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Missouri braces for record-breaking Memorial Day weekend travel
Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year, but this year AAA says it will be “record-breaking”.
Continue ReadingMemorial Day weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year, but this year AAA says it will be “record-breaking”.
Continue ReadingA U.S. missionary couple was shot and killed by gangs in Haiti’s capital who ambushed them as they left a youth group activity held at a local church, according to a police official and a religious group.
Continue ReadingABC 17 News obtained bodycam footage that showed a Sturgeon police officer shoot and kill a 13-pound dog on Sunday.
Continue ReadingHERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The Human Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force and the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office rescued 22 dogs from an unlicensed breeder, according to a Humane Society press release and sheriff’s office Facebook post. There were 22 dogs rescued from the property and taken to the Humane Society’s Macklind headquarters in St.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday decided to increase tuition rates for the fourth year in a row, according to a press release from the university. The increases will take affect for the 2024-25 school year. Residential and nonresidential undergraduate students will see a 5% increase across all campuses.
Continue ReadingRepublicans nominated a Columbia business owner to run for a Boone County Senate district at their meeting Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is accusing the owners of a Mexican restaurant on the south side of Columbia of lying to the state over a liquor license. Casa Maria’s Mexican Cantina’s liquor license was suspended for 52 days after the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control claimed a name was forged on a liquor
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Storms rolled through Mid-Missouri on Tuesday afternoon and caused several power outages and closed a portion of Interstate 70. There were 1,764 electricity customers in Benton County that experienced a power outage during the outage’s peak. The outage was reduced to 165 people by 7:50 p.m. According to the Association of Missouri
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man on Monday was sentenced for federal drug and gun charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Robert Jevon Bean, 37, was sentenced to 22 years, six months in prison without parole, the release states. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 30 to to one count
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson is asking the Missouri Office of Administration not to use state money to pay for any judgments against three state senators accused of defaming a man in the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting.
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off
Continue ReadingAfter a turbulent legislative session, the Missouri Senate decided to end its last day as soon as possible.
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican lawmakers have failed to pass a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led Legislature adjourned Friday without passing the legislation. Some Republicans had hoped to put the measure on the August ballot, so voters could enact the higher
Continue ReadingLawmakers have until 6 p.m. Friday to pass any bills before the end of the legislative session.
Continue ReadingLawmakers have less two working days left to get their final priorities across the finish line before the end of the legislative session.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Senate passed 50 hours of filibuster Wednesday afternoon, after already breaking the record for the longest filibuster earlier in the day.
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have approved a more than $4 billion hospital tax program essential to the state’s Medicaid budget. The GOP-led House on Wednesday renewed the program, which for months has been used by a Republican faction as a bargaining tool. The heart of the program
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A filibuster from Missouri Democrats past the 41-hour mark on Wednesday morning, as they continued to block Republicans in the Missouri Senate from passing legislation that would make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution. Currently, initiative petitions only need a simple majority of more than 50% to pass. However,
Continue ReadingCreepy, crunchy, brown-colored shells can be seen all over Mid-Missouri this month as cicadas begin to emerge.
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