apartments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing a Columbia man after setting him on fire over the summer was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Brandon Butchkoski, 47, of Columbia is charged with first-degree arson resulting in death, second-degree felony murder, first-degree arson and drug possession. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is accused of shooting and killing a Stephens College student last month in downtown Columbia was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Misael Covarrubias, 23, is charged in Boone County with second-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree assault and a single count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old Columbia man has been charged with three felonies in connection with a reported armed robbery in east Columbia. Prosecutors charged Jordan Hunt on Monday with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He remained in the Boone County Jail on Monday afternoon on no bond. A
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Editor’s note: The lede of this story was corrected to reflect the crash occurred in 2024. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man from Macon pleaded guilty Monday to four counts, including manslaughter, in a 2024 crash in southern Columbia. Ty Frey pleaded guilty in Boone County before Judge Ben Miller to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, careless
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Kehoe is asking Missourians to support their “neighbors” by donating to local food pantries while the government remains shut down and Congress is gridlocked on a funding bill. Hundreds of thousands of SNAP users won’t receive their November benefits and according to Gov. Kehoe, an estimated 56,000 federal workers won’t
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’s NOTE: a reference to a person being shot has been removed. Columbia Police confirmed a person was injured after shots were fired in central Columbia Sunday night on Lincoln Drive. A police lieutenant on scene told ABC 17 News the building in the 200 block of Lincoln Drive was shot at,
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Several law enforcement agencies across Mid-Missouri are accepting unused and expired prescription drugs Saturday for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s national Drug Take Back Day.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced in a Friday night social media post that officers arrested a man and a youth accused of robbing someone at gunpoint. Police wrote Jordan Hunt, 19, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and stealing. Officers also arrested a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office told ABC 17 News it had to dismiss its case against Fear Fest owner and operator Bill Schnell after being unable to locate him. Columbia’s Fear Fest Haunted House made an official announcement on Halloween 2024 stating that it would not be opening for the season and that refunds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County commissioners are set to help keep the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri afloat as low-income locals worry the shutdown will mean no federal food assistance. The commission is amending its contract to provide the food bank with American Rescue Act Funds to pour in an additional $50,000 to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 65-year-old woman from Columbia was seriously injured in a crash in the 4900 block of Route F in Callaway County on Thursday morning, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the 2016 Toyota Camry was heading west when it went off the right side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews next week will make concrete repairs to a portion of West Ash Street in Columbia near the entrance to the parking lot of the Activity and Recreation Center. The ARC is located at 1701 W. Ash St., across the street from Gerbes. Crews will start work at 7 a.m. Monday and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A senior property tax exemption that went into effect last year will result in Boone County issuing more than $2.2 million in tax credits to seniors. Eligible seniors are able to apply for an exemption by each summer and voters in August approved decided to expand the law to apply to levies.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with several sex crimes after he was accused of repeatedly raping and sodomizing a child over the course of several years. Zackary Ray, 27, was charged with two counts of first-degree rape of a child younger than 12 years old, one count of first-degree sodomy of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was already in law enforcement custody has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill a detective from the Columbia Police Department. Nikolaus Harvey, 26, was charged on Thursday with conspiracy to commit a Class A felony. He was moved from the Boone County Jail to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traditional day off for students at the end of the fall semester is at risk of being eliminated next school year. The University of Missouri is at the beginning stages of reviewing its academic calendar for next year to be in compliance with its mandated number of academic hours for classes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is rolling out 39 more naloxone distribution boxes throughout Boone County. The Public Health and Human Services office, located at 1005 Worley St., is currently the only place with a naloxone box. PHHS announced the first box’s appearance on Tuesday. Boxes of the medicine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has allowed the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to block an attempted nationwide layoff that would affect employees at the Columbia Environmental Research Center. The lawsuit — filed in California — showed the Department of Interior was looking to lay off 80 employees at the Columbia location and more than
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