COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Work to redesign the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector in Columbia will begin on Wednesday, a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation says. Work was originally expected to begin on Monday. The interchange work includes building two new bridges on Highway 63. MoDOT says Highway 63 traffic between the Broadway
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Clifton-Carmack was also sentenced to a 120-day sex offender treatment and assessment program. She will be released on probation if she completes it successfully. PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County high school teacher who pleaded guilty in September to having sexual contact with a student was sentenced on Friday. Hailey Clifton-Carmack
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road repairs for West Brown School Road in Boone County have been scheduled for Tuesday, according to a Friday press release from the Boone County Road and Bridge Department. Repairs will occur between Creasy Spring Road and Clearview Road and will begin at 9 a.m. Traffic is expected to be reopened by
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A search and rescue team based in Columbia is continuing its work in western North Carolina, more than two weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged the area.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sidewalk on University Avenue near Middlebush Hall on the University of Missouri’s campus will close early next week while repairs are made to the building, a Friday press release from the city says. Crews will be repairing glass windows at Middlebush Hall, the release says. The sidewalk on the south side
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Meta, Missouri, woman was charged with three child sex crimes on Thursday in Maries County. Brenda Bax was charged with use of a child in a sexual performance and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving sexual conduct. Court records indicate a warrant was served on
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old Steelville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Phelps County Thursday afternoon. Troopers said the crash happened on Highway 63 near County Road 6220 at 2:15 p.m. when Gabriel Peak crossed the center line traveling into the northbound lane. According to the report, Peak was driving a 2008
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TODAY: Warmer than Thursday, Friday brings temperatures into the mid-80s thanks to better south winds and continued sunshine. Low humidity is forecast, so we won’t feel any heat index of note. TONIGHT: Skies become partly cloudy overnight, to mostly cloudy, as some high clouds pass through the region. These will begin to break up by
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Inflation in the U.S. hit its lowest level in more than three years in September, according to a government report released this week. The consumer price increase of 2.4% is the lowest since February 2021. However, the report notes that some prices remain high, including medical care, clothing, auto insurance and airline fares. Those “core
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Crime scene tape went up in a northeast Columbia neighborhood Thursday morning after a caller reported hearing gunshots and a vehicle crash.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights were able to be seen in Mid-Missouri once again on Thursday evening. Check out some viewer-submitted photos in the gallery above. Do you have any photographs you want shared? Add them to our Facebook page and they can end up on-air and online. We will be adding more photos
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A high school student and his family are spearheading a relief effort in Jefferson City to help those affected by Hurricane Helene. Xander Gunn, a senior at the Jefferson City Academic Center, first got the idea to start accepting donations for hurricane victims from his family. His parents Joespeh and Lindsey
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A day after Gov. Mike Parson ordered 100 Missouri National Guard members to assist in relief efforts in Florida for Hurricane Milton, the state of Florida informed the governor that Missouri’s assistance is “no longer required.” A Thursday press release from Parson’s office says that the Florida Division of Emergency Management said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Utilities Department has sent six utility workers to Florida to assist areas impacted by Hurricane Milton, a Thursday press release says. The release says that the crew will head to Orlando, Florida, and take a digger truck, double-bucket truck and a backyard machine. This comes after crews returned
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 members are still responding to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Three members have been demobilized, according to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District. The post says Task Force 1 members are currently staged in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and have not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Housing Authority on Thursday announced it will get $3.5 million in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Missouri Housing Development Commission for the Providence Walkway Apartments project. A press release says that the funding was approved during a Sept. 24 meeting and represents the “final financial component” to begin
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Stacey Button, who is the economic development director and president of Regional Economic Development Inc., will retire from the City of Columbia in the spring, a Thursday press release from the city says. Button has worked for the city for 10 years and began her career in Flagstaff, Arizona, the release says.
Continue Reading ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) Repairs will begin next week on the bridge on Interstate 70 near exit 117 in Rocheport, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The bridge was recently damaged after a vehicle hit the bridge, the release says. Repairs will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 16 and is expected
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AP Health Writer A company is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry products made at an Oklahoma plant because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria that can cause illness and death. BrucePac of Woodburn, Oregon, recalled the roughly 5,000 tons of ready-to-eat foods this week after U.S. Agriculture Department officials detected
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments inch up by only 2.5% next year, as the steady decline in inflation puts a damper on the program’s annual cost-of-living-adjustment, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. Retirees’ monthly payments will rise by about $50 to an estimated average of $1,976
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