While looking at holiday lights over the next few nights you might catch a glimpse of a bright spot in the sky above. The ‘Christmas star’ will be bright enough to see with just your eyes as Jupiter moves closer in orbit in the coming weeks. Many are likely familiar with the Biblical story of
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THIS AFTERNOON: Clear and cold with below-freezing wind chills all day. Layer up for holiday plans. TONIGHT: Temperatures settle in the mid-20s overnight, not as cold as recent days. EXTENDED: A big warmup moves in tomorrow with highs jumping about 20 degrees up to the 50s on Saturday. The weekend starts off sunny but clouds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say they arrested a man on Thursday in connection with a Nov. 10 shooting in the 900 block of East Broadway in Downtown Columbia. Demetrius L. Shaw, 23, of Columbia, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Charges have not been filed yet in the shooting case,
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TODAY: Friday is another frigid morning with temperatures in the teens to start. This will be with calm winds at first, but then they pick up intensity from the south and warm us to near 40 this afternoon. With that said, the wind will also implement a bit of wind chill by late morning. Keep
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball clinches an SEC/ACC Challenge win for the Southeastern Conference MU (8-3) overcame a late comeback bid from SMU (5-4), beating the Mustangs 68-61 at Mizzou Arena. Thursday’s win marks the team’s third straight win and first-ever victory in the second-annual SEC/ACC Challenge. You can watch the full postgame press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With dangerously cold temperatures sweeping through the region, warming shelters across mid-Missouri have opened their doors Thursday night. According to data from the Boone County Coalition to End Homelessness, more than 400 people in Boone County are considered homeless. As temperatures dipped into the teens in Columbia, dozens of people lined up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CROWLEY’S RIDGE (50) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (89) FINAL NAIA MEN’S BASKETBALL CROWLEY’S RIDGE (64) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (83) FINAL NAIA WOMEN’S SOCCER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (2) WILLIAM CAREY (1) FINAL HS BOYS
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia state representative says he wants to let Boone County voters to decide on whether a charter school should be established here. Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) said this week that he’s pushing for a law that would let local voters decide whether a charter school can be set up in
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The Northeast has seen a substantial amount of snow the past week leading to travel issues across states bordering Lake Eerie. This impressive snowfall is a result of lake effect snow which can cause multiple feet of snow in just a few short days. Some areas across New York state have seen over two feet
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the teens. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs near 40. EXTENDED: High pressure moves to the south tomorrow, shifting winds to the south and sending temperatures back above freezing during the day with plenty of sunshine. Upper high pressure builds to our south for the weekend,
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Christmas trees in Mid-Missouri have been changing with the climate, and Wayne Harmon with Starr Pines has had to change with it. His Christmas tree farm near Boonville has been in business for over three decades and grows several species of trees. “The pines, they can weather the type of weather we have here in
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Health insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will change how it evaluates billed time on professional claims for anesthesia services, according to a post made to Anthem’s website on November 1, 2024.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Temp-tations Oven Gloves The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled 1.1 million Temp-tations Oven Gloves. Regulators issued the recall because the gloves can fail to protect users from heat which increases the risk of getting burned. The recalled gloves were sold in single pairs or sets of two from August 2018 through
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TODAY: After a frigid start in the teens with wind chills in the single digits, temperatures struggle to warm and get stuck in the 20s this afternoon. We’ll be sunny, with a northerly breeze around 10-15 mph this morning, and near 5 mph this evening. TONIGHT: High pressure centered in mid-Missouri will establish clear, calm,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Wednesday asked a judge to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang did not immediately rule after Wednesday’s hearing. Planned Parenthood and other plaintiffs had asked her to issue a temporary
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Rescuers are still searching for a woman who possibly fell into a Pennsylvania sinkhole Tuesday night. Police said they found a parked vehicle belonging to Elizabeth Pollard, 64, about 20 feet from the sinkhole. Pollard had gone out to look for her lost cat and never returned.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire in south Columbia Wednesday morning marked the 40th call for assistance from the Red Cross this month as fires continue to rise while temperatures drop across Mid-Missouri The Columbia Fire Department was called to a home in the 4400 block of Glen Eagle Drive at 6:22 a.m. When crews arrived
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters noted a possible natural gas leak at a house explosion in Jefferson City on Saturday. However, the cause of ignition is still under investigation, according to a fire incident report. The explosion leveled the home on 2432 St. Louis Road, leaving an empty plot of ash and damage to neighboring
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Temperatures look to fall dramatically Wednesday night thanks to a passing cold front bringing cool and dry air from Canada back across the Midwest. This leads to an increased risk of cold weather injuries and dangerous around forming ice on local waterways. Wind chills cool to the lower single digits thanks to winds gusting out
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and windy with northwest wind gusts up to 35 mph. Lows in the teens with wind chills in the lower single digits. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the upper 20s. Wind chills in the teens through the day. EXTENDED: A strong cold front moves in tonight and ushers in
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