JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Businesses near the Madison Street Parking Garage in Jefferson City are worried demolition will block entrances and make it harder for customers to access their business. The city won’t know what road closures will have to be made until after a demolition bid is awarded at the next City Council meeting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said Tuesday two victims in a Jefferson City shooting have died. Thompson said in a news release that charges against Michael A. Davis, 40, of Jefferson City, will be upgraded from assault and domestic assault to first-degree murder. “The number of shots or stab wounds or
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care experts are reminding the community that October is the time to re-up flu and COVID-19 immunizations to be ready for the winter season. “While most people can recover easily from infections like flu and COVID, those vulnerable patients are more likely to end up with a severe disease, to
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and mild with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warm with highs in the lower 80s. EXTENDED: Tonight is warm with a few clouds and lows in the lower 60s. We’ll feel the effects of an upper ridge of high pressure tomorrow and Thursday with more sunshine and highs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the wake of No. 16 Mizzou football’s first loss of the 2025 campaign to No. 6 Alabama, on Saturday, the Tigers are taking a familiar mindset into game seven: ‘we lost, but all is not lost.’ In fact, it’s the same way head coach Eli Drinkwitz and his team approached the
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Andrew Worrall, a fired Ashland Police Sergeant, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Ashland for whistleblower retaliation and violations of Missouri’s Law Enforcement Bill of Rights.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 16 Missouri Tigers are heading out on the road for the first time this season. The Tigers will continue their SEC schedule Saturday with a trip to Auburn. Mizzou fell from No. 14 after losing a close one last weekend in Columbia to Alabama, 27-24. Now they’ll attempt to get
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of trying to set a house on fire in Northeast Columbia will make an appearance in front of a judge at the Boone County Courthouse Tuesday morning. Brandon Butchkoski, 47, will be in front of Judge Benjamin Miller at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday for a bond review hearing. Butchkoski
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TODAY: Tuesday is partly cloudy and warm. Grab the sunglasses, and leave the jacket at home. Temperatures are starting warm, and highs reach into the 80s this afternoon. Clouds will be more likely in the northwest and sunshine more likely in the southeast, but all will want sunglasses. TONIGHT: Skies remain partly cloudy to mostly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ever since Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates stepped on campus ahead of the 2022-23 campaign, he’s had a clear goal for the program: cut down nets and hang banners. Over the course the three seasons under Coach Gates, the Tigers have hung a couple of banners, but not the ones they’ve
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education is advocating to change a state law. During its Monday night meeting, board members discussed their 2025-26 legislative priorities, one of which had to do with superintendent payouts. CPS is now advocating to change the state law, making it so that superintendents are paid no more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump and other world leaders gathered Monday to sign a Middle East peace deal, bringing relief and hopeful reactions to local groups in Mid-Missouri. George Smith, with Mid-Missouri for Justice in Palestine, is relieved but also concerned following the recent peace deal. “It’s a relief to have the actual genocide
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TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. EXTENDED: With some cloud coverage and light southeast winds, we remain in the low 60s overnight. Tomorrow looks hotter with more sunshine poking through clouds, getting temperatures into the upper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will no longer use alternative methods of instruction for inclement weather days following recent changes to state law. The Columbia Board of Education addressed the recent changes during its meeting on Monday. The district announced the change in an email to families on Oct. 10, stating that new state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the federal government shutdown nears the two-week mark, Columbia College is stepping in to support military students by launching a tuition assistance program. The college announced the creation of the “You Stand For Us, We Stand By You” program in a news release on Monday. The release states that the program
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PARIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Two women were jailed in Randolph County on suspicion of hindering prosecution in a homicide investigation that ended with a man shot dead by law enforcement officers. Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, Missouri, were arrested Sunday night and booked into the Randolph County Jail without bond, according
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The spring season is known for the activity it brings, including thunderstorms and severe weather. It has been deemed the main severe weather season, but, of course, it is not the only time of year when severe weather can occur. Although it is not as active, the fall season serves as a secondary severe weather
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TODAY: I’m tracking temperatures gradually warming into the low 70s throughout the afternoon hours as cloud cover and light showers persist. Winds will be light and variable throughout the day before temperatures cool into the low 60s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking mostly cloudy conditions slowly exiting throughout the afternoon hours
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou wrestling coach Brian Smith in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above. You can also find the full transcription of the interview with Coach Smith below. NATHALIE: WELCOME BACK EVERYONE, IT IS A
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The date of Kent Heitholt’s killing has been corrected. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge ruled last week that a Columbia native, whose murder conviction was overturned, is owed an extra $1.3 million in his lawsuit against two insurance companies. Ryan Ferguson was convicted of the 2001 killing of Columbia Daily
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