COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several road projects in Columbia and Boone County are set to begin Thursday and Friday. The exit ramp from Highway 63 to westbound Interstate 70 will close at 8 p.m. Thursday, as MoDOT crews can add temporary barriers. The ramp will reopen “no later than” 6 a.m. Friday, according to a MoDOT press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tiger soccer is hoping to shake off its slow start to the year. Mizzou didn’t start the year like it was hoping to, going 1-2-1 through the first four games. With SEC play right around the corner, the team is hoping to shake those habits early and find their stuff over the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NFL announced Wednesday that the Pro Bowl is no more. The all-star event had been held annually since 1951, with the “Pro Bowl Games” replacing the traditional game in 2023. The change will occur this year, with the league instead recognizing 88 players “with no replacement selections,” according to a press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has launched an investigation into Flock’s AI-powered web cameras. On Wednesday, Hawley sent a letter to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley, demanding answers to what safeguards the company has in place to protect Americans’ data. According to Flock, Missouri is one of 49 states using the license
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence reports an average of more than 200 calls were answered per day by the National Domestic Violence Hotline across the Show-Me-State in 2025. In the Central Region alone, MCADSV reports hotline calls went up 15% from 2024. The region includes much of Mid-Missouri’s counties
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Repaving work on a major south Columbia road started with the beginning of the school year this week, snarling traffic as parents rushed to get children to school and go to work. The work to mill and repave Vawter School Road east of Scott Boulevard was originally planned to wrap up by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The State of Missouri is set to receive millions of dollars as part of a $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. According to a news release from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Missouri will receive between $100 million and $150 million. “As a mother, I know how critical it is to shield
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say a 15-year-old boy is the suspect in a shooting that left another youth with critical injuries Tuesday. Columbia Police Department officers responded to a shots-fired call on Tuesday in the 5700 block of Canaveral Drive. According to a news release, officers responded to the call around 5:16 p.m. Officers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A City of Columbia internal audit found significant deficiencies in the parking administration’s coin collection and deposit procedures, including violations of a same-day counting policy, unrestricted management access to uncounted money and outdated meter technology. The Finance Department rated parking administration as “partially effective” and identified five areas that presented a high
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and comfortable with highs in the lower 80s. EXTENDED: We can expect a cooler night ahead as a cold front presses south and allows dry air into the region. We’ll be more comfortable the next few days with lows in the
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If you’ve been looking forward to another astronomical event, you’re in luck. Tomorrow night, on August 27th, a lunar eclipse is expected to be visible across the majority of the Americas, and all you’ll have to do is step out into your backyard to see it. For a lunar eclipse to happen, the Earth needs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A partial collapse occurred Tuesday night at a dilapidated building in Sedalia. The east wall of the building at 104 Main St. collapsed and sent debris into an adjacent parking lot and Ohio Street, the city announced in a Wednesday press release. The release says multiple addresses in the 100 block of
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THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny and muggy, with a heat index in the low 90s. TONIGHT: Clear and a little cooler, with lows falling to the mid-60s. EXTENDED: A cold front is moving through the area today, but rain chances remain south of the area. Behind that front, temperatures will drop a few degrees through the
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TODAY: We are tracking a few rain and thunderstorm chances today, with two potential rounds both focused in the southeast. An upper-level shortwave will support a limited shower and thunderstorm chance this morning. This will wind down or exit by 9 a.m. to noon, before a cold front drifting in from the north instigates isolated
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) West Ash Street near the Activity and Recreation Center in Columbia is temporarily closed for emergency water line repairs Wednesday. Repair crews with Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. began working on the broken water line at 4 a.m. W. Ash St. is closed between Bernadette Dr. and Clinkscales Road; however, crews expect
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department taped off a street on Tuesday in a neighborhood just south of Interstate 70 near St. Charles Road. CPD wrote on its social media at 5:52 p.m. that it was investigating a shots-fired call in the 5700 block of Canaveral Drive. Police wrote on social media at 9:18
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference’s stance on professional athletes returning to college sports is now crystal clear. On Tuesday, the SEC announced a new set of rules that will ban former professional athletes from returning to play at any of their 16 member institutions. In a statement on social media, the league said that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man says he has no regrets after being arrested while protesting Columbia’s Flock cameras. Dominic O’Connor, a tattoo artist who lives in Mexico and works at Electric Peacock Tattoos in Columbia, said he spent two days protesting the city’s use of the automated license plate reader cameras before he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents at a Columbia apartment complex at the center of an invasion of privacy lawsuit claim they were never notified about the employee it is centered around. A “Jane Doe” filed the lawsuit in Boone County on Monday against Country Club Apartments and employee Juan Carlos Vazquez Martinez. The woman accuses the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman sued a Columbia apartment complex on Monday after she claims a maintenance worker rummaged through her dirty clothes hamper and sniffed her underwear. A “Jane Doe” filed the lawsuit in Boone County on Monday against Country Club Apartments and employee Juan Carlos Vazquez Martinez. The woman accuses the apartment and
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