COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A truck driver from Minnesota was seriously injured Monday in a crash on Interstate 70 at mile marker 191 in Warren County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states that the driver – a 60-year-old man from Andover, Minnesota – of a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Recent executive actions by President Donald Trump to limit immigration from refugees and birthright citizenship could have significant ripple effects in Missouri. Tuesday, the controversial executive order reinterpreting the 14th Amendment led to lawsuits being filed by a dozen states and the ACLU. “President Trump’s executive order is an illegal attempt to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly 13,000 animals entered shelters and rescues each day in 2023 across the nation and the need for more pet foster families is at a high, according national rescue group Best Friends. Melody Whitworth, director of Unchained Melodies Dog Rescue, said besides a new litter and mom they took in over the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former site of a Columbia children’s center has been sold to Burrell Behavioral Health, with plans to turn it into a behavioral health facility. Burrell Behavior Health announced in a Tuesday press release that it had purchased the property on 1611 Towne Drive which was the former home of Rainbow House.
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It’s no secret that its been dangerously cold across the Midwest the past several days, but the southeastern most states are now seeing impactful winter storm impacts that aren’t seen often. Snow and ice has blanketed much of the area from Houston and east dropping accumulating snowfall causing travel issues for millions. The latest radar
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump signed more than 200 executive actions on his first day in office Monday. One of them directed the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The 2015 agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change, and was signed by 194 states and the European Union in
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and windy with warming temperatures overnight. Daybreak temperatures in the upper teens to around 20. TOMORROW: Windy and warmer with increasing clouds. Highs in the mid-30s. EXTENDED: We’re finally thawing from the deep freeze tonight as winds shift to the south-southwest. Gusts could reach 25 mph, sending temperatures up overnight. Tomorrow will
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TODAY: Tuesday is the last, but likely the coldest, of our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Starting with wind chills as cold as -20, we’ll be dangerously cold through the day. Highs will reach low teens, keeping wind chills in the single digits through the day. TONIGHT: Winds will have gradually shifted through the day,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Columbia College men’s and women’s basketball teams recorded wins against the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in Monday’s doubleheader action at thee Southwell Complex. The Cougar women met the Eutectics first in a dominating 99-60 win to improve to 17-0 on the year. Head coach Matt Moore and company
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MONDAY EVENING UPDATE: After a second push of cold air that even brought a few snow flurries overnight, we are the coldest we’ve been amidst this stretch. Our wind chills as of Tuesday morning were as cold as 20 below. South winds keep us cold feeling, but warming today into the overnight hours. This has
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TODAY: Tuesday is the last, but likely the coldest, of our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Starting with wind chills as cold as -20, we’ll be dangerously cold through the day. Highs will reach low teens, keeping wind chills in the single digits through the day. TONIGHT: Winds will have gradually shifted through the day,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed that a stolen gun was found after a shots fired incident over the weekend that led to six juveniles being detained. Two of the youth were released, while one was detained on suspicion of four counts of first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, and distribution
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A Fulton teenager was found shot dead late Sunday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is one of the Associated Press’ Top-25 teams in the nation for the first time since the end of the 2022-23 campaign. On Monday, the Tigers checked in at No. 22 in the latest AP Poll, following a 15-3 overall start to the year and a 4-1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the first time in his collegiate career, Mizzou guard Caleb Grill was honored with a weekly conference accolade, following two big outing in wins against No. 5 Florida and Arkansas. Grill averaged 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.5 assists per game, shooting about 66 percent from the field and
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Many Mid-Missouri residents ranging from Jefferson City and Columbia, all the way east towards St. Louis have reported hearing loud bangs and crash sounds over the past 24 hours. These loud sounds are due to something referred to as ice quakes or frost quakes which occur during abrupt cooldowns. Water located within the deeper layers
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and frigid with lows a few degrees below zero. Wind chills between -10 and -20 degrees by daybreak. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the low teens. Wind chills near zero or just above. EXTENDED: Wind chills fall to about 10 to 20 degrees below zero by daybreak with a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As temperatures remain in the teens and single-digits with a below-zero wind chill in Mid-Missouri, some drivers might run into issues getting their cars ready to go. Tony Hoffman, service manager at Custom Complete Automotive on Providence Road, said not allowing your car enough time to warm up properly is one of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the 47th president of the United States. ABC 17 News streamed the entire ceremony on its website. Rewatch it in the media player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri officials stand ready to use state resources to help President Donald Trump enforce immigration law as he takes office. A newly inaugurated Trump begins his next four years with a focus on taxes, foreign policy and immigration. Gov. Mike Kehoe last week signed two executive orders — 25-04 and 25-05 —
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