Football fans across the country will be gathering to watch Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. Hosting a Super Bowl party can be costly.
“I think collectively we’ll probably spend about 350, 400 dollars on drinks and food,” Chiefs fan Paul-Scott Wheeler said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the IRS is expecting to receive more than 140 million individual tax returns this season, the Better Business Bureau is telling taxpayers to be aware of potential scammers looking to interfere with filing. The BBB reports that tax scams are the most common form of fraud reported to the bureau with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire broke out at Warehouse Tire & Muffler in Jefferson City Friday night, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. The release states that just after 9:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to a structure fire at 1611 Christy Dr. Suite B
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump announced he will be implementing 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on goods from China, effective on Saturday. However, the White House has not made it clear if it will provide exemptions to the tariffs, which could quickly raise prices for consumers in
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By Jessica MacAulay, Ben Payne Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Emergency crews are responding to an explosion in Northeast Philadelphia after a small medical jet crashed in the area of Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue, Philadephia police confirmed to CBS News Philadelphia. The plane was going from Philadelphia to
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The Missouri Health Department posts updated flu numbers to its website every Friday. Data released Friday brought the Influenza-like Illness Activity Level to moderate.
There were 5,414 influenza cases reported in Missouri between Jan. 24, 2025 and Jan. 31. 2025, according to the department.
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VANDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prison nursery to incarcerated mothers. The Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia has launched a new program and newly renovated wing that provides mothers with resources to bond with their newborns and prepare for life after incarceration. “Life skills, trauma
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been pronounced dead Friday afternoon at a crash in Miller County, according to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The post – which was shared at 2:42 p.m. Friday – says troopers are investigating a rollover crash on Route BB near Hackerry Road near Iberia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a man on Friday who is accused of posing as a youth to get child pornography from underage victims, the Columbia Police Department wrote in a press release. Steven Greathouse, 30, was charged on Friday in Boone County with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, first-degree promoting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Central Missouri Humane Society employee had to be saved by firefighters after they became trapped in a food storage trailer that tipped over on Friday morning. CMHS wrote in a press release that hundreds of pounds of food fell around the employee. No injuries were reported and firefighters were able to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Friday with possessing child pornography in Cole County. Nathan Kent, 31, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. The probable cause statement says law enforcement received report in May 2024 of someone storing child pornography
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Monroe County on Thursday after she allegedly stole more than $23,000 from the Paris Athletic Booster Club. Jessica Howard, 43, of Paris, Missouri, was charged with three counts of stealing more than $750, one count of forgery and two counts of fraudulently using a debit card. She
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Sumner man was seriously injured in a crash Friday morning on Highway 139 in Chariton County, about 7 miles north of Sumner. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says that a 1999 Chevrolet Camaro — driven by the man — was heading northbound when it went off
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By Kevin Liptak and David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will move forward with aggressive new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday, the White House said, affirming he will stick to his February 1 deadline for the new duties that could have widespread effects on the economy. “I can confirm that,
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved even higher in December, driven largely by rising energy prices as well as food. However, a closely watched measurement of underlying inflation trends indicated some progress in the fight to rein in price hikes. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 2.6%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A large police presence was seen early Friday morning in northeast Columbia. ABC 17 News crews arrived on scene on Mulberry Road just before 4 a.m. and saw five to six Columbia Police Department vehicles along with a Bearcat SWAT vehicle. An ABC 17 News photographer on scene saw multiple officers focused
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Power went out for more than a thousand people in southeast Columbia on Thursday night. Columbia Water & Light posted on X that 1,150 customers lost power just before 11 p.m. The city’s outage map showed crews working at the substation on Grindstone Parkway and Ponderosa Street. The post did not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) says he supports penalties for corporations that hire undocumented immigrants for cheap labor, as state leaders prepare to assist the federal government in immigration enforcement. “They shouldn’t do that. I mean, why would places like Tyson Foods have taken away jobs in the state of Missouri from Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department now says that eight vehicles were involved in a crash Wednesday night on Interstate 70 that sent two people to the hospital. CPD wrote in a Thursday evening press release that three people were injured in the crash, though only two needed treatment at a hospital for minor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit woman saved a dog on Thursday before getting pulled to safety. The Holts Summit Police Department wrote in a Thursday social media post that an officer and an animal control officer were called after a dog fell through ice at a lake near Dogwood Drive and Summertree Lane. Police
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