The Missouri House of Representatives will gavel in Sunday evening for the final technical session before opening up the floor for special session debates on Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tens of thousands of fans filled the stands Saturday afternoon for one of the University of Missouri’s most anticipated football games of the season. The large crowd brought significant traffic congestion around campus and near the football stadium. While game day at Mizzou is always notable, fans described today’s turnout as extraordinary.
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A Powerball ticket sold in Missouri matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing, winning half of the $1.787 billion jackpot—the second-largest in U.S. lottery history.
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A Miller County deputy was arrested for child sex crimes on Saturday, according to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. A former bishop of the Jefferson City Diocese has died. John Gaydos was 82 and served as a bishop from 1997 until his retirement in 2017. Gaydos passd away at St. Agnes home in Kirkwood,Mo. Gaydos held pastoral and administrative positions in the archdiocese of St. Louis before his appointment by Pope
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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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A 44-year-old man was seriously hurt after crashing in Audrain County on Friday afternoon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A silver advisory issued on Friday for an 80-year-old man who went missing in Columbia has been canceled, according to a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A silver advisory is issued when a missing person is 60 years or older and believed to be suffering from dementia or another cognitive
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Speed humps will be reinstalled on multiple Columbia streets next week, according to a Friday press release from the city. Traffic calming measures were previously located on each street, but were removed because of recent pavement maintenance, the release says. No street closures will be required. Work will be done as followed:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Chamber of Commerce claims the area has a lot of jobs to fill, despite job growth stalling nationally. The jobs report released on Friday indicates 22,000 jobs were added to the economy last month and the unemployment rate rose from 4.2% to 4.3%. There are about 7.4 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The last ride for the Central Missouri Honor Flight will occur Monday, Sept. 15, according to a Friday press release from the group. The release says roughly 5,600 veterans have been flown to Washington D.C. since May 2009. A reason for the flights stopping was not described in the release. CMHF’s 71st
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri high school football kicked off Week 2 of the 2025 season on Friday. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams are posted below.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old soldier from California died during training on a rifle range at Fort Leonard Wood on Friday. The soldier was assigned to the First Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment. The death was pronounced at 10:33 a.m. on site by Gen. Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital staff, Fort Leonard Wood officials wrote in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire was reported Friday in the basement of a Moberly home in the 800 block of South Williams Street. A social media post from the Moberly Fire Department says firefighters were called at 9:49 a.m. and arrived a minute later. They found a fire in the
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COLUMIBA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fans heading east of Columbia after Saturday’s football game should be prepared for traffic. The Missouri Department of Transportation wrote in a Friday morning press release that eastbound traffic will be reduced to one lane in a portion of Callaway County. The release says the lane reduction will occur between the Route
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was previously charged with murder in an overdose death from December 2021 is no longer facing felony charges. Boone County prosecutors dismissed the case against Nicholas Gratwohl on Aug. 26 “because of developments in the evidence,” according to an email from Prosecutor Roger Johnson. Gratwohl was originally charged with
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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) East Columbia residents packed city hall on Thursday night to express concerns over a proposed subdivision known as “Ashford Place.” After more than two hours of public comments opposing the plan, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve the project, sending it on to City Council for final approval. Troy Miller
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri lawmaker committee voted 10-4 to advance a new congressional map on Thursday afternoon. Gov. Mike Kehoe last week called for a special session to redraw district lines for the state’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives after President Donald Trump had suggested doing so weeks ago. The map
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