GAINESVILLE, Fl. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team did not have a happy Halloween at the Swamp. No. 10 Florida dominated the Tigers, 41-17. Florida QB Kyle Trask ran for as many yards on the ground as the entire Mizzou rushing attack, 47 yards. Mizzou QB Connor Bazelak struggled to move the offense. He was 26/40
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Columbia police responded to a crash at Ballenger Lane at Mexico Gravel Road around 9 p.m. on Saturday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Columbia/Boone County Health Department released guidelines for trick-or-treating this year. The health department split up halloween activities into low, moderate, and high risk. Some high risk activities include trick-or-treating door to door, haunted houses, or bar crawls. Low risk activities include zoom parties, pumpkin carving contests,
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo (KMIZ) The Tolton Trailblazers became the second Columbia high school to win a state championship in softball on Saturday. Tolton took down the Penney Hornets, 4-1. Trailblazer standout Paige Bedsworth struck out 16 batters in the championship win. Tolton is the third Mid-Missouri school to win a state championship this year. Vienna won
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TONIGHT: While conditions are comfortable for trick or treaters tonight, a cold front will be moving into mid-Missouri as we approach Sunday morning. Lows will fall into the upper 30s. TOMORROW: This cold front will drop high temperatures into the upper 40s to close out the weekend. Low moisture in the area means no storms
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 3911 Monsoon Lane a few minutes after 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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The Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,986 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. That brought the total number of cases up to 183,186.
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GAINESVILLE, Fl. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will take on No. 10 Florida on Saturday night in the swamp. The Tigers are 2-2 on the season after two straight wins over LSU and Kentucky. Meanwhile – Florida is 2-1 this year, but the Gators have not played in three weeks. They missed two games due
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There are only a few more days to cast an absentee ballot for the upcoming 2020 Presidential election.
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TODAY: We’re in luck today as those spooky, cloudy skies we saw for much of this past week will hold off. Temperatures will start off in the 40s throughout the morning and reach the 50s by noon. These will continue to rise into the later afternoon with highs in the low 60s. By this evening,
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Harrisburg man died Friday after he hit a deer and was ejected from his vehicle. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, 54-year-old Noel R Hertzing was driving westbound on Highway 124, east of Hopper Road around 6:30 p.m. That’s when Hertzing hit a deer causing the vehicle to slide
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is giving warnings and not punishments for students they say broke school rules on protests this semester. According to a university spokesperson, several warnings have been issued after students violated those policies on Oct. 2 at Jesse Hall when students continued to ask for the removal of the
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested after a drug raid in Ashland, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies and Ashland police officers searched a home in the 200 block of Ash Street as part of a drug investigation, the department said. According to the release, several ounces of cocaine and meth as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury recommended a 15-year sentence for a man found guilty in the death of his infant daughter. According to court documents, Cortavia Smith was found guilty of child endangerment that resulted in death. Smith was arrested in 2018 after his nearly six-month-old daughter died. He told investigators he accidentally
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) MoDOT will perform core drilling operations and will close lanes of Interstate 70 in Columbia beginning Sunday. Crews will close one eastbound lane of I-70 overnight between Stadium Boulevard and Rangeline Street on Sunday. On Monday, one eastbound lane will be closed between Stadium Boulevard and Business Loop 70, and one westbound
Continue Reading HOWARD COUNTY, Mo (KMIZ) MoDOT crews will close down Route V west of Armstrong to replace a culvert pipe beginning Wednesday. Crews will close Route V in both directions between County Road 263 and County Road 265 on Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Message boards will be in place to warn motorists in
Continue Reading MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT will begin replacing culvert pipes in Moniteau County beginning Monday that will cause lane closures on two routes. MoDOT crews will shut down one lane of Route T between Route C and Clifty Springs Road on Monday and Tuesday. Crews will also close down one lane of Route 87 between
Continue Reading COLUMBIA – MoDOT will have partial lane closures at a U.S. Route 63 and Interstate 70 connector ramp next week to to improve the roadway driving surface. Crews will be making pavement improvements that will partially close the eastbound entrance ramp from the Route 63 to Interstate 70. Work is schedule to begin on Tuesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police are reporting a fatal Friday afternoon wreck near the intersection of Crystal Downs Loop and Hoylake Drive. According to the police, Richard L. Chancellor, 78, of Columbia was traveling west on Hoylake Drive when it hit a parked vehicle. Chancellor was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY – MoDOT will have crews making improvements on two bridge maintenance projects requiring lane closures in two areas of Jefferson City. Starting on Sunday, crews will begin making improvements to the driving surface of the westbound U.S. Route 54 bridge over U.S. Route 50 and the Ellis Boulevard bridge over Route 54. Crews
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