Editor’s note: The date of the meeting has been updated. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) “Chariot races” will be discussed at Tuesday night’s Columbia City Council meeting. New business on the council agenda shows that the energy drink company Red Bull filed an application with the city to hold the 2026 Red Bull Chariot Races on Saturday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of gold chocolate coins fell from a Columbia firetruck on Tuesday evening for Chabad of MU and Mid-Missouri’s annual Hanukkah menorah lighting outside of Columbia City Hall. However, this year’s celebration carried a bit of extra weight in the wake of a deadly attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth after being at the International Space Station for more than nine months. The two splashed down off the Florida coast Tuesday evening just before 5 p.m. Williams and Wilmore traveled to the ISS for a planned short expedition in June 2024 when
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple road closures will be required in Downtown Jefferson City for the annual Salute To America festival on July 4, a press release from the Jefferson City Police Department says. Road closures in Downtown Jefferson City will begin 6 a.m. Thursday and are expected to reopen by 2 a.m. Friday, the
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) Holts Summit hosted its annual Fireworks Festival in Greenway Park on Friday night. The family event includes live music performances, food vendors, a petting zoo and a stand out firework show. With people of all ages attending the festival, safety is of the upmost importance. Holts Summit in partnership with their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s 72nd annual Fire in the Sky celebration is set for Thursday, July 4 at Stephens Lake Park. The annual Independence Day event begins at 6:30 p.m. and fireworks will begin at 9:15 p.m. Last year’s celebration had a lighting system failure that caused a delay in the fireworks
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The Show me Central Habitat for Humanity held its first ever Women’s Build this weekend. The event hoped to bring together and empower women in the Mid Missouri area. Outreach Coordinator for Habitat of Humanity Ashley Switzer told ABC 17 News the event also worked as a fundraiser. “Every woman that is out here has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Starting Wednesday at 6 a.m., The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri will host its 17th annual One-for-One Holiday Food and Fund Drive. The One for One Food & Fund Drive will continue for 12 hours before wrapping up at 6 p.m. at the Columbia Mall and Buchheit in Jefferson City.
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Watch candidates speak with media in the web player above. View a livestream of the forum in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people vying for Columbia’s police chief job made their pitches to the public on Wednesday night. The four finalists include: former Forest Park Chief of Police and Public Safety Director
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HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The 32nd annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival will kick off Saturday at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m and family fun events and traffic impacts are expected in the area. Signs will be posted around the event to direct festivalgoers to obey the traffic rules set in place. Route A will be closed to
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A candlelight vigil was held Saturday at 7 p.m. to honor Missouri firefighters who died in the line of service. A large crowd gathered for the vigil, which was held at the Fire Fighters Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City. State Fire Marshal Tim Bean was in attendance along with other
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri Pridefest Street Fair The Mid-Missouri Pridfest Street Fair started Saturday afternoon and will run until Sunday from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event will cause multiple road closures and potential traffic in downtown Columbia throughout the weekend. Throughout the weekend, a portion of Park Ave. will be closed from around
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT and Lunda Construction held their fourth Saturday Superintendent Talk on Saturday at 9 am at Taylor’s Landing discussing the clean-up status after last Sunday’s blast of the I-70 Rocheport Bridge. The demolition of the bridge dropped six million pounds of steel into the Missouri River and crews had 24 hours to
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Saturday begins the 35th Lake of the Ozarks boat Shootout charity race and boat safety is on top of mind.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Show-Me State Games are on a weather delay after strong storms in Mid-Missouri Saturday afternoon. Some soccer games were pushed back to starting at 5:45 p.m. 6 p.m. and at 7 p.m. Softball resumed at 5 p.m. Shooting bunker was rescheduled to Sunday, and baseball is canceled for the day. The show me
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce held a Friday coffee to give an update on the Missouri River Regional Library tax levy regarding plans for a proposed building expansion. People could attend over Zoom at 9:00 a.m. or in person at the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce building at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) B.R.A.K.E.S., the nonprofit created by NHRA driver Doug Hebert will finish up its weekend training session at the Missouri EVOC Training Center Jefferson City The free national teen defensive driving program training sessions will be from 8:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. but will be broken up into two three-hour sessions, according to organizers. B.R.A.K.E.S.,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture on Friday will host a Veterans Resource Fair at Columbia’s Agriculture Park under the MU Health Care Pavilion located at 1769 W. Ash Street. The event is scheduled to take place from 5-7 p.m. and will be free to all attending. The event is focused on helping veterans. Organizers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s 71st annual Fire in the Sky celebration will return to Stephens Lake Park this year for July 4. The Independence Day celebration kicks off at 6:30 p.m., with the fireworks display beginning at 9:15 p.m. at the east side of the park, according to a press release from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will continue to hold Juneteenth events Monday and throughout the week to honor the holiday. Monday at Douglass Park, there will be a Community Fun and Fellowship event from 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday. Fast forward
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