The season is winding to a close after Mizzou’s big, last-minute win over the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. The Tigers have three games remaining in the regular season. Their opponents are South Carolina, Mississippi State and Arkansas, in that order. Eli Drinkwitz said after the game that his team is still in the hunt for
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were seriously injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Phelps County Saturday afternoon. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 1:20 p.m. Saturday at Mile marker 173 in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44. The report states a 2011 Nissan Ultima driven
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were shot in Downtown Columbia early Sunday morning, according to Columbia Police spokeswoman Jenny Hopper. According to Hopper, officers responded to the 900 block of Easy Broadway around 2:45 a.m. for reports of shots fired. When officers arrived at the scene, they found two victims who had been shot. No
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One week after going unranked, the Mizzou football team made its way back into the AP Poll, following a thrilling win over Oklahoma on Saturday night. The Tigers are now the No. 24 team in the nation. The ranking comes after a standout defensive performance and gritty play from MU’s backup quarterback
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s late fourth-quarter surge propelled the team to a comeback victory in the renewal of a century-old rivalry. The Tigers scored 14 unanswered points in the final two minutes of Saturday’s contest to win the program’s 97th all-time meeting with Oklahoma 30-23 under the lights of Faurot Field. You can watch extended
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City provided its residents with an opportunity to declutter Saturday morning during an electronic recycling event. The event allowed residents to drop off old cell phones, TVs, computers, and other gadgets that have been collecting dust. According to Dawn Kirchner, the neighborhood specialist for Jefferson City, the city hosts an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the Missouri Tigers are set to face off against one of their oldest rivals, the Oklahoma Sooners, fans are reminded to possibly change their gameday plans as Memorial Stadium undergoes construction. The preliminary work for the Memorial Stadium Improvements Project started Oct. 14. Parking Lot B in the Northeast corner of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Saturday, the Mizzou football team will host Oklahoma at Faurot Field for the first time since 2010, as the Tigers and the Sooners will be starting a new chapter in this storied grudge fest. Former Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel described these matchups as, “remarkably competitive.” He said, “I think each
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers are finally back in the win column. A strong first half on Friday night led to Missouri to its first win of the season. The 77-62 victory over the Howard Bison at Mizzou Arena snapped the Tigers’ abysmal 20-game losing streak. The Tigers (1-1) opened the game with an 8-0
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The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is rolling out a new safety campaign to try and curb the number of fights on public buses. On Thursday, city staff began putting up posters for a new “Ride With Respect” campaign. Each poster outlines guidelines for passengers with expectations for language, personal items and pet carriers.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of uploading child pornography to the internet in Moberly. Tyler Marsh, 23, of Centralia, was charged with possessing child pornography and first-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is one of many schools nationwide to receive reports of racist texts being sent to Black students. MU Spokesperson Christopher Ave confirmed at least one person on campus has received a racist message. He said in a statement Thursday that anyone found to be violating university rules will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with seven felonies after he was allegedly found with hundreds of doses of fentanyl. Kyle Shepherd, 32, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, two counts of delivery of a controlled substance and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation has stocked rainbow trout at Cosmo-Bethel Lake in Columbia, marking the start of the winter trout season. The catch-and-release winter season typically begins on Nov. 1, but the MDC was not able to stock trout last week in Columbia and Jefferson City due to high-water temperatures at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new Westlake Ace Hardware location has opened in in the Rock Bridge Shopping Center on East Nifong Boulevard in Columbia. There are two other Ace Hardware locations in Columbia at 1910 West Worley Street and 1900 Business Loop 70 East. The company announced the third location would open in March. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Daniel Boone Regional Library closed early again on Friday after more air treatment was recommended for the building, a Friday afternoon press release says. The library was closed on Thursday after its HVAC system malfunctioned, the Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 News on Thursday. The building was evacuated after smoke was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man was charged Friday with four felonies after he allegedly fired a shot at a vehicle along Highway 54. Jessie L. Deere of Martinsburg, Missouri, is charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and first-degree harassment. Deere is accused of firing a .38-caliber
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Mid-Missouri man and his co-defendant from Tennessee of plotting to travel to the Texas-Mexico border with a plan to murder immigrants and officers. Jonathan S. O’Dell, 34, of Warsaw, Missouri, and Bryan C. Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, were found guilty in a federal
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week’s election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Investigators were told of the plan to kill Trump by Farhad
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