COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the University of Missouri’s 113th homecoming football game against Auburn less than a week away, the university is hosting multiple events throughout the week for its “Leading the Legacy” homecoming 2024 celebration. Homecoming week will kick off tonight at 6 p.m. with the Light the Dome event at Traditions Plaza. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This month President Joe Biden signed two pieces of bipartisan legislation into law which aim to aid the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association nearly 7 million people across the U.S. are battling the disease and this number is only expected to grow. NAPA Reauthorization Act The NAPA Reauthorization
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County prosecutors have charged a St. Louis man and two Columbia men with murder in the death of a Columbia teenager on Thursday. Byron Sampson, 20, is charged with second-degree murder after he is accused of killing Traquan Reed, 18, on Thursday. Julius J. Mosby, 18, and Demetrius L. Mays, 22,
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HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The 33rd Annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival began Saturday, bringing organizers hope after what they called a devastating past two years. A state-wide drought racked Missouri for months last year, leaving several Mid-Missouri counties in “extreme drought” conditions. According to Missouri Soybean, from April to Nov. 2023 was the seventh driest growing season
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AMHERST, Mass. (KMIZ) Following No. 21 Mizzou’s first loss of the season to Texas A&M, head coach Eli Drinkwitz challenged his group to positively respond to it in Week 7. The Tigers delivered the response Drinkwitz was looking for. MU cruised past Massachusetts 45-3 to get them back in the win column, propelled by a
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City woman was seriously hurt after a crash in Callaway County at around 5:15 p.m. Friday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash report states Anna Wright-Wells, 54, of Kansas City was driving a 2014 Nissan Rogue with passenger Jonah Wells, 24, of Kansas
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation and Lunda Construction are hosting the final Superintendent Talks meeting next Saturday for the I-70 Rocheport Bridge construction project. The meeting will take place at 9 a.m., Oct. 19th at the A-Frame Winegarden in Rocheport. According to MoDOT’s website, October’s meeting will focus on recent milestones on
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The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following Monday’s City Council vote, more than 100 new surveillance cameras will be coming to Columbia. The council voted 5-2 in favor of signing a contract with Flock Group, Inc. for new cameras that will be spread across Downtown Columbia, each of the city’s six wards, several parks as well as the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the latest data from the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 122,000 Missourians 65 years and older are battling Alzheimer’s Disease. Across the country, nearly 7 million people are living with the disease. Almost two-thirds of those affected are women. “The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association is to raise funds and awareness
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was acquitted in two years ago in a felony case has filed another lawsuit against several defendants. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was accused of arson. He was acquitted in 2019. He was also acquitted in another case in 2022 where he was accused of conspiring to murder his wife. Fotoohighiam filed a lawsuit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of CMAC rivals are preparing to play under the Friday night lights for some city bragging rights. Rock Bridge (5-1) is beginning its streak of back-to-back crosstown showdowns with a trip to Battle (0-6) in Week 7 of the high school football season. The Bruins and Spartans are our SportsZone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A missing Gasconade County man has been found. Manfred Stelzer, 79, was previously at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bland Christian Church at 710 W. Highway 28, according to an Endangered Silver Advisory from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Officials wrote in an email sent at 6:22 p.m. that Stelzer had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Work to redesign the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector in Columbia will begin on Wednesday, a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation says. Work was originally expected to begin on Monday. The interchange work includes building two new bridges on Highway 63. MoDOT says Highway 63 traffic between the Broadway
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Clifton-Carmack was also sentenced to a 120-day sex offender treatment and assessment program. She will be released on probation if she completes it successfully. PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County high school teacher who pleaded guilty in September to having sexual contact with a student was sentenced on Friday. Hailey Clifton-Carmack
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road repairs for West Brown School Road in Boone County have been scheduled for Tuesday, according to a Friday press release from the Boone County Road and Bridge Department. Repairs will occur between Creasy Spring Road and Clearview Road and will begin at 9 a.m. Traffic is expected to be reopened by
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A search and rescue team based in Columbia is continuing its work in western North Carolina, more than two weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged the area.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sidewalk on University Avenue near Middlebush Hall on the University of Missouri’s campus will close early next week while repairs are made to the building, a Friday press release from the city says. Crews will be repairing glass windows at Middlebush Hall, the release says. The sidewalk on the south side
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Meta, Missouri, woman was charged with three child sex crimes on Thursday in Maries County. Brenda Bax was charged with use of a child in a sexual performance and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving sexual conduct. Court records indicate a warrant was served on
Continue Reading PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old Steelville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Phelps County Thursday afternoon. Troopers said the crash happened on Highway 63 near County Road 6220 at 2:15 p.m. when Gabriel Peak crossed the center line traveling into the northbound lane. According to the report, Peak was driving a 2008
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