COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia and CBB Transportation Solutions conducted a walk-through safety audit on Tuesday afternoon to survey the Business Loop 70 corridor between the roundabout near Creasy Springs Road and Stadium Boulevard. The audit focused on identifying safety improvements aimed at eliminating traffic-related deaths and serious injuries. The project prioritizes safer
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is considering how to use a one-time $9 million payment it received from Boone County after a property-tax settlement with Ameren Missouri. Boone County Commissioner Kip Kendrick said the county reached a resolution earlier this year in a long-running dispute before the Missouri State Tax Commission. The agreement resolved
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care experts are reminding the community that October is the time to re-up flu and COVID-19 immunizations to be ready for the winter season. “While most people can recover easily from infections like flu and COVID, those vulnerable patients are more likely to end up with a severe disease, to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia arson and murder suspect will get two more weeks to discuss a possible plea with his attorney. Steven Strumpf, 31, was in the Boone County Courthouse on Tuesday for a hearing in his 2024 murder case. Judge Jeff Harris allowed Strumpf and his attorney, Manuel Tatayon, to discuss the terms
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of trying to set a house on fire in Northeast Columbia will make an appearance in front of a judge at the Boone County Courthouse Tuesday morning. Brandon Butchkoski, 47, will be in front of Judge Benjamin Miller at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday for a bond review hearing. Butchkoski
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education is advocating to change a state law. During its Monday night meeting, board members discussed their 2025-26 legislative priorities, one of which had to do with superintendent payouts. CPS is now advocating to change the state law, making it so that superintendents are paid no more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump and other world leaders gathered Monday to sign a Middle East peace deal, bringing relief and hopeful reactions to local groups in Mid-Missouri. George Smith, with Mid-Missouri for Justice in Palestine, is relieved but also concerned following the recent peace deal. “It’s a relief to have the actual genocide
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will no longer use alternative methods of instruction for inclement weather days following recent changes to state law. The Columbia Board of Education addressed the recent changes during its meeting on Monday. The district announced the change in an email to families on Oct. 10, stating that new state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the federal government shutdown nears the two-week mark, Columbia College is stepping in to support military students by launching a tuition assistance program. The college announced the creation of the “You Stand For Us, We Stand By You” program in a news release on Monday. The release states that the program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is working to strengthen safety by expanding the use of weapons detection systems across campuses and major district events. Weapon detection use is being considered at more extracurricular activities and athletic events, according to CPS documents. This year, all high school dances will include weapons screening. CPS first rolled
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The date of Kent Heitholt’s killing has been corrected. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge ruled last week that a Columbia native, whose murder conviction was overturned, is owed an extra $1.3 million in his lawsuit against two insurance companies. Ryan Ferguson was convicted of the 2001 killing of Columbia Daily
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia rolled out five taxi and rideshare locations this weekend in an effort to help keep traffic moving. But some rideshare drivers said it’s been difficult to navigate this new system. “It’s been a challenge,” is how most rideshare drivers are describing this weekend. “Which when you’re dealing with
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Saturday marked the second weekend of an increased police presence in downtown Columbia that followed the September shooting that killed Stephen’s College student Aiyanna Williams.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The SEC Network is returning to the University of Missouri campus this weekend, bringing national live broadcasts and a chance for Tiger fans to be on camera. This is the second time the network has visited Columbia this football season, and organizers expect large crowds at Walsworth Plaza outside Mizzou Arena. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After walking back a proposal for a downtown task force, the City of Columbia is now considering forming a new advisory council made up of local college students. The original task force proposal came at the request of University of Missouri System President Mun Choi, following the Sept. 27 shooting death of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will no longer use alternative methods of instruction, the district wrote in an email to families on Friday night. The email – provided to ABC 17 News by a district spokesperson and Board President John Lyman – says that the district will not need to use AMI days for
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Friday with arson and murder in a June house fire on Paris Road. Brandon Butchkoski, 47, is accused in the death of Donovan Baylis. Baylis died after he was burned in a fire that was set at his home. Baylis died about a month later at a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The government funding fight in Washington, D.C., has taken away some of the spectacle from Saturday’s Missouri football game against Alabama. Mizzou Athletics said in a social media post Friday that a planned military flyover before No. 14 Missouri’s showdown against No. 8 Alabama at Memorial Stadium will not take place because
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) SEC Nation made its return to Columbia, as the 14th-ranked Mizzou Tigers gear up to take on the 8th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. Saturday. SEC Nation will be set up at the Walsworth Plaza in front of Mizzou Arena on Champions Drive. This is the second time the University of
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Local officials and the firm they’ve contracted to study safety on Business Loop 70 held a public meeting Thursday night. The study would focus on safety for people outside of vehicles — pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycle riders, etc. Stretches of the Loop lack the kind of improvements meant to make roads safer for people outside of
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