COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legendary country music singer and humanitarian Dolly Parton died after a bout with cancer, Parton’s team announced on Tuesday. Nearly 170,000 children in Missouri benefitted from Parton’s Imagination Library, though the program had to stop taking in new enrollees in July after state budget cuts affected the Department of Elementary and Secondary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri President Mun Choi and Provost Matthew Martens warned students to stay away from an area of downtown at night in an email sent to students on the first day of classes. “Incidents downtown typically occur between midnight and 3 a.m.; make sure you’re home safely before then,” the officials
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews on Wednesday will close West Ash Street near the Activity and Recreation Center for emergency waterline repairs, according to a Tuesday press release from the City of Columbia. The release says West Ash Street will be closed between Bernadette Drive and Clinkscales Road beginning at 4 a.m. Work is expected to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Five Guys burger restaurant in east Columbia will open at its normal time Tuesday after a morning HVAC fire. The damage was limited to a rooftop HVAC unit, Columbia Fire Department Capt. Brandon Wasson said. No one was hurt. Wasson said firefighters cleared the building of smoke and the business would
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The spelling of a source’s name has been corrected. A man who fell over a railing at Harpo’s bar in downtown Columbia was a former University of Missouri student and a 2023 graduate of Chilicothe High School. As of 7:30 pm Monday, MU Health said that Corbin Rodenberg, 21, was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old man fell from the rooftop of Harpo’s Bar and Grill, located at 29 South Tenth St. on Sunday night, and he’s in critical condition. CFP responded to the medical emergency just after Corbin Rodenberg fell around 9:10 p.m. First responders provided medical aid before he was transported to a hospital,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The new roundabout at Sinclair Road and Southampton Drive was open to traffic on Monday. A portion of Sinclair Road had recently closed for about a month between Nifong Boulebard and Muirfield Drive to complete a roundabout. A Columbia Public Works spokesman told ABC 17 News in an email that a concrete
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roundabout construction started on Monday morning at Clark Lane and Hanover Boulevard in Columbia. The construction lead to a portion of Clark Lane to close, with construction lasting around 60 days, according to previous reporting. During the closure, the business entrance west of the intersection will be closed, but the entrance on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is no longer releasing the names of people who died in crashes, a CPD spokesman told ABC 17 News Spokesman Brian McNeill told ABC 17 News in an email that CPD is following the example of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and stated the same reasoning as the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged in Cooper County with a felony and a misdemeanor after he allegedly pointed a loaded gun at a teenager during a road-rage incident Saturday night on Interstate 70. Jalin Crenshaw was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He was not listed on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who faked his own death in 2010 was indicted in Boone County on Friday for alleged armed robberies that occurred that same year. Diego Antonio Camargo-Wasserman, 34, formerly of Columbia, is charged with two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of second-degree burglary. He is being held in federal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of leaving his roommate’s body in an apartment for weeks was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Ira C. Baldwin is charged with abandoning a corpse. He posted a $1,500 bond on March 26. An arraignment for the charge is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s student body was a few hundred people larger on the first day of classes this year compared to last year. Total enrollment for Monday’s first day was projected to top 31,650 students, the university stated in a news release. MU reported about 31,300 students on the first day
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The road where a fatal crash happened Saturday was supposed to have safety improvements installed years ago, but the project was delayed due to its cost and large scale. A man died after hitting another car head on in the 2900 block of Forum Boulevard, near Wilsons Fitness Center Saturday. Construction for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police had a the intersection of 10th and Cherry Street outside of Harpos Bar temporarily blocked off Sunday night in a massive police presence. A witness told an ABC 17 News reporter that a younger man was sitting on the railing of the rooftop bar when he leaned back and fell
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police responded to Garden Drive Sunday for a crash between an SUV and a motorcycle. An ABC 17 News reporter saw Columbia Fire Department and an MU Health ambulance on scene, along with two to three CPD cars. A CPD spokesman said officers responded to the area at 7 p.m. A
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A new ramp, intended to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion at the connector, has opened.
The Missouri Department of Transportation announced on Facebook Friday that the new Columbia ramp connecting Interstate 70 East to Highway 63 South was open.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In a press release from CPD, it said a 46-year-old Columbia man was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle head-on collision near Forum Boulevard. There were no passengers in the vehicles. The driver of the other vehicle had serious injuries from the crash and was taken to a local hospital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One juvenile was found with gunshot wounds in west Columbia early Saturday morning. According to a new release from the Columbia Police Department, officers were called shortly before 4 a.m. to the 100 block of Redwood Road for reports of shots fired. A male was found with non-life-threatening injuries and taken to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A candlelight vigil was held Friday night for a 47-year-old Columbia man who was killed in a vehicle and pedestrian collision on Aug. 14. Mark Hunter Jr. was killed after being struck by a vehicle near East St. Charles Road and Remm Drive at about 9:09 p.m. He was taken to a
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