COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football is losing one of its top defensive players to the transfer portal. On Tuesday, defensive end Damon Wilson confirmed on his Instagram that he is entering the transfer portal after one season in Columbia. He made the most of that first year as a Tiger, after transferring in from Georgia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,000 electric meters went dark in Columbia on Tuesday morning, according to the Columbia Water and Light outage map. The outages appeared to be clustered along Stadium Boulevard, Route E and West Broadway at about 11:30 a.m. Emergency dispatchers warned of traffic backups in the area of Stadium Boulevard and Worley
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Installation of the Safe Haven Baby Box began Monday at the Cole County EMS Headquarters in downtown Jefferson City, according to Chief Eric Hoy.
The device is expected to be installed by the end of the week, but people will not be able to drop off infants until sometime in February, Hoy said. The box is being put in a wall on the building’s east side, behind the engine truck garages. People can access it from East McCarty Street.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Harry Adrian IV is no longer working for MoDOT. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The former state safety coordinator for the Missouri Department of Transportation, who was accused of pulling out a gun during a road-rage incident in September, pleaded guilty Tuesday in an agreement with the state. Harry Adrian IV, of Tuscumbia, pleaded guilty
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football has signed its transfer portal quarterback. Former Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons has already made it official in Columbia, signing a deal with the Tigers, as first reported by 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz and Chris Hummer. Simmons has since confirmed the news on his social media accounts. That move comes after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating after a man died while in the custody of the patrol. Troop A posted on social media that a man died after being taken in custody by troopers in Johnson County. The release states that around 6:30 p.m. on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic is back to normal on westbound I-70 in Boone County after a crash involving a jackknifed trailer, according to the MoDOT Traveler Map. A social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F states troopers are investigating a one-vehicle crash at mile marker 134.6, just east of Columbia. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sheridan Beardshear was closing her store on the west side of Columbia as usual around 7 p.m. Saturday night. She did the normal closing procedures in the back of the store, when she heard what she originally believed was a car backfiring. She walked outside of the store and was greeted by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe met with Columbia officials on Monday to discuss public safety in the city. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, City Manager De’Carlon Seewood, and Police Chief Jill Schlude were among those in attendance for the meeting at the governor’s office in the Capitol. According to Kehoe’s office, the meeting had been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were killed in traffic crashes on state roads over the New Year’s holiday weekend, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The release says the “counting period” lasted from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31-11:59 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4. This year, there were 87 people injured
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that occurred Monday morning at a duplex in northern Columbia was ruled accidental, according to a press release from the Columbia Fire Department. The release says the fire in the 2800 block of North Willowbrook Drive was started in a clothes dryer. A cat died in the fire and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter on accusations that he had a seizure while driving after not taking his medicine, killing a nursing home resident. Deshawn M. Robinson, 57, was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and driving without a license on New Year’s Day. He was listed
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By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services is recommending fewer vaccines for most American children, health officials said Monday. Health officials will continue to recommend the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines and immunizations against polio, chickenpox, HPV and others, but they are narrowing recommendations for vaccination against meningococcal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a man with murder after a shooting that killed one person and left two seriously injured on Clark Lane in Columbia Sunday night. Columbia police said Monday that one of the victims in the shooting, Brianna Hawkins, 21, of Fulton, died at a nearby hospital
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President Donald Trump has rolled out his “Don-roe Doctrine.” That’s the portmanteau the president used over the weekend when talking about the military strikes in Venezuela, the news of which Americans woke up to on Saturday. The apparent goal of the show of force — which included strikes on Venezuela’s air defenses — was the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All on-street parking rates in Downtown Columbia are increasing to $1 per hour, a $0.40 increase, starting Monday, according to a city press release. This ensures all parking rates match the campus area south of Elm Street. According to the release, the city intentionally selected Monday to reprogram and update pricing labels
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were shot on Clark Lane at the Greens apartment complex on Sunday night, according to Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude. According to Schlude, police received reports of a shooting in the 4800 block of Clark lane shortly after 9 p.m. Police found three people who had been shot on scene.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou basketball stars Lindsey and Sophie Cunningham in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The trio chatted about the upcoming fourth-annual Sophie Cunningham Classic, which Lindsey and Sophie believe will be their best one, yet. The 2026 edition of the girls basketball classic
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Columbia teen was arrested for firing shots and a carjacking in the Shoppes at Stadium area Saturday night, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. CPD spokesman Colin Imhoff said officers were called to the area just after 7 p.m. for reports of an active assailant and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball upsets No. 22 Florida in its first conference game of the season. You can watch extended highlights of the victory in the video player below. After a tough loss to Illinois, head coach Dennis Gates’ squad returned home for the first SEC game of the year, and pulled off
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