JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City will be hosting the 15th annual “For the People Pow Wow” to celebrate Native American Culture in Missouri during Memorial Day weekend. This festival will begin Saturday at noon to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Jaycee fairgrounds. The Pow Wow features Native American art
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-50s with scattered showers and storms possible. Moderate downpours and lightning will be the main threats. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes morning showers and thunderstorms with areas along and south of I-70 seeing the majority of the rain. By the afternoon hours, a little dry-time is in store as highs climb
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The North Callaway Fire Protection District has a new, but familiar leader. Just one week after the previous fire chief was terminated, the district announced that Matthew Walton has taken over the fire chief position since Tuesday. Walton is no stranger to the department. He previously served for more than 20 years
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The MSHSAA Track & Field Championships has made its grand return to Adkins Stadium. Missouri’s best athletes from Class 1, 2 and 3 competed for state titles across 33 events, and six different Mid-Missouri natives were among those crowned state champions. Landen Chapman (Paris) won state championships in both the Class
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s city manager introduced a new way for the public to give its feedback about city services during the annual State of the City address Friday. De’Carlon Seewood introduced the new “engagement opportunities survey” during his speech. Seewood said the city wants to hear from residents about ways to engage with city
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Memorial Day in Columbia, MO is expected to be 16 degrees below average and may see showers, with pollen levels slightly peeling back and water conditions choppy.
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TODAY: Friday looks increasingly cloudy after a bright start under sun and a few clouds. UV index will still be very high, lending to a need for sunscreen again today if getting out. Temperatures will be similar to what we felt on Thursday, in the upper 60s to near 70. Shower chance return this afternoon,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As of this week, Missouri leads the nation in the number of tornado warnings issued since Jan. 1, with 140 more warnings than normal. The severe weather season ramped up in March and has been relentless ever since. Missouri typically averages around 50 tornadoes (2000-2024 average), and we have had more than
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, May 22, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Class 2 District 5 Championship: SILEX (4) PARIS (0) FINAL Class 3 District 8 Championship: FATIMA (2) BELLE (0) FINAL Class 4 District 8 Championship: TOLTON (9) FULTON (4) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri is taking steps toward curbing violence through collaborative efforts between local, state and federal agencies. The Violent Crime Abatement Team — which began on Jan. 1 — looks to discuss recent violent crimes and arrests in the area during monthly meetings at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Discussions include sharing information about
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Editor’s note: Information about the flights was updated after a source error was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) United Airlines will start flying again out of Columbia in the fall after nearly four years without local flights. City officials in a Thursday news conference announced the resumption of United service on Sept. 25 at Columbia Regional
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team will be one of 16 squads from the SEC taking part in an inaugural cross-conference challenge between the SEC and ACC in the 2025-26 campaign. The Shiners Children’s ‘Showdown at the Net’ Volleyball Tournament is set for Sept. 9-10. Head coach Dawn Sullivan and company will play on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The funeral for former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond was held Thursday in St. Louis. His celebration of life service was held at Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church. Funeral honors were given by The Missouri National Guard and State Highway Patrol. It was open to anybody who knew bond.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A groundbreaking was held Thursday for the Jefferson City River Market. The event at the former site of the Missouri State Penitentiary was attended by Mayor Ron Fitzwater and several other city officials. According to previous reporting, the Jefferson City Council approved a contract to build the site last year with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “one big beautiful bill” touted by President Donald Trump in the early hours of Thursday morning, a sweeping tax and immigration package that includes significant reductions to Medicaid and Medicare funding. Among the biggest impacts is a $700 billion cut to Medicaid throughout the next decade.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds and cooler than normal with highs in the upper 60s. Showers and a few storms rolling in by early evening. EXTENDED: Winds die down tonight, allowing temperatures to drop into the lower 40s for the start of Friday. We’ll start off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou star Tamar Bates didn’t spend his entire collegiate career in Missouri, but he sure is taking the lessons he learned from two years under head coach Dennis Gates into the NBA Draft process. About one month and some change away from the start of the NBA Draft in Brooklyn, New
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TODAY: A relatively strong area of high pressure will continue to drift in from the north over the next 24 hours. Preceded by northwest winds, the approaching high has us breezy and cool, in the 60s today amid a 10-15 mph wind with gusts again in the 20-30 mph range. We expect a mostly sunny
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TODAY: Thursday is slightly cooler as we continue to feel the increasing influence of a cooler airmass moving in from the north. A relatively strong area of high pressure will continue to drift in from the north over the next 24 hours. Preceded by northwest winds, the approaching high has us breezy and cool, in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two juveniles were arrested in connection with a May 15 shooting in the 4600 block of Rice Road, according to a Wednesday press release from the Columbia Police Department. The release says a youth was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree assault, while another was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree
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