Madison, IL (KMIZ) After losing the inaugural Cup race at World Wide Technology Raceway to Joey Logano on the final lap a year ago Kyle Busch led the final 60 laps to his crew chief Randall Burnett a victory at his home track in front of a sold-out crowd. Burnett grew up in Fenton, Missouri,
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Columbia, MO (KMIZ) When the NASCAR Cup Series came to the St Louis area for the first time, Ross Chastain emerged as one of the biggest storylines. The driver of the No. 1 car for Trackhouse Racing wrecked Denny Hamlin and later made contact with Chase Elliot’s left rear quarter panel, spinning his car around. The
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ.) The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games will kick off with an opening ceremony Friday night at Mizzou Rec. This will be the group’s second full event since 2018. All summer games were canceled in 2019 after a tornado hit Jefferson City. In 2020, Special Olympics Missouri was canceled again because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Black drivers in Missouri were pulled over at a higher rate based on their percentage in the population again in 2022, according to the state’s annual Vehicle Stops Report released Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, Mayor Barbara Buffaloe signed a proclamation declaring June 2 as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” in Columbia. Buffaloe retweeted Kristin Bowen, a volunteer with Moms Deman Action for Gun Sense in America on Wednesday saying she is “proud to declare this Friday as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in CoMo.”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Kansas City bank branch manager has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly accepting gifts for facilitating a $12.4 million COVID-19 fraud scheme for a Jefferson City business owner, according to a Thursday press release from the Department of Justice. Anthony Omar Brockman, 48, who currently resides
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order creating a “drought alert” in the state. The executive order was signed after the director of the Department of Natural Resources advised Parson that parts of the state are experiencing “rapidly escalating drought conditions.” The U.S. Drought Monitor shows 60 Missouri counties are
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The members of Congress who represent Mid-Missouri are split on the debt ceiling deal, with the area’s newest House member breaking away from his more tenured colleagues.
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is dead after crashing his SUV on 1256 North East 75 Rd. just west of Thompson Road in Johnson County on Wednesday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report, Lee G. Thomas, 48, of Knob Noster was traveling southbound on NE 75 Rd. just after 5:15 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol says two teens are dead after a single motorcycle crash Wednesday in Barry County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on Highway 248 just one mile east of Cassville. Troopers say, Ryan L. Wilson, 19, and his 14-year-old
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tennessee man and a Missouri man were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges stemming from their threats of violence against Border Patrol agents as well as an armed assault of FBI agents, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Bryan C. Perry, 37, of Clarksville,
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The Missouri Hospital Association released its 2023 workforce report on Wednesday, showing a drop in the vacancy and turnover that has plagued the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed an executive order creating a “drought alert” in the state, according to a news release.
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A missing emergency room doctor from Missouri whose body was found in northwestern Arkansas died from an apparent gunshot wound, authorities said Wednesday, but they’re still investigating what happened in the week since he was last seen.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Federal Trade Commission on Monday released a statement about Medicaid scams and what those who need to reenroll with the state can do to avoid them. During the pandemic, states had to keep people enrolled in Medicaid. With the national public health emergency related to COVID-19 ending earlier in May, people
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Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty will deliver letters to the governor Tuesday in an effort to stop the execution of Michael Tisius.
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A new state rule allowing parents to challenge which books are appropriate for children went into effect Tuesday.
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Children’s access to certain books could be limited as Missouri’s new library rules take effect Tuesday.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol has reported no drownings or boat crashes on the Lake of the Ozarks so far this Memorial Day weekend.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For Memorial Day, the Mid-Missouri Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America invited the public to the Boone County Courthouse to honor Boone County Veterans. Monday marked the 96th year of the Association’s Memorial Day tradition and the association held a wreath-laying ceremony at 9:00 a.m. at the Boone County Courthouse monuments in the
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