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UPDATE, 5:15 p.m.: The home is a total loss and the cause is not determined. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said the fire was very advanced when crews arrived. “With that much damage it’s hard to determine an actual cause to the fire,” Blomenkamp said. Investigators looked at the home again. Based on the amount of

UPDATE 7/7: Columbia police said they were called to the 1200 block of north Eighth Street around 3:50 p.m. Friday for reports of a home invasion and shots fired. Police said that during their initial investigation they found that a man had forced entry into a home and discharged a weapon. They said the victim

TODAY: Thanks to this dry air filtering into the area, we’re seeing cooler temperatures to start off our weekend than we have seen in some time. This drier air will stick around through the day and will make for a spectacular summer day with highs in the middle 80s. We’re going to see abundant sunshine

Callaway County deputies said they arrested a man after finding him near a reported stolen motorcycle early Friday morning. Deputies said they were patrolling the Moore’s Mill Conservation Area, including County Road 139, around 12:35 a.m. Friday. During the patrol, deputies said that they saw a motorcycle in the Auxvasse Creek, near the conservation area.

A man is recovering from serious injuries after his boat crashed at the Lake of the Ozarks Friday night, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online boating incident reports. The report said that Martin Beers, 51, of Arnold, Missouri, was boating on the Grand Glaize Arm, near the Watson Hollow Cove around 6:30 p.m.

KMIZ would like to address and take full responsibility for the conduct taken by two of our newsroom employees. The ABC 17 News crew was assigned to cover Columbia’s so-called “fireworks war” Wednesday night when they encountered three individuals intending to take part in the annual event. Our crew agreed to drive those individuals in

The Columbia Police Department responded to 162 calls for fireworks in less than 24 hours. According to dispatch records, the calls were from 11 a.m. Wednesday to 3 a.m. Thursday. At least one of those calls was in the county, where the Columbia fireworks war took place. Sheriff Dwayne Carey with the Boone County Sheriff’s

UPDATE 6:34 p.m.: The Boone County Sheriff’s Department said it will be the last fireworks war. Sheriff Dwayne Carey told ABC 17 that some of his deputies were hit last night and injured. Residents told us, last night, was the worst year they’ve seen. Neighbor Leslie Wyatt said, “this is the worst year we’ve ever

Editor’s note: KMIZ has removed video from this story because it was obtained in a manner that did not meet newsroom standards. Despite warnings from law enforcement against participating, more than one hundred people took part in a fireworks war in Boone County Wednesday night, starting around 10:15 p.m. Boone County Sheriff’s deputies and emergency

UPDATE 5:48 P.M.: Rewerts-Schiavoni was found safe in Minnesota. ORIGINAL STORY: The Lenexa Police Department is looking for 13-year-old Amber Rewerts-Schiavoni, a white girl, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 140 pounds, with black hair, blue eyes and wearing a black T-shirt with a “sons of anarchy” logo, black jeans and carrying a shiny blue billfold.

According to Missouri State Highway Patrol data, the dollar value of firearms stolen so far this year has increased compared to the same time in 2017. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler says the data can be misleading because the data is represented in value rather than quantity or type of firearm. The MSHP’s Uniform Crime

Emergency crews responded to a crash on Truman Boulevard in Jefferson City Friday night. Police, firefighters and Cole County EMS responded to the scene around 6:30 p.m. One lane of Truman Bouelvard was temporarily blocked. ABC 17 News confirmed no one was taken to the hospital, but a stop sign in the Hy-Vee parking lot

UPDATE 7/6: The Moniteau County Sheriff told ABC 17 that the girl who died was 5 years old and they believe a hot car contributed to her death. You can read the release from the Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office below: An investigation is presently underway by Moniteau County authorities surrounding the circumstances leading to the

The Columbia Police Department sent out a release on Friday, saying the suspect wanted in relation to the May 3 homicide on Greeley Drive was killed on July 6 in Overland Park, Kansas. CPD issued a warrant on May 7 for Charles Tyrone Webb, 43, for second degree murder and armed criminal action. “On July

TONIGHT: Clear skies and northeasterly winds up to 10 mph will set the stage for a beautiful night. Temperatures overnight will drop into the upper 50s and lower 60s. SATURDAY: The day will start with mild temperatures in the 60s until 8 AM and 70s until 11 before heating into the mid 80s in the

Columbia Parks and Recreation will hold a public input meeting for the construction of a cross-country course on July 10. The course will be a joint project paid for by the city of Columbia and MU in the Gans Creek Recreation Area. The project’s budget is $200,000. The 2015 voter-approved park sales tax will make

Phelps County, Mo- The Marine whose body was found in the Big Piney River near Fort Leonard Wood, has now been identified as 23- year-old Corey C. Staten, from Randallstown, Maryland. Staten was reported missing July Fourth in the afternoon when he was swept away by the Big Piney River and never resurfaced. His body

Missouri is no longer the only state in the nation without a statewide 911 system. Gov. Parson signed House Bill 1456. Before, Missouri was the only state not allowed to use funding from cell phones for its 911 services. Missouri counties have relied on a landline surcharge for funding even though more than 70 percent

MEXICO, Mo- The Mexico Public Safety Department says in a press release they had 50 documented fireworks incidents since fireworks tents opened up around a week before the Fourth of July. Most of those incidents happened in the overnight hours of July 4 into July 5. In its press release, MPSD highlighted several incidents involving

A former neurosurgery resident has filed a lawsuit alleging the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s chief of neurosurgery harassed him and fired him without good cause. The Columbia Missourian reports that Rylan Brantl is seeking $50 million in his lawsuit filed last week against the UM Board of Curators. Brantl alleges that N. Scott