JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) For the first time since 2016, the number of students enrolled at Lincoln University increased this fall. According to enrollment numbers from the university’s president, there are 1,833 students enrolled for this semester. This is a 2% increase from last year, which was 1,794 students. Lincoln welcomed 466 first-time students at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editors Note: This story has been corrected to say the university fraternity officers knew about the fraternity event ahead of time, according to Tom Santulli. As the one-year anniversary of an alleged hazing incident — at the University of Missouri’s Phi Gamma Delta fraternity that left a freshman pledge disabled — approaches, the
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A Capital City High School student will be subject to “full disciplinary actions” from school administrators after making a threat on social media, according to an email sent to families Tuesday.
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A special commission recommended to the state school board Tuesday that Missouri pay teachers more, diversity the education workforce and help them with mental health concerns.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University released its annual campus security and fire safety report earlier this week. The report is released every October and covers crime statistics from the past three years. This report covers 2019-21. In the past three years, there has been a significant decrease in dating violence, from 15 incidents in
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It’s Homecoming Week at the University of Missouri.
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Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is proposing a new rule that would require libraries to distinguish which books are age-appropriate for children.
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It’s almost been one year since the Phi Gamma Delta hazing incident at the University of Missouri that left one pledge disabled, leading to 11 Fraternity brothers being charged with felonies.
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One of the suspects in what authorities say was a hazing incident that left a University of Missouri student disabled pleaded not guilty Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thursday is the last day for the University of Missouri’s homecoming blood drive. People can give make a blood donation at the Hearnes Center from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. MU’s homecoming blood drive is one of the largest student-run events in the US, according to the American Red Cross. Organizers say
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The American Red Cross is partnering with the University of Missouri as part of its annual homecoming blood drive. The homecoming team said it’s expecting 4,000 blood donations. Last year, the drive finished with 2,504 blood donations. The drive is open from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Hearnes Center fieldhouse. There are also
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will hold its biweekly meeting with its new public comment policy Monday night. The meeting is 6:30 p.m. at the Neil C. Aslin District Administration Building. The district said these changes are reflective of new laws passed by the state legislature last session. The district also wants its public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri revealed the times for its homecoming festivities. The annual homecoming parade will be 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. The game will be at 3 p.m. The Missouri Tigers (2-4, 0-3 SEC) will host the Vanderbilt Commodores (3-3, 0-2) in a Southeastern Conference bout at Faurot Field. The Tigers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public Schools held it’s World-Cafe discussion Thursday night to gather feedback for the Missouri School Improvement Program 6. More than 100 people attended the meeting, including community members, parents and the Board of Education and district administration. The meeting was held in part to receive feedback from the community regarding
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University on Wednesday celebrated the ribbon cutting for new facilities added to the George Washington Carver Farm and Alan T. Busby Farm. The new facilities will help advance the LU College of Agriculture’s industrial hemp research, according to a press release. The new facilities include greenhouse complexes, hay barns, storage
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools hosted its first in-person World-Cafe meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday night at Stoney Creek Inn. CPS World Cafe – The Future of CPS: Growth, Innovation & Achievement discussion focused on how it can help it’s scholars first, and how it can measure success. Superintendent Brian
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Missouri teachers’ pay still lags behind the nation despite a raise in the starting salary this year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teacher at the Columbia Area Career Center was one of five grand-prize winners for Harbor Freight’s Tools For Schools. Jared Monroe – who teaches automotive technology– received $100,000. The money will be split so $70,000 will go to improvements for his classroom while the rest will go to Monroe. Monroe hasn’t thought about
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The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is set to offer the flu vaccine for free, to those between the ages of six months to 18 years old at multiple clinics.
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Moberly High School’s Homecoming dance was canceled Saturday because of a threat and a juvenile was taken into custody.
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