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RECALL ROUNDUP: Cream cheese, nuts and UTVs recalled
Hy-Vee has issued a recall for four of its products.
Continue ReadingHy-Vee has issued a recall for four of its products.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a dozen roads in Cole County were closed Wednesday evening because of flooding, according to an email from Cole County Public Works Administrator Teresa Wilson. Storms went through Mid-Missouri on Wednesday after coming through earlier in the week. The 11 roads closed in Cole County included: 9900-10200 blocks of Scrivner
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson signed the legislation Thursday in his Jefferson City Capitol office. According to Planned Parenthood, only Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas have successfully
Continue ReadingAnother legislative session, another down-to-the-wire budget process.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is trying to raise money for a family who woke up to find a large tree had fallen on their house. Ronald Swanson says his gym director at Capitol Kids, Melissa Church, had part of her home severely damaged by storms that rolled through Mid-Missouri on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia on Wednesday formally introduced its DIVERT Program and Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) to the public. The program and HOT are aimed at weaving social services into the city’s public safety and justice system. According to Human Services Manager Steve Hollis, of the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human
Continue ReadingMOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly residents are mourning the loss of a staple in their community, after layoffs reportedly occurred at local radio stations KWIX, KRES, KIRK and KTCM. Some former employees bid farewell to the stations on Tuesday on their social media accounts. The stations, which are owned by Alpha Media Group reportedly laid off
Continue ReadingEditor’s note: Time elements of this story have been updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) About $50 billion hangs in the balance as lawmakers are approaching the deadline to get the state budget on the governor’s desk. Approval of the more-than $50 million budget needs to be approved by 6 p.m. Friday Even though lawmakers started
Continue ReadingUPDATES: WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE: Severe storms have started to work southeast with very little new development. Storms that can grow upscale ahead of the cold front will have the potential of up to 1″ hail through about 9-10:00 p.m. Little has changed in the forecast this morning. A new Storm Prediction Center outlook shows higher
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Food company Kraft Heinz is seeking a 75% property tax break on new equipment for its Columbia plant on Waco Road. It is planning a $92 million expansion that would replace up to three manufacturing lines and “decarbonize” the facility. Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick — who signed a letter in
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Tuesday after an armed robbery was reported to police, according to court documents. Damon Davis was charged with first-degree accessory to armed robbery, accessory to first-degree assault, delivery of a controlled substance and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Cole County
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of power outages were reported around Mid-Missouri on Wednesday. According to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map, 568 power outages were reported in Maries County at 3:15 p.m., with 480 occurring for Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers. The total was brought down to 306 by 5:15 p.m. Three
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Justin Lear, CNN (CNN) — Steve Albini, an audio engineer who influenced the sound of legendary indie and alternative rock musicians like Nirvana and The Pixies, died Tuesday night in Chicago of a heart attack at age 61, according to his recording studio, Electrical Audio. The studio said they had no
Continue ReadingPULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County Jail inmate was charged with murder after another man died from injuries he sustained in a fight on Monday, according to court documents. Darrin Lee, 38, of St. Robert, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree felony murder. He is currently being held at the Pulaski
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will hold its third of seven open house Wednesday at the Aslin Building from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to unveil possible phases for attendance changes. In an open house held yesterday, CPS presented the five options of Phases 2 and 3 for the next part of its school
Continue ReadingThe Israeli military has made its way into the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools held an open house Tuesday at Hickman High School to present the five options of Phases 2 and 3 for changing school boundaries. The meeting also allowed the public to provide feedback on the plans. Phase 1 of the plans were approved on April 17, which addressed the expansions
Continue ReadingTwo Columbia men who were charged with second-degree murder in a 2023 fatal shooting on Dove Drive had their charges upgraded after a superseding indictment was filed on Friday.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia City Council introduced an agreement between the city and the Missouri Department of Transportation to remove the railroad crossing over Business Loop 70 East at Monday night’s meeting.
Continue ReadingEight tornadoes were confirmed following National Weather Service damage surveys today after a line of severe thunderstorms rolled across the state late last night into early this morning. Storms started off as a wide reaching outbreak across the Plains earlier on Monday, developing into a hundreds of miles long squall line that had embedded rotation
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