SATURDAY NIGHT: Clear, lows in the lower 40’s SUNDAY: Clouds building, highs in the upper 50’s EXTENDED: The warmth we’ve been seeing lingers for one more day, however, a strong cold front is slowly making it’s way toward Mid-Missouri. Once the front passes, we are tracking the possibility for rain showers leading into Monday morning
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Several local high school football teams advanced in the state playoffs on Friday. Here are the scores from all of the games. You can watch the highlights in the video above. Francis Howell (19) North Battle (54) FSalem (0) at Blair Oaks (48) FLebanon (43) at Helias (13) FSouth Shelby (36) at South Callaway (43)
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SATURDAY: Beautiful and sunny, highs around 60 degrees. SATURDAY NIGHT: Clear, lows in the lower 40’s. EXTENDED: We are going to be spoiled this weekend with beautiful weather and warmer temperatures due to a wind out of the south but that all chances as a cold front pushes through the area Sunday night leaving us
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Mark Smith scored 19 points to lead Missouri to a 71-56 victory over Northern Kentucky on Friday. Smith didn’t score in the Tigers’ season opener on Wednesday, but he established himself early against the Norse, scoring 15 points in the first half as Missouri (2-0) opened a 33-29 lead. The junior
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Resources at Mid-Missouri homeless shelters could be thin with members of the vulnerable population needing assistance. Wilkes Boulevard United Methoidst Church, Salvation Army, St. Francis House and others serve Columbia’s homeless population. Some homeless shelters require a state ID or background check to enter the homes, according to members of Columbia’s homeless
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Once hailed as the “female Obama,” California Sen. Kamala Harris’ campaign is now losing momentum in the Democratic presidential race. Video by Stringr.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Commerce Bank said Friday evening that a problem affecting customers’ account balances was resolved. The bank said on its Facebook page at about 1 p.m. that an “unexpected system issue” came up Thursday night. “This issue impacted customers’ deposit account current balances and we apologize for any inconvenience,” the bank wrote in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Six months after a Jefferson City tornado scored a direct hit on Simonsen Ninth Grade Center, district leaders continue to look at the safety plans for their buildings. After suffering extensive damage, Simonsen is now a “surplus” property. Jefferson City School Board members will work through the process of what to
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FRIDAY: We’ll start out cold with some wind chills in the teens this morning, but make it back into the upper 30s and some 40s underneath sunny skies. TONIGHT: Another mostly clear night, but temperatures will have shifted out of the south earlier today, slowing down the cooling overnight with lows only falling into the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is preparing for winter weather conditions and held a winter operations drill Thursday to practice snow removal routes. “We’re always preparing for the worst possible case scenario because it can happen at any given winter,” said MoDOT Central District Maintenance Engineer Jason Shafer. Shafer said the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s undergraduate student body met Thursday during a town hall. The town hall was a regularly scheduled meeting, but students and members of the Missouri Students Association discussed concerns about recent events that impacted university students. MSA sent out a vague release before the meeting. The group said the
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Here are your local highlights and scores for Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019.
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The Columbia College Cougars host the Westminster College Blue Jays in a nonconference matchup at Southwell Complex. Watch a replay of the live broadcast of the game in the player below.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold. Lows in the upper teens and low 20s. FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and chilly, highs in the upper 30s and low 40s. EXTENDED: Wind up from the southwest as colder air retreats briefly north, giving us highs back near our seasonal average in the mid-upper 50s under mainly sunny skies. By
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A representative for Major League Baseball made an appearance at Thursday’s Missouri House Committee on Gaming hearing. Jeremy Kudon of MLB was in Jefferson City for Thursday’s hearing which began at noon. The MLB is projected to make $1.106 billion from legal sports betting, according to a Nielsen report commissioned by
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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) became the sixth Democratic candidate to file for February’s New Hampshire primary Wednesday. Stringr takes a look at her placement in the race.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A downtown Columbia restaurant topped this week’s list of inspections with four critical violations and three non-critical violations. Taj Mahal’s inspection shows that when inspectors visited the restaurant on Oct. 30, they found food that was at the wrong temperature, uncovered food and clean dishes with food debris on them, just to
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit teen was charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday in connection with a killing on Rolling Hills Drive in Jefferson City. Devin L. Schrimpf, 17, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the killing of Marquise Conley, 18. Police responded to the 1900 block
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THURSDAY: We’re staring down a nasty start to the day, with winds knifing out of the north this morning gusting at times up to 25 mph, pushing bitterly cold weather back into Mid-Missouri. Wind chills will start out in the teens, but will improve slightly as afternoon highs crawl to the upper 30s. TONIGHT: That
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Jeremiah Tilmon scored 16 points and blocked five shots to lead Missouri to an 82-42 victory over Incarnate Word on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. Tilmon, a 6-foot-10 forward, went on a tear midway through the first half, scoring four baskets in the paint – three of
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