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Mitchell Kaminski

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A small child was attacked by two dogs Thursday night in Jefferson City, according to police.

The Jefferson City Police Department said dispatchers received multiple 911 calls around 7:43 p.m. reporting a pit bull actively attacking a child in the 1000 block of Jackson Street. Officers said the dog was still attacking the child as emergency crews responded to the scene.

When officers arrived, they found the child and the child’s mother, but said the aggressive dogs prevented them from providing aid. The animals then ran toward a nearby park. Due to the park’s proximity to a heavily populated area, officers shot and killed one of the dogs at the scene, the department said in a news release.

The child was taken to a hospital in Columbia for treatment of injuries sustained in the attack.

Dominique Harrison said he was sitting on his porch when he heard someone yelling for help. When he walked down the street, he said the mother of the child told him her son had gotten dragged into her backyard by a pair of dogs. 

Harrison went into the backyard and saw the two dogs mauling a young boy underneath a trampoline.

“I just saw the back of his head, he had he have a lot of hair. So it was a couple of pieces of his hair was missing and it was just a lot of blood .So, I really couldn’t see the wounds,” Harrison told ABC 17 News.

Harrison said he went into “protector mode.”

“Somebody had to do something.  So I took it into my, my hands to try to do the best that I could,” he said. 

Harrison said one of the dogs began charging toward him. As he began to back away, he stepped over several tree stumps and items scattered across the yard. A woman — who was standing nearby — gave him her cane, which he used to defend himself. After hitting the dogs with a cane, he grabbed the child and ran inside the back door of the child’s home.

“They have a lot of trees.  And so he grabbed the baby and ran inside the owner’s home because their back door was open,” Harrison’s wife, Kennysah Lamara Harrison said. “As soon as he got in there, he saw another dog, so at this moment it’s like, ‘What did I just come in to?’  But the homeowner was able to grab that dog and put that dog in the basement.” 

Kennysha Lamara Harrison added that one of the dogs was shot by police in front of Lincoln University. 

“I was at home and so he actually called and just was like yelling, ‘Get down here, get down here.’ And so when I went down there, I didn’t know what was going on at first.  And so to see him no shoes on, hole in his sock, blood all over his body, I was panicking because I thought if something happens to one of my kids,” Kennysha Harrison said. “The baby was actually still here on the ground when we heard several gunshots.  So, you know, we look back just like, ‘Oh, my God, what’s going on in the neighborhood today?’  My son was actually on his way home, and we thought that one of the dogs was still on the loose. So my husband told me to go pick him up so he wasn’t walking. As we were driving back home, that’s when we saw the scene where the dog was shot.”  

A police report obtained by ABC 17 News states that the child is 4 years old. Police records indicate that one of the dogs began running down Roland Street at 7:46 p.m., and by 7:48 p.m., the other dog had returned to its home. Officers first fired shots at 7:49 p.m., but the fleeing pit bull continued to run before it was eventually killed at 7:51 p.m. near Lafayette and Dunklin Street.

“I feel like they handled the situation as needed,” Dominique Harrison said.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Nearly 400 Boone Electric Cooperative customers are without power.

The Boone Electric outage map reported three outages impacting 387 members, mostly in areas south of Columbia, including near Three Creeks Conservation Area and two off of Route K on South Smith Hatchery Road and South High Point Lane, respectively.

The largest of the outages by far was the one near South High Point Lane, according to the map. All but one of the members is in the 65203 zip code.

Crews have been assigned to all three outages, according to the map.

ABC 17 News has reached out to Boone Electric.

No outages are reported in the City of Columbia’s outage map.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A new outdoor warning siren will be installed Monday in Pilot Grove, according to a press release from the Cooper County Emergency Management Agency.

A siren last month failed to go off because of a power outage.

“The new siren is operated by radio and operates off of batteries and has a charging system to maintain the batteries,” the release says. “This allows the siren to activate during power outages.  The new siren also is activated by the Cooper County E911 center through radio transmission.  This siren was purchased through a State Emergency Management Performance mini grant.”

Another siren in Bunceton will be installed on Tuesday, the release says. The previous Bunceton siren was also electricity-only and could not be upgraded to have a battery backup, the release says.

The release says Cooper County EMA plans to update more sirens.

Addtionally, the Callaway County Emergency Management Agency wrote on its social media Friday afternoon that a new siren was installed in Millersburg and is fully operational.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri Department of Conservation on Friday proposed price increases to a wide array of permits, with “significant increases” coming for some nonresident permits.

In a press release, the MDC wrote that it is raising pricings “to keep pace with continually rising costs of goods and services,” and “will make nonresident-permit prices more aligned with surrounding states.”

This includes creating a $60 migratory bird permit and a $40 trout permit for nonresidents. The release says roughly 43,000 nonresidents hunt deer, 10,000 nonresidents hunt spring turkeys and 165,000 nonresidents fish in Missouri annually; while more than 400,000 Missourians hunt deer or turkey and more than 1 million fish annually.

The release says the Missouri Conservation Commission gave initial approval for the price increase at a Friday meeting.

A $2 increase was proposed for a resident hunting and fishing permit, while a $1 increase was proposed for resident fishing.

All proposed prices can be viewed below.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Camden County Sheriff Chris Edgar has responded to a lawsuit filed against him by an umpire who was accused of attacking a woman and a deputy in 2023.

Neal Sidebottom, of Versailles, was charged in 2023 with first-degree assault and misdemeanor resisting arrest. The case was transferred last year from Camden County to Moniteau County. A judge was assigned to the case in February, but the next hearing is not listed on Casenet.

According to previous reporting, deputies were called to Ballparks National on Kissick Way in Macks Creek for a disturbance involving an umpire and a player’s parent. A press release claimed that Sidebottom shoved a woman during an argument and then choked a deputy.

Sidebottom filed a lawsuit against Edgar and Deputy Cole Downing on April 25 in Morgan County, accusing them of depriving him of his rights and that Downing committed assault and battery.

“Mr. Neal Sidebottom was lawfully arrested during an altercation at Ballparks National. My staff and I deny the allegations made in his lawsuit,” a Friday press release from Edgar says. “Deputy Downing is an experienced and conscientious law enforcement officer and has my full support. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office will vigorously defend this matter in court. “

The lawsuit alleges Sidebottom’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated and accuses Downing of using excessive force.

A hearing in the case is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, June 9.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

There were nearly 1,700 electricity customers in Phelps and Pulaski counties without power on Friday afternoon after severe storms came through the area.

The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map showed 910 Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association customers in Phelps County without power at 2:33 p.m.

Additionally, 750 customers were without power in Pulaski County, 693 of which were customers of Laclede Electric Co-Op. The remaining people without power in that counter were Intercounty Electric customers.

Ameren had some sporadic outages in counties near the Lake of the Ozarks.

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Erika McGuire

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Gov. Mike Kehoe says he’s considering calling a special session to discuss incentives the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to renovate or build new stadiums.

In a email Kehoe’s office said, “a special session is under consideration. It has not yet been called, so that is why dates and subjects of the potential special session are being talked about more broadly,”

The bill is aimed at keeping the two sports teams from moving to Kansas after lawmakers failed to pass a plan during their regular, annual session.

“This a huge economic development package, the Chiefs and Royals packages, and this has been very public about remodeling on the Arrowhead Stadium and potential new baseball stadium are somewhere between $2.5 and $3 billion,” Kehoe told reporters during a Friday morning news conference. “I would consider that significant economic development.

“We will be looking at a way to get that back before the general assembly as well.”

Both teams have publicly expressed interest in moving from Missouri to Kansas after Jackson County voters rejected a proposal last year to extend a sales tax to help finance a downtown baseball stadium and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium.

The proposal would give the state’s professional sports teams access to state funding for stadium projects through new bonds, but only if certain requirements are met.

The project must cost at least $500 million and involve stadiums with more than 30,000 seats. The state could cover up to 50% of the total cost and eligible teams could also access a tax credit worth up to 10% of their investment.

Kehoe said the idea of a special session is good for a large economic package, especially for big ones like this.

“My intention has always been if we come to a package that works that we think is buyable, it would likely require a special session anyway, just because of what I outlined earlier. Most of our largest if not all our largest recent economic proposals have required a special session,” Kehoe said.

During Friday’s news conference, Kehoe also touched on House Joint Resolution 73. The Senate ended its session early after Republicans forced a vote to approve a ballot measure to send abortion rights back to the voters. GOP leaders said Missourians were confused by the Amendment 3 language during the November election.

“If nothing happens, I believe it happens in November 2026, we’ll look at the what the options are and what’s good for Missourains, ” Kehoe said.

The Senate also repealed a voter-approved requirement that employers provide workers with paid sick leave.

The measure now goes to the governor’s desk for his signature.

“I do not think we should allow in this case a very liberal group from the east coast of our country come in and spend millions of dollars to put a question on the ballot that has nothing to do with the input with individually, privately owned businesses and I am not a big fan of mandates,” Kehoe said.

Kehoe said when it comes to providing paid sick leave, the decision should be up to the employers.

“I think the markets should set what employees should get paid and the compensation are and I know business are very competitive in doing that they’re always going to try to take care of their employees the best they can so they don’t lose them to the business down the street thats something individual business owners should decided,” Kehoe said.

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Gabrielle Teiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Columbia police confirmed one person died after a crash on W. Business Loop 70 that shut down the road for more than an hour. The road reopened just before 8:40 a.m.

A police officer at the scene told ABC 17 News that the accident involved two vehicles and one person died from the crash.

A motorcycle was seen on the ground on Business Loop 70 just past the Interstate 70 and Creasy Springs Road roundabout. A grey car was also seen with damage to its side.

Police later shared in a press release that a 35-year-old Columbia resident died in the crash. Other identifying information was not immediately available. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

The release says a vehicle driven by a 48-year-old Columbia resident turned left into a business parking, but failed to yield to the motorcycle heading in the opposite direction.

A Boone County Joint Communications alert sent just after 7 a.m. states, “W Business Loop between Creasy Springs and Schwabe Ln. closed due to motor vehicle collision. Choose alternate route.”

Four Columbia Police Department vehicles were at the scene. The roadway was completely blocked by police vehicles.

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Jazsmin Halliburton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The University of Missouri will begin the first day of commencement ceremonies on Friday, celebrating the class of 2025.

There will be commencement ceremonies throughout the weekend for 5,954 graduates, leaving the chance for heavy traffic around downtown Columbia.

Free parking will be available on campus for commencement guests from Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18.

For ceremonies at Mizzou Arena, guests can park in the Hearnes Center parking lots as well as the lots to the south and east of the arena. Jesse Auditorium ceremonies, parking is available in the Turner Avenue garage, south of Jesse Hall.

For ceremonies at the Hearnes Center, the majority of the guest parking is located east of the building. The university recommends entering from Stadium Boulevard to Champions Drive. There is also parking available on the west side of the Hearnes Center at Memorial Stadium, using the Mick Deaver Memorial Drive entrance.

The university has a clear bag policy for all events at Mizzou Arena and the Hearnes Center, however, Jesse Hall has specific policies that can be found here.

Below are items that are not allowed at any graduation ceremonies:

Air horns and other artificial noisemakers

Animals (except for assistive purposes)

Banners/signs larger than 2’x3′

Cans and glass bottles

Coolers (hard- or soft-sided)

Firearms and weapons

Laser lights

Strollers

Balloons

Glitter

Confetti

The University of Missouri Friday commencement schedule is below:

Mizzou Arena at 1 p.m. Master’s and Education Specialist Degrees

Jesse Auditorium 2 p.m. Honors College

Mizzou Arena 4 p.m. Doctoral Degrees

Jesse Auditorium 6 p.m. Sinclair School of Nursing

Mizzou Arena 7 p.m. Trulaske College of Business

The University of Missouri commencement schedule for the remainder of the weekend can be found here.

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Matthew Sanders

The dust has settled on the 2025 legislative session, and there were some casualties.

One of them was a bill that included incentives to help finance stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Royals. The stadium bill and another that included money for several Mid-Missouri construction projects were left hanging when the Senate decided to call an early end to the session on Wednesday.

The House followed the next day.

Now supporters of those efforts want to see Gov. Mike Kehoe call lawmakers back to Jefferson City for a special session. Do you think he should?

Let us know what you think by voting in the poll.

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