COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. Senate Bill 727 mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the list of districts where a charter school could be operated. The bill would also expand K-12 private school scholarships statewide
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A small plane made an emergency landing just east of Renick, Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon, according to Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. Wilson told ABC 17 News in a text message that the pilot was not hurt and that deputies took the pilot to a hotel in Columbia. Wilson said the plane
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday issued a civil investigative demand to four Missouri businesses, including one in Columbia. In a press release, Bailey stated he launched an investigation into illegal vape and marijuana products after claiming the state received reports that “distributors were potentially violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.”
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Road safety advocates gathered Tuesday at the Missouri Capitol to celebrate victories and push for more.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of electricity customers in Benton County were without power on Tuesday afternoon. Storms had rolled through Mid-Missouri earlier in the day and much of Mid-Missouri is in a tornado watch that is set to expire around 8 p.m. There were 835 electric customers without power in Benton County at its peak,
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As the weather warms up, highway projects start around the state and the Missouri Department of Transportation and AAA Missouri reminded drivers Tuesday to stay off their phones when behind the wheel.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri has raised close to $5 million. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Tuesday announced a $4.8 million haul from January through March. The money is needed to pay workers to gather the voter signatures necessary to put the measure
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the Missouri Department of Cannabis Regulation opened its second round of microbusiness applications. According to the Department of Health and Senior Service, microbusinesses “are designed to allow marginalized or under-represented individuals to participate in the legal marijuana market.” To be eligible for a license an application needed to meet
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Victims of child sexual abuse and advocates are gathering in Jefferson City to pressure the Missouri attorney general to investigate several Christian boarding schools.
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Missouri cannabis regulators have announced detailed plans for entering a lottery system to earn one of just 144 microbusinesses licenses.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were arrested and charged in relation to a child abuse investigation in Florida, according to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office. Nikolas Adam Harris, 38, and Helen Harris, 33, were each charged on Monday in Camden County with drug possession and two counts of first-degree endangering the
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) In 2012, the Columbia City Council approved a plan to replace two old surveillance cameras in Douglass Park. City staff held multiple community meetings to find ways to deter rising crime numbers at Cosmo Park. Between 2009-11, 39 arrests were made at Douglass Park, according to a 2012 City Council memo. During
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe will travel to McAllen, Texas, on Saturday to meet with deployed Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to get an updated on Operation Lone Star, a Thursday press release states. Missouri began deploying troopers and National Guardsmen last month, to “help secure the southern border” with Mexico, according
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Thirteen missing Missouri children were found in 2023 after authorities issued Amber Alerts to help find them.
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The number of chronically absent students in Missouri has increased in the past five years, and some of Mid-Missouri’s largest school districts are experiencing the trend.
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Dallas police said Wednesday that Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver Rashee Rice faces charges including aggravated assault after he and another speeding driver of a sports car caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Safety approved 70 grants that totaled $5 million to first-responder agencies, a Wednesday press release from Gov. Mike Parson’s office stated. According to the release, law enforcement, fire service and EMS providers in “class three” counties applied for funds, which came from American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) An Amber Alert that issued on Wednesday afternoon for a missing 3-year-old boy out of Perryville, Missouri, has been canceled after the boy and suspect were found. The alert – which was sent at 1:48 p.m. – stated Aziah Laurent was abducted around noon on March 19. He has brown hair and
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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey was executed on Tuesday evening, Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann stated in a news conference. Officials were given the OK to administer the lethal injection to Dorsey at 6:01 p.m. He was dead by 6:11 p.m. The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Dorsey’s
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A statewide alert has been put out for a 2-year-old girl abducted from Springfield, Missouri.
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