JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Johnson County firefighter died Saturday in the line of duty, a Saturday evening news release from the Johnson County Fire Protection District said. According to a Sunday release from the department, Captain Vernon Collett responded to a fire in the 600 block of northeast State Highway Mm in rural Johnson
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TODAY: Sunny and warmer, temperatures climbing to the low 60s under clear skies. Winds remain light out of the west. TOMORROW: Very warm in the 70s as sunny skies persist. Fire risk is elevated on Monday due to gusty southwest winds above 20 mph. EXTENDED: Burning is generally not recommended this week, with low humidity,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Baseball’s offensive explosion highlighted its Saturday sweep. The Tigers (8-7) won both games of their doubleheader against Binghamton (4-8), run-ruling the Bearcats 16-6 in game one and defeating them 4-2 in the nightcap. MU’s first victory over its visitors from New York was powered by a 13-run frame. Head Coach Kerrick
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, March 8, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Class 1 State Quarterfinals: ST. ELIZABETH (37) WALNUT GROVE (41) FINAL/OT PRINCETON (34) NORTHEAST (CAIRO) (62) FINAL Class 2 State Quarterfinals: TIPTON (65) CLOPTON (43) FINAL Class 3 State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An eight-point loss to No. 19 Kentucky on senior day isn’t how No. 15 Tiger hoops would’ve liked things to end at Mizzou Arena this season. However, a big first half effort from the Wildcats was enough grab the 91-83 win in the regular-season finale, on Saturday. With the loss, Mizzou finished
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A suspect was shot dead after police responded to a burglary call Friday afternoon in Jefferson City.
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking a mostly clear sky as temperatures drop into the low 30s by the end of the night. Winds will be calm out of the west through this time period. TOMORROW: I’m tracking temperatures quickly rebounding with the help of plentiful sunshine throughout the day. By the afternoon, it will warm up into
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews from the Southern Boone County Fire Protection District along with other agencies are currently working a large fuel spill on Tom Bass Rd. and State Route H after a semi-truck flipped over Saturday morning. Southern Boone Fire shared on Facebook photos of a semi-truck flipped over on a curved road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say officers did not locate anything at the scene after getting reports of shots heard near Downtown Columbia early Saturday morning. An MU Alert was sent out just before 2 a.m. Saturday. The alert states, “CPD reports shots heard at/near Walnut and College. Urgent/Stay away from area. No additional alerts
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TODAY: Sunny and mild with highs in the low to mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest will be calmer between 5 to 10 mph. TOMORROW: Warmer with highs near 60 with continued sunshine. Winds from the west remain light. EXTENDED: Temperatures climb into the lower 70s throughout much of next week. As moisture remains low
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, March 7, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Class 1 State Quarterfinals: GREEN CITY (66) ST. ELIZABETH (68) FINAL Class 2 State Quarterfinals: HARRISBURG (60) CANTON (65) FINAL BLUE EYE (31) EUGENE (81) FINAL Class 3 State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team hasn’t opened up Taylor Stadium the way they would have hoped, in 2025. So far, the Tigers are 3-3 through the first portion of their 10-game homestand, following an 8-7 loss to Binghamton in 13 innings on Friday night. With the loss to the Bearcats, head coach Kerrick
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the men accused in a deadly shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia will come back to court next week for a scheduled plea hearing. A judge reset a hearing for Jajuan Crockett, 21, to consider what he might do in his pending murder case. Crockett’s attorney said he wanted more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Norma Jamill Barnum said she was riding a city of Columbia bus with her 12-year-old daughter on Monday when a couple sitting a few rows away began arguing. Barnum, who uses the Orange Route of the Go COMO Public Transit system several times a week, said she has witnessed several incidents during
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of Deshon Houston who was shot and killed on Dove Drive in Columbia in June of 2023 is speaking out. It’s been nearly two years since Deshon was killed and his mother Lacondance Houston says the pain of his loss is something she deals with every day. “It’s been horrible,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A federal judge awarded the state of Missouri $24 billion in a lawsuit over China’s alleged hoarding of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge Stephen Limbaugh in the Eastern District Court of Missouri sided with Attorney General Andrew Bailey in the state’s years-long lawsuit against the country. The office
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man was sentenced to serve a 120-day program in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a 2023 boat crash that left one person dead and multiple people injured. Bobby Gene Childers will spend 120 days in the state prison system. He could be paroled if he
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s latest jobs report shows a decrease in federal jobs while state and local government positions went up. The Missouri Economic Research Center’s January jobs report, released Friday, says federal government jobs in Missouri decreased by 100 from December to January. Meanwhile, state government jobs increased by over 1,000 in that
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-30s as winds remain out of the north at 8-14 mph. A spotty drizzle remains possible, but most of the region remains dry. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes more sunshine with highs into the lower to mid-50s. Winds remain out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. EXTENDED: Sunday through Tuesday sees
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education is expected to vote Monday on a three-year contract for a new superintendent. The board will also decide whether to make shortening the length of superintendent contracts a legislative priority. The contract, if approved, will pay Jeff Klein $255,000 in its first year. He could get an
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