Heavy rainfall floods roads in Columbia
Heavy rainfall in Columbia led to flash flooding on some roads Wednesday.
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Inflation milestone: Consumer Price Index slows below 3% for first time since March 2021
By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Price hikes slowed more than expected in July, and, for the first time in more than three years, the Consumer Price Index has landed below 3%. That paves the way for the Federal Reserve to cut rates next month after a yearslong battle with inflation that sent rates spiking
Continue ReadingHurricane Ernesto knocks out power to half of Puerto Rico
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Ernesto continued to unload flooding rainfall on Puerto Rico as it pulled away from the island Wednesday afternoon after its strong winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands there and in the Virgin Islands. The Category 1 hurricane had maximum sustained
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you plan to vote for legal sports gambling in November?
Missourians will get a chance to vote in November to legalize sports gambling.
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Abortion, sports gambling make November ballot in Missouri; Lake-area casino rejected
A question to legalize abortion will be on the November ballot but one to award a license for a riverboat casino on the Lake of the Ozarks will not.
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Vehicle break-ins raise concerns in north Columbia neighborhood
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some residents in a north Columbia Neighborhood are growing concerned after a recent sting of vehicle break-ins Tuesday morning. The break-ins occurred near the 5100 block of Aspen Ridge Drive. The Columbia Police Department confirmed an incident report was filed, but did not provide any further details. Ring camera video submitted to
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More than 100 Ameren customers without power in Miller County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 100 Ameren customers in Miller County lost power on Tuesday night. Some power outages were reported throughout the night in multiple counties on the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperative’s outage map after storm cells rolled through areas near the Lake of the Ozarks. There were 106 Ameren customers without power
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Eldon man now faces murder charge in March death
An Eldon man charged in March with abandoning a corpse was charged this week with murder.
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Lake Ozark man charged with nine child porn charges
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was charged on Monday with nine counts of promoting child pornography. Leland James Weeks II, 48, was charged with two counts of first-degree promoting child porn and seven counts of second-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Camden County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
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Wife of man accused of manslaughter in I-70 crash claims his license is valid
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The wife of a man accused of manslaughter in the deaths of two women in a crash last week on Interstate 70 in claims she has proof her husband’s license is not suspended. Walter Montejo, 26 of South Gate, California, is charged with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of
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Missouri health care nonprofits hope to innovate health care in the state with new facility.
Two Missouri health non-profit organizations broke ground on Tuesday on a new building in Jefferson City.
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Rolla man seriously hurt in single-vehicle crash in Phelps County
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 64-year-old Rolla man was seriously hurt in a single-vehicle crash in Phelps County on Monday evening. According to the online crash report, Guy Clayton was traveling northbound on Highway A north of Ridgetop Drive at 7:50 p.m. when his 2023 F-150 went off the left side of the road. The
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is Mizzou’s No. 11 preseason ranking fair?
The preseason college football AP Top 25 was released Monday and Mizzou was placed among the best teams in the nation.
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MAP testing data shows improvements for middle school math at Columbia schools
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education provided an update on the school district’s Missouri Assessment Program testing data on Monday. The statewide assessments are designed to improve accountability and measure student performance. According to a recent presentation from an Aug. 6 BOE meeting statewide participation in the test continues to be more than
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Newburg man seriously injured in weekend Phelps County crash
ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Newburg man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Sunday on Doolittle Outer Road 1 in Phelps County, east of Route T, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2009 Hyundai Sonata – driven by Jerime Lister, 40 – was
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CPS rolls out cellphone policy ahead of new school year
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the new school year approaching, Columbia Public Schools has introduced its new cellphone expectations. This new policy states that within CPS middle schools, personal cellphones are to be put away the entire school day. For CPS high schools, cellphones are to be put away only during class periods. The district’s website
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Gasconade County first to install new Next Generation 911 system
Dialing the number 911 instead of a seven-digit number for emergencies started in Gasconade County in 1995 and the county is now implementing a new system to better connect callers to first responders in emergencies.
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Sedalia man charged with five felonies in Randolph County after allegedly pulling gun on 2 people
HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged with five felonies on Saturday after he was accused of pulling a gun on someone at a residence and taking a minivan. Marquette Smith, 32, was charged on Saturday in Randolph County with first-degree attempted assault, first-degree burglary, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree
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Georgia No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 and Ohio State No. 2 as expanded SEC; Mizzou is No. 11
Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll for the second straight year as the superconference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top 10 of the rankings.
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Tracking daily rain chances that keep temperatures mild
TODAY: Monday starts off somewhat soggy, with showers ongoing early before sunrise for some. Increasing chances for showers and storms come through the morning areawide, before leaving us drier by the afternoon and evening. This will limit temperatures, but the question is how much. This depends on the arrival of rain, but the forecast high
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