COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators is set to meet at 8 a.m. Thursday at Missouri S&T in Rolla, to discuss several items on the agenda. The Board will hear an update for the fiscal year 2026 budget. Meeting documents state that impending federal funding cuts could result in a $22
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators will decide on Thursday whether or not it will approve changes to its standard of conduct in relation to hazing on campus. The “Stop Campus Hazing Act” that went into effect at the beginning of the year requires institutions of higher education that participate in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, April 16, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL HELIAS (2) ROCK BRIDGE (9) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (3) HICKMAN (7) FINAL JEFFERSON CITY (16) BATTLE (1) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (2) CAMDENTON (7) FINAL FATIMA (4) SOUTHERN BOONE (5) FINAL LINN
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If you’re a hunter in Mid-Missouri, you’re probably pretty fired up for this upcoming turkey season. All hunters know the weather can be either miserable or comfortable depending on the conditions, but that weather can also impact the actual turkey habits. I talked to multiple biologists and hunters to find out what weather you should
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Travelers have missed the deadline to get a REAL ID ahead of a May 7 change to flying regulations. However, the sooner people get their REAL ID-compliant documents, the sooner they can board domestic flights. Beginning May 7, non-REAL ID driver’s licences will no longer be accepted to board regulated domestic flights.
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TONIGHT: Mild with increasing clouds and gusty winds. Storms developing before daybreak could bring brief heavy rain and small hail. Lows in the mid-50s. TOMORROW: Morning storms followed by partial cloud cover and gusty winds. Highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: As a warm front continues to work north tonight, scattered storms develop as low
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced a new partnership Wednesday with several Korean firms to help develop its new NextGen nuclear research reactor. The school will partner with Hyundai Engineering America, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, the Hyundai Engineering Company and MPR Associates in a $10 million agreement to start designing and
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TODAY: Wednesday is warmer, thanks to south winds. Winds will be from the southwest sustained at 10-15 mph, gusting to 20+. We’ll have dry air as well, which will foster elevated fire risk. Do not burn today. A chance at showers will come along a warm front nudging into the region this afternoon. Wednesday’s high
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The forecast looks increasingly active leading up to Easter Sunday, and looks to be impactful with or without severe weather. SETUP: A deep upper level trough will form over the intermountain west by late week, which will be positioned to keep us in a constant flow of warm and wet southwesterly winds aloft and at
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TODAY: Wednesday is warmer, thanks to south winds. Winds will be from the southwest sustained at 10-15 mph, gusting to 20+. We’ll have dry air as well, which will foster elevated fire risk. Do not burn today. A chance at showers will come along a warm front nudging into the region this afternoon. Wednesday’s high
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball closed out the midweek schedule with one last win, on Tuesday, as the Tigers run-ruled SIUE 10-2 in six innings to improve to 22-24 in 2025. Head coach Larissa Anderson rode the arm of starter Pannell, all the way through, to victory. The junior pitched a complete game and recorded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball is getting in on a trend that’s growing more and more in popularity across college sports: hiring a general manager. The University posted a job listing, seeking a general manager for the men’s basketball team. The posting said that Mizzou is looking for someone with previous experience working in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With one more day until the spring transfer portal window officially opens up for football, Mizzou now has six players who have decided to throw their name in, three of which are defensive ends. On Tuesday, Tiger edge rusher Eddie Kelly Jr. is set to enter his name into the transfer portal,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates now has two positions to fill on his coaching staff this offseason. On Tuesday morning, Tiger hoops announced that associate head coach Charlton ‘C.Y’ Young will be taking the same job at the University of Miami, after three seasons in Columbia. C.Y. came to Mizzou when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper made her third addition from the transfer portal, on Tuesday, as former Illinois State guard Shannon Dowell committed to the Tigers. The O’Fallon, Illinois native will come to Columbia following two seasons with the Redbirds, where she earned All-Conference honors in both seasons. During the 2024-25
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) House Bill 495, which was signed into law by Gov. Mike Kehoe last month, could place people behind bars for participating in stunt driving. According to Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson, the statue applies specifically to stunt driving in connection with a street takeover. Meaning, that the normal flow of traffic is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. KMIZ A state Senate bill is heading to the governor’s desk that could affect ballot language and may also take out abortion access in Missouri. The most controversial aspect of the bill will allow the attorney general to appeal any preliminary injunctions issued before Aug. 28. A preliminary injunction allowed abortion access to
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Corrections is working with the Missouri Prison Transformation Project and the University of Missouri to improve the quality of life and well-being of prison inmates and staff. The project held an open house Tuesday morning at Moberly Correctional Center to provide a firsthand look at a redesigned housing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has joined a growing number of law enforcement agencies authorized to carry out limited immigration enforcement under federal supervision. Records obtained by ABC 17 News give further details into what the agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — which was signed by MSHP in March —
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The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to 419 calls for service during March 2025, according to a BCFPD Facebook post. 159 of those were for fire-related incidents.
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