COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials at Fort Leonard Wood on Monday released the name of a soldier who died last week on a rifle training range. Private Andrey Okunev, 18, was a National Guard soldier from California, the fort posted on its Facebook page. Fort Leonard Wood police and Army investigators are continuing their probe of
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Missouri is flying high after a fantastic football finish on Saturday. The Tigers came back to defeat the Kansas Jayhawks in a game that renewed a long gridiron rivalry between former conference foes (Mizzou left the Big 12 in 2012). Kansas has spent some time in football purgatory in the meantime, as has Missouri. The
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The Missouri House of Representatives will gavel in Sunday evening for the final technical session before opening up the floor for special session debates on Monday.
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MADISON, IL, (KMIZ) With the Gateway Arch standing tall in the backdrop, Denny Hamlin led 75 of 240 laps and punched his ticket to the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Hamlin crossed the finish line 1.620 seconds ahead of teammate Chase Briscoe, earning his first victory at World Wide Technology Raceway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tens of thousands of fans filled the stands Saturday afternoon for one of the University of Missouri’s most anticipated football games of the season. The large crowd brought significant traffic congestion around campus and near the football stadium. While game day at Mizzou is always notable, fans described today’s turnout as extraordinary.
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A Powerball ticket sold in Missouri matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing, winning half of the $1.787 billion jackpot—the second-largest in U.S. lottery history.
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A Miller County deputy was arrested for child sex crimes on Saturday, according to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 134-year-old rivalry has been reborn at Memorial Stadium. Mizzou Football (2-0) sent Kansas (2-1) back across state lines empty-handed, defeating the Jayhawks 42-31 in the first meeting between the two rivals since the 2011 season. The Tigers have won the Border Showdown four consecutive times, dating back to 2009 before the
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Scores of protesters marched in Washington, DC, on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city’s police department and deployment of National Guard troops to the capital. Holding signs that read “protect DC home rule” and “stop the Trump takeover,” participants in the “We Are All DC”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. A former bishop of the Jefferson City Diocese has died. John Gaydos was 82 and served as a bishop from 1997 until his retirement in 2017. Gaydos passd away at St. Agnes home in Kirkwood,Mo. Gaydos held pastoral and administrative positions in the archdiocese of St. Louis before his appointment by Pope
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The University of Missouri Tigers are set to face the University of Kansas Jayhawks for the first time since 2011 in the long-awaited border war showdown.
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A 44-year-old man was seriously hurt after crashing in Audrain County on Friday afternoon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – SEC Network made its return to Columbia this week ahead of the University of Missouri Tigers’ rekindling of the Border War with the Kansas Jayhawks. The network’s flagship SEC Nation show will air from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. live from the Carnahan Quad on campus on Saturday. The Paul Finebaum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A silver advisory issued on Friday for an 80-year-old man who went missing in Columbia has been canceled, according to a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A silver advisory is issued when a missing person is 60 years or older and believed to be suffering from dementia or another cognitive
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Speed humps will be reinstalled on multiple Columbia streets next week, according to a Friday press release from the city. Traffic calming measures were previously located on each street, but were removed because of recent pavement maintenance, the release says. No street closures will be required. Work will be done as followed:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Chamber of Commerce claims the area has a lot of jobs to fill, despite job growth stalling nationally. The jobs report released on Friday indicates 22,000 jobs were added to the economy last month and the unemployment rate rose from 4.2% to 4.3%. There are about 7.4 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The last ride for the Central Missouri Honor Flight will occur Monday, Sept. 15, according to a Friday press release from the group. The release says roughly 5,600 veterans have been flown to Washington D.C. since May 2009. A reason for the flights stopping was not described in the release. CMHF’s 71st
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri high school football kicked off Week 2 of the 2025 season on Friday. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams are posted below.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old soldier from California died during training on a rifle range at Fort Leonard Wood on Friday. The soldier was assigned to the First Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment. The death was pronounced at 10:33 a.m. on site by Gen. Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital staff, Fort Leonard Wood officials wrote in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire was reported Friday in the basement of a Moberly home in the 800 block of South Williams Street. A social media post from the Moberly Fire Department says firefighters were called at 9:49 a.m. and arrived a minute later. They found a fire in the
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