COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with KTGR’s Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with a chance for a few showers. Cool with highs in the lower to mid-70s. EXTENDED: Northwest upper level flow will continue to keep temperatures below average over the next few days, with a few disturbances in the jet stream
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TODAY: Mostly cloudy and mild, with highs in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. Isolated showers are possible in western Missouri throughout the day. TOMORROW: Cloudy and comfortable, with temperatures in the 70s on Labor Day. Spotty rain is possible, but much of the holiday should stay dry. Rain totals will be less than
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As summer winds down, people may be breaking out the grill to squeeze in those last few barbecues. According to the National Fire Protection Association, August ranked as the fourth-highest month for grill fires from 2019 to 2023.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The date of the holiday weekend’s start has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is urging drivers and boaters to make safe choices this Labor Day weekend after several serious crashes have already been reported. Since the official counting period began on Friday, troopers reported three people have died
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL HARRISBURG (7) HALLSVILLE (0) FINAL VAN-FAR (1) SOUTHERN BOONE (13) FINAL NEW BLOOMFIELD (5) SALISBURY (3) FINAL NORTH CALLAWAY (0) ELDON (5) FINAL HARRISBURG (2) SOUTHERN BOONE (4) FINAL NEW
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking increasing cloud cover throughout the rest of the night, but the majority of the area is expected to stay dry. Winds will be out of the southeast at 8-12 mph as temperatures drop into the mid 60s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking clouds persisting throughout the day with
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TODAY: Mostly sunny and warm with highs in the mid-80s. Cloud cover steadily increases throughout the day. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy, with temperatures struggling to reach the low 80s. Isolated showers are possible in western Missouri. EXTENDED: Scattered rain continues on Labor Day and Tuesday as a weak disturbance trudges through the region. Dry time is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is alerting residents to a new email scam targeting people with short-term rentals or those applying for short-term rental permits. Scammers have been impersonating Clinton Smith, the city’s incoming Community Development Director. Smith, who officially begins his new role on September 29, has more than 17 years of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he will call a special session on redistricting and initiative petition reform. “Today, I am calling on the General Assembly to take action on congressional redistricting and initiative petition reform to ensure our districts and Constitution truly put Missouri values first,” Kehoe said in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A section of a Cole County business collapsed after a fire broke out Friday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F shared a video on X of a building on fire at Bee Seen Signs in the 500 block of Babe Ruth Drive, just outside Jefferson City, around 7:30 p.m. on
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As the Labor Day weekend approaches, drivers will still have to adapt to work zones along the highways. One work zone that has become a hotspot for several traffic crashes in recent months is the U.S. Highway 54 bridge rehabilitation project. The road in certain areas, both westbound and eastbound, is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri high school football kicked off Week 1 of the 2025 season on Friday. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams are posted below.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks week one of high school football season, a time in Columbia and across the state battle week-to-week to ultimately land a seat in the championship. The games bring an influx of excited fans each week at each Columbia high school. Columbia Public School has had a bag policy for several
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking temperatures dropping into the upper 50s by the end of the night as winds blow out of the southeast at 5-7 mph. A mostly clear sky will be expected throughout the rest of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking temperatures warming into the mid 80s by the afternoon hours as sunshine persists across
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August 29th, 2005 is a day the nation will never forget, as a devastating major hurricane inundated over 80% of New Orleans with flood waters. Katrina remains one of the most intense and deadliest tropical cyclones to make landfall in the United States, and it is tied with 2017 Hurricane Harvey as the costliest hurricane
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TODAY: Mostly sunny and warm, with highs in the lower to mid-80s. TONIGHT: Quiet with evening temperatures in the 70s for football games and lows bottoming out in the low 60s. EXTENDED: The weekend remains pleasant, with temperatures in the mid-80s and lots of sunshine on Saturday. Sunday will be a few degrees cooler in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Season tickets for the Mizzou Tigers’ 2025 football season sold out faster than last year despite a 50% increase in prices. The Mizzou Athletic Department announced on Aug. 5 that season tickets were sold out, despite raising prices by half. Assistant athletic director Joshua Moore said tickets sold out two weeks earlier
Continue Reading THIS MORNING: Clear and cool, with temperatures in the 50s and 60s early in the morning. TODAY: Mostly sunny and warm, with highs in the lower to mid-80s. EXTENDED: The weekend remains pleasant, with temperatures in the mid-80s and lots of sunshine on Saturday. Sunday will be a few degrees cooler in the lower 80s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) KOMU 8 announced Sports Director Ben Arnet, 43, passed away on Thursday. Arnet was a Columbia native, graduated from Hickman High School and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism where he later became an instructor and the Sports Director for KOMU 8 for five years. In 2004, Arnet moved
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