COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri students are noticing new, bright-and-yellow signs popping up across campus and on high-traffic streets that are bringing attention to the school’s license-plate reading cameras. The signs feature an image of a security camera and “High-Resolution License Plate Recognition In Use.” An ABC 17 News reporter found several signs and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe has promised $7.5 million to pay for students to attend classes outside their school districts, if the state legislature can pass an open enrollment bill. “Again, open enrollment is not about weakening public education, it’s about strengthening it,” Kehoe said in his State of the State Address in January.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former teacher from St. James was disciplined by the State Board of Education after he allegedly set the hands of a student on fire in 2022. A February agenda item for the State Board of Education says Tyler James Glidden – who was a math teacher at St. James High School
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A staff member suffered minor injuries when a Montgomery County school bus was hit by a car Wednesday morning. The Montgomery County R-2 bus was hit at about 7:30 a.m. on Highway 19 near Route WW just north of New Florence, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. A Hyundai
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mile Prairie Elementary School will become a lottery school beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the Columbia Board of Education decided during Monday night’s meeting. Meeting documents show the lottery system will only apply to “entry-level grades” including one kindergarten classroom and a number of seats in first grade. Students within
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More than 100 parents, teachers and students from across Missouri gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for Public Education Lobby Day, urging lawmakers to prioritize funding for public schools.
Advocates came together in the Capitol Rotunda after having more than 100 different meetings with legislators regarding public education funding.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved new language that clarifies what is a considered a weapon in its school district. The meeting agenda says the Missouri School Boards’ Association updated its own policy to comply with Senate Bill 68, which passed last year and states districts must report all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of Columbia employees held a rally Friday to advocate for higher living wages ahead of contract negotiations. The event included workers from the University of Missouri, MU Health Care and the City of Columbia. The workers are represented by the LiUNA Local 955 union. The union is demanding a living
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody and charged with multiple felonies after the Morgan County R-2 in Versailles went on a temporary lockdown on Thursday evening. Superintendent Bryan Pettengill said in a statement that the campus was put on lockdown Thursday evening after a report of a person trying to bring a gun
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Editor’s note, 2/5: The story has been corrected to reflect how academic calendar changes made by the UM System would affect Reading Day. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved an $83 million renovation of the old Women’s and Children’s Hospital in east Columbia, now known as the Keene Street Medical
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Realtors hosted the first candidate forum for the 2026 municipal elections in April. Candidates for the Columbia School Board and City Council introduced themselves and spoke on a variety of topics. Four candidates are running for three open seats on the school board. Those candidates include current school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former West Middle School teacher who was charged with several child sex crimes last month was given a home-detention order after he received a bond. Zachary Hutchinson, 38, of Columbia, was charged on Jan. 21 in Boone County with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of child enticement, sexually
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Stephens College students returned to their residence halls Monday morning following a carbon monoxide scare this past Wednesday. Searcy and Prunty Halls were evacuated last week after a carbon monoxide sensor was activated on Wednesday night. The school then closed the two residence halls and shut down the boiler of both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Brent Hodge will be the next superintendent of the Boonville R-1 School District, the district announced in a Thursday social media post. Hodge has served as the principal of Boonville High School since 2023 and was picked out of a national field of 18 candidates, the post says. Current Superintendent Mark Harvey
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both parties in a lawsuit over charter school applications in Boone County asked a judge on Friday to vacate a hearing next week after Saint Louis University rescinded its application for Frontier Schools. Columbia Public Schools filed a lawsuit last month, claiming the establishment of charter schools in Boone County is unconstitutional.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two residence halls on Stephens College’s campus have been closed after they were evacuated on Wednesday for carbon-monoxide-related issues, according to a letter from the college’s president. The letter from Stephens College President Shannon Lundeen says a carbon monoxide sensor was activated on Wednesday night. A resident adviser at the dorm called
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of college students in Columbia are hoping to tackle important issues in the city through a new advisory council. The Columbia Collegiate Advisory Council met for the first time Monday night at city hall. The board is composed of nine college students, three of which are from the University of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With below-average cold inhibiting snow removal and more extreme cold expected Tuesday morning, Mid-Missouri school districts began to cancel Tuesday classes on Monday afternoon. Fulton, South Callaway and New Bloomfield were among the districts that decided to call off Tuesday classes as the sun was still shining Monday. In the case of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A winter storm that buried Mid-Missouri in 5 inches or more of snow, depending on location, has now caused some area schools to call off Monday classes, including the biggest. Columbia Public Schools called off Monday classes a little before 2 p.m. Sunday. The Jefferson City School District told students they would
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Gaming Commission has denied a request from the NCAA to ban wagers on individual student-athlete performance, including player prop bets and first-half wager spreads on college basketball games. NCAA President Charlie Baker sent a letter to the commission on Jan. 15 urging the state to restrict these bets, citing
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