COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has kicked off the 2025 season with a dominating win. You can watch extended highlights of MU’s routing of the Central Arkansas in the video player below. The Tigers (1-0) cruised to a 61-6 victory over Central Arkansas (0-1) in their season opener, behind an impressive debut from quarterback Beau
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge has ruled that a lawsuit against University of Missouri fraternity members can continue. Judge Joshua Devine ruled on Thursday that the lawsuit filed by former student Riley Strain’s family can continue after the defendants argued to have their names dropped. Devine granted the motion filed by Delta Chi
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A discrimination lawsuit filed by the former warden of Jefferson City Correctional Center provides details about the workings of the facility, including when multiple inmates died by homicide. The lawsuit filed by Doris Falkenrath, the warden at JCCC from April 2021 until June 2024, claims that she was discriminated against for her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: A correction has been made about the closures on Interstate 70. Thousands of fans traveled to Columbia on Saturday for the Missouri Tigers’ first football game of the season, packing Faurot Field and creating heavy traffic around campus hours before the 6:30 p.m. kickoff. By mid-afternoon, traffic congestion was building
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Road M is back open after it was closed for several hours following a crash with a semi-truck. Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post that State Road M in Callaway County was closed north of Interstate 70 and south of Hatton-McCredie School. The road was closed for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Marshall woman has been charged after she was accused of driving on the wrong way of Highway 65 while intoxicated. Lauren Ngaue, 32, is charged with aggravated fleeing a stop causing physical injury, second-degree assault, DWI resulting in serious physical injury, armed criminal action and two traffic misdemeanors. Court documents state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new crossing arm will be installed in Moberly as part of a project to make crossing safer. Norfolk Southern Railroad will be adding a cross arm to Coates St. westbound lane to keep drivers from stopping between the two sets of tracks. This means Moulton St. traffic will now be one-way
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged after he was accused of having more than 50 grams of fentanyl. Charles Walker Jr. is charged with first-degree trafficking drugs over the statutory amount, tampering with physical evidence and a misdemeanor of resisting arrest. Court documents state officers were patrolling on Wednesday when they saw a
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By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Allison Gordon, Audrey Ash, Rob Kuznia, John Miller, Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — As a teenager, Robin Westman claimed to have been suspended after discussing school shootings with classmates – later writing in a journal that the incident was the origin of a deep obsession with mass shooters. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Health Care made $45 million in its fiscal year 2025, according to the UM Board of Curators Health Affairs Committee meeting on Thursday. This comes after MU Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield reached a deal in July, according to a previous KMIZ report. Contract details haven’t
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri man was sentenced on Wednesday for his role in a 2022 conspiracy to murder U.S. Border Patrol agents. Jonathan S. O’Dell, 35, of Warsaw, was sentenced to 165 years in federal prison without parole for more than 30 felonies this including conspiracy to murder a federal officer, escape from custody
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council voted to approve a new city property tax rate. During a special meeting held on Thursday, the vote on a property tax that is slightly lower than the current one was approved by all eight members at the meeting. State statute requires the city to set property rates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was found guilty of murder by a jury in a 2022 shooting. Isaac Bryant was found guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Demetrius Ware. Jurors received the case around 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. The verdict was delivered shortly after 6 p.m. Bryant was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The remains of a missing Belle man were found on Thursday. The Maries County Sheriff’s Office said a search team found the body they believe to be Devin Gehlert, 36, after searching a heavily wooded area near Maries County Road 309 early Thursday. The group included members from the Sheriff’s Office, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. A student at Southern Boone Middle School made a threatening statement while at school, according to the district. An email was shared with parents and staff after the statement was made on Thursday afternoon. The statement says building administrators were immediately informed and the Ashland Police Department was contacted. No other information was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the third year in a row, the Missouri Department of Transportation reports that traffic deaths across the state are down. MoDOT preliminary data shows that from Jan. 1 to Aug. 24, 2025, there have been 577 people killed in crashes. This is down from 589 reported during the same time period
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A homeless man has been charged after he was accused of assaulting someone else at Turning Point. Danelle Jordan, 46, was charged with second-degree assault and armed criminal action. Court documents state officers were called to 702 Wilkes Blvd on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. for an assault. Dispatch notes said a suspect
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Minneapolis police provided an update on this week’s Catholic school shooting in a public news conference Thursday. Among the news to come out of the briefing was that police found more weapons they believe to be associated with the shooter. Watch the full news conference in the video player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been arrested after he was charged earlier this month for allegedly shooting at a home. Marlon Meija-Fuentez was booked into the Boone County Jail at 4:54 p.m. on Wednesday, according to online records. Meija-Fuentez was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football fans will see some changes to their game day experience out at Faurot Field this season with stadium upgrades, concession stand additions and travel impacts on I-70. The current renovations to the north end zone will continue throughout the season; however, in addition to those changes, Mizzou Athletics has also
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