The University of Missouri Tigers are set to face the University of Kansas Jayhawks for the first time since 2011 in the long-awaited border war showdown.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – SEC Network made its return to Columbia this week ahead of the University of Missouri Tigers’ rekindling of the Border War with the Kansas Jayhawks. The network’s flagship SEC Nation show will air from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. live from the Carnahan Quad on campus on Saturday. The Paul Finebaum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – University of Missouri leaders are considering public-private partnerships to turn some properties around campus into money-making developments. UM System President Mun Choi told the Board of Curators on Friday that the school is considering taking “nonessential” properties to work with commercial developers on to make money. That could include projects like
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The UM System Board of Curators agreed to keep system president Mun Choi on until 2031. The board agreed to the extension at its Friday meeting in Columbia. The extension keeps Choi in his role as leader of both the system and as chancellor of the University of Missouri for three
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) SEC Network is in Columbia ahead of one of the most highly anticipated Mizzou football games of the season in a renewed rivalry against the University of Kansas on Saturday. SEC Network will air a total of three shows in Traditions Plaza on the University of Missouri’s quad between Friday and Saturday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers will face off against their longtime rival, the Kansas Jayhawks, for the first time since 2011 on Saturday at Faurot Field. With a sold-out stadium and passionate fans on both sides, emotions can run high and sometimes even lead to disputes. The rivalry goes back more than a century,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri leaders gathered Thursday to announce the groundbreaking for two new additions to the University of Missouri Research Reactor facility. The UM Board of Curators approved the additions in its April 2024 meeting. The first addition will include 11,200 square feet and house three production lines for making FDA-approved lutetium-177.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Season tickets for the Mizzou Tigers’ 2025 football season sold out faster than last year despite a 50% increase in prices. The Mizzou Athletic Department announced on Aug. 5 that season tickets were sold out, despite raising prices by half. Assistant athletic director Joshua Moore said tickets sold out two weeks earlier
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Health Care made $45 million in its fiscal year 2025, according to the UM Board of Curators Health Affairs Committee meeting on Thursday. This comes after MU Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield reached a deal in July, according to a previous KMIZ report. Contract details haven’t
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football fans will see some changes to their game day experience out at Faurot Field this season with stadium upgrades, concession stand additions and travel impacts on I-70. The current renovations to the north end zone will continue throughout the season; however, in addition to those changes, Mizzou Athletics has also
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An organization will be announcing a lawsuit against University of Missouri President Mun Choi over the removal of Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine from last year’s homecoming parade. The Council of American-Islamic Relations will be announcing the lawsuit in a press conference at 1 p.m. Wednesday on the corner of Elm
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While the Mizzou Tigers look to kick off the start of the 2025-26 season on Thursday against Central Arkansas, some students are still hoping for a ticket. Much of that stress is thanks to a new ticket claim process Mizzou Athletics rolled out this year, students say. “I was just like sitting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Police Department said it has gotten false reports in the past, and it takes up time and wastes resources to verify that the incident is false. “‘Swatting’ calls are dangerous, disruptive and waste valuable law enforcement resources. While many of these calls turn out to be hoaxes, MUPD
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The University of Missouri is seeing more students this year, according to preliminary data.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Legion of Black Collegians claims the University of Missouri is trying to erase its presence, while administrators cite inclusivity concerns over a canceled event. The Legion of Black Collegians stated in an Instagram post on Wednesday that its “Black 2 Class Block Party” was canceled after administrators took issue with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the first day of classes in less than a week, the University of Missouri campus is alive with thousands of students moving into dorms. MU’s Director of Housing Tyler Page estimates 2,500 students arrived on Wednesday and another 1,500 will join on Thursday, with returning students expected to trickle in before
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The University of Missouri sent out its first MU Alert to students since move-in began for the 2025-2026 school year Monday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vehicle backfiring led to police to respond to an area of the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus on Monday evening. An MU Alert was sent out to students at 8:35 p.m. indicating that officers were responding to a shots-fired call in the 900 block of South Providence Road. The Columbia Police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several people could get dropped from the lawsuit filed by the family of former University of Missouri student Riley Strain at a court hearing Tuesday. Strain’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Delta Chi fraternity in March, claiming the fraternity did not follow safety protocols during a March 2024 fraternity
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Research Reactor will hold a routine drill at 10 a.m. Monday morning that will simulate an emergency scenario. MURR announced the drill in a Friday press release. The drill will include police, firefighters and EMS personnel at 1513 Research Park Dr.
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