COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With students returning to classrooms this month, Missouri once again ranked last in the nation for public school safety. A 2025 Wallethub ranking placed the Show-Me-State as 51st in the country for public school safety for the second consecutive year. This comes despite Missouri finishing 33rd in overall school quality. The school
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eastbound I-70 drivers will get to explore one of the first developments in the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Improve I-70 Project, with MoDOT set to reopen newly paved lanes and a new third lane. The renovations were focused on eastbound I-70 between Callaway County Routes J and M and exit 137 near
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy with lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the lower 90s and a heat index between 100-102. EXTENDED: It’s been a warm day with highs reaching near 90 in some spots so far, but the dangerous heat looks to set in
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Major cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, are facing resistance from both sides of the aisle. A spending bill from the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies would fund NOAA at levels mostly consistent with previous years. Senator Eric Schmitt, who is on the subcommittee that budgets
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Whether you’re heading back Monday in Jefferson City, Tuesday in Columbia, or walking onto Mizzou’s campus next week, we’re starting off hot. Highs will be pushing into the 90s those first couple of days, so short sleeves are the way to go. For Jefferson City students, your first day starts on Monday, August 18. Expect
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TODAY: Skies remain partly cloudy. Winds will shift from east to south through the day today as highs climb into the mid to upper 80s.. TONIGHT: Temperatures will be a bit warmer overnight, with lows expected in the 70s and upper 60s. EXTENDED: Friday will be a warmer day, with highs in the low 90s.
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe opened the Governor’s Ham Breakfast on Thursday morning at the Missouri State Fair. The yearly dinner serves as a showcase for officeholders and politicians. Watch Kehoe’s remarks in the media player.
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TODAY: A few storms to our north will collapse and drift this way by midday. This leaves us dry, but with some partly cloudy skies through midday. Winds will shift from east to south through the day today. Temperatures will start slightly cooler this morning, but south wind and sunshine this afternoon will likely lift
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2025 season will mark a new era of Battle High School’s football program. The Spartans are getting set to tackle their first season under head coach Shawn Gaines, who took over as the leader of the team in April. Battle is striving to restore its winning culture with new leadership in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s aircraft division is patrolling above drivers on Interstate 70 construction zones, aiming to encourage motorists to slow down. Sgt. Kyle Green, of MSHP’s Troop F, told ABC 17 News the patrol will conduct these operations periodically on various highways across the state. The primary goal is traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services claims someone who contracted a rare brain infection may have been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks. A Wednesday press release from the DHSS says a Missouri resident has a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, which is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba
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TONIGHT: Patchy fog developing overnight with lows in the mid-60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and comfortable with low humidity and highs in the mid-upper 80s. EXTENDED: Winds remain out of the north-northwest tonight into Thursday, keeping dew points in the upper 60s and the heat index low. High pressure begins to build by Friday and extends
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2025-26 Mizzou athletic calendar will kickoff on Thursday, as the Mizzou soccer team is set to host the first game of the year on MU’s campus out at Audrey J. Walton Stadium at 7 p.m. Before all the action gets going, three Tiger fall sports previewed the year ahead with local
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There are now just four practices left in Mizzou football’s fall camp, after the Tigers put practice No. 14 into the books on Wednesday afternoon. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company will enjoy an off-day on Thursday, before diving back in on Friday. You can watch extended highlights from Wednesday’s practice in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender has been charged with a felony after he allegedly kept child pornography on his cellphone that was generated by artificial intelligence. Charles Hooton, 63, of Columbia, was charged with possessing child porn. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was
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TODAY: Temperatures will be comfortable (ish) for most of today, with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Dewpoints remain tolerable, causing heat indexes to only reach the lower 90s. Lots of sunshine today will cause UV index values to spike at a level of 9. TONIGHT: Temperatures will make for a pleasant night, only
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities are claiming a man whose sentence was commuted by former President Joe Biden violated his parole. Malcolm Redmon, 42, is being held in the Cole County Jail without bond on a U.S. marshal hold. Redmon was taken into custody by Columbia police on Friday and taken to the Boone County
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TODAY: Wednesday will be mild and mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-80s with dew points falling to the low 60s this afternoon are a product of a cold front that passed through the region on Tuesday. Winds are light from the north. TONIGHT: Winds are variable overnight, but very light. Temperatures fall into the 60s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia officially has a residential facility for adults undergoing treatment for behavioral health conditions Burrell Behavioral Health hosted a grand opening for the center, located at 1611 Town Drive, on Tuesday. Burrell bought the property in January, after the former Rainbow House closed. The organization started the program in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a Sturgeon man, whose blind and deaf dog was shot by a police officer, alleges the City of Sturgeon failed to properly train its officers, neglected to investigate the shooting and paid the officer $16,000 in back pay following his suspension. Body camera footage ABC
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