COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The floor replacement at Mizzou Arena will cost the University of Missouri $907,500, according to the contract for the winning bid. The contract – which was obtained by ABC 17 News on Tuesday through a records request – was awarded to and signed by Reinhardt Construction LLC on Feb. 17, 2026. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is accused of killing a University of Missouri student and burning his body in 2023 is still not mentally fit to stand trial, according court documents filed on Monday. Emma Adams, 24, of Columbia, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with evidence and abandoning a corpse
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education unanimously passed the 2026-27 budget at its meeting on Monday evening. Previous reporting and a presentation from the district show the operating budget projects $309.8 million in revenue compared with $321.5 million in expenditures, resulting in a planned use of approximately $11.7 million in reserves. Healthcare costs
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will return to Cole County court on Monday as the months-long legal battle over charter schools in Boone County continues. CPS filed the suit in December after the charter school, Frontier, announced a plan to establish a charter school in the county. The application was later approved by
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is proposing a roughly $390.7 million budget for the 2026-27 school year that relies on dipping into reserves to cover rising costs, most notably the opening of a new elementary school and uncertainties surrounding state funding. The district’s operating budget, or General and Teachers funds, accounts for roughly 80%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed its annual bus inspections. A Wednesday press release from MSHP says 10,239 buses were approved on its initial inspection, while 849 were rated “defective” and 283 were determined to be “out of service.” The release says that defective components require repair within 10 days, “out-of-service”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will not be able to accept new applications for enrollees beginning on July 1 because of state budget cuts, according to an email from a Missouri Department of Education and Secondary Education spokesperson. “Due to the proposed 2027 Fiscal Year state budget reduction, beginning July 1, 2026, Dolly Parton Imagination Library will not have the funds to accept
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Board of Education President Mary Schrag resigned from her position on Tuesday, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Schrag was appointed to the state board in 2019 by then-Gov. Mike Parson. Her term officially expired in 2024, but state law allows that person
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The legal guardian of a child with cerebral palsy filed a discrimination lawsuit on Monday against the Russellville School District and a number of its employees. Daryl Matheis sued the Cole County R-1 School District, along with teachers and paraprofessionals, after claiming disability discrimination, sex discrimination, retaliation, battery, assault and false imprisonment.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday was the first day of summer school for Columbia Public Schools, and a press release from a district spokeswoman says more than 9,400 students are attending class. The release says that figure represents more than half of the district’ regular school year enrollment. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade can enter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools announced in a Friday press release that Virginia Tate has been picked to become Hickman High School’s next principal. Tate is the assistant principal at Rock Bridge High School. She replaces Mary Grupe, who is taking a job at the district’s central office. The release says Tate has more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bunceton school board member pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court for her role in an alleged scheme that defrauded the school district out of $385,000. Ashley Benny, 41, waived her right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, according to a Thursday press release from the Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved a 4% increase for undergraduate tuition for next school year during a Thursday afternoon meeting. The increase is for all four of its campuses. A 3% increase was approved for its graduate programs. The increases will range from $16.50 per credit hour at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,400 Columbia Public Schools students will graduate this weekend. CPS is holding four graduation ceremonies for its high schools on Saturday and Sunday. An email from a district spokeswoman says Battle High School will graduate 345 students, Douglass High School will graduate 58, Hickman High School will see 477 students walk
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators is expected to vote Thursday on a 4% across-the-board tuition increase for undergraduate courses at the system’s four campuses. The increases will range from $16.50 per credit hour at UMKC to $21 at UMSL. The Columbia campus would see a $19.11-per-credit-hour increase if the curators
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University of Missouri commencement ceremonies are set to continue through the weekend as nearly 6,000 students have earned degrees.
The majority of ceremonies are taking place on Saturday in Jesse Auditorium and Mizzou Arena:
Continue Reading It’s the University of Missouri’s graduation weekend, with thousands of family members and alumni flooding town to celebrate the Class of 2026. For locals, that means lots of extra traffic (especially with ongoing road work on major routes), long waits at restaurants and other inconveniences. Of course, the commerce does a lot of work to
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Editor’s note: Reinke’s position has been clarified. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Children’s Services Board started contract negotiations Thursday with a children’s program that provides social, emotional or behavioral support to school-aged children. This comes a couple of months after the Family Access Center of Excellence was asked to cut about $1.6 million ahead
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House sent an amended bill for state designations back to the Senate on Wednesday. One such designation would make June 28 each year “Eliot and Muriel Battle Day” in Missouri. The text of the amendment says people are “encouraged to participate in…events and activities” honoring Eliot Battle, the first Black
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Iberia R-5 School District wrote on its social media on Monday that it learned an employee was accused of sexual misconduct with a student. The district wrote that it learned of the allegations last week and contacted law enforcement and the Missouri Children’s Division. The employee’s name was not stated in
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