KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The younger brother of Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been sentenced to six months’ probation. That came after he pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of battery in a case where prosecutors said he assaulted a woman. Twenty-three-year-old Jackson Mahomes’ sentencing Thursday came more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Raytown man was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Christopher Brian Roe, 39, of Raytown, Missouri, was sentenced to 70 months in prison, along with two years of
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One in six teachers want leave the profession because of safety concerns, according to the Missouri State Teachers Association.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a 5-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a drunken driving crash, after facing criticism for releasing from prison the driver who caused the crash, former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid. But in a statement
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination. But activists say the testing needs to be far more widespread. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking
Continue Reading Britt Reid, a former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach and son of head coach Andy Reid, had his sentence in a drunken-driving crash that severely injured a young girl commuted by the governor Friday.
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If a shutdown happened, food assistance wouldn’t be affected — at least for a little while.
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The governor’s funding plan to send National Guard soldiers to the country’s southern border has received initial approval.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is back on for almost all of Mid-Missouri Wednesday morning after thunderstorms and a coldfront caused power outages Tuesday night. As of 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, a total of six residents in Mid-Missouri are still without power, according to the outage map from the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. There were 144
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The Fulton City Council is set to vote on an agreement to acquire cameras to identify vehicles connected with crime reports.
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Candidates running for any office from U.S. Senate to governor to the state legislature lined up Tuesday at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center.
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A man from Gravois Mills drowned on Monday evening at 7:29 p.m. in Truman Lake near the Shawnee Bend.
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As roughly 30% of Missouri school districts have switched to four-day school weeks, a lawmakers aims to incentivize schools to keep students in class five days a week.
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Editor’s note: March 1 is Friday and has been updated in the story as such. LEBANON, Mo. (KMIZ) A small portion of Bennett Spring State Park will be closed to anglers at the start of trout season, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Trout season in the state begins Friday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral mass for a Kansas City-area DJ who was killed during a celebration rally of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. Lisa Lopez-Galvan was remembered Saturday during a funeral mass as a loving mother and wife who saw each day as a chance for excitement and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F is urging drivers and passengers to wear seat belts after they noticed a majority of fatal car crashes they responded to this year so far, the victims were not wearing seat belts. Troop F took to X, to share their observations. Troop F has investigated eight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 74,000 AT&T customers across the nation reported being without service Thursday morning after the company’s network went down, according to reporting from CNN. For many iPhone users, the word “SOS” appeared in the top right corner of phone screens, where the device’s cell signal is typically located. The word indicates
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is warning people in its newsletters this month to be on the lookout for impersonators.
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Gov. Mike Parson said this week that he will send up to 200 members of the Missouri National Guard to Texas to help with Operation Lone Star — that state’s effort to reduce illegal immigration.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two of the first 11 Missouri State High Patrol troopers to be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border will come from Troop F, which serves most of Mid-Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced his plans to send state resources, including troopers and national guardsmen, to Texas to help secure the southern border during a
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