CAMDEN COUNTY Mo. (KMIZ) Mack’s Creek in Camden County is seeing relief after a multi-fire event Friday night. According to a press release from Southwest Camden County Fire Protection District, Friday’s fire was made up of four different blazes, starting on Highway U, River Ridge Road, Stanton Chapel Drive and Jack Burch Drive. The fires
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will stay close to home for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. On Saturday, head coach Dennis Gates and company were picked as a No. 6 seed in the West Region. The Tigers will face No. 11-seeded Drake in Wichita, Kansas. MU is joined in the
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The fire risk will be high across Mid-Missouri on Monday as gusty winds and warm temperatures pick up to start the work week. A dry air mass from the northwest is settling into the region following Saturday’s cold front, dropping relative humidity to 20-30% across the region. High pressure moves through the area Sunday night
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The National Weather Service in St. Louis has confirmed three tornadoes hit the St. Louis area during Friday’s storms, according to a Saturday X post.
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Various members of the community worked from Friday night through Saturday to help with recovery efforts after the City of Rolla was hit by a tornado Friday. “It’s the community we work in, community we live in and I mean, every law enforcement that’s there, first responder, it’s home and it’s hard
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection district sent a team to Piedmont, Missouri Saturday morning. According to a press release from the department, three people from its Disaster Situation Awareness and Reconnaissance team deployed to Piedmont around 7:30 Saturday morning as part of a statewide fire mutual aid request. The team was tasked
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The Columbia Fire Department answered a statewide request for assistance on Friday to aid the Rolla Fire Department as part of the state’s mobilization initiative.
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to two house fires and 77 emergency calls amid severe thunderstorms on Friday.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol has received reports of at least 10 storm-related deaths, according to a Saturday morning X post.
Six are dead in Wayne County, two in Ozark County, one in Butler County and one in Jefferson County.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops couldn’t topple the giant twice in one season. The No. 7-seeded Tigers fell to No. 2-seeded Florida, 95-81 , on Friday night to bring their SEC Tournament run to a close in the quarterfinal round. You can watch the full postgame locker room interviews with multiple players in the video
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Commission has declared a state of emergency after roughly 30 buildings “were either damaged or destroyed,” according to a Friday night Facebook post from the county’s office of emergency management. “The EOC was activated, Road & Bridge provided heavy equipment and the Sheriff’s Department provided intelligence and reconnaissance for
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Watch live coverage in the media player. An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has expired after a line of severe thunderstorms rolled through and continues to track through St. Louis and Illinois. A confirmed tornado hit Rolla shortly before 8:00 with reports of damage streaming in Friday night. Power outages continue to increase area-wide
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina man convicted last month in a Columbia rape and assault from 1984 was sentenced Friday to two consecutive life sentences. A jury convicted Wilson of rape and first-degree assault for raping and repeatedly stabbing a 17-year-old girl in the throat in the 4000 block of Wellington Drive in northeast
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the men charged for a deadly shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia had his plea hearing pushed back for a second time. Friday afternoon, Judge Jacobs Hasbrouck said in court Crocket and his attorney Andrew Garnett were scheduled to speak by phone Wednesday about his plea deal but the phones
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lincoln University student was killed this week in a shootout with deputies in southwest Kentucky. Kentucky State Police are investigating after Trigg County deputies fatally shot Jermaine T. Jackson Jr., 21, of Florissant, Missouri, after a chase Tuesday morning, according to a state police news release. Troopers tried to pull
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association says it will now be able to serve people across 24 counties with the launch of its Traveling Trunk program on Thursday. The organization launched the mobile extension of its current Trunks program that provides clothing, hygiene items and other items to foster,
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops’ three-game losing streak came to a close in the form of an SEC Tournament win, on Thursday night. The Tigers hung on for a tough win over Mississippi State, 85-73 to advance to the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. Mizzou and Mississippi State stayed pretty evenly matched in the opening minutes of
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The Education Department said Tuesday it plans to lay off more than 1,300 employees in an effort to cut its staff in half, according to the Associate Press. This comes in preparation of President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Task Force on homelessness discussed plan on Thursday to further resources in Mid-Missouri. The group was updated on what officials in Columbia are doing. One of the main focuses was making changes to Turning Point in Columbia, including a new contract for an overnight center and expanding the temperature
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man charged Wednesday for allegedly spraying two strangers with a caustic liquid near the parking lot at Bear Creek Trail made his initial court appearance Thursday. Maxon Castle, 22, has been charged in Boone County with two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the Tuesday incident in the trail parking
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