Boonville, MO

I have tried to explore as many local restaurants in our listening area as I can. I thank you listeners for all of the suggestions. There has not been a lack of options when it comes to places to dine in Sedalia, Warrensburg, Knob Noster, Cole Camp and we will be headed to Marshall in the near future.

Boone County Joint Communications is reporting Fenimore Dr in north Columbia is being shut down due to a police incident at 5:47 p.m. The post Police investigating shooting; close north Columbia street appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

Columbia couple Brenda and Larry Potterfield helped open up the NRA's convention Friday with an officials ribbon cutting. The post Columbia couple help open NRA Convention Friday morning appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ashland Police Department is issuing a statement after the Texas elementary school shooting in an effort to speak to the community it serves and protects. The department is continuing to work with the Southern Boone District and staffing for the city. In a release, the department says their long-term planning efforts The post Ashland Police Department issues statement after Texas school shooting appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

(Columbia) -- Missouri men’s basketball has added graduate transfer Nick Honor. Honor spent the past two seasons at Clemson and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining. He appeared in all 33 games with 25 starts, averaging 7.7 points, 2.4 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game. View the complete...

A measure of how often drivers of different races pulled over compared to their population levels shows disproportionate traffic stops for Black drivers dropped during the pandemic. The post Missouri traffic stop disparity falls for Black drivers during pandemic but remains high appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

Boone County will have two baseball representatives at state next week. Father Tolton and Southern Boone both won their quarterfinal games to advance to the MSHSAA semifinals for the first time in each program's respective history. The Trailblazers beat Elsberry 6-3 and the Eagles beat John Burroughs 3-1. The two...

The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility residential curbside customers will begin receiving vouchers for refuse and recycling bags in the mail during the week of June 13. The post City of Columbia refuse, recycling bag vouchers scheduled to arrive the week of June 13 appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

JEFFERSON CITY — The annual Vehicle Stops Report released by the Missouri Attorney General's Office on Friday revealed law enforcement officers in Missouri continue to stop Black drivers at a rate higher than the state's population proportion of Black people. Since the attorney general's office started collecting traffic stop...

Check back for updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The post FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 64 new COVID cases; 14 patients in hospitals appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Missouri track and field saw three of its' student-athletes punch their tickets to the NCAA Championships on day two of the NCAA West Prelims. The four-day meet is being held at Arkansas' John McDonnell Field. Roberto Vilches will compete in his fourth national meet...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - An Illinois man was charged after shooting and killing his father in East Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Officials with the TBI, Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Tennessee Highway Patrol were requested by the 12th Judicial District Attorney General J. Michael Taylor to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred on Friday, May 27, around 7:00 p.m. EST.

After adding over 699,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 82.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

A series of posts on the social media app Snapchat will soon land a Columbia, Missouri man in a federal penitentiary.

A nineteen-year-old Columbia man was arrested on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a 2020 homicide in Columbia, according to a press release. Maurice D. Banks, Jr. of Columbia was arrested in Las Vegas by members of the U.S. Marshals Service and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and armed criminal action.

As an artist and Columbia resident, Kelsey Hammond marked the official start of summer at Art in the Park.  A Columbia Art League tradition since 1959, the festival gathers artists from across Missouri — and the nation — under the wide blue sky over Stephens Lake Park. ...