Gas prices keep going on their steady climb, with the national average as of Sunday exceeding $4.50 per gallon. In Missouri, the average was nearly $4.15, and in Mid-Missouri, drivers are hard-pressed to find a price at the pump that is less than $4. Gasoline is a must-have commodity for most people in daily life.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools leaders could approve a new salary package for Superintendent Jeff Klein while also renewing a program that brings international teachers into district classrooms at Monday night’s meeting. The school district is seeking approval to renew an agreement with BVD Cultural Exchange, LLC, a company that helps sponsor international teachers
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Sunday a car struck the Subway restaurant in Kingdom City and drove off. Sgt. Kyle Green, with MSHP’s Troop F, said no injuries were reported and no one is currently in custody. Green said law enforcement has a vehicle of interest that they are looking
Continue Reading A Hallsville man was seriously hurt in a Boone County crash early Saturday morning.
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Lawmakers are wrapping up final attempts to pass legislation this week as the legislative session ends Friday. While legislators have addressed many of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s legislative priorities, lawmakers are still working on some.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a 17-year-old in connection with the disappearance of Kayla Huff early Saturday afternoon. A news release said the arrest was made Friday with assistance from the Moberly Police Department. 16-year-old Huff has been missing since Wednesday and search efforts are ongoing. Volunteers and
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Mid-Missouri residents are invited to drop off any unused electronics and devices on Saturday at a drive-thru recycling event in Jefferson City.
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A heavy police presence was seen in east Columbia Saturday morning near the East Saint Charles Road/North Lake of the Woods Road roundabout.
Continue Reading RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement officers and volunteers spent Friday searching for a missing Randolph County teenager in a massive conservation area southeast of Higbee. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said Kayla Huff, 16, has been missing since Wednesday. Investigators focused Friday’s search efforts on the Rudolf Bennitt Conservation Area, where dozens of volunteers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri students celebrated “Stop Day” on Friday, but many said an increased police presence changed the atmosphere of the annual tradition. Reading Day, colloquially known as Stop Day, is intended to give students a day off from classes before finals week begins; though it has also become associated with large
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of shooting two of his family members, leading a police chase and shooting at law enforcement before shooting himself on Thursday finished a 120-day shock incarceration program with the Department of Corrections about a week before the shooting. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, 32-year-old Steven Swanson allegedly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Randolph County Prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford on Friday confirmed the name of the woman accused of stealing a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle on Thursday. Alayna Mason, 20, of Moberly, was arrested on suspicion of stealing a motor vehicle, stealing a gun and escaping from custody. Luntsford said charges were not filed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Klein’s salary is an agenda item for Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. The board is expected to approve a 6% salary increase ($15,300) for Klein for the next school year, according meeting documents. Klein currently makes $255,000 per year and the increase would bump it up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No people were injured, but a cat died in a Friday morning Columbia house fire, according to a press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says firefighters were called just before 8 a.m. to the 400 block of McBaine Avenue. Firefighters saw black smoke and fire coming from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City High School’s graduation ceremony on Friday will be moved indoors because of inclement weather, according to an email from a district spokesman. The email says seniors have been given six tickets each in case the ceremony was going to be moved to Fleming Fieldhouse. Doors open at 6 p.m. Students
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment celebrated the grand opening of its new facility Friday morning. The facility is in the MU Health Care South Providence Medical Park, located at 701 Veterans United Drive. The new facility is 74,000 square feet and costs $54.8 million, enabling significant expansion to serve twice
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Access to a program that serves as a hub for University of Missouri students and instructors has been restored. The University of Missouri said Friday that Instructure, which operates the Canvas learning management system, has fixed security problems that had made the program unavailable. MU students and instructors use the system to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A driver suffered serious injuries in a crash that shut down part of Clark Lane in northeast Columbia on Friday. Emergency dispatchers sent a public alert that the crash had closed Clark Lane at Hanover Boulevard at about 9 a.m. The road remained closed at 9:30 a.m. Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 49-year-old Climax Springs man was seriously hurt after a crash in Camden County just before 3 p.m. Thursday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 1962 International Scout on Coffman Bend Dr., 1000 feet south of Holeoft Road, down a hill. Troopers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were seriously hurt after a motorcycle crash in Monroe County just after 5:15 p.m. Thursday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 71-year-old man from Spearfish, South Dakota, was driving a 2008 Honda Goldwing with a 71-year-old woman also from Spearfish, South Dakota, as a
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