QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is the pace of life in Columbia better or worse in the summer?
Columbia is a college town as much as any, and it shows in the summer.
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Columbia businesses, residents torn over new downtown parking meters
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Columbia businesses and residents are torn over whether or not the city’s new downtown parking meters will be effective. The city announced on Thursday it plans to begin installing 15-minute curbside pickup parking signs and meters in downtown on Monday. According to a press release from the city, 19 curbside parking
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Mizzou softball will host its third NCAA Regional in four years, earns No. 7 seed
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 7-seeded Tiger softball team will, once again, host an NCAA Regional at the Mizzou Softball Stadium. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company will host their third NCAA Regional in four years. The team will also look to advance past weekend one and host its first NCAA Super Regional since 2021,
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Three-car crash blocks traffic in Jefferson City for 30 minutes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A busy intersection in Jefferson City has reopened a crash that left three people injured. Around 11:30 Sunday morning, Jefferson City police responded to a three car crash at the intersection of West Truman and the Highway 50 East off ramps. Kristin Sills, 46, took a left turn in front of
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University of Missouri new graduates experience first traditional graduation ceremonies
COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) For some University of Missouri 2024 graduates, the ceremonies held by the university marks their first traditional graduations. The class of 2024 was a part of the high school graduating class of 2020, whose ending to the school year was altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data from Education Week,
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Law enforcement searching for three juveniles who fled from Fulton detention center
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office retracted its earlier statement that it took 30 minutes for the Division of Youth Services to report missing detainees, now saying it was only a few minutes. Three juvenile detainees fled from the Division of Youth Services custody in Fulton and are now believed to be at
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Mizzou softball falls short in second SEC Championship appearance in three years
AUBURN, Ala. (KMIZ) The No. 5-seeded Mizzou softball team could not pull off the upset in Saturday’s SEC Championship game in Auburn, Alabama. The Tigers fell to No. 2-seeded Florida, 6-1, in head coach Larissa Anderson’s second conference title game appearance in three years. The Gators got on the board first in a big way
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Man charged with hazing Danny Sanutulli accepts plea agreement, will serve jail time
A man who was charged with assault in the suspected hazing of former University of Missouri student and fraternity pledge Danny Santulli has accepted a plea deal that will require him to spend time in jail.
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VIEWER PHOTOS: The northern lights can be seen in Mid-Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights can be seen this weekend around Mid-Missouri on Friday night, and several viewers were kindly willing to show us their views of the rare occasion. Want to show your photos on air and online? Share them with us on our share page or Facebook page. Learn more about the
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Sex offender charged with harassing high school student at Cooper County gas station
A registered sex offender in Boonville has been charged after he allegedly groped and forcibly kissed a high school student at a gas station.
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Eatwell Market in Columbia to become ‘traditional’ Schnucks
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Schnuck Markets Inc. announced in a Friday press release that it will convert the Eatwell Market on South Providence Road in Columbia to a “traditional” Schnucks location. The company stated in the release that it will discontinue the Eatwell Market brand, which operated in Columbia and Chesterfield. The Chesterfield location will close
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Spring graduation numbers expected to climb at the University of Missouri
The University of Missouri is expecting to graduate more than 5,200 students this weekend, an increase from the number of spring graduates in 2023.
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Wehmeyer Drive at Highway 94 in Jefferson City to close next week
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction crews will close Wehmeyer Drive at Highway 94 in Jefferson City on Wednesday to realign the entrance into Hitachi Energy, according to a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The road will be closed for five days, according to the release. A left-turn lane is being added
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Mizzou softball walks off LSU to punch ticket to SEC Tournament Championship
AUBURN, Ala. (KMIZ) The No. 5 seeded Mizzou softball punched its ticket to the SEC Tournament Championship in walk-off fashion on Friday night. The Tigers beat LSU 2-1 in eight innings to capture the semifinal win. Maddie Gallagher played hero at the dish for MU. The senior hit a solo home run in the fifth
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Missouri legislature passes $51 billion state budget Friday afternoon
Missouri House lawmakers began discussing and debating the state budget Friday with just hours to get it on the governor’s desk.
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Sheriff’s Office: Teenager shoots person with pellet gun, hits vehicle with sword
BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager was arrested on Thursday after authorities claim he shot another person and a vehicle with a pellet gun, before hitting the vehicle with a sword. The name of the 17-year-old was not available. According to an email from Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Brian Leer, deputies were called to
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Former teacher charged with child sex crimes in Saline County
MARSHALL, Mo. (KMIZ) A former school teacher has been charged in Saline County with multiple child sex crimes after court documents claim he abused two children. Justin Hendricks, 41, of Marshall, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree sexual abuse of a victim younger than 14 years old and second-degree child molestation of a child younger
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St. Louis police officer fatally shoots man who shot another man; happened near City Hall
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer shot and killed a man who had just shot another man, about a block from City Hall in the city’s downtown. Police say the officer saw a man shooting another man around 7:30 a.m. Friday near the busy corner of Market and 14th streets, and shot
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri’s attorney general defend three state senators against defamation?
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson made known his feelings Thursday about the misinformation spread on social media about a Kansas man after a deadly shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.
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Missouri Senate passes state budget Thursday evening; final vote from House needed
The Missouri Senate started debating the Missouri state budget Thursday morning with just over 24 hours left before the budget is due on the governor’s desk.
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