QUESTION OF THE DAY: Have you applied for student loan relief?
Experts and supporters of student debt forgiveness are still encouraging people to apply for student loan relief.
Continue ReadingExperts and supporters of student debt forgiveness are still encouraging people to apply for student loan relief.
Continue ReadingColumbia police on Wednesday released the name of the man they arrested after s standoff the night before in central Columbia.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Downtown Leadership Council voted in favor of the Columbia Police Department to use the Fusus software on Wednesday. The Fusus software would allow law enforcement to have access to both pubic and private surveillance cameras, body-worn cameras, drones and other feeds through the city. CPD would only use surveillance video on
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday praised firefighters, the highway patrol and other first responders and said he’s thankful no lives were lost in the wildfire that ripped through a Cooper County village over the weekend.
Continue ReadingOSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is looking for information about the poaching of deer in Osage County. MDC agents said six deer dumped on a property in the Bonnots Mill area were shot and killed out of season. None of the animals were harvested, according to the department. Youth firearms
Continue ReadingAnother school shooting has taken place and this one is close to home.
Continue ReadingJAMESTOWN, Mo. (KMIZ) The Wooldridge fire on Saturday saw fire protection districts from Mid-Missouri coming in to support Cooper County. But for some districts, having the money to purchase a new truck can be costly. The Jamestown Rural Fire Protection District has used a program through the state to help. A former military surplus truck
Continue ReadingColumbia police were called to help investigate a “specific reported incident” Tuesday at Rock Bridge High School, a Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said.
Continue ReadingA special commission formed to study how to attract and keep quality teachers in Missouri will present its final recommendations to the State Board of Education in Jefferson City on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingLewis & Clark Middle School in Jefferson City received a tip from a student that a classmate had a gun Tuesday but the weapon turned out to be a BB gun, police said.
Continue ReadingTuesday, schools are back in class except for Central Visual and Performing Arts where the shooting occurred.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 19-year-old who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, a police official said Tuesday. Orlando Harris also left behind
Continue ReadingEmergency dispatchers sent out alerts about communication and power lines down in multiple spots in Columbia early Tuesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingMizzou Tigers football head coach Eli Drinkwitz will take questions from reporters at noon Tuesday.
Continue ReadingA north Columbia elementary school was evacuated Tuesday morning because of a gas smell.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The American Red Cross is helping a family after their home caught on fire Monday night. Crews responded to the house fire in the 800 block of E. McCarty Street around 8 p.m., according to the Jefferson City Fire Department. At the scene, firefighters found smoke in the back of the
Continue ReadingNo-excuse absentee balloting for the November midterm election begins Tuesday in Missouri.
Continue ReadingCOLUBMIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new no-excuse absentee voting period will begin in Missouri from Oct. 25-Nov. 7. Any registered voter within Boone County can vote in person at the County Clerk’s Office during that period. The office will be open for weekend hours Oct. 29-30 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. On Nov. 5, it will be
Continue ReadingSt. Louis police say three people are dead after a shooting a high school Monday morning.
Continue ReadingNearly 900 Boone Electric Cooperative members were without power at about 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon.
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