JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department, along with Cole County EMS, is wanting to hire a consulting firm to look at its current 911 communications operation. Currently, Jefferson City Police and EMS have two separate 911 call center locations. When a medical call comes in to police, it gets transferred to EMS.
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with rain exiting after sunset. Patchy dense fog remains with cloudy skies and lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with morning fog, highs in the mid-40s. EXTENDED: Temperatures remain in the upper 30s into Friday morning, with patchy dense fog possible through mid-morning. We’ll make it back into the mid-40s
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The new drought monitor is out for Mid-MO and even after an increase in rain recently, we still see a large portion of the state in some form of drought. The current picture is somewhat better than even several months ago, but this abnormal dry period has been with us now since 2022. This multi-year
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TODAY: Showers remain widespread throughout the afternoon and evening hours before exiting out the northeast after 9 pm. Temperatures remain into the lower 40s. TONIGHT: Rain moves out after the dinner hour, leaving us wet at the surface, with more potential for fog overnight into Friday morning.ADVERTISING EXTENDED: Temperatures stay above freezing again, through Friday
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A look at significant recalls over the past two weeks.
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Here is a roundup of the illnesses doctors say are spreading around Mid-Missouri.
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TODAY: Thursday is another foggy day, with dense fog advisories across the entire region until 12 p.m. We expect reduced visibilities all morning. Rain returns by 9-10 a.m. in the south, spreading areawide by noon. This rain continues through the evening, wrapping up by 10 p.m. in the far north. Most have a chance at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors filed an order on Thursday requesting a mental examination for a Columbia man accused of murder and arson. Steven M. Strumpf, 31, of Columbia was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, second-degree arson and credit card fraud after firefighters discovered a body under debris Friday in a garage on Deerfoot Way.
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BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man who is accused of killing his own child in 2022 will face a judge Thursday to see if prosecutors can get his bond removed. Danial Fitzgerald, 24, is charged with second-degree murder and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He was arrested back in Feb. of 2023,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) During Wednesday’s State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson touched on clearing the clemency backlog in Missouri. When Parson first took office in 2018, there was a backlog of nearly 4,000 people waiting for clemency. Some of the applications Parson inherited, dated back to 2009. Today, that total is down to
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) A sunshine request made by ABC 17 News details inconsistencies in prior claims made by the Fayette Police Department. Dec. 26 meeting notes from the city’s Board of Alderman meeting describes Alderwoman Bekki Galloway questioning the city’s Police Chief David Ford about the department’s previous policy for disposing of evidence. The document
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the lack of affordable child care is costing the state more than $1 billion each year. Gov. Mike Parson delivered his final State of the State address on Wednesday afternoon. In the speech, he outlined his priorities for the next budget and this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Room at the Inn recorded 85 people during the night of the Point In Time Count, a national event where authorities are required to record the number of homeless people living in an area. The Point in Time Count is a census of those who are unhoused on a single night. According
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol has added an Accelerated Academy this year that will not require residency relocation for Missouri applicants.
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With a streak of warmer temperatures, more and more potholes will be seen across Mid-Missouri. The reasoning behind this lies within the changing of the seasons. The process in pothole formation begins whenever high volumes of traffic forms cracks in the roads surface. Rain or melting snow then seeps through these cracks causing pooling water
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Potholes are appearing and expanding after rounds of extreme temperatures and wintry precipitation hit Mid-Missouri over the past few weeks.
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TONIGHT: Fog becomes widespread tonight, dropping visibility under half a mile. Rain moves in around daybreak with lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Showers likely through late afternoon. Highs in the mid-40s. EXTENDED: Dense fog is expected to develop again this evening and last into tomorrow with warm air continuing to move over cold ground.
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Gov. Mike Parson wants the legislature to continue providing grants to increase teacher salaries.
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TODAY: Afternoon highs reach into the lower 40s with mostly cloudy skies. Fog remains widespread into the region with a dense fog advisory in effect until noon Thursday. Winds switch out of the northwest up to six mph. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the upper 30s with mostly cloudy skies and remaining fog. EXTENDED: Rain
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TODAY: Rain persists this morning, until leaving the region shortly after 7 a.m. Rain will be gone by 9 a.m., but fog will linger, and possibly drizzle. Either way, it will be a dreary and damp day, with low visibilites lasting into the afternoon. With this, temperatures will struggle to warm again. Expect a high
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