Report: PFAS found at every Missouri waterway testing site
A new report finds PFAS - commonly known as "forever chemicals" - contaminating rivers, lakes and streams across Missouri, raising concerns about risks to wildlife, drinking water and fish that people catch and eat. Researchers with the Environment Missouri Research & Policy Center, MoPIRG Foundation and Frontier Group found per-...
MoDOT announces new 75 mph speed limits on four interstates
Parts of four Missouri interstates will see their maximum speed limits increase from 70 to 75 miles per hour this fall, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.
Measles cases rise across Missouri counties
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - More than half a dozen Missouri counties, including Greene County, are reporting a combined 18 measles cases. Benton County is reporting four new cases involving people who live in the same household. No cases have been reported so far in Arkansas. Anna Kremer, with the Springfield-Greene...
Kansas City’s $22 million temporary jail is late, over budget and still has no...
Kansas City is having trouble hiring enough corrections officers to staff its new temporary jail in the East Bottoms, and it appears the facility won’t house inmates until next year. The city says the modular jail next to a tow lot is a stopgap measure as it figures out...
Report: PFAS found at every Missouri waterway testing site
A new report finds PFAS - commonly known as “forever chemicals” - contaminating rivers, lakes and streams across Missouri, raising concerns about risks to wildlife, drinking water and fish that people catch and eat. Researchers with the Environment Missouri Research & Policy Center, MoPIRG Foundation and Frontier Group...
No-excuse absentee voting begins in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri's no-excuse absentee voting begins Tuesday and ends Nov. 2, allowing voters to cast their ballots in person before election day on Nov. 3. Voters can cast their ballots in person at the Boone County Government Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Voters do not need to sign The post No-excuse absentee voting begins in Missouri appeared first on ABC17NEWS .
Hallsville woman accused of stealing $3,000 from her boyfriend’s elderly grandfather
A Hallsville woman is charged with stealing money from her boyfriend’s elderly grandfather. The situation came to light last week after the boyfriend discovered that Bobbi Jo Mills, 29, had pretended to be him in an email, asking the man’s 96-year-old grandfather to wire him $3,000. Court documents state that after the transfer, Mills went into her boyfriend’s bank account and altered the heading to the wire transfer, making it look like she’d received payment from a non-existent employer.
CDC issues health alert about rise in rabies exposures
In mid-September, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an official health alert due to an increasing number of reports about human exposure to rabid or possibly rabid animals in many states. Missouri is one of the states in which reported animal rabies cases for 2026 are up...
Close call reported at St. Louis Lambert Airport
Air traffic controllers at St. Louis Lambert Airport helped to avoid a potential disaster Tuesday morning.
Crash report says 2 vehicles hit pedestrian who died, Tesla dragged man’s body for...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash report says a 43-year-old man died in an October crash after he was hit by two vehicles and a Tesla dragged his body for about a half-mile. A crash occurred 6:40 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 in the 2500 block of Paris Road. The report says the victim was Russell Matthew, The post Crash report says 2 vehicles hit pedestrian who died, Tesla dragged man’s body for a half mile appeared first on ABC17NEWS .
