One man was seriously injured after a crash Saturday evening in Camden County.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 34-year-old Lebanon, Missouri, man was driving an Icebear Champion motorcycle on Legion Road when he crashed east of Valley Road.
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The Columbia City Council is set to hold a public hearing on Flock cameras Monday to consider community input on the system.
The meeting will allow officials and residents to discuss the automated license plate readers and the city’s contract with Flock, which ends in March 2027.
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Football fans heading to the 11 a.m. kickoff between No. 18 Missouri and No. 7 Texas at Memorial Stadium on Saturday must be aware of game parking and traffic impacts.
Permit and tailgate lots will be open at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey said Wednesday when early results came back for Tuesday’s election, he was surprised voters rebuked Proposition L. Prop L was a proposed 3/8 cent sales tax to pay for a new Boone County Jail that would have expired in 2042. Nearly 60% of voters said “no” to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Proposition L — a sales tax increase to pay for a new Boone County Jail — failed Tuesday, with nearly 60% of voters voting against it. A total of 65,511 votes were counted, with 39,178 “No” votes and 26,333 “yes” votes Proposition L was among the questions local voters saw on their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man was injured after a crash Saturday afternoon in Miller County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 30-year-old Barnett, Missouri, woman drove a Ford F150 on MO-52 at Pace Rd when she hit a pedestrian. The pedestrian was a 69-year-old Lake Ozark, Missouri, man who, according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man was injured seriously after a crash Saturday morning in Miller County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 55-year-old Richland, Missouri, man drove a Chevrolet Malibu on Highway 54 near the Blue Springs Creek bridge. The driver fell asleep while driving eastbound, ran the car off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Douglass Park basketball courts are now open after being under renovation since February 2025. The court’s new design has each court highlighting an important part of the park’s history. Both courts are painted blue and gray; the west court includes “Douglass Bulldogs” on each baseline, while the east court includes “Moonlight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The much-anticipated Nordstrom Rack store opened its doors in West Columbia on Thursday. This is the first Nordstrom Rack in Mid-Missouri, with the closest locations in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas. The store is an “off-price” department store chain, which sells high-quality brands at discounts. The 25,000-square-foot store is in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is spreading awareness of safe driving practices heading into the holiday and winter season, with a goal of logging another year of declining traffic deaths. According to MoDOT, November and December are busy times for deadly crashes. MoDOT said in 2025, 144 people were killed in traffic
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly marked progress toward opening its first new fire station since 1977 on Tuesday. The Moberly Fire Department held a “topping off” ceremony for a new fire station at 1445 S. Morley St., which is set to open in May 2027. People at the event Tuesday signed a steel beam that will
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe was joined by state officials and U.S. attorneys in his office Thursday to announce the start of an anti-fraud crackdown dubbed “Operation Show-Me the Money.” This operation is a collaboration between the State of Missouri and the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute individuals and entities that defraud
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lifelong Columbia resident says he has shared his concerns about excessive speeding on Garth Avenue, but he claims the city won’t take his issue seriously. Stacy Wilson, 63, has lived in the 2500 block of North Garth Avenue for over 30 years. He told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council unanimously approved purchasing a new animal control facility at its meeting Monday night. The former site of Columbia Animal Hospital, located at 1300 Boone Industrial Drive will house animal control operations. Operations will include animal shelter services, veterinary care and facility maintenance. The property at 1300 Boone Industrial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Having responded to seven school shootings during his career, John McDonald stresses that school districts must first understand where they stand on the spectrum of school safety. As the chief operating officer for the Missouri School Boards’ Association Center for Education Safety, he emphasizes that recognizing this baseline is a critical first
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HUNSTVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Moberly man charged with murder will proceed, a judge ruled Thursday. Christopher Viley, 51, appeared Thursday before Judge Garreth Cooksey for his preliminary hearing at the Randolph County Courthouse. Cooksey ruled that there’s enough probable cause to move forward with the case, moving it up to circuit court.
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) Six Central Methodist University football players have been suspended from the team after two of them were charged with assaulting a teammate. The university told ABC 17 News about the suspensions Wednesday afternoon, after earlier in the day saying two players charged with assault had been suspended. The university did not name
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One Columbia resident has been sharing his concerns about the City of Columbia Utilities plan for a new transmission line near Mill Creek Elementary School. Keary Husain, a resident who ran for a school board position earlier this year, said he does not think there is enough research done on what close
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The spelling of the victim’s name has been corrected. A Sturgeon man was found guilty of three felonies, including manslaughter, in the death of his father. ABC 17 News was told at 9:30 p.m. that a verdict was reached by a jury. Just before 10 p.m., it was announced that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following Columbia’s gun violence analysis, the Office of Violence Prevention aims to improve school violence intervention. The City of Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention presented a violence-prevention analysis last week identifying three areas of focus, including violence interruption in schools. D’Markkus Thomas-Brown, Office of Violence Prevention administrator, said increasing school intervention will
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