FRIDAY: It’ll be another bright and sunny afternoon to close out the workweek. Temperatures will pick up on the warming trend yesterday and make it into the low 80’s. TONIGHT: We’ll keep the mostly clear skies so any outdoor plans-from high school football games to bonfires-will be comfortable. Overnight lows will fall into the low
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Despite COVID-19, months ago MU Athletics announced that it will be allowing fans and students to attend football games at reduced capacity. Since that announcement, officials said they have worked to put a plan together to keep game days at Faurot Field as safe as possible. Mizzou Athletic Director Jim Sterk said
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The center will promote diverse research and engagement in critical conversations about race, citizenship and justice.
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a driver Wednesday morning after a traffic stop leads to a drug seizure. Officials say the driver was pulled over for following someone too close on Interstate 70. A trooper then pulled the driver over and reportedly could smell burnt marijuana. Officials say the vehicle was
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The Columbia Board of Education met early Thursday morning during a work session to discuss a phased-in hybrid plan for the return of in-person students.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is taking a different approach to helping solve a 2019 investigation into the remains of an infant found at Mcknight Tire, 1900 block of North Providence Rd. Columbia Police Department is partnering with Othram, a private lab known for forensic genealogy testing. → Police seek public’s help in
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Mizzou Athletics is preparing Faurot Field to host up to 11,700 people while ensuring fans can be spread apart amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As COVID-19 continues to spread across Mid-Missouri, some businesses are taking extra precautions to protect customers and employees.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced a major overhaul of its Global Ensemble Forecasting System, or GEFS for short. Several upgrades, including data production up to 35 days in advance are a part of the list of improvements. What is “Ensemble Forecasting”? Normally, when we show you FutureTrack on TV, we’re showing you
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has activated the Missouri National Guard as a precaution against civil unrest across the country. Parson said in a news release Thursday the order will allow the Guard, along with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, to assist local law enforcement if needed. It was not immediately clear
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State Rep. Chuck Basye said Thursday that his 86-year-old mother has been hospitalized with COVID-19.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMZ) An Illinois man charged with murder in Kentucky was arrested in Columbia recently. Authorities say Christopher Howard, 31, of Cairo, Ill., was arrested without incident at a residence in Columbia Tuesday morning. Mike Stokes, spokesman for the US Marshals Office in the Western District of Missouri, said marshals worked with Boone County
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Several school districts in Boone County have had to students and staff quarantine.
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Beginning Friday at 9:30 a.m., CAM, LLC, City of Columbia Public Works contractor, plans to apply a product called CRF on a section of East Briarwood Lane and West Briarwood Lane. This will result in a lane restriction until 12:30 p.m. the same day, weather permitting. CRF is an asphalt maintenance product
Continue Reading MACON, Mo (KMIZ) MoDOT officials will be doing the following work in Audrain and Boone County: Audrain County Route WW – Sept. 28, road will be closed from Audrain County Route W to CRD 581 for culvert work. This work will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m that day. Audrain County Route D
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and comfortable. Lows in the mid-upper 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer. Highs in the low 80s. EXTENDED: High pressure continues to build in the upper levels of the atmosphere, allowing warm southerly breezes to pick up over the region. This will bring wind gusts up to 20 mph on Saturday, sending
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police continue to investigate a Thursday morning armed robbery at Passions Adult Boutique, 1108 E. Business Loop 70 E. Officials say a man went into the store and demanded money while showing a handgun. Police say the suspect was last seen running southbound on Pannell street with an unknown amount of
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Beginning Monday, a contractor for Bluebird Network, plans to locate an existing utility in Ashland Road. This will cause a lane closure of the westbound lane of Ashland Road between College Avenue and East Campus Drive, followed by the eastbound lane. The work associated with the closure is scheduled to be completed
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say a woman in Kansas City has been shot to death inside a home, and a man has been arrested in the case. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened around 4 a.m. Thursday in the South Town Fork Creek neighborhood. Officers responded to a 911
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Two fatal shootings overnight have pushed St. Louis’ death toll from homicides in 2020 to 200. One victim was found fatally shot late Thursday inside a car that had crashed into a cemetery fence. The second victim was found fatally shot between two homes. No arrests have been made in either
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