COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health Food Service Supervisor Marian Zellner-Evers performed the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking man this week. Zellner-Evers said she was in the cafeteria working at the register when she noticed a man sitting at a table gesturing for help. “I just turned around and I’m like are you ok? he’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some of Columbia’s political leaders are hopeful the public can be more involved in discussions surrounding public safety. The city had at least three meetings that included University of Missouri officials in 2025 in an effort to curb crime after the shooting death of Aiyanna Williams in September 2025. Another meeting is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is making more money from downtown parking meters so far this year than it did in the first month of 2025. Columbia raised the price for all on-street parking downtown from 40 cents to $1 on Jan. 5. The Public Works spokesman John Ogan told ABC 17 News
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If you have taken a look at the forecast over the next 7 days, the temperatures might have caught you by surprise. By Monday, afternoon high temperatures will be in the low 60s, and morning temperatures will be staying above freezing. You might think that spring has come early, even with us not being through
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Off the back of a win against Mississippi State, Mizzou men’s basketball finds itself at 15-7 with just nine games left until the postseason. With the team currently on the bubble of this year’s NCAA tournament, head coach Dennis Gates and everyone in the locker room knows that every game matters. “They
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials in Pima County, Arizona, gave an update Thursday afternoon on the investigation in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. Guthrie is the mother of NBC host Savannah Guthrie. Watch a replay of the full news conference in the media player.
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TODAY: I’m tracking a break in cloud cover throughout the afternoon hours as winds blow out of the southwest at 8-12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. This will help temperatures get into the upper 40s and low 50s. TONIGHT: I’m tracking winds calming and blowing out of the northwest at 5-10 mph as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday against MSHSAA in the Eastern District Court of Missouri. Hanaway accuses the Missouri State High School Activities Association of two counts of unlawful race and sex discrimination, unlawful discriminating with respect to conditions of employment and discriminatory protection of the
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Editor’s note, 2/5: The story has been corrected to reflect how academic calendar changes made by the UM System would affect Reading Day. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved an $83 million renovation of the old Women’s and Children’s Hospital in east Columbia, now known as the Keene Street Medical
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TODAY: Thursday is warmer, starting in the 20s in the west, and 10s in the east. We expect warmth from the west to become more dominant in the forecast as southwest winds pick up through the morning. Winds may gust as high as 20-25 mph by noon. A shift to westerly winds is expected this
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Council members heard a detailed presentation from city staff this week outlining proposed changes to the city’s parking meter system, enforcement trends and long-term financial challenges facing the parking program. The discussion took place on Wednesday at City Hall during a council work session, and no public comment was
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Realtors hosted the first candidate forum for the 2026 municipal elections in April. Candidates for the Columbia School Board and City Council introduced themselves and spoke on a variety of topics. Four candidates are running for three open seats on the school board. Those candidates include current school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The chair of Columbia’s Citizens Police Review Board is asking City of Columbia leaders to undo restrictions put in place more than a year ago. Council members voted 4-2 in September 2024 to limit the complaints against police officers the CPRB can review, stripped its power to make recommendations on police department
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds, chilly, with lows in the lower 20s. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds and much warmer with highs in the mid-upper 40s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a disturbance that will bring clouds to the region tonight into early Thursday, but a warm front moving through will help winds shift back southwest early Thursday, allowing skies to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team announced that it is losing some depth at guard, on Wednesday. Tiger guard Annor Boateng will officially miss the rest of the 2025-26 campaign, after going down with an injury against Mississippi State. The sophomore took a scary fall, while driving to the basketball for a dunk,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers’ small forward is up for one of the top awards in the country. Mizzou women’s basketball junior Grace Slaughter was named to the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Mid-Season watch list. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association released the list of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The defense attorney for the woman who was found not guilty of a Dunklin County arson case said he was pleased with the outcome. Crystal Umfress, who owned Casa Maria’s in Columbia, was found not guilty of second-degree arson in a Butler County courtroom Tuesday night. Umfress was accused in 2023 of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parents of a Virginia man killed in a 2018 online sale meet up turned shooting say they were moved to put up billboards promoting ‘safe online exchanges’ after a Columbia man was killed in a similar way. Michael and Diane Grey tell ABC 17 News that they knew they needed to take
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than six years have passed since James Hickem was shot to death in a north Columbia neighborhood, and police have yet to obtain any key evidence in his case. Officers responded to the scene in the 600 block of McBaine Avenue at 8:13 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2019. Police found a
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If you’ve been outside in Mid-Missouri recently, you’ve probably made moisturizer and lip balm part of your daily routine. Winter often brings colder, drier air that can quickly dry out our skin, and this year has experienced even lower humidity than usual. According to an X post by Ben Noll, a meteorologist at The Washington
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