TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild with lows in the lower 60s. Patchy fog in river valleys and low lying areas. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the upper 80s with south winds gusting to 20 mph. EXTENDED: I’m tracking an even warmer day tomorrow as a warm front lifts through the region, bringing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is accused of shooting two Pettis County deputies earlier this month is facing additional federal charges. James Joseph Elsea, 62, of Marshall, was indicted on Tuesday with possessing with intending to distribute methamphetamine, shooting a gun while committing a drug trafficking crime and being a felon with a gun.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Even as the dog days of summer are approaching, there seems to be a different energy within the walls of Mizzou Arena, as a new era will begin in a little more than five months time. First-year Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper is in the midst of preparing for her debut
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri lawmaker is pushing for changes in how long-term care facilities in the state operate. Senate Bill 733, sponsored by Stephen Webber (D-Columbia), would modify several provisions related to long-term care facilities. Current law states that a certificate of need is not required to transfer ownership of an existing and operational
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TODAY: Highs continue to rise into the lower 80s with an east/ southeast wind at 5-10 mph. Skies remain partly cloudy. TONIGHT: We’ll stay mild overnight, with temperatures in the 60s under mostly clear skies. EXTENDED: Southeasterly winds pick up on Wednesday, leaving us warm and breezy. Highs reach mid-80s under partly cloudy skies. We’ll
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Schneider Electric broke ground Tuesday on a major expansion of its Columbia manufacturing facility. The company announced an investment of over $700 million in the U.S. this year, with more than $70 million of that directed to the Columbia project. The expansion, at Schneider’s facility in the 4800 block of Paris Road,
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TODAY: Tuesday is starting foggy for some. This will clear and leave us partly cloudy with a high near 80. Winds will be light and generally easterly. TONIGHT: We’ll stay mild overnight, with temperatures in the 60s under mostly clear skies. EXTENDED: Southeasterly winds pick up on Wednesday, leaving us warm and breezy. Highs reach
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There’s many different layers to the Earth’s atmosphere, but 75% of Earth’s mass is actually going to be residing in the troposphere, where we are located. Also, we see all of Earth’s weather occur in this layer of the atmosphere. When looking at the different layers, you can see the thickness really starts to range,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police arrested two dozen people on Friday during parties celebrating the University of Missouri’s Reading Day. Officers responded to 45 incidents in the East Campus neighborhood, according to the Columbia Police Department.Officers arrested 24 people and issued 25 summonses. Police said the arrests were for charges including minor in possession of alcohol,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Less than two decades after its last major revision, Missouri’s public school funding formula is headed for a rewrite. A newly created 16-member Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force appointed by Gov. Mike Kehoe is set to begin the process of modernizing the state’s K-12 foundation formula, which has drawn criticism
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is accused of shooting another man who was walking through yards in a residential neighborhood Friday. Kieran R. Piersee, 18, was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon for the Friday night shooting in the 900 block of Moss Street. An initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, May 12, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Rolla (1) Rock Bridge (2) FINAL Hannibal (2) Hickman (1) FINAL/2OT Battle (0) Capital City (8) FINAL Clinton (1) Smith-Cotton (4) FINAL Southern Boone (8) Elsberry (3) FINAL Blair
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team will get to round out the 2025 campaign with the potential of a winless conference season off their back, after a successful three-game set in College Station over the weekend. Skipper Kerrick Jackson and company took three-straight against Texas A&M for the program’s first road series sweep since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the best wrestlers in Mizzou history is set to return to Tiger Style as an assistant coach. Just weeks after finishing up his final collegiate season, Mizzou announced that two-time national champion Keegan O’Toole will be sticking around to serve in a full-time coaching role under head coach Brian Smith.
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TONIGHT: Spot showers exiting, patchy fog develops overnight with lows near 60. TOMORRROW: Partly to mostly sunny and warm with highs near 80. EXTENDED: With light winds and clearing skies, we could see some fog developing tomorrow morning, especially in low lying areas or river valleys. We’ll see more sunshine tomorrow through Thursday as temperatures
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The head of a local program focused on treating patients with autism spectrum disorder said last week that he hopes plans for a federal database can help uncover the cause of the condition, but it should protect patients’ safety and privacy. The National Institutes of Health plans to work with the Centers
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TODAY: The greatest rain chance will come during the afternoon and evening, with drier weather coming overnight. Skies will be increasingly cloudy through the morning, becoming mostly cloudy by the afternoon. Winds are generally easterly through the day. We expect highs to range from low 70s in the southeast near Rolla, to near 80 near
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TODAY: Monday will be mostly dry for folks near Columbia, and northwestward. Communities in the southeast will have the greatest chance for showers and thunderstorms as an area of low pressure passes by to the southeast. The greatest rain chance will come during the afternoon and evening, with drier weather coming overnight. Skies will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up KTGR’s Andy Humphrey to discuss Mizzou softball and baseball’s 2025 campaigns in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a 25-year-old Saturday evening following a crash in the 3800 block of Ponderosa Street. According to a Sunday morning press release from CPD, Saul Diaz, 25, of Columbia was taken into custody after allegedly crossing the center line and striking another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. Police say
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