COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will receive a $1 million grant from the US Department of Transportation in order to bring back flights to-and-from Denver at Columbia Regional Airport. The city is receiving the grant through the Small Community Air Service Development Program. Flights to Denver from Columbia ended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News Anchor Meghan Drakas is sharing her family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease along with other members of the ABC 17 family, in the leadup to Columbia’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday. My grandmother Barbara Early was born in 1938 in the suburbs of Philly. She was a mother, grandmother,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A soldier at Fort Leonard Wood who was found dead in a dumpster may have been killed a day before she was reported missing, officials said on Friday. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. During a Friday press
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The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Election Day is just a few days away and research shows voters are feeling the weight. An October poll by the American Psychological Association found 69% of adults said the 2024 presidential election is a significant source of stress in their lives. Boone County resident David White cast his ballot on Friday
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows look to cool back into the lower 40s with partly cloudy skies overnight. Winds remain out of the south at 5-10 mph. TOMORROW: Saturday begins dry with partly cloudy skies and highs into the upper 60s. By the evening hours, showers begin to develop becoming more widespread overnight. Winds remain out of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is not opening up the season with a ‘gimme’ game, by any means. For the first time since the 2003-04 campaign, the Tigers will open up the a new year with a road trip, facing Memphis at FedEx Forum on Monday. Head coach Dennis Gates spoke to
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny skies will bring temperatures to the low 60s with a light breeze out of the southeast. TONIGHT: We remain clear overnight as lows fall into the lower 40s, possibly upper 30s in the coldest spots. EXTENDED: Saturday will start dry, but some in the west could pick up showers as soon as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball will begin its season Monday at Memphis. The Tigers planned a news conference Friday to preview the upcoming season. Watch it live in the player above.
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TODAY: We’ll have more sunshine Friday, and with the addition of some southerly influence in our light winds, we’ll have temperatures back in the low 60s. TONIGHT: We remain clear, with only a chance for a few clouds late tonight. Temperatures fall into the low 50s and upper 40s just after sunset. EXTENDED: Starting chilly,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of dollars’ worth of damage was done to campaign signs outside of Boone County Republican Headquarters on Tuesday morning after multiple signs were spray painted with hate symbols. Party officials say the incident occurred in the morning between 6:30-9 a.m. A total of 15 signs were spray painted, at least three
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Watch the debate live at this link. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and challenger Lucas Kunce will take the debate stage at 7 p.m. Thursday in St. Louis. The debate is being aired by Nextstar and will appear in Mid-Missouri on MyZouTV. Hawley, a Republican, and Kunce, a Democrat, will be on Tuesday’s ballot for one
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from the MSHSAA softball championships on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Father Tolton (7) Westminster Christian (1) FINAL Rock Bridge (7) Helias Catholic (0) FINAL
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters who haven’t yet cast their ballots will be faced with the question of whether they support a casino on the Osage River in Lake Ozark. Voting yes on Amendment 5 would change the state constitution to allow for 14 gambling boat licenses instead of the current 13. This would open
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TONIGHT: Temperatures cool to at or just below the 50 degree mark by 7 PM tonight for trick-or-treaters. Lows continue to fall eventually bottoming out into the upper 30s tonight as winds continue out of the northwest at 5-10 mph making for a chilly breeze. TOMORROW: Friday sees clearing skies becoming mostly sunny. Winds switch
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The total money raised from last year’s Columbia Walk to End Alzheimer’s has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Alzheimer’s Association says more than 122,000 Missourians 65 years and older are battling Alzheimer’s Disease, which has been documented for nearly 120 years. In that time, multiple treatments have been approved by the U.S.
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A look at some of the major product recalls in the past week.
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TODAY: Thursday is dry after rain exits this morning. Westerly winds around 10-15 mph may gust to 20+ mph, cooling us through the morning. If temperatures can settle and rebound this afternoon, it will only be into the 50s. We’ll stay mostly cloudy through the morning, with a peak at sunshine late in the afternoon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Before parents send their children off trick-or-treating for Halloween, there are some safety tips that will help keep your kids safe. Halloween is of course all fun and games with candy, parents and kids can get caught up in all the excitement. Kids running from house to house focusing on candy and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With less than a week until election Day, a group is making a final push to strike down Amendment 7, which would prohibit ranked-choice voting in Missouri. However, proponents of Amendment 7 argue that ranking candidates is too cumbersome and violates the one person, one vote principle in the Constitution. Preserve Local
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