COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The two teams chasing Kentucky for the top spot in the SEC standings are preparing to battle on Friday night at the Hearnes Center. No. 25 Mizzou is getting set to host No. 21 Florida, seeking to extend the program’s winning streak to 10 consecutive games. MU’s recent string of success has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Earlier this week, millions of Americans celebrated our nation’s veterans. While serving your country can be a tremendous source of pride for some, the unseen battle scars of war can leave long-lasting consequences.  Data from the Veterans Administration estimates that in 2016, 8,000 post-9/11 veterans were dealing with some form of post-traumatic
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Safety concerns have caused the owners of a few buildings around Jefferson City to seek demolition. Built in 1887, 626 Jefferson Street served as a range of businesses, but has been empty since April 2021. Due to the building’s age, the property’s owner Prairie Farms applied for a demolition request on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou winter sports season has arrived. Along with MU men’s and women’s basketball, several programs like wrestling and swim and dive have officially kicked off their 2024-25 campaigns while gymnastics is continuing its preparation for its season opener on Friday, Jan. 3. In the winter sports spirit, head coaches and athletes from
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The fall firearms turkey season has passed, but there is one last portion of the fall archery season left to stand beginning on November 27th. The majority of hunters who pursue this large game bird typically stick to hunting them in the spring season, but some will try their shot during the fall/ winter season.
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TONIGHT: Spotty showers exiting with lingering clouds overnight. Lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with gradual clearing by the end of the day. Highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Rain showers are exiting Mid-Missouri, but clouds linger through the night into Thursday with stubborn stratus not diminishing until late in the day. Clouds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou has officially inked two talented high school basketball recruits for its 2025 recruiting class. Columbia’s own Aaron Rowe and St. Louis native Nicholas Randall are staying home, signing with MU on opening day of the early signing period. Rowe is rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247 Sports.
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THIS MORNING: Cloudy ahead of rain arriving in western Mid-MO by midmorning. Showers track slowly into central MO into the afternoon. TODAY: Mostly cloudy with rain exiting east this evening. Highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds linger through Thursday but sunshine returns by the afternoon. The end of the week is nice with highs near
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THIS MORNING: Cloudy ahead of rain arriving in western Mid-MO by midmorning. Showers track slowly into central MO into the afternoon. TODAY: Mostly cloudy with rain exiting east this evening. Highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds linger through Thursday but sunshine returns by the afternoon. The end of the week is nice with highs near
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It wasn’t always pretty, but a win is a win, as the Mizzou women’s basketball held off Tulane for a 60-52 win, on Tuesday night, to get back to .500 on the season. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton and guards Grace Slaughter and Laniah
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man found guilty of the death of two women in 2022 was sentenced to over 60 years in prison on Tuesday. A Boone County judge sentenced Cadilac Derrick to 62 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for five felonies. Derrick was found guilty of killing two Columbia women –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was rushed to a hospital after she was shot Tuesday afternoon in a central Columbia park. Police at the scene did not provide the woman’s name or age. Police were sent to Douglass Park at about 3:40 p.m. and found the injured woman and evidence that shots had been fired,
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When meteorologists are typically looking at waves, it’s not always on a sandy beach looking into the ocean. It could be looking at atmospheric graphs. When there increased waves on an atmospheric graphs, changing weather can be expected more frequently. The white lines show on the ABC 17 Stormtrack Futuretrack are known as isobars which
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and chilly with lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with light rain through much of the day. Highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds start to roll in tonight ahead of our next rain chance. Showers hold off until after daybreak, moving into our western counties around 7:00 a.m. Rain will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police found a suspect in a weekend downtown Columbia shooting getting treatment for his own gunshot wounds early Sunday at a Jefferson City hospital, court documents say. Deandre Denny was charged Tuesday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession after the shooting that happened a little before 3 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The injury bug keeps biting for the Mizzou football team. During Tuesday’s weekly press conference, Tiger head coach Eli Drinkwitz announced that starting center Connor Tollison is out for the season with a leg injury. The Missouri-native is set to get surgery on his leg, which will end his year, prematurely, for
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly sunny to partly cloudy, with a high in the mid-50s amid a southeast breeze around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Skies will become increasingly cloudy overnight ahead of another system Wednesday. Temperatures remain in the 40s with a light south breeze overnight. EXTENDED: Scattered showers will work through the area from west to
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TODAY: Tuesday is mostly sunny to partly cloudy, with a high in the mid-50s amid a southeast breeze around 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Skies will become increasingly cloudy overnight ahead of another system Wednesday. Temperatures remain in the 40s with a light south breeze overnight. EXTENDED: Scattered showers will work through the area from west to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tiger men’s basketball team held off Eastern Washington for an 84-77 win at Mizzou Arena, on Monday night. The victory lifted MU to 2-1 on the season. You can watch the extended highlights from the win in the video player below. The win was highlighted by a 33-point outing from Tiger guard
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Veterans Affairs is searching for a building in Columbia for a new research facility. The VA is taking bids to lease a 70,000-square-foot building for research and office space. Bid documents show the government wants to rent a building between 59,709-70,246 square feet and 250 parking spots. The documents
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