SETUP: Instability building back into the atmosphere in mid-MO will provide enough fuel for storms, that develop tonight, to carry a very limited severe wind threat into the region. Enough wind shear in the atmosphere will be present to keep these storms alive long enough to produce potential for damaging winds as they spread east
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TONIGHT: Storms redevelop tonight in moderately favorable conditions for severe storms. Given the potential, and overnight timing, we’ve issued an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. Overall, the threat is low, but you may want to secure loose items before heading to bed. Some isolated strong to damaging winds are possible. Storms develop near KC,
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Today: Sunday starts off dry with increasing cloud cover and temperatures approaching 90 degrees before noon. Scattered showers and storms will move in from the northwest by early afternoon bringing a low risk for severe winds and hail. Storms are not expected to exit the vicinity until late overnight. Tomorrow: Monday will be a near
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department responded to reports of shots being fired in the 2000 block of Newton Dr. ABC 17 News crews arrived on the scene at 11:15 P.M. where they saw at least 5 police officers and a CPD K9 office on the scene. CPD officers told ABC News that they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City leaders gathered Saturday morning for a budget work session following City Manager De’Carlon Seewood’s Budget Address. The city manager’s office presented a detailed version of the budget and gave council members the opportunity to ask questions. De’Carlon Seewood spoke with ABC 17 News about the importance of today’s work session. “This
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The first federal officials have arrived at the scene of a plane crash in Osage Beach that killed two people Thursday.
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TODAY: A cold front pushes rain east of our area today, but won’t break the heat. Highs climb to around 90 degrees with partly cloudy skies. TOMORROW: Chances for storms return Sunday, likely arriving in Mid-MO from the west by early afternoon. Isolated strong storms are possible bringing high winds and hail. EXTENDED: We’ll keep
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)The Missouri Department of Conservation is encouraging the public to come out and celebrate Runge’s Nature Center’s 30th birthday Saturday. The event will be free to the public and all ages are welcome. The celebration is set to start at 10:00 a.m. and run until 3:00 p.m. at the Runge Conservation Nature Center in Jefferson City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of Mid-Missouri utility customers were experiencing power outages for the second time this week as storms rolled in once again Friday. Boone Electric had 24 outages with 2,485 customers without power at its peak. Those totals drooped to 14 outages for 1474 customers by 11:10 p.m. A number of the outages
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A recent change to the ability to use Twitter has limited the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Amber Alert reach. Recently, users have been having issues viewing posts on Twitter’s website without being signed into an account. Amber Alerts were sent with a link that would direct residents to a Twitter page with
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In May, close to twice as many kids were in foster care in Missouri as expected for a state of its size, the program’s director said.
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TONIGHT: An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day is in place with a limited threat of damaging winds expected to accompany storms that arrive in the 6-7 p.m. window for our western counties. Storms will be their strongest upon arrival, and are expected to have a weakening element to them as they push east. Still,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou offensive lineman and NFL veteran Evan Boehm has joined the Mizzou football support staff as the assistant director of recruiting/player relations. Boehm, a Lee’s Summit native, set a Mizzou football school record with 52 consecutive starts along the offensive line. He started 12 games at guard as a true freshman
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An aircraft crashed Thursday afternoon near the Lee Fine airport at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Columbia City Manager De’Carlon Seewood is scheduled to deliver the annual budget address at noon Thursday.
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TONIGHT: We’ve seen morning clouds break apart, but some clouds to our northwest are moving in this evening. This likely isn’t enough to leave us overcast but it may bring partly to mostly cloudy skies in our last hours of daylight, and a spot shower or two. The vast majority of us will stay dry.
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COLUMBIA Mo (KMIZ) Residents around Mid-Missouri are cleaning up after storms rolled through the area. Homes in Osage County, Callaway County, Camden County and Gasconade County were without power Thursday morning. Beginning around 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, residents in Columbia began seeing damage from the storms. A tree fell over onto the side of a
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CLEVELAND, Ohio. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher Rorik Maltrud agreed to an undrafted free agent deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. The deal made him the fifth Tiger to find his way to the pros in 2023. Maltrud came to Mizzou as a transfer from New Mexico State in 2023. In his one season in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After getting just over .500 in his first two seasons as the head football coach of the Jefferson City Jays, Damon Wells is hoping to use his experience to his advantage this season and go deeper into a playoff run. “Our kids are winners and they believe they’re going to win
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias football team graduated quite a bit of depth, nearly 20 seniors, following the 2022-23 school year, but head coach Chris Hentges said his team has plenty of returning depth at skill positions headed into a new season. He said the rebuild will be coming up front. The Crusaders have
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