COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Local businesses in Columbia and the University are preparing for a busy homecoming week. This is Mizzou’s 110th homecoming celebration and this year’s theme is “A Reason to Roar.” Michelle Dillard is the owner of Tiger Sprit in Downtown Columbia. She tells me that she is ready for what the foot traffic
Continue ReadingTonight: Winds continue out of the south with scattered showers and storms remaining throughout the duration of the night. The main threat for these storms will be brief downpours and lightning. Storms begin to die off and turn into showers the later we get through the night. Tomorrow: Showers taper off mid-morning on Sunday with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A rally was held Saturday at the Boone County Courthouse for reproductive rights. Women’s March and more than 90 other organizations were at the rally to defend reproductive rights ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on Monday. Organizers from CoMo for Progress, Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, and Planned Parenthood called on the community to
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 8.7% on Saturday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,322 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 678,112 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 402 new probable cases with a total number of 143,912 antigen test results being positive. Seven new
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COOPER, Mo. (KMIZ) One man was seriously injured in a Cooper County crash Saturday morning, after hitting a concrete culvert. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, 35-year-old Rickey Thornton was driving a 2005 Honda CBR along Morgan County Drive near South Morgan Street, when he went off the left side of the
Continue Reading MILLER, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were hospitalized after a golf cart crash in Miller County on Saturday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 34-year-old driver was driving along Sanabel Lane in Miller County when the golf cart started to skid along the roadway and then hit a reflective pole. The
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MU Health Care is administering flu vaccines again Saturday after the clinic opened last week.
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One person has been arrested according to CPD, after police were originally called to South 9th St. around 2:30 a.m. Saturday for reports of a disturbance.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal jury found a Kansas City man guilty of one count of trafficking meth from a Camdenton hotel on Wednesday. Anthony Martinez Harris, 48, was found guilty on Wednesday of one count of possessing meth with the intent to distribute. Camdenton police responded to an employee at the Sleep Inn on
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A Jefferson City High School Alum and US Naval Academy graduate will seek one of two openings for the Jefferson City School District Board of Education.
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The Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) III grants are part of American Rescue Plan funding tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Drivers filling up their tanks in Missouri will pay an additional 2.5 cents per gallon of gas effective Friday. Gov. Mike Parson signed the increase into law in July. The tax is set to increase by the same amount yearly between 2021 and 2025. At the end of 2025, the state’s tax rate will sit at 29.5 cents per gallon.
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Boone County dispatchers sent a public alert at 7:55 a.m. saying crews are working a crash at West Ash Street and Clinkscales Road. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a car partially covered with a tarp that had crashed into an attached garage.
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The Missouri Ethics Commission told Mayor Brian Treece to dissolve his campaign committee in a Friday order. Once dissolved, the commission promised to take no further action against him.
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Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Ian Thomas told constituents in his newsletter but did not provide a reason. Thomas was first elected in 2013 and reelected in 2016 and 2019. The councilman established a reputation of pushing for development that encouraged less automobile traffic and for affordable housing, among other causes.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Mexico Public Safety Department arrest one man Wednesday and another man turned himself in Tuesday after a shooting incident on Sept. 18 in the 1000 block of Buchanan Street. On Tuesday, Randy Curtis Jr., 33, turned himself in for his involvement in the shooting, according to a release. On Wednesday Kareem Phillips-Bey,
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The hospital is being built on the main MU Health Care campus, adjacent to the University of Missouri campus.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Problems with getting enough water delayed firefighters from extinguishing a blaze that destroyed two Moberly homes Thursday, the fire department said. Moberly firefighters were sent Thursday morning to 1045 West End St. W., where a one-and-a-half-story house was on fire, the Moberly Fire Department said in a news release. The fire was
Continue Reading OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Owensville, Missouri was taken to the hospital late Thursday night after a single-vehicle crash in Osage County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 9:55 p.m. on Highway 89 at Route E. Troopers said Joshua H. Hollandsworth, 33, hit a stop sign, a guardrail, and two
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