Columbia College to cut more than 100 positions in restructuring
Columbia College will slash its workforce as part of a restructuring meant to adapt to changes in higher education, the private college said in a statement Wednesday.
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80% of Missouri business leaders say child care crisis bad for state
Lawmakers, business leaders and business owners from across Missouri gathered for a discussion on an issue plaguing Missouri’s economy: child care.
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Casa Maria’s co-owner seeks Boone County surrender in Bootheel arson case
A lawyer for a Columbia restauranteur accused of arson in southeast Missouri is trying to negotiate her surrender in Boone County, court documents show.
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MoDOT to hold public information meetings on Highway 54 study
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of informational meetings will be hosted by the Missouri Department of Transportation later this month to give an update on a study of Highway 54 improvements between Mexico and Louisiana, according to a Wednesday press release. The open-house meetings will be held: 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Community
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MU School of Medicine awarded $16 million to improve physician shortages in rural Missouri
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine $16 million to help train new doctors to work in parts of rural Missouri.
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Drought Assessment Committee set to meet to discuss ways to respond to statewide drought conditions
A screenshot of the U.S. Drought Monitor released September 28th, 2023.
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Trump back in court as fraud trial probes who was responsible for his financial statements
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The fraud trial that could block former President Donald Trump from doing business in New York drilled down Wednesday into the question of who — his company or hired accountants — bore responsibility for financial statements that the state
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you side with Missouri GOP representatives on Kevin McCarthy?
Washington made history again Tuesday when a sitting House speaker was voted out of his office for the first time in the nation’s history.
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Two people seriously injured in Morgan County crash
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were hurt – two with serious injuries – in a Tuesday crash on Highway 5 in Morgan County, just south of Harrison Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred when a 2014 Toyota Tacoma – driven by Woodrow Tweed, 75, of Linn Creek
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Macon County couple running daycare accused of child abuse; man allegedly fractured toddler’s femur
BEVIER, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon County couple who run a daycare in Bevier have been charged with child abuse after authorities say one of them fractured a toddler’s femur. Joshuea Leodon Teter, 28, of Bevier, was charged with child abuse in two separate cases – one stemming from last week and another from November 2022.
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52 calls to police made at Cosmo Park since August, more than 200 calls made since Jan. 1
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cosmo Park has seen a large number of calls to police since the beginning of the year. According to online records from the Columbia Police Department 6-hour Dispatch Log, there have been 211 calls to the park since Jan. 1. Nearly a quarter of those calls have come within the past two
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Officials say not to repost social media threats made against schools
While there are no active threats being investigated against Jefferson City schools, school officials want parents and students to know what to do in the case one does occur.
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Moberly man sentenced to five consecutive life sentences for child sex crimes
HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man who was found guilty of more than a dozen charges related to child sex crimes was sentenced on Tuesday. Scotty Gene Reynolds, 47, was found guilty on June 15 of two counts of first-degree statutory rape, six counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree child molestation, four
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Four Mizzou Club Swimmers severely injured in Illinois hazmat spill crash
Four Mizzou Club Swim teammates are recovering in the ICU after the deadly pile-up crash in Illinois over the weekend.
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Fire burns Fulton carport, damages house
Firefighters were sent a little after 1 p.m. to 400 S. Ravine St. and found heavy fire in the carport on the north side of the house.
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JCPD launches new portal for residents to follow calls
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department has launched a new online portal for residents to follow calls, according to a Tuesday press release. The portal — Citizen Connect — is contained inside the JCPD website, according to the release. According to the release, residents can view the date, time and incident number
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McCarthy becomes the first ever speaker to be ousted from the job in House vote
Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history, The 216-210 vote, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives, throws the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.
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Randolph County man charged with statutory rape, released on bond
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Clark, Missouri, man was arrested on Monday after he was accused of statutory rape in 2017 in Boone County. Trenton Kalinowski, 27, was charged on Sept. 25 with second-degree statutory rape. He was in the Boone County Jail on Monday and bonded out. His bond was set at $25,000. A court
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Boone County Emergency Management tells domestic violence victims to turn off phones during nationwide EAS test
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Those in abusive relationships who have a “secret phone” should turn their phones off before a nationwide EAS test Wednesday, according to a Tuesday Facebook post from the Boone County Office of Emergency Management. A national emergency alert test will be sent to cellphones around the country at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday. The
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WATCH: Drinkwitz takes questions as Mizzou prepares to host LSU
The Tigers are rolling, coming off a victory in their first SEC matchup of the season to reach 5-0 and hit No. 21 in the AP Top 25.
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