COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The spelling of the doctor’s name has been corrected. One doctor at MU Health Care said that she is seeing a declining vaccination rate and, because of this, we could see a more intense flu season. Dr. Amruta Padhye, a pediatric infectious disease doctor at the University of Missouri, said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters will see Amendment 7 on the November ballot, and they’ll have to decide whether to create a permanent public endowment that will grow until it reaches an amount sufficient to eliminate all state-imposed taxes. How much the fund would need to eliminate taxes and how long it could take are
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Board of Education approved a new A-F school and district grading framework Tuesday, with one board member voting against it. The vote approves the formula the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will use to calculate letter grades for public schools, charter schools and districts. In January,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe announced $10 million in grants to cities and counties that participate in the state’s Blue Shield program. The Blue Shield Program was created by Gov. Mike Kehoe on his first day in office and is aimed at increasing public safety. It requires “participating jurisdictions to create comprehensive, sustainable programs to fight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Vice President JD Vance was in Kansas City on Monday to announce an operation that is allegedly targeting fraud that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vance spoke at the Kansas City FBI headquarters as officials announced “Operation No Doze,” which is starting in Missouri and Kansas. A press release from the Department
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Judicial Discovery Center in Jefferson City held its grand opening on Monday. The center, which cost $400,000 from money raised by the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society, will serve as an interactive space for residents to learn more about, “the rule of law, the role of courts in our
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers took a juvenile into custody Sunday for allegedly stealing a family member’s car in Jefferson City. MSHP’s Troop F said in a social media post that Flock Safety Cameras were used to find the car. 🚨Flock Camera Locates Stolen Car🚨 Troopers received notification of a car, stolen
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Drivers parking downtown Jefferson City will pay more at the meter as the city begins rolling out higher parking rates. The city approved the rate increases in Aug. as part of a new two-tiered parking system that will gradually increase rates through 2030. The first increase went into effect Sept. 1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters are asking a Cole County judge to approve a class action lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins over how he handled signatures for the referendum to get the 2025 gerrymandered congressional map on the November ballot. The lawsuit asks for $500 for each person who signed the referendum, had
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Sixty-six years after reaching No. 1 for the first time in Missouri football history, Mizzou Athletics will formally recognize the 1960 Tigers as national champions during a halftime ceremony Sept. 19 against Troy in the Memorial Stadium 100th Anniversary Game. ABC 17 News caught up with two surviving members of the team to relive a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks are facing off for their second Border War showdown since the two teams renewed their series. For one Missouri couple, the rivalry isn’t just played out on the field; it’s a divide inside their own home. Phil and Shelly McGuire live in St. Louis and have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Election officials will move forward with creating ballots for the November election that align with Missouri’s 2022 congressional map rather than the 2025 “Missouri First” map. This comes amid litigation and rulings by the Missouri and U.S. Supreme court over which map will be active when voters cast their ballot.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A silver advisory was issued on Thursday evening for a 72-year-old woman with dementia and diabetes. The Missouri State Highway Patrol sent out the advisory that was issued for the St. Charles County Police Department. The release says Pamalee Ross Willenbrink — 5 feet, 4 inches; 200 pounds – was last seen
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri school districts could get their first look at 2025 performance data connected with the state’s proposed A-F grading framework by the end of this month, a Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education official said Thursday. Jocelyn Strand, DESE assistant commissioner for the Office of Quality Schools, led the department’s final
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt Thursday, but said he has since reversed his contemptuous behavior and “purged” himself of contempt by ordering the use of a 2022 congressional map for the November election. Hoskins had said just before the 2 p.m. hearing Thursday that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Results from a trial run of expanded rideshare parking spaces in downtown Columbia last year showed promise in making the area safer. On Tuesday night, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that will block off 32 more parking spaces to designate for taxis and rideshare services in downtown, making 66
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group wanting to bar the state from using a 2025 congressional map says it has appealed a federal appeals court decision denying its case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday turned down People Not Politicians’ appeal meant to overrule a federal district judge’s decision
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced in a Wednesday press release that a Missouri resident who contracted measles boarded a train in Sedalia on Aug. 27. The release says the resident is not from Pettis County “and was only traveling through the Sedalia train station enroute to their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Missouri secretary of state to use a 2025 congressional map, just days after the Missouri Supreme Court said the new map was not law. Judge Stephen Clark ordered Tuesday that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins implement the map in the November 2026 election, instead of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a case over which congressional map should be in effect in Missouri. The court’s docket entries show that Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s application for a stay of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling was denied Tuesday by Justice Brett Cavanaugh. “We are disappointed
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