COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A school bus containing students from Hickman High School was involved in a crash Friday afternoon on Providence Road at Texas Avenue. Another vehicle appeared to hit the bus from behind and sustained damage. CPS spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said in an email that the bus was rear-ended by the other vehicle. Columbia
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MEXICO, Mo. The City of Mexico has started receiving reports of possible scams after storms moved through the area on Thursday, according to a Friday press release. People who do not have business licenses are allegedly going door-to-door offering to do repair work. Residents are also getting phone calls from people saying they are with
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Editor’s note: This story was updated after receiving an updated press release from Schnuck’s. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Schnuck Markets, Inc. in a Friday press release issued an allergy alert on select Schnucks Pretzel Schticks. Some the products may contain milk – a known allergen – and isn’t declared on the packaging or label, the release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pavement repairs will begin Wednesday at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North College Avenue, according to a press release from Columbia Public Works. Work will start 7 a.m. Wednesday and is expected to be completed by 5 p.m. Friday, the release stated. During construction, motorists will be unable to access
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Columbia police have arrested a man in connection with an October shooting at a busy roundabout but did not provide any details about the arrest.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Saturday, is Drug Enforcement Administration’s 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This allows the agency, along with its partners to collect tablets, capsules, patches and other forms of prescription drug medications from people who have expired, unwanted or unused medications in their homes. Since its launch over a decade ago, the
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Public schools in New York state will no longer be able to use names derived from Indigenous people for their sports teams and mascots.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenage boy was killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday near Ellis Road in Montgomery County. The 17-year-old, of Jonesburg, was not named in the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. He was not wearing a helmet. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Montgomery County coroner and his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved a request to start hiring for a $150 million project. In support of Mizzou Forward initiatives in New Frontiers in Science, Engineering, and Technology, over the next five years the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Science expects to recruit up
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson City over the weekend was ruled accidental and caused about $100,000 worth of damage, according to a Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman on Thursday. An investigation found that the fire was accidental and started in a classroom near a dehumidifier. The investigator was unable to
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Missouri law enforcement will be cracking down on high driving Thursday as people celebrate the marijuana-themed holiday known as 4/20.Â
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Storms packing high winds snapped utility poles and dropped pea-sized hail in the Elston area of Cole County, according to the National Weather Service.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education unanimously voted at a work session Thursday morning to approve a new superintendent-evaluation process. The new evaluation process comes after three board members — Jeanne Snodgrass, Katherine Sasser and Suzette Waters — abstained from voting to renew Superintendent Brian Yearwood’s contract in January. Yearwood’s extension passed with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Due to a shortage of available drivers, Go COMO will combine bus routes on Friday, according to a press release from the City of Columbia. As part of the route combining schedule, the green route will do initial pickups along its partial route starting at 6:20 a.m. The gold route will do
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A Stover man was killed Wednesday night in a crash on Highway 5.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District announced in a Thursday press release that it has hired principals for two of its elementary schools. Both hires begin next school year. James Groves – who is currently the assistant principal at Pioneer Trail Elementary in Jefferson City — will be the new principal for
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A teenager wanted for allegedly shooting and killing another man Wednesday in a Kansas City-area road rage shooting was arrested Thursday in Saline County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, the University of Missouri Board of Curators met to discuss improvements to the university’s campus, including a larger engineering and applied sciences building. According to the university, over the next five years, it expects to bring in 100 new faculty, and undergraduate and graduate students to the College of Engineering
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If you’ve spent time outside recently, you may have noticed an increase in ticks.
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A Missouri Senate committee has stripped language from the state budget that would prohibit spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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