Editor’s Note: AI was used in background research for this article. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Teachers and parents faced Missouri legislators on Tuesday as two Missouri senators work to write a new grading system for schools into law. Gov. Mike Kehoe signed an executive order creating school report cards in January, before his State of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of Montgomery County residents and property owners has filed a lawsuit to stop the construction of a data center. Preserve Montgomery County, LLC, is suing two parties, Montgomery County and the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The group is asking for a Cole County judge to invalidate and ban the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is moving forward with its plans for a proposed 1% Public Safety Sales Tax it believes will help close a $156 million funding gap in the Columbia Police and Fire retirement fund. The police pension has a $66 million funding gap with nearly $81 million currently in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved modifying a hiring incentive for police officers. The council at its regular meeting upped the lateral transfer incentive from $10,000 to $15,000. Prior to this, the $10,00 lateral transfer was paired with a $5,000 hiring incentive for non-licensed academy recruits, according to meeting documents.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old motorcycle rider was seriously injured in a Tuesday afternoon crash on Route W in Miller County, just east of Lighthouse Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man rode his 2013 Harley Davidson 1200 Custom westbound when he crossed the centerline
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An out-of-state resident who was diagnosed with measles traveled through St. Louis Lambert International Airport earlier this month, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The release says the infected person was at the airport between 5-7 p.m. Feb. 7 and was at Terminal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A septuagenarian has been charged in Boone County after he was accused of robbing a downtown Columbia bank at gunpoint over the weekend. Basil Kyles, 71, of Columbia, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. He is being held at
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Tension boiled over at Tuesday morning’s Cole County Commission meeting, leaving the signing of a towing contract tabled.
The county was set to sign with Broadway Wrecker Service after awarding it a bid last week to be the towing and storage company for the sheriff’s office.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hear from Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates about how the Tigers plan to get back in the win column against Vanderbilt.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has died after he was shot Friday night in Osage County. Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham said Tuesday that the man, previously identified as 45-year-old Jarrod Compton, was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m. Monday. “We are still working the case at this point,” Bonham said when asked about arrests.
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David Jarrett, 26, was charged with after he allegedly shot a victim in the torso in a Jefferson City home on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to a shooting in downtown Columbia is asking a judge to retract his plea during his sentencing hearing Tuesday. Steven Harris, 46, pleaded guilty in January to unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and stealing a gun for a shooting in downtown Columbia in
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By John Blake, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, his son said. He was 84. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., had been hospitalized in recent months and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City leaders unanimously approved a new design to the Douglass Park basketball courts during Monday night’s council meeting. The city had been having discussions about changing the basketball courts since 2023. It was announced in 2023 that the courts would honor Willie Cox, a former assistant coach of the University of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers are taking a hard look at regulating artificial intelligence, focusing on images and videos created without consent. The House Emerging Issues Committee held a public hearing on Monday to examine a series of bills that would expand criminal and civil penalties for nonconsensual AI-generated content. Lawmakers emphasized the rapid
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 2014 City of Columbia violence prevention report has been updated for the new decade with the summary set to be reviewed by the City Council Monday. The report features guidelines for recommendations from the 2014 Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence. Monday’s report will feature updated recommendations for the city and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday night unanimously approved plans to for a culvert replacement project Old Plank Road. The design and construction will cost $620,000, with the city funding $337,000 of the amount, according to estimates in meeting documents. The memo indicates $282,763.10 will be provided by the Missouri Department of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is considering a 1% public safety sales tax to help close the multi-million dollar gap in its police and fire retirement fund and support improvements across both departments. Public safety makes up nearly half of the city’s general fund spending for fiscal 2026, with about $66 million budgeted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Park Avenue in Columbia near Frederick Douglass High School will close later this week through Feb. 27, according to a Monday press release from the City of Columbia. Beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday, a contractor for the Columbia Housing Authority will close Park Avenue between North Providence Road and
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CNN By Elise Hammond, Mark Morales, Danya Gainor, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A youth hockey game was violently interrupted Monday when the sound of gunfire echoed inside a packed ice rink in Rhode Island, leaving at least two people dead and three others injured, police said. The suspected shooter, who police say took their
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