Grand opening event held at Thompson Center for Autism
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Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment holds grand opening of new facility
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment celebrated the grand opening of its new facility Friday morning. The facility is in the MU Health Care South Providence Medical Park, located at 701 Veterans United Drive. The new facility is 74,000 square feet and costs $54.8 million, enabling significant expansion to serve twice
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Tracking showers and storms Friday ahead of a sunny and warm Saturday
TODAY: Friday starts dry, with showers returning during the mid-morning, around 9 a.m. or so. Showers will begin in the northwest and spread southeast. Rain chances increase through the day, becoming thunderstorm chances by the afternoon. Storms are likely to remain weak, but if instability is slightly higher than expected, the strongest storms could produce
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Highway 63 lanes reopen after chase that ended in suspect’s death
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Highway 63 near Clark was closed for hours Thursday because of a police response, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Thursday. The northbound driving lane and both sounthbound lanes had reopened by about 4 p.m., and traffic was moving slowly through the scene. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy said the scene was
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Sheriff’s Office says chase suspect killed 35-year-old man, shot 65-year-old woman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A suspect in a shooting and chase is dead after suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. Columbia Police Department officers were sent to an “incident” northeast of the city Thursday afternoon and asked drivers to avoid the area. Columbia officers were responding to an
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Local highlights and scores: May 7, 2026
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, May 7, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Hickman (5) Smith-Cotton (12) FINAL Eugene (2) Blair Oaks (4) FINAL Boonville (0) Warrensburg (10) FINAL North Callaway (0) Southern Boone (10) FINAL Wright City (1) Fatima (2) FINAL Moberly
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Beyond the Game: Tolton baseball star Will Breitweiser
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tolton Catholic baseball standout Will Breitweiser went ‘Beyond the Game’ with ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones, as he enters the home stretch of his high school career. You can find a full transcript of their conversation below, but also be sure to watch Breitweiser’s edition of Beyond the Game on ABC
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Mizzou women’s golf set for first appearance at regionals in nearly a decade
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tiger women qualified as a team for their first regional championships since 2017-18. Veikka Viskari also was selected to compete as an individual on the men’s side. Mizzou women’s golf was placed in the Stanford regional and earned a fifth seed in their first trip back in nearly 10 years. In
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Groundbreaking ceremony marks start of Rocheport to Columbia Improve I-70 Project construction
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to celebrate the start of construction from Rocheport to Columbia for the next phase of the Improve I-70 Project. MoDOT contractor Emery Sapp and Sons will begin strengthening the interstate’s shoulder from Route BB to Midway starting Monday with nightly lane closures.
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Tracking light rain and scattered storms Friday, mild start to the weekend
TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy with lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Light rain followed by afternoon storms. Some storms could be strong with isolated cases of quarter size hail and strong wind gusts. Highs in the lower 70s. EXTENDED: Warmer, more moist air moves in as winds kick up from the southwest tomorrow,
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Why a Southern Plains drought could amplify Missouri’s next heat wave
While Mid-Missouri has been enjoying a stretch of comfortable, spring-like temperatures in the 60s and 70s, the meteorological engine to our west is currently being tuned for a much hotter gear. As we look ahead to the middle of May, a combination of regional drought and a shifting atmospheric pattern is setting the stage for
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Columbia Planning & Zoning data center regulation debate continues
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission talked standards and regulations for possible data centers at Thursday night’s work session. Commission members will discuss “broader” topic areas that they want to include in a working draft of the regulations and standards that would govern data centers in Columbia. “This is the process of
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Cool and comfortable night, storms in the forecast tomorrow afternoon
TONIGHT: Skies remaining clear for the evening, temperatures dipping to the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Rain and thunderstorms moving in late afternoon, temps in the low 70s. EXTENDED: Saturday looks to be the day to get outside for the weekend, as skies will be clear with temperatures reaching up to 80 degrees. A light sprinkle is
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Tracking a blustery afternoon, rain returning tomorrow
THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and breezy, with highs in the upper 60s and southerly winds at 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph. TONIGHT: Increasing clouds, with temperatures falling into the 50s after sunset, and lows dropping to the upper 40s. EXTENDED: A cold front will bring a round of showers and afternoon
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MoDOT, other officials break ground on next phase of Interstate 70 expansion
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation hosted U.S. Rep. Mark Alford, Gov. Mike Kehoe and local officials to mark the start of the next phase of work on the Improve I-70 project. This phase includes work from Columbia to Rocheport. Watch the news conference here.
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Gov. Kehoe seeks disaster declaration for April storms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe is asking for federal assistance to help the state recover from storms that hit in late April, including several Mid-Missouri counties. Kehoe is asking FEMA to take part in damage assessments of public infrastructure for 11 counties, including Chariton, Howard, Monroe, Randolph and Saline, his office said Thursday
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Tracking more sunshine today and a few rain chances ahead
TODAY: Mostly sunny skies and southwest winds will push temperatures into the 60s today. Winds are sustained around 10-15 mph, gusting to 20 mph at times. TONIGHT: Temperatures fall into the 50s around sunset, leaving us on a path back to the 40s by sunrise on Friday. Clouds will increase overnight, into early Friday morning.
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Sedalia officer shoots suspect during chase
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia police officer shot a suspect during a chase Wednesday morning, the Missouri State Highway Patrol stated in a news release. The suspect suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and was taken to a hospital. The officer was also injured and hospitalized, though the injuries were not life-threatening, the Patrol stated.
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Boone Health to open new cardiology clinic Monday following fallout with Missouri Heart Center
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health will have its new cardiology clinical practice open and operating starting Monday. Boone Health announced the split with Missouri Heart Center at the end of March and filed a lawsuit alleging breaches of contract, misuse of confidential information and plans to engage in unlawful competition. Roughly 20,000 patients are expected
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Local highlights and scores: May 6, 2026
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, May 6, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Helias (2) Hickman (3) FINAL Helias (6) Hickman (4) FINAL Camdenton (1) Rock Bridge (15) FINAL Smith-Cotton (3) Battle (4) FINAL Smith-Cotton (18) Battle (4) FINAL Tolton (8) Hannibal (4)
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