COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The UM Board of Curators unanimously approved the plans to build a new indoor football facility at its meeting on Wednesday. The budget for the project will be $33,140,000, and it will be funded by gifts donated to the school over the next seven years. MU said a new full-sized indoor football
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with an isolated shower possible early. Lows in the mid-60s with breezy south winds up to 20 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with a few isolated storms possible, mainly west of Highway 63. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: The overall trend over the next couple of days will be
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University of Missouri leaders are scheduled to vote on Wednesday, on whether or not to increase tuition and fees for students for the upcoming school year.
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With extreme flooding occurring in parts of the southern United States and localized flooding occurring here in mid-Missouri, our waterways are being closely monitored for their flooding potential. Today I spoke with Mark Fuchs, the Senior Service Hydrologist with the St. Louis National Weather Service office about our chances of seeing any major rivers flooding.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Senior living communities are now operating with open dining areas and allowing visitors as the vaccination rates continue to increase and the health orders expire. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service’s dashboard on Wednesday showed 40% of residents have started the vaccination process. The health orders for Boone County and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Saturday, May 22 will mark two years since an EF-3 tornado left a path of destruction between Eldon and Jefferson City. The above drone footage from 2019 and 2021 shows how far efforts to rebuild the capital city have come. On Sunday, ABC 17’s Connor Hirsch returns to some of the areas hit
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WEDNESDAY: The mild weather is here to stay, along with the threat for rain. A few isolated showers will be possible, especially west of HWY 63 this afternoon. Highs will top out in the mid to upper 70’s. TONIGHT: The threat for some showers will stick around overnight. The favored area looks to be west of HWY
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Health Department plans on updating its system of gathering coronavirus data to make sure local numbers match those that the state has recorded. The department announced Wednesday that 25 additional COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded, for a total of 116 deaths in Boone County since the start of
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A woman who police believed may have been the victim of a kidnapping in Fulton, Missouri, has been arrested in Illinois.
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WEDNESDAY: The mild weather is here to stay, along with the threat for rain. A few isolated showers will be possible, especially west of HWY 63 this afternoon. Highs will top out in the mid to upper 70’s. TONIGHT: The threat for some showers will stick around overnight. The favored area looks to be west
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If the board approves the proposed tuition increases, out-of-state and in-state undergraduate and graduate Mizzou students will see a five percent jump in tuition cost, starting this fall.
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After a few weeks of a drop in demand, Missouri is seeing an increase in requests for vaccine doses across the state, including here in Mid-Missouri.
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, May 18, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Rock Bridge 1 | Jefferson City 0 FINAL Helias 2 | Capital City 3 FINAL/PK’s HS BASEBALL Hickman 3 | Troy 2 FINAL Battle 3 | Liberty 1 FINAL North Callaway 3
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HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A school bus became stranded on a flooded road in Howard County on Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that it happened on Route Z. The bus involved was not from a local school district. Student Transportation of America spokeswoman Jen Holzafel confirmed the bus did get stuck
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a year after Columbia city manager John Glascock announced a new unit to handle emergency calls involving mental health crises, the unit remains unstaffed. Glascock added seven positions in the fiscal year 2021 budget revealed in July to create a “public safety mental health collaboration with the Police Department.” Health leaders
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Local health officials say they’ve seen a small increase in vaccine demand since the 12 to 15 age group became eligible for the Pfizer vaccine a week ago. The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services department has put in an order for more Pfizer doses. This is the department’s first vaccine
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with lows in the mid-60s. An isolated shower or storm is possible. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s. Isolated showers and storms possible in the afternoon. EXTENDED: We’ll see another chance for isolated to scattered storms tomorrow afternoon, but with a high pressure ridge right over us, the western
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These past few days, we’ve focused a lot on localized flooding but our concerns aren’t stopping there. We’re tracking river levels, especially the levels of those near flooding stage. Rivers such as the Missouri or Mississippi are closely watched for flooding hazards as they impact large areas of land throughout Missouri, but smaller waterways can
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Plans are in the works for a new living facility for homeless people in Columbia.
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TUESDAY: Scattered showers will again cause a slow commute this morning. Thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon, with a low threat of producing some gusty winds or even some small hail. Highs will top out in the upper 70’s. TONIGHT: The coverage will thin out, but the chance of a few showers will stay in the forecast.
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