MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly residents are mourning the loss of a staple in their community, after layoffs reportedly occurred at local radio stations KWIX, KRES, KIRK and KTCM. Some former employees bid farewell to the stations on Tuesday on their social media accounts. The stations, which are owned by Alpha Media Group reportedly laid off
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Editor’s note: Time elements of this story have been updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) About $50 billion hangs in the balance as lawmakers are approaching the deadline to get the state budget on the governor’s desk. Approval of the more-than $50 million budget needs to be approved by 6 p.m. Friday Even though lawmakers started
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UPDATES: WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE: Severe storms have started to work southeast with very little new development. Storms that can grow upscale ahead of the cold front will have the potential of up to 1″ hail through about 9-10:00 p.m. Little has changed in the forecast this morning. A new Storm Prediction Center outlook shows higher
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Food company Kraft Heinz is seeking a 75% property tax break on new equipment for its Columbia plant on Waco Road. It is planning a $92 million expansion that would replace up to three manufacturing lines and “decarbonize” the facility. Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick — who signed a letter in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Tuesday after an armed robbery was reported to police, according to court documents. Damon Davis was charged with first-degree accessory to armed robbery, accessory to first-degree assault, delivery of a controlled substance and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Cole County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of power outages were reported around Mid-Missouri on Wednesday. According to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map, 568 power outages were reported in Maries County at 3:15 p.m., with 480 occurring for Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers. The total was brought down to 306 by 5:15 p.m. Three
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County Jail inmate was charged with murder after another man died from injuries he sustained in a fight on Monday, according to court documents. Darrin Lee, 38, of St. Robert, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree felony murder. He is currently being held at the Pulaski
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The Israeli military has made its way into the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools held an open house Tuesday at Hickman High School to present the five options of Phases 2 and 3 for changing school boundaries. The meeting also allowed the public to provide feedback on the plans. Phase 1 of the plans were approved on April 17, which addressed the expansions
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Two Columbia men who were charged with second-degree murder in a 2023 fatal shooting on Dove Drive had their charges upgraded after a superseding indictment was filed on Friday.
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The Columbia City Council introduced an agreement between the city and the Missouri Department of Transportation to remove the railroad crossing over Business Loop 70 East at Monday night’s meeting.
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Eight tornadoes were confirmed following National Weather Service damage surveys today after a line of severe thunderstorms rolled across the state late last night into early this morning. Storms started off as a wide reaching outbreak across the Plains earlier on Monday, developing into a hundreds of miles long squall line that had embedded rotation
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County Commission on Tuesday issued a letter to residents that lays out the specific conditions in which it would support Noble Health/Ziva. Nobel Health announced the closure of its hospitals in 2022. Rural health care has been an issue across Missouri. according to the 2021 Health in Rural Missouri report, there
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Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Tuesday that includes allowing charter schools in Boone County and raising public school teacher salaries among its provisions.
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A man who was living at Pettis County Assisted Living was charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly attacked and broke the jaw of another man living there.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Atlanta, Georgia, man was charged in Boone County with several felonies after he was accused of defrauding a Boone County business on Jan. 30. Cordary McFarland was charged on Tuesday with six counts of forgery and three counts of stealing. He is not in custody. A $100,000 bond was set. The
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Traffic had to be diverted around a busy Jefferson City intersection during the Tuesday morning commute, police say.
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A line of severe thunderstorms rolled through Mid-Missouri throughout the overnight/ early morning hours leading to damages and power outages across the region. Damage has been reported in the Joplin area as strong straight line winds moved through around 10:30 p.m. Tree limbs were broken and shingles were blown off just south of Stover as
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office said Monday that he will make a trip to the Texas-Mexico border this week.
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UPDATES: Tuesday Morning Update: The leading edge of storms has cleared mid-Missouri, and so our severe threat has come to an end. Some minor flooding may continue through the early morning. Monday Evening Update: A Tornado Watch is in effect until 4:00 a.m. for counties in yellow above, west of Highway 63. Severe thunderstorms continue
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