COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 22 Mizzou Football fell short of toppling one of college football’s three remaining undefeated teams. The Tigers (6-3) dropped back-to-back games for the first time since the 2022 season, losing 38-17 to No. 3 Texas A&M (9-0) at Faurot Field. MU’s three losses have all transpired against top-10 teams. Matt Zollers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe’s “Missouri First” map is facing five lawsuits and one referendum seeking to overturn it. An attorney working on two of those lawsuits said the earliest decision on the legality of this map could come in January. Chuck Hatfield is representing two groups that filed different lawsuits against redistricting. Hatfield
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 40-year-old man was taken to University Hospital in Columbia Friday evening with serious injuries after a crash on Route 763, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says that around 8:15 p.m. Friday, a 2012 Lincoln MKS driven by a 40-year-old Columbia man was heading
Continue Reading A 19-year-old Versailles woman was killed in a crash on Friday evening in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 11 of the Missouri high school football season is tonight. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams will be posted below.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As artificial intelligence technology continues to expand into health care, growing concerns are emerging over the use of AI-powered chatbots as substitutes for licensed therapists, particularly among young users. Research from the National Library of Medicine shows nearly 50% of people who could benefit from therapy are unable to access it due to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers needed a strong finish on Friday night to remain undefeated. With the score tied at 76-all with under four minutes to go, Mizzou senior guard Mark Mitchell and junior guard Anthony Robinson II combined for 12 points to help give the Tigers an 89-84 victory over Southeast Missouri in their
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VIENNA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Maries County Sheriff’s Office deputy is being accused of playing a role in the total loss fire at an assisted living facility back in August. The Vienna Pointe facility caught fire in the early morning hours of Aug. 7. ABC 17 News obtained a letter sent to the sheriff’s department by
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Salvation Army’s red kettle campaign kicked off Friday in the Capitol rotunda, with Gov. Mike Kehoe ringing the first bell of the holiday season. This year, the Salvation Army and its volunteers will collect donations starting Friday and running through Christmas Eve. The Jefferson City Salvation Army has a goal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has opened an online survey to get public input on its for Lake of the Ozarks State Park’s conceptual development plan. The survey – which is available on the Missouri State Parks’ website – is the beginning of the of the conceptual development planning process for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As SNAP benefits during the ongoing government shutdown continue to be debated in court, other assistance programs are still working to stay afloat, including the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The program is currently assisting elderly and disabled residents, whose application period opened in October. LIHEAP recently opened its application period to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mistrial was declared in a Columbia child sex crime case after the jury was unable to reach a verdict on Thursday. Francisco Rutiaga-Santoyo, 49, is charged with two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old and one count of first-degree child molestation. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty in September to firing six shots at another man last year during a fit of road rage. Nathan Griffin, 34, pleaded guilty on Sept. 12 in Boone County court to first-degree assault and two counts of
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By Tami Luhby, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture announced Friday it is working to fully fund food stamp benefits for November to comply with a federal court order, and the process should be completed later in the day. Several states quickly pounced on the news, saying the money should start
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women who were previously charged with hindering a felony prosecution that ended with deputies exchanging gunfire with a homicide suspect have been charged with murder. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were both charged in Monroe County on Friday with second-degree felony murder. They are both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was killed in a rollover crash Friday morning that closed a highway northeast of Columbia. Boone County fire crews responded to a call about a truck that rolled over on Route HH, according to assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp. Blomenkamp said at the scene that one person in the truck was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County Judge on Friday decided to give bond to a man accused of killing a teenager in a crash last week. Jervontaye Warmack, 32, was charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of child endangerment and misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. He was previously held without bond, but Judge Joseph Shetler
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man pleaded guilty on Thursday to second-degree murder and first-degree assault, according to a Friday social media post from the Phelps County prosecutor. Joseph Snow, 35, will be sentenced at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, the post says. He was previously charged with first-degree murder, two counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bench trial has been scheduled in a Moberly homicide case. David Kip Heyde, 68, of Moberly, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Bailey Scott. Heyde waived his right to a jury trial on Friday and a bench trial was scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Morgan County on Friday after he allegedly threatened to distribute nude photographs of a teenage girl. Bryce Martin, 20, of Stover, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and three counts of having child porn. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a
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