COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team’s Thursday night matinee in Knoxville will have a whole lot of eyes on it, but mostly for reasons off court. The SEC clash will mark first-year Tiger women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper’s first return to the program she both played and coached at. Before being let go
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Capital City (51) Battle (67) FINAL Osage (64) Southern Boone (68) FINAL Rock Bridge (72) Camdenton (38) FINAL Eldon (48) Blair Oaks (92) FINAL Boonville (66) California (46) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A police helicopter was enlisted for the search for an out-of-state fugitive in Holts Summit on Tuesday. The Holts Summit Police Department asked the public to avoid the 900 block of Halifax Road while officers search for someone with an out-of-state warrant, according to a Tuesday afternoon press release from the department.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Although the road has not been a forgiving place for the Mizzou men’s basketball team this season, head coach Dennis Gates and his squad are hoping the momentum from a dominant win at South Carolina will carry on into another away game. The Tigers will put that to the test in their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to reflect the details of the renaming of Memorial Stadium accurately. In the near future, the home of Mizzou football is set to not only have a completely new look, with ongoing renovations to the north end zone, but also a new name. On Tuesday,
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Editor’s Note: AI has been used in background research for this article COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The battle for Missouri’s true congressional district map continued Tuesday as the state and the ACLU returned to the Cole County Courthouse for a bench trial on whether a new mid-decade congressional map is already in effect. The ACLU, representing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will decide which route it will take for a new high voltage electrical line across south Columbia. Columbia Water and Light has proposed two pathways: One that runs along West Nifong Boulevard, Vawter School Road and Scott Boulevard. The second runs from Grindstone Parkway to the Hinkson Creek
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and breezy with lows in the upper 20s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with lighter winds and highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: High pressure moves overhead tonight, allowing winds to ease by daybreak with clear skies. It will be a chilly start to Wednesday, but sunshine will help warm us to the low
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It has been over two weeks since Central Missouri’s first widespread snowstorm, which brought measurable snow across the state. Since then, it has stayed largely dry and has also gotten noticeably warmer, with temperatures breaking the 50 and 60 degree mark over the past couple of days. With temperatures getting almost 30 degrees above freezing
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Police Department is looking for one or more people after several vehicle break-ins overnight. The Fulton Police Department said it received several reports of vehicle break-ins on Tuesday morning. Two of those reports included guns being stolen. The thefts were reported on Court Street, Nichols Street, West Avenue, Center Street,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tiger women’s basketball team is traveling to No. 22 Tennessee this week — a team Mizzou’s Kellie Harper once coached. Tipoff is at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Watch Harper field questions live in the player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI released images from a doorbell camera on Tuesday that agents say show a person who was involved in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. The black-and-white images show a person in a ski mask and gloves and wearing a backpack, tampering with the camera. The person appears to be armed. The images show
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THIS AFTERNOON: Mild, but slightly cooler than yesterday, with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. Winds from the north could gust up to 20 mph. TONIGHT: Lows fall to around freezing with clear skies and breezy northerly winds. EXTENDED: Wednesday is even cooler, with highs near 50 degrees amid sunny skies and lighter
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More than 100 parents, teachers and students from across Missouri gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for Public Education Lobby Day, urging lawmakers to prioritize funding for public schools.
Advocates came together in the Capitol Rotunda after having more than 100 different meetings with legislators regarding public education funding.
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TODAY: Tuesday is another warm day, starting even warmer than Monday. However, with north winds, temperatures will only reach the mid-to-upper 50s this afternoon. TONIGHT: Temperatures are cooler tonight, falling to near freezing amid continued north winds. EXTENDED: Starting near 30° on Wednesday, temperatures will climb to near 50° by the afternoon under partly cloudy,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, Feb. 9, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Camdenton (50) Hickman (75) FINAL Capital City (42) Jefferson City (84) FINAL Blair Oaks (57) Hallsville (30) FINAL Boonville (77) Eldon (24) FINAL Skyline (75) California (51) FINAL Fayette
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bench trial began Monday in Jefferson City over the language that would place Missouri’s new congressional map on the November ballot. The trial is the latest in a series of lawsuits challenging the congressional map the General Assembly passed during a September 2025 special session, a map that could possibly
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and not as cold ahead of a cold front with lows in the lower to mid-40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the mid-upper 50s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a cold front that will move through the area early on Tuesday, allowing winds to shift early in the day and temperatures
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council discussed two potential options to build a new electrical transmission line at their council work session on Monday night. Both options would connect the Perche Creek and Grindstone substations. The plans to build transmission line infrastructure between these two stations has been in the works for more than
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With recent cold and snow, wildfires might seem like one of the last concerns for Mid-Missourians. But unseasonably warm temperatures and a drier-than-normal winter will contribute to an elevated fire risk in the coming days. Missouri is just beginning its fire weather season, as dry vegetation from fall and winter combines with the breezy conditions
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