SportsZone Football Friday highlights and scores: Week 5
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri high school football kicked off Week 5 of the 2025 season on Friday. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams are posted below.
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MSJP plans to march in University of Missouri Homecoming Parade
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine student organization posted on social media Thursday that they will be marching in the University of Missouri Homecoming Parade on Saturday. MU had denied MSJP the ability to march in the parade, citing “safety concerns,” according to previous ABC 17 reporting. This was the second
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SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week Preview: Smith-Cotton at Hickman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of rising programs in the Central Missouri Activities Conference (CMAC) will clash in Week 5 of the high school football season. Hickman (3-1) will host Smith-Cotton (3-1) on Friday at Alumni Stadium, representing a showdown between two CMAC teams with just one loss in league play. The Tigers and Kewpies
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Mizzou homecoming will be warmer than usual this year
Homecoming came early this year, so fans will probably need fewer layers at Faurot for Saturday’s game. Mizzou faces UMass this weekend for its 114th homecoming, which will be held a bit earlier than usual. Traditionally, homecoming happens in October or sometimes November, when fall “football weather” has taken hold and temperatures are cooler. This
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Tracking perfect weather for Homecoming at Mizzou
TONIGHT: I’m tracking clear and quiet conditions as temperatures drop into the mid 50s by the end of the night and winds shift into the southwest at 3-6 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking great weather to attend the Mizzou Homecoming parade and football game as plenty of sunshine is expected with temperatures in the mid 80s
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Mizzou Cross Country places top-12 at Gans Creek Classic
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Cross Country clashed with some of the nation’s best runners at Gans Creek. The Tigers hosted an event-record 87 teams at the seventh-annual Gans Creek Classic on Friday morning, earning eighth place in the Women’s 6K Gold and 12th place in the Men’s 8K Gold races. Both teams toppled nationally-ranked programs
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Tracking sunshine and seasonably warm temperatures
TODAY: Sunny and warm with highs around 80 degrees. Winds will be light and variable. TONIGHT: Conditions remain quiet overnight, with lows falling to the 50s. EXTENDED: Saturday starts cool and comfortable for the homecoming parade in downtown Columbia. Tailgating will be warm as afternoon highs climb into the low-to-mid 80s. Kickoff will still be
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Tracking another dry spell and a warm weekend
TODAY: Friday is another bright day, with a bit warmer temperatures expected. A light southwest, but at times variable wind will be enough of a change from yesterday’s north flow to return us to the low 80s. TONIGHT: Skies remain clear overnight, and with light winds we can expect temperatures to again fall into the
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United Airlines begins flights out of Columbia Regional Airport
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Regional Airport and city leaders celebrated the long-awaited return of United Airlines Thursday afternoon. At a press conference speakers highlighted the positive impact United’s expansion is expected to bring to Mid-Missouri. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe was unable to attend, but Council Member, Nick Foster the city. Leaders from Jefferson City,
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Local highlights and scores: Sept. 25, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS VOLLEYBALL CAPITAL CITY (0) ROCK BRIDGE (3) FINAL BATTLE (0) HICKMAN (3) FINAL HALLSVILLE (0) BLAIR OAKS (3) FINAL FATIMA (0) JEFFERSON CITY (3) FINAL LINN (3) CENTRALIA (0) FINAL MEXICO
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Jefferson City outlines design plans for downtown conference center project
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council held a special session on Thursday to review plans for the new downtown conference center. A design report outlined the 189,420-square-foot facility, which would be built between Madison and Monroe streets, with the main entrance on East Capitol Avenue. The project includes a 200-room hotel, bar, conference
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Tracking cool nights and warm days through the weekend
TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with patchy fog in low lying areas. Lows in the lower to mid-50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and mild with highs near 80. EXTENDED: Lows fall into the low to mid-50s with some patchy fog, especially in low lying areas or river valleys. We’ll reach to near 80 by tomorrow afternoon.
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Lane closure scheduled next weekend for I-70 in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A temporary single-lane closure of eastbound Interstate 70 is scheduled to begin next weekend in Columbia, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The closure will last from 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 through 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, between Range Line Street and Highway 63, the
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Climate Matters: Flash droughts are becoming more common with climate change
Drought has spread rapidly across Missouri in recent months, now covering over half of the state as fall gets underway. It was a much different picture just two months ago, when the region was fully drought-free for the first time in years in late July. Then came a record-dry August and a drier-than-normal September, which
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Tracking cool mornings and warm afternoons through a bright and sunny end of week
TODAY: We’re expecting increasing sunshine after a few instances of fog and low clouds this morning. Mostly sunny skies and north winds keep us nestled in the 70s this afternoon. TONIGHT: Clear skies drop us into the low 50s overnight, it may be chilly late in the evening. EXTENDED: After a jacket-worthy start on Friday
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More than 150 show up to MU Turning Point’s first meeting since Kirk assassination
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 150 people showed up to a meeting on Wednesday at the University of Missouri’s chapter for Turning Point USA. The meeting was the first the group held since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the national group’s founder. Kirk was killed in a shooting on Sept. 10 at an event at
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MSA senate sides with Black student group in dispute with MU administration
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Students Association passed a resolution in support of the Legion of Black Collegians, after the group’s “Black 2 Class Block Party” was canceled after University of Missouri administrators took issue with the name. Mizzou Legion of Black Collegians shared last month on its social media that its “Black 2 Class
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Local highlights and scores: Sept. 24, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS SOCCER HELIAS (0) BATTLE (1) FINAL STOVER (0) SACRED HEART (1) FINAL HS SOFTBALL SMITH-COTTON (1) TOLTON (11) FINAL BATTLE (0) HELIAS (6) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (10) BOWLING GREEN (16)
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Rolla continues to rebuild six months after EF-2 tornado
ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Six months after an EF-2 tornado swept through the city of Rolla, signs of the destruction remain. Three Rolla Public Schools buildings, along with other RPS properties like the softball complex, were damaged in the storm. “We took four days off right after the tornado, and then that second week was our
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Tracking a few more showers and storms tonight, clearing Thursday
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy early with scattered showers and a few storms before midnight. Gradual clearing with lows in the mid-upper 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and comfortable with a light north breeze. Highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: Scattered showers and a few storms will be possible south of I-70 through late tonight, with clouds gradually
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