COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Jeff Vernetti (R-Camdenton) announced his reelection bid in the Missouri House of Representatives in a Wednesday press release. Vernetti first won his seat last year. State representatives serve two-year terms. The release says focuses of his campaign include “accessibility and constituent service.” He owns LOZ Sports Training and Vernetti’s Italian
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Trent Vallandingham announced his bid for the Jefferson City Board of Education in a Wednesday press release. Vallandingham is the second person this week to announce their candidacy. Michelle Rodemeyer announced her bid earlier this week. Three seats on the board are up for election. Candidates can begin filing across the state
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Two massive data center projects are moving forward in Montgomery County — one as part of Amazon’s data center campus.
The Montgomery County Commission received an administrative review confirming land approval for the proposed data canters near the Interstate 70 and Highway 19 interchange.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state senator who represents Columbia clapped back on social media after Gov. Mike Kehoe shared images of his meeting with University of Missouri President Mun Choi. Kehoe posted on social media with photos of him and Choi meeting with public safety officials, including Missouri State Highway Patrol leaders. “This week, our
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly Joint Communications wrote in a Wednesday press release that it has been taking fire calls for several Randolph County agencies since Nov. 3. It now handles dispatch calls for the Westran Fire Protection District, Eastern Fire Protection District, Northeast Fire Protection District, Higbee Fire Protection District, Southeastern Fire Protection District, Moberly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Deputies are looking for more than one person in a Tuesday morning shooting that injured a 15-year-old, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. Brian Leer, of the sheriff’s office, told ABC 17 News in an email on Wednesday that law enforcement is looking for more than one person, but would
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Carver School Apartments, once home to Fulton’s George Washington Carver School, opened Wednesday, adding 33 affordable senior apartments to the city’s housing stock. Victor Pasley, a member of the George Washington Carver Cultural Center and former student at Carver school from 1952-60, was inspired by a similar project in Sedalia that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Nigerian national who admitted earlier this year to fraudulently obtaining a student visa and other documents was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in federal court, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. Mercy Ojedeji pleaded guilty in federal court in April to unlawful use of fraudulent immigration documents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A popular bar in Columbia will close for 15 days after its liquor license was suspended by the state. Tropical Liqueurs – colloquially known as “Trops” by locals – will shut the doors of both of its locations in town beginning on Thursday, the business announced on its social media page. Trops
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has chosen a Columbia-based contractor to head up the team designing and building a section of the widened Interstate 70 between Columbia and Rocheport. The commission awarded Emery Sapp and Sons and Parsons Transportation Group as contractors for a $441 million project to widen and improve
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scholastic is selling its headquarters in New York and its distribution center in Jefferson City through a lease-back deal, according to a press release from the company’s website. A leaseback occurs when a business sells a location to another party and leases it from the buyer. Scholastic is selling the Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday is National Signing Day for high school football players to select which school they will attend. Mizzou football’s Eli Drinkwitz held a news conference at noon to talk about Missouri’s signings. Watch it in the video player.
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By Alayna Treene, Alejandra Jaramillo, Betul Tuncer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled plans to rescind fuel-economy standards for vehicles put in place under the Biden administration. “These policies forced automakers to build cars using expensive technologies that drove up costs, drove up prices, and made the car much worse,” Trump said
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is issuing a “full and unconditional” pardon to Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, using a lengthy social media post to accuse the Biden administration of targeting political opponents, even within its own party. “One of the clearest examples of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is considering to form a task force to look into campaign finance reform. The council on Monday night unanimously approved creating the task force, though specifics of the task force– including who would be on it and how many people would make it up — still need to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal sports betting went live in Missouri on Monday, with more than 2 million people attempting to access sportsbook apps on launch day. Circa Sports, one of the first two companies in Missouri to receive an online betting license, now operates in six states. The first bet placed on Circa was a
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team’s undefeated start to the 2025-26 campaign came to an end in South Bend. The Tigers lost a nail-biter against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the ACC/SEC Challenge, on Tuesday night, 76-71. With the loss, MU drops to 8-1 on the season and the ACC takes
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A south Boone County neighborhood is still shaken after a 15-year-old was taken to a local hospital after they were shot in the face early Tuesday morning. The Boone County Sheriff’s office said in a release that Joint Communications received a call about a juvenile being shot in the face at 12:04
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the eastbound driving lane of Interstate 70 will be closed early Wednesday for emergency pavement repairs, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says the lane closures, which will occur just west of St. Charles Road, will take place from 4 a.m.-noon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Overcrowding at the Boone County Jail is costing the county, with officials now housing more inmates in out-of-county facilities than in the jail itself. According to Cpt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the county has spent more than $1.8 million so far this year on housing inmates in other
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