COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There is a large police presence near a church in in the 1800 block of Towne Drive as law enforcement investigates a burglary alarm Thursday afternoon. A Columbia police lieutenant told ABC 17 News that an argument led to one round being fired from a gun at a church. “They learned that
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) School of the Osage will not have in-person classes until Tuesday after two threats were made to the district within 24 hours. This comes after the district held classes virtually Thursday because of those threats. According to the director of communications for the School of the Osage district, classes are being held virtually in
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Today: Afternoon highs warm into the mid-70s thanks to scattered showers and storms this afternoon. rainfall totals look to reach up to 0.25″ in isolated areas. Winds remain out of the southeast at 10-15 mph. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the mid-60s with continuous chances of scattered showers and storms. Extended: Friday sees another warm-up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Plush Lounge announced on Wednesday it’s “closing indefinitely” after a shooting outside the club left one man dead and four others injured on Sunday. Plush Loung informed the public of this closing on their Facebook page after being in business for the last five years Plush Lounge Facebook Post Plush Lounge said it offers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state announced in a Wednesday press release that public and charter schools in Missouri can begin signing up for a state-funded mobile emergency alerting app. The Missouri Department of Public Safety has funding available for an emergency alert application to be available for public and charter schools across the state, according to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) 33-year-old suspect, Kimo Spivey is expected to make an appearance in court Thursday afternoon for a bond hearing. According to online court records, Spivey is facing several charges for the shooting death of Melvin Hooker III. The 33-year-old is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and weapons charges. Police responded to reports of multiple
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TODAY: An approaching warm front brings scattered showers this morning, and will bring us a cool and gray day. Expect widely scattered light rain, through the morning, with a better chance at hearing rumbles of thunder by the afternoon. While just about everyone will see rain at some point today, there will be pockets of
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By Morgan Buresh COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri has seen close to 1.8 million confirmed cases and nearly 23,000 deaths related to COVID-19. After three years, the nation is beginning to transition out of the emergency phase. The Biden administration announced in January the national public health emergency related to COVID-19 would end on May 11. The president signed a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, May 10, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER SMITH-COTTON (0) HICKMAN (1) FINAL FATIMA (0) JEFFERSON CITY (5) FINAL TOLTON (4) CHILLICOTHE (0) FINAL NIXA (5) ROCK BRIDGE (0) FINAL HS BASEBALL WILLARD (1) ROCK BRIDGE (3)
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri legislature sent two bills to the governor’s desk Wednesday that would restrict transgender children. One of the bills would prevent transgender students from participating in women’s sports, and the other would ban gender transition care for minors. Gov. Mike Parson previously said he’d call lawmakers back for a special
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s golf team is headed to the 2023 NCAA Championship regional round in Morgan, Hill California, marking the program’s second-straight regional appearance. The Tigers are set to leave for California on Thursday and will enter the regional as the No. 7 seed on Monday. Head coach Mark Hankins says his
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with an isolated shower or storm. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few storms. Highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: A warm front slowly lifts through the area between Thursday and Friday, bringing the potential for scattered showers tomorrow along with a few rumbles of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility canceled residential curbside recycling for Wednesday due to “severe staffing shortages,” according to a press release from the City. The release states customers who have placed their recycling on the curb will have their recycling picked up with the regular trash collection. The statement also
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools held a special session Wednesday afternoon to accept Katherine Sasser’s resignation and discuss the process for appointing a board member. Sasser announced her resignation at Monday night’s board meeting. “My family is directly impacted by the legislation being considered in our state, that takes aim at LGBTQ+ family and
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Every summer Mid-Missouri sees afternoon pop-up storms during various afternoons. Even as early as this afternoon some areas to the south towards the Lake of the Ozark’s could see some pop-up storms. These storms are different from other forms of storms based off of what causes them to fire off. Typically, the four main ingredients
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Tonight: Cloud cover builds back in from the south this afternoon leaving the majority of Mid-Missouri under mostly cloudy conditions. Afternoon highs top out into the lower 30s with winds out of the southeast at 5-10 mph. A few isolated pop-up storms are possible down towards the Lake of the Ozarks and Rolla region but
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several members of the public spoke to the Columbia Citizens Police Review Board about the police department’s use-of-force policy during a meeting Wednesday night. The board was scheduled to have an official discussion about the Columbia Police Department’s use-of-force policy. The board voted unanimously to table a couple of items on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Trail safety may come to the forefront of people’s minds following an attempted rape on the MKT trail Monday afternoon. Michael Tyrone Council Jr., 30, is charged with two counts of first-degree attempted rape and second-degree property damage. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. He allegedly tried to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe and City Manager, De’Carlon Seewood made statements in a press release Wednesday morning regarding two Columbia police officers who are under investigation, following a video showing an officer punching a man in the face on Sunday morning. The video in question shows two police officers who are holding
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TODAY: After some received even more of that much needed rain last night, Wednesday is looking mostly dry. There is enough moisture available, that a pocket of weak instability may be able to develop a spot shower or storm this afternoon, but realistically it’s a dry day. Clouds will be a mixed bag. We’ll see
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