The UM Board of Curators will vote whether or not to approve a new indoor practice facility for the Mizzou football team in its meeting on Sunday. According to meeting documents – MU Athletics argues its current indoor facility, Devine Pavilion, provides challenges for the football team. It was built in 1998, and the indoor
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man is charged on multiple counts after a chase ends on Interstate 70 in Boone County on Oct. 21. According to the probable cause statement, a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a truck for going a high rate of speed on I-70 near mile marker 126. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) COVID-19 has brought on many changes for the Boone County Court House. Today it was decided that the Reichmann Pavilion at Stephen Lake Park in Columbia, will be used as an additional site for Boone County Court’s jury trials and selection. Division III Circuit Judge, Judge Kevin Crane, will be overseeing the
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Elizabeth Cady is charged with making a terrorist threat after leaving two messages with the Miller County Sheriff’s department according to the probable cause statement. In the probable cause statement, Cady allegedly called the sheriff on Nov. 26 and left a message saying, Or you will end up with a two for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Manager John Glascock announced Richard Enyard, Ph.D., as the new director of Human Resources after a three month search. Enyard replaces retiring Human Resources Director Margrace Buckler who will retire effective Jan. 14, 2021, after 22 years of service with the City of Columbia. Enyard will begin his tenure with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT will begin a pavement repair project on Interstate 70 Monday on the westbound lanes near the Route O & Route J intersection. A contractor will be making improvements to the I-70 driving surface in Cooper, Boone, and Callaway Counties. Officials say this will impact evening and overnight traffic along Interstate 70
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is set to be tried in March for a fatal shooting despite requests from his lawyer to speed up the case. Judge Kevin Crane on Friday set Javion Lawhorn’s trial to start March 1. Assistant Boone County prosecutor Morley Swingle said he expects the trial to last three days,
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Missouri state troopers say a man from Kalamazoo, Mich. was hurt in a rollover crash on I-70 East Thursday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The SEC announced changes to the Mizzou football team’s schedule, following multiple postponements throughout the season. The Tigers will meet Georgia on December 12 at Faurot Field. The conference originally scheduled the game for November 14, but Missouri did not have enough scholarship players available to play. As a result, Mizzou will
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A Boone County health official said Friday that the record increase in coronavirus cases the day before could be related to Thanksgiving gatherings.
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The crash happened at about 2:40 a.m. at Providence Road and Nifong Boulevard, Columbia police said in a news release.
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Columbia police say an early morning shooting on Greeley Drive sent a 29-year-old man to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Columbia police are investigating a shooting Thursday night in the 5400 block of Kelsey Drive.
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Researchers and drug companies across the globe have rushed to create an effective coronavirus vaccine to hasten the end of the pandemic. In the United States, two vaccines are nearing approval as part of Operation Warp Speed. But the pace of vaccine development and the politics around it have some worried about safety. Give your
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Mexico Public Safety Department is warning residents of a phone scam over the past several weeks. Residents are reporting that an automated message is claiming that the person’s social security number has been hacked and shut down. The automated message then tells the person to push a button to speak with someone.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Police responded to a report of a person with a gun on the 200 block of west 6th Street Wednesday afternoon. According to officials, Jared Brooks drove to the location and had an argument with the victims, displaying a handgun in front of two adults and three children in a vehicle.
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Here are the local scores from Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL California (70) Southern Boone (73) FINAL Eldon (45) Osage (57) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL Winnetonka (38) Rock Bridge (69) FINAL
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Democratic Committee is looking for potential candidates interested in running for the opening in House District 45. In a news release on Nov. 16, Rep. Kip Kendrick said he will forego his final term, which he was elected to on Nov. 3, to join Senator-elect Greg Razer, D-Kansas City,
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LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed neglect and misconduct charges against three employees of a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake in 2018, killing 17 people. U.S. District Judge Doug Harpool filed an order Wednesday upholding a recommendation made in September. The boat captain, the general manager of the boat’s
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