COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education on Monday approved a salary increase for Superintendent Jeff Klein. The increase was on the agenda for Monday’s Board of Education meeting, which began at 6 p.m. Under the proposal, Klein will receive a 6% salary increase ($15,300) for the next school year. Klein currently makes $255,000
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools leaders could approve a new salary package for Superintendent Jeff Klein while also renewing a program that brings international teachers into district classrooms at Monday night’s meeting. The school district is seeking approval to renew an agreement with BVD Cultural Exchange, LLC, a company that helps sponsor international teachers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri students celebrated “Stop Day” on Friday, but many said an increased police presence changed the atmosphere of the annual tradition. Reading Day, colloquially known as Stop Day, is intended to give students a day off from classes before finals week begins; though it has also become associated with large
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Klein’s salary is an agenda item for Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. The board is expected to approve a 6% salary increase ($15,300) for Klein for the next school year, according meeting documents. Klein currently makes $255,000 per year and the increase would bump it up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City High School’s graduation ceremony on Friday will be moved indoors because of inclement weather, according to an email from a district spokesman. The email says seniors have been given six tickets each in case the ceremony was going to be moved to Fleming Fieldhouse. Doors open at 6 p.m. Students
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment celebrated the grand opening of its new facility Friday morning. The facility is in the MU Health Care South Providence Medical Park, located at 701 Veterans United Drive. The new facility is 74,000 square feet and costs $54.8 million, enabling significant expansion to serve twice
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Access to a program that serves as a hub for University of Missouri students and instructors has been restored. The University of Missouri said Friday that Instructure, which operates the Canvas learning management system, has fixed security problems that had made the program unavailable. MU students and instructors use the system to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Librarians at the University of Missouri voted to join LiUNA Local 955, a union that represents a number of public employees in the Mid-Missouri area. LiUNA announced in a Thursday social media post that library workers voted to join the union. Workers had announced their intent to unionize in December. MU librarian
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A popular learning management system used by colleges and universities around the country is currently down. The University of Missouri in Columbia is among the thousands of schools who are having issues, the university announced in a social media post. “We are aware that the Canvas online learning management system is down,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hermann High School in Gasconade County was evacuated at 10:45 a.m. Thursday after the district received a threat, according to a social media post from the Gasconade County R-1 School District. The district wrote it had “received a threat that required us to take immediate action to ensure the safety of our
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 30-year-old Jefferson City man is accused of breaking into the residence of Lincoln University’s president and staying there for two days. Lamont Batts Jr. is charged with first-degree burglary. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond and a court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mizzou football player was booked into the Boone County Jail early Tuesday and was charged with a felony. Jaden Jacobi Bush, 18, of Theodore, Alabama, was charged on Thursday with aggravated fleeing and misdemeanor reckless driving. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 12:47 a.m. Tuesday. A sheriff’s office
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) P.E.A.C.E and H.O.P.E held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday for its new Teen Center. The new center is located at 203 N. Providence Road in Columbia and aims to help at-risk youth. The nonprofits created the space to offer access to mentorship, educational support, life skills development, and programming focused on personal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A South Carolina man who is accused of killing a University of Missouri student 26 years ago appeared in court for the first time on Monday. Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2000 death of Candace Richie, 21. Wilson was arrested in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Someone has sued the University of Missouri after they fell through a grate on campus in 2024 when they were a student. The attorney for Madison Hankle filed a petition on Monday in Boone County that is suing MU for damages. The university is listed as a defendant along with another person,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday is International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, honoring workers across the U.S. and around the world. LiUNA Local 955 brought its message directly to the University of Missouri campus, holding two rallies just hours apart to call for higher wages and better working conditions. The union represents service and
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has received criticism of job postings for which it wants to hire foreign professionals. The university has eight job postings on the website of its International Student and Scholar Services program. The postings included Labor Condition Applications “in support of an H-1B status petition” as required by Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police in Lebanon, Missouri, in Laclede County say a threat that was made to Lebanon High School on Wednesday morning was not credible. Police wrote in a release that officers were called at 10:50 a.m. for an alleged bomb threat. Students were “relocated to an alternative site” while officers, including K-9 units,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The now-former Columbia parking manager who was accused of stealing money from parking meters earlier this month was accused of a similar crime more than a decade ago. James Faup, 38, of Columbia, was arrested on April 2 on suspicion of felony stealing and misdemeanor stealing, according to a Columbia Police Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A student from Jefferson City High School was removed from the building on Tuesday after they were found with a weapon, according to a letter sent to parents by the Jefferson City School District. The district wrote that a weapon was in a student’s belongings while officials were searching for vape products.
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