WATCH: Kansas City hosts Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade
The parade is scheduled to start at noon, with a celebration at the end of the parade route.
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Yes, marijuana use can still get you in trouble at work
Recreational use of marijuana became legal in Missouri at the beginning of February. However, some marijuana users still do not have job protection.
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MU Health Care names new CEO
A president of a public hospital system in Wisconsin was named Wednesday as the new CEO of MU Health Care.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you going to watch the Chiefs’ victory parade?
The Kansas City Chiefs will have their Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City on Wednesday.
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Columbia Board of Adjustment votes down proposed drive-thru coffee shop
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Adjustment spent three hours reviewing an application for a variance submitted by 7Brew Coffee. The board was asked to consider waiving various zoning and construction rules for 7Brew during its Tuesday night meeting at City Hall. “It’s very small. So we’re trying to utilize every single inch of
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Game of the Week: Hickman vs. Rock Bridge
Watch a replay of the game in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman boys basketball team fell to Rock Bridge Tuesday night at home 60-42 in this weeks KZOU game of the week.
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Appeals court sides with student who was forced to cut his hair, case goes back to Cole County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City student will get another chance at his lawsuit against the district. An appeals court on Tuesday sided with Joey Huerta and his mother in their lawsuit from 2017. They sued when a wrestling coach at Thomas Jefferson Middle School made Huerta cut his hair. The appeals court said
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Highway Patrol investigating Randolph County sheriff
HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is looking into allegations made against Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. MSHP spokesman Capt. John Hotz said Randolph County’s prosecutor asked the Division of Drug and Crime Control to investigate the situation. Neither Hotz nor prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford elaborated on what exactly Wilson was accused of
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Pulaski County man charged with raping girl, held on $500,000 bond
ST. ROBERT, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Robert man has been charged with rape after allegedly sexually assaulting a girl in October. James Vaughn, 31, is charged with first-degree rape and sodomy. He is being held at the Pulaski County Jail on a $500,000 bond, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. A bond review is
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Missouri lawmakers again take up transgender issues as legislation impacts Columbia schools
The morning after a Columbia Board of Education member left a meeting citing ongoing stress from the Missouri legislature’s continued focus on LGBTQ+ issues, lawmakers were set to meet Tuesday to discuss transgender children.
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Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade to have large law enforcement presence
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Kansas City will be packed with people Wednesday to celebrate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. The Kansas City Police Department says there will be hundreds of officers patrolling the parade. Nineteen local, state and federal agencies will be among those guarding the area. The city began preparations earlier this week. Kansas City Police
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Rollover crash blocks part of busy Columbia intersection
A rollover crash briefly blocked a busy central Columbia intersection at about noon Tuesday.
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Two Columbia residents plead guilty to $1.2 million insurance fraud scheme
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of Columbia residents pleaded guilty in federal court to more than $1.2 million worth in insurance fraud that included false injury claims allegedly suffered in a car accident. Latoya Marie Brown, 37, and Cedrick Shawndale Goldman, 46, each pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J.
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AG: Contractor sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding clients
The Missouri attorney general said Tuesday that a Mid-Missouri contractor who was accused of ripping off his clients has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Audrain County Sheriff’s Office: Woman ‘unintentionally’ shot in home
VANDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that a woman on Monday was shot unintentionally in a home on East Bland Street in Vandalia The Sheriff’s Office says deputies found a 25-year-old woman with a gunshot wound in her chest. She was flown to University Hospital in Columbia and
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Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn’t commit. Lamar Johnson, 50, closed his eyes and shook his head slightly as a member
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Need for new lawyer prolongs Columbia murder case
The death of a defense lawyer has prolonged the prosecution of a Columbia man accused in a 2017 murder.
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Columbia Board of Education member leaves meeting, citing slew of legislation
Columbia Board of Education member Katherine Sasser said she could no longer fulfill her role on the board at Monday night’s meeting.
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Cities such as Columbia, Jefferson City studying uses for recreational marijuana taxes
Recreational marijuana sales began in early February in Missouri but after April they could become more expensive for some Mid-Missouri consumers.
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Preparations underway for Chiefs’ victory parade Wednesday
Watch a livestream announcing details from the parade in the player above. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation has begun preparations for the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade and rally being held on Wednesday. This comes as the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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