TODAY: Friday brings cooler air to the region, behind a couple of mild days around midweek. Expect a high just near 60 with high pressure sliding in from the north. Winds are from the north most of the day, thanks to us being primarily on the cool side of the high through the day, but
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the fourth-straight season, Faurot Field will be rocking on a Thursday night to open up the season. On Thursday, Mizzou football announced that its season opener against Central Arkansas is being moved to Thursday, Aug. 28 at 6:30 p.m. It is the fourth-consecutive year that MU has opened up in that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The charges the defendant pleaded guilty to have been corrected. A Columbia man accused in the fatal shooting of a man in June 2023 on Dove Drive has pleaded guilty to a lesser murder charge. Deazes Turner, 22, appeared in court via Zoom from the Cooper County Jail and pleaded
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TONIGHT: Isolated storms remain possible overnight but remain focused mostly east of HWY 63. Lows cool to the mid-40s with winds out of the north at 8-12 mph and gusts up to 18 mph. TOMORROW: Friday welcomes partly cloudy skies with slightly cooler afternoon highs near 60 degrees. EXTENDED: This weekend remains dry with highs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A young boy is dead, while a man and a girl are in critical condition after a gas explosion damaged multiple homes in Lexington, Missouri, according to a report from KMBC. Authorities say a subcontractor working on a fiber optic line accidentally hit a gas main last night. The explosion happened when a man
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Flooded rivers are finally receding after extreme rainfall drenched states from east Texas to the Ohio Valley. Many areas received over a foot of rain in just a few days, leaving rivers in major flood stages several days after the rain had stopped pouring. Rain started falling on April 2nd as a front settled across
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation has scheduled the demolition of the exit ramp from westbound Interstate 70 to Business Loop 70 in Columbia for this weekend. The bridge demolition will require an extended single-lane closure with off-and-on full closures of eastbound I-70 between Route B and Highway 63 from 7 p.m. Friday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Board of Health will meet Thursday to discuss some proposed changes to the city’s ordinance regarding feral cats. According to a press release, the board will host a series of public meetings to go over potential changes to Animal Control Ordinances in the city. The meetings will include presentations
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team extended its losing streak to four games with a tough 5-3 loss to Southern Illinois in midweek action, on Wednesday night. With the loss, head coach Larissa Anderson and company dropped to 20-22 overall and still maintain a 2-10 mark in Southeastern Conference action. Sophomore ace Marissa McCann
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a team spokesperson, Mizzou center Josh Gray became the fifth member of the 2024-25 Tiger team to enter the transfer portal, on Wednesday. However, he will enter the portal with likely no ‘traditional’ eligibility left. He has played five seasons of college basketball, to date, but his entry into the
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TODAY: Thursday brings a chance for a spot shower or two from midday to early evening, but the day will be mostly dry. A rumble of thunder or two will be possible, but severe weather is not expected. TONIGHT: We’ll clear out overnight, but clouds increase towards sunrise Friday. EXTENDED: Clouds may bring a sprinkle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another Mizzou football player is set to enter the transfer portal. On Wednesday, defensive end Jahkai Lang announced on his social media that he will be throwing his name into the portal, making him the second Tiger player to make that decision in the spring transfer window. The Troy, Missouri native spent
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team has already filled up the record books this season, achieving the highest team score in program history, matching their best finish at the SEC Championships, having an athlete earn three perfect 10.000’s in one year and the list goes on. However, head coach Shannon Welker and company are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou, Cleveland State connection lives on. On Wednesday, Tiger men’s basketball assistant Rob Summers was named the newest leader of the Cleveland State program, returning a little more than two years after he first was an assistant coach for the Vikings. The news come after he spent one season working on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For a second-straight day, a Mizzou women’s basketball player made the decision to look for a new collegiate home. On Wednesday, a team spokesperson confirmed that Tiger point guard De’Myla Brown has entered the transfer portal. Brown will look for her sixth program to play in her seventh season of college basketball
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After failing to reach an agreement with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield by the March 31 deadline, MU Health Care says it remains open to further discussions over commercial and Affordable Care Act insurance plans with the provider. “Negotiations are still happening right now,” Tonya Johnson, MU Health Care’s Health System Chief
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Columbia residents who live in the neighborhood along West Ash Street say they feel their voices are still going unheard. Carol Rogers said she’s lived in neighborhood for nearly 50 years. During that time, Rogers claims residents have asked the city for traffic calming measures, but says the plans the city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday to celebrate EquipmentShare’s expansion and 10-year anniversary. Equipmentshare is a nationwide construction technology and equipment provider located on Bull Run Drive in Columbia. Wednesday’s grand opening of its Technology and Development Center was attended by Gov. Mike Kehoe and Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick. In 2022,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 4 into law Wednesday morning, with supporters saying it will strengthen Missouri’s energy infrastructure. “This is about powering Missouri for Missourians and not relying on other states and countries to produce our power,” Kehoe said in a press release. “This legislation strengthens our economic development opportunities,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is accused of spraying two strangers with a caustic liquid near the Bear Creek Trail parking lot last month will undergo a mental examination. Maxon Castle, 22, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A mental examination
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