COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved to name a soil testing and research laboratory after former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, according to a Tuesday press release. The Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory will be at the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center in Portageville, Missouri, the release
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Police in Nashville are asking for help to find a University of Missouri student and fraternity member last seen at a bar over the weekend.
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As construction on the much-anticipated Interstate 70 widening project nears, a private women’s college in Columbia is taking advantage of the upcoming project to promote a new apprenticeship program meant to create more diversity in the workforce.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: “Flutie” was spelled incorrectly. It has since been changed to reflect the effect named after Doug Flutie. The University of Missouri is catching the eye of many students, having received over 23 thousand applications for the upcoming freshman class, as disclosed at the latest Board of Curators meeting. MU spokesperson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) CONTENT WARNING: The video attached to this article contains graphic, potentially traumatizing content. Watch at your own risk. One Columbia lawmaker is pushing for a bill that would require institutions of higher education to have opioid overdose rescue kits available for public use on campuses. House Bill 1997 was proposed by state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri School Board Association and FBI divisions in St. Louis and Kansas City co-hosted the state’s first Summit on School Threat Management. The summit was held Wednesday and Thursday at the Stoney Creek Hotel in Columbia and had roughly 250 educators, law enforcement officials, administrators and more come attending. They all
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Missouri House of Representatives Crime and Saftey Committee held a hearing on Thursday to discuss House Bill 1443, a new law that would modify the offense of hazing. Hazing is a Class A misdemeanor in Missouri, which can be elevated to a Class D felony, if the hazing creates a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute teacher working for the California School District in Moniteau County was charged last week with assaulting a student in class. Kevin R. Wideman of Russellville, Missouri, was charged with fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He was issued a summons to appear in court and a hearing is set for April 9.
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A recently released survey of some Missouri teachers says that nearly a fifth believe physical violence in an issue at school. The Missouri State Teachers Association survey looked in part at why teachers were leaving the classroom. Nearly 20% of those surveyed said that violence is a problem at their schools. Do you think physical
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One in six teachers want leave the profession because of safety concerns, according to the Missouri State Teachers Association.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A, explosion and fire that occurred at the University of Missouri Medical School was likely caused by a blow torch igniting natural gas, according to a fire report The fire marshal in the report assessed $5 million in property loss and $1 million in contents lost, but university officials say the damage
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Columbia Public Schools Long-Range Facilities Planning Committee is set to discuss the “attendance area process timeline” on Wednesday night. The meeting agenda states Karen Jackson, of Woolpert, Inc., will present an update on the attendance area process timeline. In April 2022, Columbia voters passed an $80 million bond issue which included
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has started a national search for a new athletic director. MU announced on Tuesday that it had put together a search committee of 11 people and hired TurnkeyZRG, a firm specializing in leadership recruitment in college athletics, to assist with the search. TurnkeyZRG has a long list of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Office of Institutional Equity saw a drop in reports made to the office in the 2022-23 school year from the previous year. The university had 919 reports made during the 2022-23 school year, which is down by 141 reports from 2021-22, which had 1,060 reports made. This year’s
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Fulton High School will begin offering a course next year for students interested in firefighting as a career.
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) Middle school students in the Morgan County R-2 School District were temporarily evacuated Thursday morning after a bomb threat was made at 7 a.m., according to a press release from the school district. “Our established bomb threat policy provides guidance regarding the evacuation of students and personnel in the event of a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Results from the Jefferson City School District’s winter lead testing show that five schools had water fixtures with lead levels above the state’s allowable limit. The tests were conducted in January, according to data on the Jefferson City School District’s website from the EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water. Of the
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As roughly 30% of Missouri school districts have switched to four-day school weeks, a lawmakers aims to incentivize schools to keep students in class five days a week.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One family is dropping out of a federal lawsuit filed against MU Health Care in a case surrounding gender-affirming care. MU Health Care said in August that it would stop prescribing or administering puberty-delaying drugs or hormone replacement therapy to transgender minors. A pair of Boone County families sued MU Health in November, claiming MU Health was
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Several of the Columbia Public Schools are being impacted Friday morning by a city internet outage.
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