High school football playoffs: Week 11 highlights and scores
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 rolls out bus safety campaign amid concerns over violence, misconduct from passengers
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is rolling out a new safety campaign to try and curb the number of fights on public buses. On Thursday, city staff began putting up posters for a new “Ride With Respect” campaign. Each poster outlines guidelines for passengers with expectations for language, personal items and pet carriers.
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Centralia man faces child porn charges in Randolph County
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of uploading child pornography to the internet in Moberly. Tyler Marsh, 23, of Centralia, was charged with possessing child pornography and first-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to
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University of Missouri investigating reports of racist text messages
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is one of many schools nationwide to receive reports of racist texts being sent to Black students. MU Spokesperson Christopher Ave confirmed at least one person on campus has received a racist message. He said in a statement Thursday that anyone found to be violating university rules will
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Columbia man charged with seven felonies after drug bust
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with seven felonies after he was allegedly found with hundreds of doses of fentanyl. Kyle Shepherd, 32, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, two counts of delivery of a controlled substance and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone
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MDC stocks trout at Cosmo-Bethel Lake after delay
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation has stocked rainbow trout at Cosmo-Bethel Lake in Columbia, marking the start of the winter trout season. The catch-and-release winter season typically begins on Nov. 1, but the MDC was not able to stock trout last week in Columbia and Jefferson City due to high-water temperatures at
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New Westlake Ace Hardware opens in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new Westlake Ace Hardware location has opened in in the Rock Bridge Shopping Center on East Nifong Boulevard in Columbia. There are two other Ace Hardware locations in Columbia at 1910 West Worley Street and 1900 Business Loop 70 East. The company announced the third location would open in March. A
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Columbia library closed again ‘out of abundance of caution,’ expected to reopen Saturday morning
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daniel Boone Regional Library closed early again on Friday after more air treatment was recommended for the building, a Friday afternoon press release says. The library was closed on Thursday after its HVAC system malfunctioned, the Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 News on Thursday. The building was evacuated after smoke was
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Man charged with four felonies in Mexico road rage incident
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man was charged Friday with four felonies after he allegedly fired a shot at a vehicle along Highway 54. Jessie L. Deere of Martinsburg, Missouri, is charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and first-degree harassment. Deere is accused of firing a .38-caliber
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Mid-Missouri man among two convicted of plan to murder immigrants, border agents
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Mid-Missouri man and his co-defendant from Tennessee of plotting to travel to the Texas-Mexico border with a plan to murder immigrants and officers. Jonathan S. O’Dell, 34, of Warsaw, Missouri, and Bryan C. Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, were found guilty in a federal
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Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week’s election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Investigators were told of the plan to kill Trump by Farhad
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Tracking fall air and Saturday’s showers
TODAY: Friday is increasingly cloudy and similarly November-like in regard to temperatures as highs settle again in the upper 50s to near 60. TONIGHT: Winds will be northerly today, but shift to become southerly overnight. We’ll stay dry through midnight. EXTENDED: Showers now look to arrive after 3 a.m. at the earliest, and be most
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Mizzou men’s basketball improve over last season?
The Mizzou men’s basketball team opens play at Mizzou Arena on Friday. The Tigers will host Howard at 7 p.m. for their home opener. The squad is coming off a defeat at Memphis on Monday to start the season. Last year’s team finished in the basement of the SEC with an 8-24 record. They won
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Three injured in crash on I-70 in Cooper County
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were injured – one seriously – in a single-vehicle crash Thursday on Interstate 70 in Cooper County at mile marker 102, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia was heading eastbound and changed lanes near a work
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NCAA settlement could reshape funding model for Mizzou Athletics
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Changes could be on the way to how the University of Missouri funds its athletic department. The university is bracing for an additional expense of up to $22 million to cover the cost of a $2.8 billion class action lawsuit against the NCAA, which alleges that Power Five conferences’ policies unlawfully prevented
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Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
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Jefferson City will keep same insurance provider for employees in 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City will continue with its same health insurance provider in 2025 after recent controversy surrounding coverage for city employees. City Spokesperson Molly Bryan said the city changed insurance brokers over the summer, but is still continuing with its same health insurance provider — Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield — in
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Columbia holds annual snow plow dry run, says staffing is better than last year
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works crews held its annual dry snow run on Thursday, and staffing appears to be better than last year. “Right now, our staffing, we currently have four vacancies in the street in the street division. So, that’s pretty good going into winter,” Columbia Public Works Engineering and
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Columbia man rushed to hospital after crash closes Broadway
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man suffered serious injuries when his moped hit a vehicle on West Broadway. Police say the 60-year-old man, who was not named in a news release, was heading westbound when he changed lanes and hit a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old woman from Columbia. The collision threw the man from
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Parson signs executive order to close state offices day after Thanksgiving
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order on Thursday to close state offices on Nov. 29, the day after Thanksgiving. Parson has issued executive orders in past years that close state offices the day after the holiday. “Today, I signed Executive Order 24-15 closing state offices on Friday, November 29,
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