COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested two 19-year-old men early Friday after calls of people breaking into cars on the Columbia College campus and a carjacking. Prosecutors filed charges against Emmanuel Ernest and Ja’Marion Dalton, 19, Friday morning with vehicle hijacking, armed criminal action and stealing a vehicle. Court documents state that officers were called
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No. 19 Missouri is traveling to Starkville to take on No. 24 Mississippi State on Saturday. And despite being ranked higher than the Bulldogs, the Tigers are underdogs in their SEC opener, according to oddsmakers. That said, some experts are putting their money on Mizzou to beat the 6.5-point spread, if not win outright. Do
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri attorney general said Wednesday that her office is investigating a student group with a University of Missouri chapter for possible ties to fundraising for Islamic terrorists. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway cited “public reports from independent organizations” in her news release that “have raised concerns about SJP’s fundraising representations and alleged
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University of Missouri President Mun Choi has been applying pressure on city leaders on downtown crime issues for weeks. During that pressure campaign, one bar in particular has drawn a direct callout — Reign. Now the state’s top law enforcement official is applying pressure of her own. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Tuesday that her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager already being prosecuted for evidence tampering in a separate shooting has been charged with four felonies in an August shooting on the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector. Chase D. Ricketts, 19, was charged Friday with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police detained a man after a call of shots fired led to a crash scene in a residential neighborhood and later released him with two citations. Police were called at about 9:20 a.m. to a possible shots-fired call in the area of Grindstone Plaza, Columbia Police Department spokesman Brian McNeill said.
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Opposition to new data centers is getting a lot of attention. That includes Wednesday, when scores of anti-data center protesters filled the Missouri Capitol Rotunda, then took to the streets around the building for a march. One of the stops was next to the Governor’s Mansion. The protesters’ big demand is a moratorium on data
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency phone lines were restored Wednesday afternoon in Boone and Cole counties after an outage that began in the morning. Jefferson City Police Lt. Curtis Finke said a little before 4 p.m. Wednesday that service for the city and Cole County had been restored by communication carrier Brightspeed. “There was no disruption
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed an executive order putting limits on the use of video obtained from Flock license-plate-reader camera networks. The order signed Wednesday puts restrictions in place until the Missouri General Assembly creates its own. The order requires license plate and vehicle data to be deleted after 30
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Diesel prices are on a continuous climb as the market feels pressure from multiple directions. From the war in Iran and its chokehold on Middle Eastern oil supplies to Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries, factors have combined to push the price of a gallon of diesel fuel to a level not seen before, for at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A brawl involving eight people ended in the stabbing death of a person in Owensville. Henry W. Lorton, of Owensville, was charged Monday with second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the man who died as Trey R. Johnson. Investigators identified Lorton from surveillance video
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News Anchor Erika McGuire and Sports Director Nathalie Jones toured the area around the stadium and talked to fans of both teams before Mizzou’s Friday night game at Kansas.
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Missouri and Kansas will continue their revived football rivalry Friday in Lawrence. The Tigers won the matchup last year after Mizzou’s move to the SEC had put the Border Battle on ice. The No. 23 Tigers are favored to take the matchup again this year, with oddsmakers giving the Tigers a 5.5-point advantage as of
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EASLEY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County firefighters have recovered a boat that was drifting down the Missouri River on Thursday morning. Boone County Fire Protection District said there were two individuals on the boat that was rescued. No injuries were reported. Boone County Fire Protection District boats launched from Coopers Landing in southern Boone County after
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University of Missouri President Mun Choi continued his campaign for the City of Columbia to do more to address issues of crime and homelessness downtown on Wednesday at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Choi urged the business leaders there to contact city officials and to demand results. And in emails obtained by ABC 17 News,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A car ran into a building on Broadway in downtown Columbia on Wednesday morning. No one was injured when the four-door sedan ran into the building at 910 W. Broadway — a suite of offices. The car appeared to cause only minor damage. Columbia Police Department Officer John Hoff said the building
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man backed off an attempt to change his plea in a shooting case on Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Steven M. Harris pleaded guilty in January to unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and stealing a gun in a March 2025 shooting near Ninth
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Missouri secretary of state to use a 2025 congressional map, just days after the Missouri Supreme Court said the new map was not law. Judge Stephen Clark ordered Tuesday that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins implement the map in the November 2026 election, instead of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a case over which congressional map should be in effect in Missouri. The court’s docket entries show that Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s application for a stay of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling was denied Tuesday by Justice Brett Cavanaugh. “We are disappointed
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