COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second fireworks show this weekend involving a company from Buffalo, Missouri, has been canceled. Lake Valley Golf Club in Camdenton wrote on its Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon that AM Pyrotechnics told the club “us they are unable to fulfill their obligation to provide this year’s display. With only days remaining
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters rescued a worker who was stuck on an elevated lift on Wednesday morning in the 1800 block of Vieth Drive, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. Crews found a man on a lift that “become inoperable after being damaged by falling debris,” the release says. He
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A group calling itself the Missouri Licensing Advocacy Group is suing the Missouri attorney general and other state officials to stop an enforcement campaign targeting businesses that operate video gambling machines. The group filed its lawsuit in Cole County last week, saying that Attorney General Catherine Hanaway and Missouri Alcohol and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man from Moberly was seriously injured Tuesday in a motorcycle crash on Highway 63 in Cairo, a Missouri State Highway Patrol report says. The report says the man rode a 2006 Harley Davidson southbound and failed to yield to a 2010 Toyota Sienna that was driven by a 43-year-old Madison,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man proposed to a woman at the top of the Empire State Building after unfurling a flag that preached the power of love. The couple had not been identified early Wednesday afternoon.
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An ordinance that prevents people from standing on medians along busy roads in Columbia is taking effect. The police have been on an education campaign, informing panhandlers about the ordinance ahead of Wednesday’s effective date. But the ordinance is still meeting political resistance from people who say it unfairly targets those same panhandlers and restricts
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With the new fiscal year set to start on Wednesday, Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday signed a fiscal 2027 state budget of about $50 billion, while vetoing or restricting about half a billion dollars in funding, including money for major local projects. Among those projects are the University of Missouri’s Energy
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men from Columbia were run over by a vehicle on Monday at the intersection of Idlewood Drive and Route C in Jefferson City, according to a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department that was sent to media on Tuesday. Police later on Tuesday said the driver, a 43-year-old
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Stover woman was seriously injured Tuesday in a crash on Ivy Bend Road in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 20-year-old Stover man and the woman were riding on a 2006 Yamaha Road Star 1700 motorcycle that was heading
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission on Tuesday passed a multi-million-dollar contract for gravel road pavement throughout the county. The commission unanimously approved a $4.62 million purchase order with Capital Paving and Construction LLC. The total and locations, according to meeting documents, includes: LocationDollar AmountBoothe Lane (North) upgrade)$516,099.90Boothe Lane (South)/Brennen Drive/Finnegan Court upgrade$842,121.05Coats Lane
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced on a Tuesday evening social media post that it was looking for an at-risk man with dementia. Police were looking for John Linder, 76, of Columbia. He was last seen around 6:15 p.m. in the 200 block of North Stadium Boulevard while driving a dark gray 2025
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (Kmiz) Missouri leaders are getting ready to discuss further restrictions on transgender athletes following Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision. The higher court upheld the power of the states to ban transgender athletes from participating in certain sports, ruling that these restrictions do not interfere with Title IX regulations. Missouri state Rep. Brian Seitz
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has sent its proposed “A-F” grading system for school districts to the governor’s office. A Tuesday release from DESE says this submission responds to an executive order signed in January. The release says DESE will give annual grades for districts, school and charter schools.
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COLUMBIA MO. (KMIZ) The Salvation Army hosted its annual fan drive on Thursday, giving away 190 free fans to the public. The group said the donation was a community effort, with partners at the Westlake ACE Hardware donating the fans to the Salvation Army for distribution. The drive comes as temperatures have started to rise
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri saw an increase in the turnover and vacancy rates for nurses in 2025, according to data provided by the Missouri Hospital Association. A report shows the nursing turnover rate was at 18.9% in 2025, compared to 16.1% in 2024, bucking a four-year downward trend. The vacancy rate also increased 10.9% in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach’s Independence Day celebration has been postponed to July 11, the city announced in a Tuesday afternoon press release. The city wrote that it has to reschedule its Heart of the Lake FreedomFest because “the City’s contracted pyrotechnics company was unable to fulfill its contractual obligation to provide the fireworks display
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said Tuesday that he is filing legislation to amend the U.S. Constitution to “rein in” birthright citizenship. The decision comes after the Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump’s initiative to end birthright citizenship on Tuesday. “Under the Supreme Court’s erroneous interpretation, American citizenship is extended to anyone who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police in Mexico arrested a man for allegedly stabbing someone on Monday. Police Chief Brice Mesko said in a news release on Tuesday that Darrell Smith, 42, was taken into custody for allegedly stabbing a man in the 700 block of Singleton in Mexico. Smith is charged with second-degree assault and armed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Marshall woman with dementia who walked away from a nursing home amid extreme heat on Tuesday was found safe. Shirley L. Swift, 89, was last seen at Hartland Residential Care Center at about 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to an alert issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She suffers from dementia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash in Camden County on Monday night. According to the online crash report, a 39-year-old Springfield woman was driving a 2024 Jeep Wrangler eastbound on Highway 54 west of Route W at 10:15 p.m. Monday. The report states that the vehicle crossed the center
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