TODAY: Wednesday is another ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as it’s becoming more clear that most of the region will have another shot at heat indices near 105°. This comes as rain timing may delay slightly. The National Weather Service has bumped the Heat Advisory northward, into Boone county through 7 p.m. tonight. Storms will
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Columbia Ward 2 candidates talked Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices in the city on Tuesday. The Columbia NAACP hosted an election forum at Second Baptist Church downtown. Ken Rice and Vera Elwood are both vying for the seat, after former councilwoman Lisa Meyer announced her resignation in May. The special election for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is two practices into fall camp, as competition at every position continues. You can watch extended highlights of practice No. 2 of camp in the video player below. All eyes have, naturally, gone to the quarterback position, where Penn State transfer Beau Pribula, returner Sam Horn and even
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A one-page note found in the pocket of the man who opened fire in a New York office on Monday claimed he suffered from CTE — or chronic traumatic encephalopathy — and appeared to be targeting the NFL headquarters, according to reporting from national outlets. According to ABC News, Shane Tamura, 27,
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JEFFERSON CITY Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is set to have negotiation talks with a third-party vendor to operate the city’s parking lots and structures. Some city council members have raised concerns that when a city service or the management of the city service is privatized, prices increase for the citizens served. The Jefferson City Council
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Boone County have taken advantage of in-person no-excuse absentee voting ahead of the Aug. 5 special election. In-person, no-excuse absentee voting began on July 22 and Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said turnout has been steady so far. “In-person that have come in the office to vote we’ve had almost
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-70s with insulated pop-up storm or two possible. Most of the region remains dry with mostly clear skies. TOMORROW: Wednesday welcomes increasing cloud cover with highs into the lower 90s. By the late afternoon/ evening hours, showers and storms will begin to develop ahead of an incoming cold front.
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TODAY: We hold on to the Weather Alert Day for just one more day, as heat index values are expected to reach up to 110 by this afternoon. Skies will be partly cloudy, time outside should be limited. TONIGHT: Tonight we have the chance to see some short lived pop up showers, with temperatures remaining
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A stretch of ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days comes to an end Wednesday night as a cold front finally brings an end to the extreme heat. A heat dome is expected to break down late this week, ushering in cool northerly winds and a significant cooldown to the region. It is still important to
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TODAY: Tuesday is one last day of extreme heat areawide, and an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. We expect mostly sunny skies and highs in the 90s. Humidity is thick enough to have us feeling like 106-110 through the afternoon. TONIGHT: We’ll stay warm overnight, but by sunrise, we’ll be watching a complex of storms
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HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man accused of shooting another man in Howard County last week is expected to face a judge Tuesday morning for an initial arraignment. Johntelle Millens, 39, was charged on Friday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and illegal gun possession. Millens is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team has the first practice of fall camp in the books, as the group prepares for what they hope will be a historic 2025 campaign. Ahead of the start of his sixth season at the helm in Columbia, Tiger head coach Eli Drinkwitz and his team took the Stephens
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia has a youth violence problem, and it’s only been portrayed more in recent months. At least that’s what Columbia business owner Dimetrious Woods believes. Woods owns Woods Auto Spa on Business Loop 70 and Essentialz convenience store in downtown Columbia on East Broadway. To Woods, the downtown area has become a
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-70s with mostly clear skies. TOMORROW: Tuesday welcomes the last ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day in the serious of dangerous heat as the heat index looks to rise up to 108 degrees across some areas in Mid-Missouri. Skies remain mostly sunny with the actual high reaching into the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump has requested Missouri to redraw its congressional district lines in an effort to shift the current partisan balance from 6-2 to 7-1, giving Republicans an even greater advantage in the state’s delegation. The media outlet Punchbowl News first reported the White House was interested Missouri lawmakers considering a redraw
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TODAY: We’re stuck under the heat dome still as heat index values could reach 109 by this afternoon. That puts us under a Weather Alert Day. You can get more from our online blog. Temperatures are forecast to reach low 90s fairly easily this afternoon, but remember it’s the dewpoint temperatures reaching the upper 70s that
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. You can get more from our online blog. Temperatures are forecast to reach low 90s fairly easily this afternoon. Given yesterday’s dew points in the upper 70s and the fact that we don’t expect vast differences this afternoon, heat indices can be expected in the 106-110
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There’s only word that can describe Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz’s sixth fall camp in Columbia best: competitive. With returning talent and key transfer portal additions, the leader of Tiger football may just have his deepest team, yet. With depth, comes competition and that all starts at the quarterback position. During spring
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A small memorial of flowers and a teddy bear now rests at the edge of a county road where a 9-year-old boy lost his life after being struck by a pickup truck. The child was hit by a 21-year-old woman while crossing a section of the Katy Trail on Thursday. Cyclists
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with KSHB 41 sports anchor McKenzie Nelson at Chiefs training camp in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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