COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Baseball’s SEC losing skid has now reached five consecutive games. Kerrick Jackson’s crew lost its series opener against South Carolina 10-2 after getting outscored 9-0 in the final seven innings. After Friday’s action, the Tigers are still in 13th place in the SEC standings but are now two games behind both
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash that left one person injured caused the southbound lanes of Highway 63 in Columbia to close on Friday afternoon near the Interstate 70 connector. Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez said two vehicles were involved in the crash and that one injured person was brought to an area hospital by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, University of Missouri students celebrated “Reading Day,” also known as “Stop Day.” It’s intended to give students a day off from class each semester to study, before finals start next week. This year, the Columbia Police Department and MUPD planned to work to prevent students from violating the city’s nuisance ordinance. CPD passed out flyers earlier
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A March fire that left a building in North Columbia destroyed was set intentionally, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The fire on March 22 left Plush Lounge on Business Loop in a total loss. No one was injured. The
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to near 60 degrees with partly cloudy skies. Winds remain out of the east at 5-10 mph. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes scattered showers and storms by mid-day. Storms remain at a threat level 1/5 with large hail and damaging winds up to 60 mph as the primary threats. Highs rise into the
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It has been an active spring and severe weather season for Missouri this year with high winds and hail and several tornadoes reported across the state. Storms also produced a rare landspout yesterday afternoon near Joplin with minor damage reported. Landspouts are a weak type of tornado produced by a specific atmospheric setup that differentiates
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Renewable energy has grown steadily over the last decade and 2023 was no different with the United States producing more clean energy than ever before. Missouri is also following this trend as the state saw a marked increase in its solar capacity just last year. Like our Midwest neighbors, the Show-Me state sources most renewable
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TODAY: Friday is a brighter and drier day with partly cloudy skies. Highs reach the mid-70s. TONIGHT: Winds will shift more southeasterly overnight, and lingering clouds will keep lows near 60. EXTENDED: Rain chances return on Saturday as a quick-moving cold front brings a line of thunderstorms through from late morning to early afternoon. There’s
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TODAY: Friday is a brighter and drier day after widespread clouds and rain across the region Thursday. We’ll be partly cloudy with a high in the mid-70s and a light easterly breeze for much of the day. TONIGHT: Winds will shift more southeasterly overnight, keeping temperatures near 60. Clouds thicken, leaving us partly cloudy for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is working with the Columbia Police Department to try and prevent students from violating the city’s nuisance ordinance during Stop Day this Friday. Stop Day, or Reading Day, is a decades-old tradition at the University of Missouri that gives students a day off before finals each semester. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, May 2, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER TOLTON (0) HICKMAN (3) FINAL FULTON (0) MOBERLY (5) FINAL HS BASEBALL KIRKSVILLE (2) JEFFERSON CITY (8) FINAL CALIFORNIA (5) KNOB NOSTER (1) FINAL CUBA (2) SALEM (3) FINAL/9
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Editor’s note: Hanneken’s name has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is leaning toward hiring a consultant to help set up the mayor’s proposed Office of Violence Prevention. Deputy City Manager Matt Unrein told ABC 17 News the city manager’s office was “being led to an idea” of bringing on a consultant
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Missouri petitioners will be turning in signatures to the Secretary of State’s office Thursday afternoon in an effort to get sports betting on the November ballot.
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TONIGHT: Scattered storms decrease, lows in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: Rain starts to taper off late tonight, leaving us drier and a touch cooler tomorrow morning. Highs reach the mid-upper 70s with more sunshine returning tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be tracking storms out ahead of a cold
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Mid-Missouri has seen long-standing drought that looks to be coming closer to an end. Rainfall the past month has lead to improving conditions within each weeks drought monitor. The change in drier than normal conditions and moderate drought seem to be day and night with this mornings update in comparison to that to start the
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Southern Boone has found the new leader of its girls basketball program. The school district named Andrew Stone its new head girls basketball coach for the 2024-25 campaign, replacing Damon Wren who stepped down from the position in the spring. “I am beyond excited to be the new head girls basketball coach
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TODAY: Expect a high in the low 80s, at least until rain begins this afternoon. We’ll likely begin to see showers and storms overspread the region by this afternoon, from west to east. This will take some time, so many east of Columbia and Jefferson City will remain dry until after 3 p.m. Rain may
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) At 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning the 41 hour filibuster that was lead by a small group of republicans has ended, breaking the previous record held in 2016. The end of this filibuster will allow first round approval for a bill to fund medicaid. Five members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus was
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TODAY: Thursday starts dry for most. We may see a few showers and weak thunderstorms northwest of Columbia through the morning, but otherwise, we’ll be dry and partly cloudy, with temperatures warming nicely. Expect a high in the low 80s, at least until rain begins this afternoon. We’ll likely begin to see showers and storms
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, May 1, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER HICKMAN (3) ROCK BRIDGE (0) FINAL HELIAS (4) JEFFERSON CITY (0) FINAL HS BASEBALL HICKMAN (1) ROCK BRIDGE (5) FINAL HELIAS (6) CAPITAL CITY (1) FINAL EUGENE (3) TOLTON
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