TODAY: Warmer weather returns Sunday despite a bitterly cold start. Temperatures in the teens to start the day will turn into low 40s by this afternoon, thanks to abundant sunshine and a southwest wind around 10-15 mph through midday. TONIGHT: A light south breeze keeps temperatures from falling as far overnight into Monday. Temperatures will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team came out on the other side of senior night with a 45-14 win over New Mexico State. The Tigers now just need one more win, in the final game of the season, to become bowl eligible. Watch the full interview with Eli Drinkwitz after the game below. https://youtu.be/qmQkgd374R4
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The new Interstate 70 Rocheport Bridge is on track to be finished in December 2024.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Powerhouse Community Development passed out food boxes to the community Saturday as an effort to make sure everyone had a meal for the Thanksgiving holiday as part of its “A Time to Give Thanks” holiday event. The giveaway took place at Parkade Plaza on Business Loop 70 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. The Columbia Police Department responded to reports of an armed individual causing a disturbance Saturday evening. CPD responded to the 1400 block of Bass Avenue at 7:45 p.m. Officers report that while the individual was armed, he did not make any threats. CPD said the situation was resolved without any incident and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic on North Garth Avenue near Third was blocked following a car accident Saturday evening. The accident happened around 8 causing both lanes to close. Crews at the scene say two vehicles were involved in the accident. Both lanes were cleared within about 30 minutes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over 2,000 customers in Columbia were without power for a few hours Saturday afternoon. All in the central Columbia area. The outage started around 3 p.m. and was resolved two hours later. The power outage was first noticed just after Columbia fire crews responded to a small grass fire on Redwood Road. Firefighters
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TODAY: Sunny and breezy with highs in the low 30s. Wind chills in the teens at kickoff this evening. TOMORROW: Chilly in the morning with lows in the teens. Temperatures recover by the afternoon due to southwesterly winds, with highs reaching the mid-40s. EXTENDED: Winds will be somewhat strong from the northwest on Saturday as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Break-ins and burglaries may be top of mind while preparing to leave your house or apartment for the holidays. According to Columbia Police dispatch records, there have been five burglaries in the past week. Last year, there were 17 burglaries during the week of Thanksgiving in Columbia. Thursday night, an attempted break-in led to a police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is awarding more than $400 million to improve community water infrastructure grants, according to a press release. In Mid-Missouri, there were several communities that will get funding to improve drinking water, wastewater, storm water and lead service line inventories. Columbia, Mexico and Fulton are three cities that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With Thanksgiving less than a week away, local programs are pulling resources together for families in need. This year though, the amount of people in need of a holiday meal has increased. “We’re serving around 15,000 more people every month than we were at this time in 2021. It’s a huge increase,”
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Maries County Sheriff’s deputy allegedly came across a Lowe’s delivery truck stolen from Jefferson City on the side of Highway 63 with passengers in it Thursday morning, according to a Facebook post by the Maries County Sheriff. He detained the driver and passenger then contacted the Jefferson City Police Department.
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Watch the presentation in the video above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s Democratic Party club heard a presentation Friday from Columbia’s top cop about a software platform that enables police to access public or business video footage. The decision for the Columbia Police Department to use the Fusus software is going in front of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested Thursday afternoon in relation to an outstanding warrant, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy had received information that Justin Martin, 24, was in a vehicle near the 4000 block of Interstate 70 Drive SE. Martin had a warrant for first-degree
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) An Independence man was charged with several felonies on Thursday in Cooper County in relation to an alleged incident that occurred in October. Joshua Dillon, 40, was charged with: Three counts of tampering with a motor vehicleTwo counts of stealing a motor vehicleSecond-degree burglaryFirst-degree property damageStealing $750 or moreReceiving stolen propertyKnowingly burning
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed a lawsuit in the federal court Nov. 8 against Advanced Correctional Healthcare and Pettis County for allegedly denying an incarcerated individual access to life-saving medication after he was diagnosed with HIV. The ACLU seeks a preliminary injunction from the Court to ensure that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia plans to do its annual dry snow run training exercise Tuesday. Public Works crews will use the exercise as an opportunity to review safety procedures and practice their snow routes in order to better prepare for winter.Most participants of the exercise will depart from the Grissum Building, 1313
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A Kirksville, Missouri, man was sentenced to three decades in prison Friday in the 2020 death of an Audrain County man.
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Columbia residents are welcome to voice their opinion on proposed changes to the city’s controversial trash system at a Thursday night meeting.
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Evan Perez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday appointed a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigations into the retention of national defense information at former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort and parts of the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Both investigations implicate the conduct of Trump, who on Tuesday declared
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