ABC17 News Reviews

by Mc_hudd

This used to be my favorite app for news & weather. I’m not sure what they’ve changed, but for the last little while it’s been terrible! Navigation needs help & now when trying to watch the weather videos, it’s fuzzy & doesn’t have audio half the time! This isn’t the case with KOMU’s app, so it’s not my connection.

by Lohmoba

Coverage of national news is pathetic
BUT what can you expect if they only quote CNN
Local coverage is good- appreciate the daily mugshots of 20 years olds with multiple felony convictions.
What are they doing out on the streets? Now there would be an interesting news expose!

by Jac.674

I’ve had ABC17News for about a year and tried to give it a chance. Most of my news comes from national sources, but I want to have a local source to offer updates on smaller scale news.

Stories change infrequently on ABC17News. We’re still seeing in late October the exact same stories about high profile murder that happened in mid-August, with no updates. Before that it was the exact same report of accusations against the city manager, without any new news for weeks.

Writing quality is quite poor, as well. Today I looked for an update on yesterday’s storms and saw an article about damage “across Missouri,” per the headline. Turns out it was a short mention of one location, an out-of-context paragraph describing leafless tree limbs and a structure in its side, and a statement that crews had no information to offer about the damage. I’m still wondering about the impact of yesterday’s storms across the state, or even in the region.

I’ll be getting my local news elsewhere and deleting ABC17News.

by Nickname Is Mary

The weather needs to be updated more often. During the week and especially on the weekends. It is Sunday afternoon and the only thing showing is Saturday nights forecast. The weather around here changes quickly.

by Nette1962

I love getting the info on the breaking news but can find no where on how to get them to stop sending me two messages each time or messages that I am not interested in. Have personalized it many times but still get these. Very frustrating.

by Relsiswb

Every time I click on an alert from ABC17News it crashes as soon as I touch the screen to scroll. When I reopen ABC17News , it works fine. The crashing is very annoying.

by Salokin99

I like ABC17News for local news and weather. Likewise, I like getting alerts for the local news. It would be nice if there was an option to turn off alerts for national news since most of it is just regurgitated CNN reports. I prefer to use the CNN app for the national alerts and don't need an alert from both apps. Thanks.

by NPnet

The ABC17 News app is good. It gets the job done but the navigation needs to be streamlined. Whoever designed ABC17News must like to click a million links to get to different pages. Less clicks is more efficient. Let's hope future updates offer a overhaul and a new design that's more user friendly.

by Rickd24

Great for getting notified for local breaking news. Doesn't overdo it like some news apps do, doesn't send notifications for less important things.

Don't really use it much otherwise but I'm sure that it's fine if you want to read local stories too.

It does frequently ask me to write an app review, so I'm hoping this will stop those. If not, I might knock it down a star.

by Robinson-Curtis

I have one thing to say, and that is "I love this Channel 17 News App!" Once upon a time I had to race home just to get in front of the tv so that I didn't miss the news!! Well now I don't have to get any more speeding tickets to get to the channel 17 news!! I carry the Channel 17 News right in my pocket!!!
Super!!!!!!!!

by PnanaJ

In depth weather info is important to me and ABC17News delivers. Because I can choose to tag ABC17News to my GPS location, I always have timely and accurate weather info while I'm on the move. This updated version is great!

by Airplane User

My weather radio tornado alert system did not go off last week, but ABC17News weather alert function did and alerted us of a tornado warning right in our area. Love the other alerts I get as well.

by Brnid3

Most professional news team. Kmiz reports the most detailed information; other stations leave out these details or don't even report the story. Very professional educated staff.

by Mkh49

I love the how I am able to know what is happening in my community so fast using ABC17News. The notifications show up immediately so I am always aware of what is going on.

by D7176

This is my go to app for local news. It is easy to use. Getting local news and weather is simple. It was also the quickest, easiest and best source for closings/cancellations this past winter.

by Lukylady24

I like the new layout and it loads faster than before. It seems the weather function isn't as good as the previous version.

by JGM In Mid Mo

Of the 3 main local news sources, I find this the most polished and informative, especially when it comes to local violence and crime. I find it informative, well organized and easy to use without consuming a bunch of resources or being intrusive. The weather alerts are important to me and here again, as with the news, informative but not heavy handed or overbearing. ABC17News itself is initiative and easy to use. Most of the news items can be read in a minute or two. I like it.

by MizzouSecret

ABC17News not only texts my phone when there's something important happening but it's loading is so fast it makes my head spin.

by Hoosiers Rock

I like the layout. Easy to use web page. Content is always up to date and reliable

by JamesKrewMan

This is a vastly improved local Columbia Mo news app than what they had before. The news stories are better organized and it is easier to navigate around ABC17News . I highly recommend ABC17News if you like having local news reports at your fingertips.

by Melinda48

I much prefer abc17 news updates to KOMU. When you click into the update, that is what you get-I like that it links to the story about the update and not the general site!