COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Housing and dining rates at the University of Missouri are once again increasing. The University of Missouri Board of Curators met Wednesday in St. Louis, where the proposal was unanimously voted on. The approval means students at the Columbia location will now pay $817 more in housing and dining rates, effective during

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe was one of four Missouri mayors to sign a letter that asks Missouri’s next governor to prevent children from possessing handguns. Buffaloe, Springfield Mayor Ken MClure, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed a letter dated Nov. 15 that was addressed to Governor-elect

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Records obtained by ABC 17 News show that warming fires have caused more than $682,000 worth of damage so far this year.  According to data from the Columbia Fire Department, within the past year, crews have responded to 18 warming fires. Of those fires, an estimated $682,200 worth of damage was done

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ball is in the Columbia City Council’s court to respond to the nonprofit Boone County Animal Care after it requested land to build an animal care facility from the city during a scheduled public comment on Monday. An entirely foster-based organization, Boone County Animal Care hopes to use the land create

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Outgoing Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) will become the director of strategic advocacy at Strategic Capitol Consulting, the lobbying group announced in a Wednesday press release. Rowden was not able to seek reelection for his current position because of term limits and opted to not run for another political

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The deaths of two people who were found in a home on Sept. 5 in a west Columbia neighborhood were ruled accidental, according to autopsy reports from the Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office. Wang Sik Kim and Chunghee Lee died from carbon monoxide poisoning, the reports say. Both people were 71 years