How important is political experience?
The election of Donald Trump seemed to herald in a wave of candidates with no prior political experience.
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Mizzou basketball loses fourth straight game
MORGANTOWN, (W.Va) – The Mizzou basketball team dropped below .500 for the first time all season after a 74-51 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Tigers are now 9-10 (1-5 SEC) and have lost four straight games. Despite the final score, Mizzou held things close in the first half. Even after shooting 21.4 percent
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City, Boone County officials eye development in west Columbia
The City of Columbia and Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission members discussed expanding the 26 square mile West Area Plan during a meeting at City Hall on Thursday. The current West Area Plan includes new developments to a portion of land north of West Gillespie Bridge Road and west of Scott Boulevard. Officials said
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Supreme Court decision puts Columbia business owner’s future in question
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dimetrious Woods wants to build something. Woods opened an auto spa in 2019 at the corner of Business Loop 70 and Rangeline Street. He also helped a group of other men mentor young people following a violent month in Columbia that killed six people. He’s branded himself around town as “Motivated Meechi.”
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Tow truck company continues cleanup after snow
The snow that fell onto Columbia roads Wednesday caused several wrecks in and around Columbia. Tow truck companies spent the day responding to wrecks.
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Hallsville school board votes down 4-day school week proposal
The vote to reject the shortened school week proposal comes after two other Mid-Missouri school districts recently approved similar measures.
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Boone County Circuit Judge denies motion to dismiss charge in Joseph Elledge case
Online court records show Jacobs denied the motion from Elledge’s attorney John O’Connor after it was taken into advisement on Monday.
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Blackwell scores career-high in Mizzou’s win over Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. – The Mizzou women’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a, 73-65, win over the Georgia Bulldogs. The victory improves Mizzou’s record to 6-17 (3-7 SEC). Freshman Aijha Blackwell scored a career-high 26 points and added 11 rebounds. Blackwell led the team and shot 7-12 from the field. As a team,
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State audit report slams Hawley campaign; senator’s team files complaint
Missouri State Auditor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nicole Galloway on Thursday released her office’s review of whether the Missouri Attorney General’s Office used state resources to bolster the former AG’s senate run.
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UM curators approve all-online fitness degree, leaders say it fits in with push toward precision health initiative
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved Thursday a new degree focused on fitness, which will be completed completely online. The bachelor of science in fitness programming and management program is 100 percent online and targeted at off-campus students only. Curator Darryl Chatman said curators had tough questions about the logistics
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Police: Intruder killed during reported Columbia home invasion
A Columbia teenager was killed by gunfire during what was reported as a home invasion Wednesday night.
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Lawmakers advance proposal for casinos at Lake of the Ozarks
A Missouri House panel has endorsed a plan that could allow casinos to be built near the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Power back on for more than 2,000 Boone Electric customers in south Columbia
Crews tweeted again around 3 p.m. power had been restored.
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Southwest Missouri woman suffers serious injuries in Camden County crash
A Hollister, Missouri, woman suffered serious injuries when a semi-truck’s trailer hit her vehicle, which had crashed on an icy road Wednesday night.
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Man killed in crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia
A 26-year-old man died Wednesday when his car slid into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 in Columbia.
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Is Biden still the frontrunner?
After a poor showing in Iowa, we examine whether Joe Biden can still be considered a front runner in the Democratic primary. Video by Stringr.
Continue ReadingTempe company CEO suspended after allegedly saying racial slur to Uber driver
Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, AZ (KTVK) — A CEO of a Valley fertilizer company has been relieved of his duties after he allegedly said a racial slur to his Uber driver, who is African American. Tempe-based Agroplasma said in a statement that CEO Hans Berglund “has been relieved of his duties”
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Slick road conditions for Thursday morning commute
Roads remained partly snow-covered Thursday morning, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation traveler map. LIVE PLAYBACK of what the roads looked like on Highway 63 at 7 a.m. can be viewed in the player below. Drivers should allow extra time for the morning commute, MoDOT said in a Tweet. Before heading out this morning
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Sheriff commends Public Works departments amid winter storm
Local officials said Wednesday that the effects of a winter storm in Cole County were more manageable than originally expected. Cole County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a small number of minor crashes through Wednesday afternoon, according to Sheriff John Wheeler. He said the preparation of the city and county public works departments paid off. “Public
Continue Reading Interstate 70 reopens in Columbia after crash on Wednesday night
Crews closed Interstate 70 eastbound on Wednesday night for a crash near the Rangeline Street exit.
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