TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy and mild with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny, warm, and humid with highs in the low to mid-80s. Storms are possible across western and southwest Missouri, including the Lake of the Ozarks. EXTENDED: The overall upper pattern will remain locked in through early next week, with a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe on Wednesday dismissed calls for a special legislative session to suspend Missouri’s gas tax, citing concerns about road conditions and the impact on jobs for construction workers. Some lawmakers had asked Kehoe to call a special session to vote on pausing the state’s 29.5-cent gas tax through the end
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THIS AFTERNOON: Partly sunny and warm, with highs in the low 80s. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible south of I-70 between 3 and 7 p.m., but most will stay dry. TONIGHT: Dry and partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. EXTENDED: Thursday is another warm and mostly dry day, but scattered rain and storms
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TODAY: Wednesday is mostly dry, and mild to warm as highs are forecast in the low 80s. Today’s average high in Columbia is 79°. Winds turn from east to south this afternoon. Spotty showers and weak storms are possible between 3 and 7 p.m. Otherwise, dry conditions are forecast under partly cloudy skies. TONIGHT: Overnight,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department on Tuesday released its annual report for 2025, which shows violent crime trending down in the city for the fourth year in a row. CPD defined violent crime as a criminal act that involves a force or threat of force against a person. It may consist of murder
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, May 26, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Mexico (4) Moberly (1) FINAL – state sectional Eldon (3) Springfield Catholic (12) FINAL – state sectional Blair Oaks (4) Holden (1) FINAL – state sectional Centralia (0) Fatima (2)
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) When the first pitch is thrown out in the 2026 season, it will mark the start of a new era for the Jeff City Renegades. Not only will the team be entering a new league, playing against new teams and sporting some new threads, but it will also be led by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia saw its average domestic violence reports increase in 2025, with some advocates warning that numbers are continuing to rise. In 2024, the Columbia Police Department renewed its STOP Violence Against Women Act grant through the Missouri Department of Public Safety. The $195,255 grant helped fund salaries and benefits
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Mid-Missouri is caught between two weather stories this week, with hot, dry conditions expected across the Upper Midwest and cooler, wetter weather over the Southeast. This is part of a larger flip in weather conditions across the U.S. as summer approaches, thanks to a stubborn, recognizable pattern setting up over the country that looks like
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a few showers south early, lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny with a few storms across southern Missouri. Highs in the lower to mid-80s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a few showers and storms across southern Missouri, as far north as the Lake area. There are a few embedded lightning strikes,
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COLIMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of dumping a woman’s body in a trash bin in Perche Creek earlier this month appeared in court on Tuesday. Andrew Acton, 53, is charged with abandoning a corpse and tampering with evidence. He still does not have an attorney. The judge set his next hearing for 1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly fired a gun in a mobile home park while he was drunk on Monday evening. Phillip Etheridge, 36, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County Jail and the state has requested
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THIS AFTERNOON: Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible to the southeast, mainly across I-44 and up to Hermann, Jefferson City, and Osage Beach. Conditions are drier north of I-70, and temperatures will be warm in the upper 70s to low 80s. TONIGHT: Showers dwindle overnight, with temperatures gradually falling to the low 60s. Less than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to put a 3/8-cent sales tax on the November ballot. Sheriff Dwayne Carey appeared before the commission last week to make his pitch for the tax. The commission was initially considering it for the August ballot, but moved it to November at Carey’s urging
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TODAY: The week ahead is mostly dry, but daily rain chances remain in the forecast each afternoon and evening. Tuesday starts dry, but spotty to scattered storms are expected in the south. Chances are greatest along and south of a line from Sedalia to Montgomery City. Highs are forecast near 80. No severe weather is
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CARLSBAD, Calif. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s golf team fell short of making it into match play, on Monday, however the team still ended the 2026 campaign with the best season in program history. Head coach Carolina Westrup Gaeta and company finished in 12th place overall in the NCAA Championship, posting a team score of +23
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four youth and a man from St. Joseph, Missouri, were injured in a boat crash on Monday at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a social media post that that it received a call for a boating accident at the 38-mile marker and an MSHP
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TONIGHT: Clouds increase as we move through the evening, temperatures dropping into the mid 50s overnight. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy in the afternoon with a chance for scattered showers towards the dinner hour. We could see heavier rainfall south of I-70. Temperatures remain in the low 80s. EXTENDED: A wet week is in store across mid-Missouri,
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TODAY: I’m tracking a warm and mostly sunny Memorial Day afternoon as winds blow out of the southeast at 5-10 mph. This will help temperatures warm into the low 80s across Central Missouri. TONIGHT: I’m tracking a gradual increase in cloud cover as winds continue to blow out of the southeast at 5-10 mph. Temperatures
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of parade-goers on Monday packed East Broadway in downtown Columbia for the Gold Star Memorial Day Parade. Parade founder Sherry Wyatt marked the second year since the event’s return after a six-year hiatus, honoring fallen service members on Memorial Day. “This is extremely important to us because the greatest sacrifice that
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