TONIGHT: Partly cloudy to mostly clear and mild with lows near 70. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: We’ll feel the effects of a cold front pushing to our south for the rest of the week with highs reaching the upper 80s tomorrow and mid-80s by Thursday. Dew points
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been updated to correct information about the Puri Group’s purchase of the property. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly a decade after its closure, the Truman Hotel is coming down. Puri Group Enterprises, the building’s owner, said Tuesday that criticism from the community over the deteriorating building was the motivation behind
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Over the past couple of days, there has been a noticeable trend in storm activity across central Missouri. Although there has not been any widespread severe weather, isolated storms each afternoon have caused brief wind gusts up to 60 mph before dissipating. Just yesterday, one of these storms occurred in the morning, and damages were
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The Mizzou Tigers football team wrapped up fall camp this week with the season kickoff looming next week. Coach Eli Drinkwitz and the team’s captains took questions from reporters after camp. Watch them talk in the player.
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TODAY: I’m tracking temperatures feeling like they are 100-105 degrees for areas along and south of I-70 throughout the afternoon. Isolated storms will begin around 3-5 pm, with some storms having the potential to produce brief wind gusts up to 60 mph. Temperatures will cool into the low 70s by the end of the night.
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TODAY: Tuesday is another hot day, but likely a few degrees cooler than Monday in most places. Highs in the low 90s feel more like 100-103 this afternoon. A cold front is slowly moving north to south across the region, and will have a slight impact on heat indexes today. Storms will be confined along
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump is tapping Missouri’s attorney general to be a key player in Trump’s FBI. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will be the state’s third attorney general in a row to leave for Washington, D.C., when he takes a job as FBI co-deputy director working alongside Dan Bongino, Fox reported
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two additional school buildings in Columbia will have weapons detection systems on the first day of class on Tuesday for the first time. According to Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark, Douglass High School and the Columbia Area Career Center will now have weapons detection systems. The district implemented the systems during
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football fans will notice some changes to their game day experience out at Faurot Field in the upcoming season, as renovations to the north end zone will continue through the 2025 campaign. On Monday, Tiger Athletic Director Laird Veatch took time to talk to media members and break down all of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Delmar Cobble School in Columbia is now permanently closed after struggling to reach staffing levels, part of a broader statewide consolidation of schools for students with severe disabilities. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Board las week decided close six buildings that were already “temporarily consolidated due to staff vacancies,” immediately,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday evening voted 5-0 to change its water rates. According to council documents, the water ordinance would increase revenue by $3.6 million, or 12%, and would take effect with the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1. The council will decide on changing electric rates at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition is underway for the dilapidated Truman Hotel in Jefferson City. Mayor Ron Fitzwater confirmed crews started tearing down the building on Monday afternoon. The former hotel in the 1500 block of Jefferson Street has long been called an “eyesore” by city officials. Discussions around the building’s demolition have occurred for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the anchors of Mizzou’s offensive line earned himself a spot on one of the Associated Press’ (AP) preseason All-America teams, on Monday morning. Lee’s Summit native Cayden Green landed on the preseason second-team All-American team as a guard. The junior played at left guard in his first season in Columbia,
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) This fall, Jefferson City students have a free option for getting to and from school. Jefferson City Transit is waiving bus fares for students on Tripper routes throughout the fall semester. The free service applies to anyone riding the Tripper Routes, which operate Monday through Friday on school days. No student ID
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Hurricane Erin is the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, reaching Category 5 storm strength on Friday with sustained winds over 157 mph. As of the 1 PM advisory today, it has weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds up to 140 mph. Although it has not made direct landfall, it
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-70s with chances of scattered showers and storms lasting into the deeper overnight hours. Moderate downpours and gusty winds remain the primary threats. TOMORROW: Tuesday welcomes scattered showers and storm chances primarily into the early am hours. Moderate brief downpours and gusty winds remain the primary threats as a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletic Director Laird Veatch spoke with reporters Monday on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The Tigers will host Central Arkansas on Faurot on Aug. 28 — a Thursday night kickoff.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a guest at the White House on Monday as European leaders try to hammer out a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Zelensky and Trump took questions from reporters before a closed-door meeting, and the atmosphere was more friendly than Zelensky’s last trip to the White
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TODAY: I’m tracking temperatures feel like they are 100-105 degrees for all of central Missouri throughout the afternoon hours. This is why an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day is in effect until this evening. To read more about this event, visit our blog: https://abc17news.com/weather/2025/08/12/weather-alert-day-feeling-like-105-108-monday/. Isolated showers and storms will become possible by around 5-7
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the conclusion of Monday’s practice, the Mizzou football team only has one more fall camp session left, as the 2025 season is just around the corner. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz said he expressed just how important urgency will be to his team in these closing days of preseason work. You can
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