BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Retired Teachers Association (MRTA) Region 4 “Food for Thought” was conducted during the month of March in an effort to alleviate childhood hunger in Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Montgomery, and Randolph Counties. The proceeds went towards Buddy Packs and School Pantries run by The Food Bank and the Montgomery County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s annual Earth Day Festival was in full swing in Downtown Columbia Sunday after having restrictions in recent years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sunday’s festival ran from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Peace Park where community members came together to enjoy live music, food, vendors and more. Part of the festival
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and child were taken to the hospital Saturday evening after a single-vehicle crash in Camden County. The crash happened at 6 p.m. on US 54 near Route N. The vehicle driven by 35-year-old Brent Hatmaker went off the right side of the road, hit a tree and overturned. While
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A pickup truck towing a camper overturned Friday on Interstate 70 near the Highway 63 connector.
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Crews closed at least two roads in mid-Missouri after rainfall Wednesday.
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First responders practiced how to respond to an aircraft emergency in Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.
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On Tuesday, Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville) along with 40 of her House Republican colleagues led a call for the Department of Education to protect women’s sports.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, voters in Boone County and Columbia passed a Proposition 1 Use Tax on the ballot which will add a sales tax on out-of-state vendors for online purchases. Boone County’s use tax will be 1.75% and Columbia’s be will 2%. This is the exact same as what residents already pay
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17,724 voters in Columbia voted in favor of an $80 million bond issue to fund the construction of a new $25 million elementary school in south Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Suzette Waters and incumbent Blake Willoughby have won seats on the Columbia Board of Education with 100% of precincts reporting. Waters received 12,547 votes and Willoughby got 11,277 votes. Third place, Andrea Lisenby, got 9,493 votes. Waters and Willoughby will each serve three-year terms. Blake Willoughby Blake Willoughby is the only one of
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The Better Business Bureau is advising consumers to use caution if doing business with a contractor from Holts Summit, Bath Transformations LLC.
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Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday that Missouri will be shifting to an endemic phase of the COVID pandemic on Friday.
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Andrea Lisenby is one of three first-time candidates for the Columbia Board of Education on the ballot April 5.
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Blake Willoughby is seeking his second three-year term on the board of education.
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Suzette Waters is one of three people running for a seat on the Columbia Board of Education for the first time this April.
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Adam Burks is critical of administrators at Columbia Public Schools.
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Council members selected Map B for their reapportionment recommendation. If approved, it won’t take effect until after the municipal election on April 5.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal student loan payments are set to resume in May after being paused for more than two years because of the pandemic, but guidance from the U.S. Department of Education seems to hint at the pause being extended. The department recently emailed guidance to the companies that manage its $1.6 trillion student
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified a driver hurt in a head-on crash on Wednesday morning. The crash happened just after 8:15 a.m. on Interstate 70 Drive NW near Cynthia Drive, according to the crash report. Troopers said Kenneth N. Hall, 26, of Steedman, Missouri, lost control of a dump truck.
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Teachers in Missouri have the lowest starting salary in the country and Gov. Mike Parson wants to give some of those educators a $13,000 raise, but it would need approval from lawmakers.
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