COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used to help research the background for this story. The City of Columbia could vote Monday to create a Collegiate Advisory Council to engage college students in local policy issues affecting students. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi proposed the council after the Sept. 27 shooting death
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s Young Democratic Democratic Socialists of America allege recent proposals from UM System President Mun Choi would lead to criminalizing homeless The group held a town hall Wednesday night where roughly 50 students gathered to discuss policing and housing in the city. Councilwomen Valerie Carroll (Ward 1) and Vera
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three incumbents on the Columbia Board of Education will seek reelection, according to a joint press release sent by the members on Wednesday. The release says Board President John Lyman, Vice President Paul Harper and Board Member April Ferrao will file for reelection next month. Filing for the positions will be open
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The University of Missouri banned people who yelled a racial slur from a vehicle at Cayleigh Moore and Gabbi Gordon from campus. Those people were not students. The university’s Office of Institutional Equity is investigating another incident that Moore and Gordon recounted to an ABC 17 News reporter. MU says that the incident
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The Columbia Public School administration is asking the School Board on Monday to approve an $11,000 contract to implement a new AI system on the district’s website.
If approved, Betty AI or Betty Bot will be added to the website as a new chat feature for users, according to CPS documents. Users will be able to ask Betty Bot questions and find information.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In October and November 2015, the University of Missouri’s campus saw protests, hunger strikes, and ultimately, a change in leadership. Students on campus were protesting racial inequalities and what many felt like was a lack of accountability from those in charge — specifically, former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe. Many
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has reached a multimillion-dollar deal with Cornell University to restore more than $250 million in federal funding for the school. Cornell is expected to pay the federal government $30 million over three years, according to the text of the agreement. The school is also expected to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools made significant strides in key academic measures for the 2024-25 school year, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Annual Performance Report. DESE released the report Thursday afternoon, highlighting year-over-year improvements among school districts across the state. CPS continued its upward trend. The district scored in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released data Thursday crucial to determining how public schools across the state are performing for the 2024-25 school year. The annual performance report shows that more than 91% of schools meet or exceed state expectations, and 92% of students attend a school that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A federal judge will allow a lawsuit against the University of Missouri to continue over the exclusion of a Palestinian rights student group from the 2024 Homecoming parade. Judge Stephen Bough ruled against MU on Wednesday in its request to dismiss the case against system president Mun Choi. The school argued
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri student was charged with several felonies after he allegedly strangled someone at a residence hall who blocked him on Snapchat. Maxwell Warren, 18, of Overland Park, Kansas, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree burglary, second-degree domestic assault, first-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He is being held
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University’s police chief says safety is everybody’s concern for its Centennial Homecoming tradition. The department is using multiple forms of technology to keep those attending homecoming events safe, along with more than 600 Flock security cameras across campus. The campus uses the RAVE Guardian app, which allows users to directly message
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ). Columbia Public Schools held a meeting Thursday evening to discuss a project worth more than $560,000 focused on a master plan, space utilization, and facility condition audit. The district said the plan is crucial to help maintain and improve its buildings. Board members said they recently met with several agencies before deciding
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools announced in a Monday night press release that Susan Goldammer will start her new role as the district’s general counsel on Nov. 3. The position was created and approved in July, according to the release, “This role will help enhance the district’s ability to navigate complex legal matters related
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Leila Willmore says she was first alerted to AI-generated content of her son at the end of September. Since then, things have only continued to escalate. “They were seeing Zachary in articles coming to their Facebook, like popping up one after the other,” Willmore said. “When I would try to look up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A patient at the University of Missouri Psychiatric Center has been charged with a felony after he was accused of attacking a mental health technician on Saturday. Michael Brown Jr. was charged with first-degree assault. He is not listed on the Boone County Jail’s online roster and a court date has not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools’ Adult English Language Learner program secured funding through fiscal year 2026 after facing uncertainty due to potential cuts to adult education grants. The proposed federal budget included a 24% cut to adult education funding, reducing it from $642 million to about $486 million. The CPS program provides free online
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia School District Policy Committee on Monday voted to clarify its tobacco and vaping policy, allowing for the immediate termination of employees after a single violation. It’s one of 180 policies under review by the committee, which hopes to update and eliminate outdated ones. The goal is to complete the full
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traditional day off for students at the end of the fall semester is at risk of being eliminated next school year. The University of Missouri is at the beginning stages of reviewing its academic calendar for next year to be in compliance with its mandated number of academic hours for classes
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A crowd of more than 60 community members, teachers and staff gathered Tuesday night in the Hallsville Secondary Cafeteria as district leaders outlined plans for Proposition 2 and the proposed continuation of the four-day school week on the Nov. 4 ballot. Superintendent Tyler Walker said the district’s goal is to ensure residents
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