COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: The Columbia Public Schools Board of Education approved a new redistricting plan, along with the 2021-2022 fiscal budget Monday night. District officials will now move forward with the three year redistricting plans and the fiscal budget beginning July 1. Over the next three years, 724 kindergarten through fourth grade students will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is arrested after a stolen vehicle chase ends after a wreck at the Benedict and Mexico Gravel Road roundabout. Officials report that a silver Toyota 4 Runner was stolen from the 5600 block of Clark Lane Monday morning and just before 5 pm.. the vehicle was reported on Wellington Dr.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) It is Dana Chambers Jr.’s first summer as Fulton’s head football coach, however, the territory itself is pretty familiar. Chambers Jr. graduated from Fulton High School in 2003 and, back then, he played both linebacker and tight end for the school. Fast forwarding to 2021, Chambers is back where it all started.
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Judge Brouck Jacobs approved a motion to endorse 56 more prosecution witnesses in the trial against Joseph Elledge, who is accused of killing his wife, Mengqi Ji.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and comfortable with lows in the low 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot. Highs in the low 90s. EXTENDED: The story of the week will be the increasing temperatures as some places could reach the upper 90s by Thursday and Friday. Upper high pressure peaks over us late in the week, bringing temperatures 10-12 degrees
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Today: Another warm and clear day as the high tops out at 93. Winds continue out of the northeast at 5-10 mph. Tomorrow: A three-degree cool-down takes place as a dry cold front moves through during the overnight hours. Highs top out in the upper 80’s with mostly clear sky conditions. Extended: Temperatures and dewpoints
Continue Reading A hearing in the Joseph Elledge case, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday will discuss whether or not to allow secret recordings into evidence.
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TODAY: Sunny with highs in the low 90s and low humidity. TOMORROW: A weak cold front will pass through late tonight and bring cooler temperatures for a few days. Highs reach the mid-upper 80s. No rain will be expected as this front passes through due to low moisture. EXTENDED: Temperatures reach the 90s again on
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Retired teacher Virginia Rose came up with a map to help the mobility-challenged get outside into nature after finding her own passion for birding.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 700 kids participated in Tyreek Hill’s youth football camp at Cosmo Park on Sunday afternoon. This is Hill’s fourth camp so far this summer. He said each of his camps are unique, but the goal remains the same. “I wasn’t always the tallest or the biggest or the fastest –
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou soccer coach Stefanie Golan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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Technicians in California believe they have found wreckage from a plane missing for five decades at the bottom of a lake.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As coronavirus vaccinations in Missouri continue to increase, ages 20 to 35 are making up a large percentage of positive cases across the state. Sara Humm with the Columbia/Boone County Health Department said we have seen 244 cases of COVID-19 in Boone County in the last month. Humm said 32% of the
Continue Reading Tonight: We will continue to see clear skies throughout the overnight hours with temperatures dropping down to 65 degrees. Winds continue out of the northeast at 5-10 mph. Tomorrow: Monday looks to be a very similar story to the past two days as the high tops out at 92 degrees with winds continuing out of
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TODAY: Sunny with highs right around 90 degrees. Humidity will be much lower today after a cold front moved through last night. TOMORROW: Temperatures continue warming as we reach the mid-90s for Monday. Humidity stays low and there’ll be plenty of time to catch some sun. EXTENDED: Another frontal system moves through early Tuesday but
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As temperatures continue to rise and heat advisories are issued across the state, there are ways to stay safe and cool in Mid-Missouri. According to MU Health Care emergency physician Christopher Sampson MD, there have been six people in the emergency department for heat-related illnesses this week. Many of those patients were
Continue Reading Tonight: We remain mostly clear heading into the overnight hours. Thanks to the northeasterly flowing winds we will see our low temperature bottoming out at 67. Tomorrow: Sunday looks to be pretty similar to Saturday as we top out at 92 for the high. We will have mostly clear skies thanks to a developing high
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Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur which they confirmed as the largest to have ever been found in Australia. 3D models show the magnitude of the Australotitan cooperensis.
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TODAY: Mostly sunny with isolated storms moving through early. Highs around 90 degrees with a heat index up to 95 degrees. TOMORROW: A cold front draped across Missouri will exit by Sunday and take humidity and storms with it. Temperatures warm a couple degrees into the low 90s. EXTENDED: Much of next week is full
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team has landed two transfer commitments in the last two days. Akayleb Evans announced his commitment Friday night on social media. Evans comes to Columbia from Tulsa. The 6-foot-2 safety will have two years of eligibility remaining. The McKinney, Tex. native started 23 games in four seasons at Tulsa.
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