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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Severe storms rolled through Springfield, Missouri, on Sunday and some Mid-Missouri cities have offered their services to help.

The cities of Columbia and Fulton announced on its social media pages on Monday that it sent utility crews to Springfield.

“The City of Fulton is proud to support our neighbors in Springfield following the recent severe weather. This morning, members of our team joined a 37-person mutual aid crew deployed to assist with power restoration efforts. We’re grateful for their dedication and proud of the way they represent Fulton—demonstrating what it truly means to proudly serve you, especially when it matters most,” Director of Administration Courtney Doyle was quoted in the Fulton post.

The City of Springfield wrote in a social media post that 37,000 electric customers were without power during the outage’s peak. It wrote that 90 of its own utility crew members worked overnight.

The outage map on the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperative’s website at 6:15 p.m. Monday showed that 3,817 Ozark Electric Co-op customers were without power in Greene County. Another 627 customers from the same co-op were without power in nearby Christian County.

Christion County also saw 125 White River Valley Electric Cooperative customers without power on Monday evening.

The City of Springfield wrote that it expects power to be fully restored by Thursday.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Independence Day is on Friday this year and residential trash pickup will be impacted in a number of Mid-Missouri cities.

Trash pickup normally scheduled for Fridays in Jefferson City, Fulton and Boonville will occur on Monday. However, trash will be picked up like normal on Friday in Columbia, the city wrote in a June 27 press release. Columbia’s landfill, though, will not be open on Friday.

Columbia’s Solid Waste Utility canceled Saturday’s household hazardous waste drop-off, the release says.

Go COMO and JEFFTRAN will not operate on the holiday, though Go COMO will provide a shuttle service from the city’s six downtown parking garages and Stephens Lake Park for the annual Fire In The Sky event. Those shuttles will run from 5-11 p.m.

Regular parking enforcement is suspended in Columbia and Jefferson City. City offices are also closed around the state.

The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services will be closed Friday and the city’s Activity and Recreation Center will be open 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center, Douglass Family Aquatic Center and Lake of the Woods Pool will be open from noon-5 p.m., the release says. The Armory Sports and Recreation Center and Hillcrest Community Center will be closed for the day.

The Jefferson City Council meeting on Monday, July 7 is canceled and its next meeting will be Monday, July 21.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Gov. Mike Kehoe approved the state’s $50.8 billion budget on Monday.

The approval of the budget included 208 vetoes, totaling $2,233,729,313; according to a list of vetoes provided by the governor’s office. A press release says that nearly $300 million in general revenue was cut, and 32 expenditure restrictions totaling $211 million in general revenue.

Some notable vetoes include $11 million for sewer system improvements in Ashland, $2 million in Highway 63 improvements in Columbia, $1 million for Harrisburg Sewer system extensions and $500,000 for storm water improvements in Boone County.

Kehoe vetoed $4 million for the construction of a youth sports park in Boone County out of the $12 million that was added for the project, the list indicates.

Greg Logsdon, who is on the board of the Mid-Missouri Sports Park, told ABC 17 News that the group is thankful for the $8 million, which will be used to build an indoor basketball gym off of East Broadway, near El Chaparral Avenue.

Logsdon said that eight youth basketball courts will be built for local and national events.

A list provided by the governor’s office show s that $760,000 for a Columbia mobile structural fire training unit was struck down, as was $500,000 for the Welcome Home Program and $120,000 for the Columbia Housing Authority.

View a full list of the vetoes in the document below.

Fiscal_Year_2026_Veto_SummaryDownload

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Jefferson City Police Department announced road closures in a Monday press release for Friday’s annual Independence Day celebration in downtown Jefferson City.

Road closures will start at 6 a.m. Friday and are expected to reopen by 2 a.m. Saturday. The event begins at 2 p.m. in the 200 block of Broadway, 100 blocks of East High Street and around the Capitol grounds, the release says. The Salute to America parade will start at 4 p.m., the release says.

The event is expected to end at 11 p.m.

A map of the 2025 Salute to America festival in downtown Jefferson City. [Courtesy of Salute to America’s website]

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Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man charged with a violent robbery in downtown Columbia was set to make his initial court appearance Monday afternoon.

Michael L. Langston, 44, is charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree assault for allegedly beating a victim at the Zephyr gas station on Providence Road on Friday morning.

A probable cause statement says Langston approached the victim and demanded money. Langston punched the man in the face, knocked him to the ground and stole money from his pockets, the statement says.

The victim was treated for a broken nose and fractured eye socket and had skinned knees and bruises, according to the statement.

Police obtained video of the assault, and investigators shared photos of the suspect. A detective pulled over a vehicle early Friday afternoon, and Langston came out of a house at 202 Hickman Ave. before going back inside, the statement says.

Langston took off his clothes once inside, but police arrested him and found the clothes in the house, according to the statement.

He remained in jail Monday afternoon without bond. A hearing was set for 1 p.m.

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Olivia Hayes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

As negotiations remain at a standstill, officials from MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will testify before a Missouri Senate Committee Monday afternoon.

Since April 1, over 90,000 patients previously covered by Anthem have been in limbo, with many struggling to pay for care out-of-network.

Troubles started after a steep request by MU Health Care for an 11-13% increase to cover inflation costs, while Anthem offered a 1-2% increase. MU Health Care reported that they lowered their proposal, but Anthem claimed their offer was still not doable. Anthem also said it offered MU multiple offers, including annual rate increases above the Consumer Price Index which MU Health Care declined.

Officials with the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan will also testify at the hearing. The hearing will begin at 1 p.m. in the Senate Lounge.

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Matthew Sanders

After weeks of work behind the scenes, the U.S. Senate voted this weekend to start debate and amendments to the “one big, beautiful bill,” President Donald Trump’s signature piece of legislation.

Debate over the bill has been fierce, particularly over provisions that will cut Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding while delivering large tax cuts. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has said he will not vote for a bill with Medicaid cuts but was among the slight Republican majority that voted to begin debate on the bill.

The Senate is working toward a swift vote on the full bill. If approved, it will have to return to the House for a vote. Trump says he wants the legislation on his desk for a July 4 signing.

Do you think Missouri’s senators should support the bill? Let us know by voting in the poll.

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Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ)

A St. Louis woman was seriously injured Saturday at the Lake of the Ozarks after being thrown from a tube.

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the incident happened near the 45 mile marker just before 6 p.m. A 2001 Lowe Pontoon was towing a tube that the 30-year-old woman was in.

The boat was turning and the woman was ejected from the tube, the report says.

She was taken to Lake Regional Hospital by ambulance with serious injuries.

The driver of the boat– a 74-year-old man from Gravois Mills– was not injured.

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Keriana Gamboa

Columbia Mo. (KMIZ)

Today, the Guiding Light Missionary Baptist Church held a Juneteenth celebration in collaboration with the NAACP Fulton Chapter and the City of Fulton Human Rights Commission.

The celebration featured live entertainment, inspirational speakers, and face painting for children.

Attendees gathered to hear respected community leaders emphasize the importance of honoring the holiday.

One of the speakers, D-Markus Thomas-Brown, Administrator for the City of Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention, shared that Juneteenth is not just a time for remembrance; it’s a call to action within our own communities.

“Just to remind people that there’s work to do this there’s work that we can do in our neighborhoods and in the places we live, work, learn and play to bring a better Columbia and Fulton,  for that matter. And that time into the history of Juneteenth,” Thomas-Brown said.

Several individuals were honored at the event for their outstanding contributions to the community.

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Haley Swaino

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Traffic is backed up on portions of Interstate 70 in Callaway County Sunday morning as state troopers respond to multiple crashes and assist stranded drivers, according to a post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Rain covered the roadway eastbound and westbound in the construction zone, the post says.

An ABC 17 News reporter saw one single-vehicle crash on I-70 East near mile marker 135 around 11 a.m. on Sunday. The vehicle appeared to have hit the median and Callaway County EMS and multiple sheriff vehicles were seen responding to the crash.

ABC 17 News saw traffic backed up to at least mile marker 128 past Interstate 70 Drive. Many drivers were seen leaving the congested highway and taking I-70 Drive.

A Boone County Joint Communications alert said that another crash at mile marker 131 on I-70 was blocking the left lane of traffic eastbound around noon.

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