TODAY: Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. For the latest details read our Weather Alert Day Blog. Overall, most of the region is expected to stay sunny and dry, however, a warm front will bring instability into the southeastern quadrant of the viewing area. This will increase warmth and humidity for places like
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Missouri House lawmakers ended their regular session a day ahead of the deadline. The House passed 11 bills on Thursday, limited to only those the state Senate had already passed. The upper chamber called it a year on Wednesday after Republican leaders broke a Democratic filibuster on bills dealing with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Baseball followed up its best two pitching outings with its worst of the season. The Tigers (16-36) surrendered 23 hits and eight home runs in a 25-7 series-opening loss against Mississippi State (32-20), ending their streak of three consecutive wins. After giving up just one earned run on four hits over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri nursing homes rank among the worst in the country for the amount of care provided to residents, and ongoing staffing shortages may be adding to the problem and putting residents’ health and safety at risk. Federal guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require skilled nursing facilities to provide
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals have publicly expressed interest in moving from Missouri to Kansas after Jackson County voters rejected a proposal last year to extend a sales tax to help finance a downtown baseball stadium and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium. In response, Gov. Mike Kehoe proposed to fund
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Dozens of abortion and Proposition-A advocates gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to protest the recent passage of two bills during the legislative session. On Wednesday, the senate ended its session after republicans forced a vote to approve a ballot measure to send abortion rights back to the voters. It also
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s and upper 50s as a dry cold front passes through resulting in partly cloudy skies. TOMORROW: Friday begins dry and mostly sunny as highs top out into the mid-80s. An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has been issued from Noon-5PM Friday afternoon. A cold front looks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A hearing was held Thursday morning for a Columbia man who was sentenced for a triple murder more than 20 years ago. Deandra Buchanan, 51, was found guilty by a jury in 2002 on three counts of first-degree murder. He was initially sentenced to death but was resentenced to life in prison without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Julia Crenshaw is adding another honor to her postseason award haul. Mizzou’s starting catcher has earned NFCA First Team Midwest All-Region honors, marking the first NFCA postseason accolade of her career. Crenshaw was also recently named a first-team All-SEC selection. She was one of 380 student-athletes to receive an NFCA All-Region honor
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TODAY: Afternoon highs continue to rise into the mid to upper 80s as skies remain partly cloudy. Winds remain out of the southwest at 12-18 mph with gusts up to 25 mph possible. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s and upper 50s as a dry cold front passes through resulting in partly cloudy
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TODAY: Thursday will start somewhat muggy with dewpoints in the 60s. A cold front arriving by late morning will clear the region by early afternoon. This will lower dewpoints for most before the heat of the day dramatically. We’ll feel more crisp this afternoon and evening, but keep warm air. Highs will peak in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, May 14, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL HICKMAN (10) ROCK BRIDGE (11) FINAL/10 HELIAS (3) JEFFERSON CITY (2) FINAL BATTLE (0) CAMDENTON (6) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (2) SMITH-COTTON (1) FINAL ROLLA (8) BLAIR OAKS (12) FINAL ELDON
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Juvenile Justice Center currently houses 19 youth, although the facility holds 45 beds. Justice Center Superintendent Tara Eppy said she thinks there’s discussions every few years about whether detention is intended to be correctional, restorative or rehabilitative. She said she thinks it’s a mix of them all. “I think
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two juveniles who escaped from the Juvenile Justice Center in northern Boone County earlier this month did so by climbing a recreation area fence, court documents revealed. Documents claim one of the juveniles involved in the escape is 17-year-old Ja’mez Thompson-Bey. Documents alleged that he, along with another juvenile, climbed over a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Senate Republicans opted for a rarely used procedural measure Wednesday to stop debate and force votes on a ballot measure that would repeal Amendment 3, which enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, and a bill to repeal voter-approved sick leave requirements. Republican leaders put forward a “previous question” motion to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) State funding for a new juvenile center in Cole County is uncertain after the Missouri legislature failed to pass House Bill 19 on Wednesday. About $4 million of the more than $14 million project would have come from the state. The project has been in works since 2022 and would have
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Local waterways in Mid-Missouri have been teeming with spawning crappie, with temperatures and rainfall playing a key role in the start and finish of the spawn, and slightly above average rainfall trends can lead to increased production of crappie.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild with lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and warm with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: We could fall to near record warm low temperatures tomorrow, with 7:00 a.m. temperatures around 70 degrees. Thursday is warm yet ahead, reaching the upper 80s ahead of another
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A demolition permit was issued on Tuesday for the storm-damaged recycling facility in Columbia, according to city filings. The permit was applied for on May 8 for the facility, which was destroyed by an EF-1 tornado on April 20. The damage resulted in the city temporarily suspending regular curbside recycling pickup, as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley appeared on CNN on Wednesday to discuss his opposition to Medicaid cuts. Hawley, a Republican, has defied party leadership by opposing Medicaid cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. The House has been working on the budget plan this week. “My state is a
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