HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville’s Brody Brown and Carter Geisler are our Week 5 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winners! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Indians will travel to face the Osage Indians on Friday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe said Tuesday that he has authorized the Missouri National Guard to help at ICE facilities in Missouri. The mission will begin on Wednesday, Kehoe’s office wrote in a news release. “This decision comes in response to a request for assistance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) You know that old say ‘there’s no place like home’? It really rings true for the Mizzou volleyball team in the 2025 campaign. Out of 28 matches, head coach Dawn Sullivan and company will only play eight at the Hearnes Center this season, which makes the occasions that the Tigers are in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing two women on Interstate 70 in Columbia in 2024 accepted a plea deal on Tuesday that reduces his charges. Walter Montejo, 27, entered open pleas for two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of fourth-degree assault. The defense and prosecution agreed to the open plea, with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude wrote in an email Tuesday that her department is prioritizing downtown crime, enhancing technology to solve cases and collaborating with Boone County, city leaders and the Missouri State Highway Patrol to develop a plan to improve safety in Columbia. The letter was Schlude’s first public statement since
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TONIGHT: Increasing cloud with mild temperatures overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny with high thin clouds. Highs in the mid-80s. EXTENDED: Temperatures remain about ten degrees above average on Wednesday despite the addition of mid-high level clouds. Upper high pressure holds over the region into the weekend, with light southwesterly winds keeping
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Cole County EMS Chief Eric Hoy said after months of work to decide how to close cost gaps for the Safe Haven Baby Box installation at the Cole County EMS Headquarters in downtown Jefferson City, the county has agreed on a solution.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and cool with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy and warm with highs in the mid-80s. EXTENDED: High, thin clouds begin to spread across the region tonight as a disturbance moves in from the west. That could keep temperatures a touch warmer overnight in the low 60s, and keep highs
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TODAY: Some added high clouds will be a notable change from Monday, but overall Tuesday’s sensible weather is largely the same. We expect a bright day, with temperatures in the mid-80s. Winds are light and easterly. TONIGHT: Skies remain partly cloudy overnight, and temperatures remain in the low-to-mid 60s, a hair warmer than Tuesday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Owen Ramsingh flew to Europe with his friend Robert Olson as a free man. His wife, Diana, said it was a trip he had made every year for the past five years. Ramsingh, who came to the United States from the Netherlands as a child, traveled annually to visit his family. Olson
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS VOLLEYBALL Blair Oaks (3) Southern Boone (0) FINAL Mexico (0) Boonville (3) FINAL Linn (3) Capital City (2) FINAL California (3) Hallsville (1) FINAL Eldon (3) Lebanon (0) FINAL North Callaway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An area attorney is concerned a recent proposal from University of Missouri System President Mun Choi could lead to some people in the city being singled out. Choi held a press conference on Monday, pushing for city and university leaders to come together to address crime. Choi’s push came after Stephens College
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders are evaluating its next steps to reduce crime in the city after a Stephens College student was killed in a shooting over the weekend that left two others injured. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi has called on the city to make a “task force” to deter crime.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ethan Jones has owned MindRight Wellness in downtown Columbia for five years. He said he came into work Monday with a heavy heart after shooting on Saturday morning left one student dead and injured two others just a few stores down. “It’s definitely a heavy energy,” Jones said. “It’s emotional, you know.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi said Monday that crimes ranging from homeless trespassers on campus to gun violence in downtown Columbia have created a dangerous environment for citizens and students. “What I’m hearing from individuals, whether that’s the business leaders or citizens, is that Columbia was not this way in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say in court documents that the 23-year-old Florida man who opened fire early Saturday in downtown Columbia, killing a woman, shot 11 times into a crowd as he walked from the scene. Court documents show that 23-year-old Misael Covarrubias has been charged with three counts of assault, three counts of armed
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy river valley fog in some spots overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking a quiet pattern for the week ahead with upper high pressure building across the region. Highs will be more than 10 degrees above
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The Atlantic has been busy over the weekend, as Hurricane Humberto was deemed a major hurricane on September 26th once it reached category 3 strength by the afternoon hours. The next day, September 27th, it rapidly strengthened to a category 5 hurricane. This storm was producing sustained winds up to 160 mph. As of today,
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TODAY: I’m tracking a warm and sunny afternoon as temperatures get into the mid 80s by 2-3 pm. During the evening hours, temperatures will slowly begin to cool off, getting back down into the low 60s by the end of the night. Winds will be out of the northeast at 3-6 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi held a news conference Monday morning to talk about crime in Columbia after a Stephens College student died over the weekend from a gunshot wound. Watch the playback in the player.
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