COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Gov. Mike Kehoe said the state will spend more than $15 million to cover some food programs as the federal government shutdown continues. Kehoe said in a news release on Wednesday that he would redirect money toward two programs aimed to help feed people in the state. The state plans to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Beau Pribula and tight end Brett Norfleet’s timelines to return remain unclear. On Wednesday, MU head coach Eli Drinkwitz provided the latest information on Pribula and Norfleet’s statuses during the weekly SEC Football Coaches Teleconference, following their respective injuries in the team’s seven-point loss to Vanderbilt. Pribula exited Saturday’s game
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge ordered a Columbia man committed indefinitely to the Missouri Department of Mental Health on Wednesday after accepting his insanity plea in the death of his father and subsequent fire. Steven Strumpf had been set for trial on first-degree murder, armed criminal action, second-degree arson and credit card fraud
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department will dedicate extra resources for the Trader Joe’s grand opening in Columbia on Thursday. A CPD spokesperson said extra officers will be assigned to the area, and some off-duty officers will work traffic control. Trader Joe’s will be located at 201 N. Stadium Blvd. at the Shoppes at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State and local leaders are warning the public about rising road deaths in Missouri for 2025. Officials say 745 people have lost their lives on state roads this year, which is more than two deaths on average per day. The Missouri Department of Transportation, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Cole County
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EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used to help research the background for this story. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Lodging Association has filed a lawsuit against Jefferson City, the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau, claiming the city’s 7% lodging tax violates Missouri law. Jefferson City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Special benefits for low-income mothers are safe for now, despite the ongoing federal shutdown, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced Wednesday. Benefits under the Special Supplement Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children program, known commonly as WIC, will be dispersed for November, but might not last the whole
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TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds and breezy. Patchy frost possible north with lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Winds begin to die down tonight, and with clouds working to clear we could see some patchy frost with lows in the upper 30s. Tomorrow is cool and sunny, but another disturbance
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Hurricane Melissa has been a devastating storm for islands in the Caribbean, reaching category 5 strength yesterday before making landfall in Jamaica. Due to the strength that hurricane Melissa had yesterday, records were tied and even broken in some categories. Melissa is now tied with two other hurricanes for the strongest sustained winds at landfall,
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TODAY: I’m tracking clouds exiting through the afternoon hours as breezy northerly winds continue through the day. Winds will be out of the northwest at 15-18 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. This combined with cloud cover will only allow temperatures to warm into the low 50s by the afternoon hours. TOMORROW: I’m tracking
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TODAY: Wednesday continues showers through the morning, with clouds lingering all day. A notable north breeze sustained around 20 mph gusting around 25-30 mph at most will keep us cool. Some sunshine will return through the late afternoon. TONIGHT: Skies continue to clear tonight, allowing temperatures to fall into the 40s shortly after sunset, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When Sophia Smith moved to Columbia in 2015, she described her neighborhood as “a gloom, dark place.” Speaking at Tuesday night’s “Let’s Talk Local” discussion, hosted by the City of Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention, Smith said that for her first three months there, she didn’t want to go outside. Day after day,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missourians who work for the Internal Revenue Service in Kansas City are feeling the effects of the government shutdown, as thousands of federal employees across the United States are furloughed. A little more than 34,000 employees with the IRS are furloughed, according to Shannon Ellis, president of NTEU Chapter 66, which represents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge’s Lamar Hayes is our Week 9 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Bruins will travel to face Blue Springs in district quarterfinal action on Friday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tigers fans’ first glimpse at the new era of women’s basketball may not have gone as expected. Missouri suffered a 90-84 overtime loss Tuesday night in an exhibition game against the Maryville Saints at Mizzou Arena, marking the unofficial start to new head coach Kellie Harper’s tenure with the program. You can
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding hunters to inspect their tree stands and clip on their harnesses after a man died Tuesday after falling out of a tree stand in East Columbia. “If you’re in the tree stand itself, really anybody’s at risk for getting injured, suffering from fractured bones or other injuries,” MU
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jessica McKinlay was a firecracker, loved the outdoors and never hesitated to state her opinion on topics she was passionate about. She was also the mother to five children, all of who she was protective of, her family says. But her life was cut short on the night of Jan. 3, 2022,
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TONIGHT: Showers fill in overnight and continue through sunrise tomorrow. Temperatures fall into the upper 40s and low 50s. TOMORROW: Rain will last through late Wednesday morning, but most will be dry after noon. Showers could linger near I-44 later in the day. Rain totals are expected to reach between half an inch and an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Leila Willmore says she was first alerted to AI-generated content of her son at the end of September. Since then, things have only continued to escalate. “They were seeing Zachary in articles coming to their Facebook, like popping up one after the other,” Willmore said. “When I would try to look up
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