Gasconade County school district to close Friday after TikTok threat challenge
School districts across Mid-Missouri say they’ve been made aware of a trend on social media app TikTok that challenges kids to threaten their schools.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you worried about social media threats made toward schools?
Last week some students made a social media threat toward a Jefferson City middle school. They might face criminal charges. This Thursday, a TikTok challenge telling students to make bomb and shooting threats at their schools grabbed administrators’ attention nationwide.
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Boone County commissioners want to implement internet sales tax
Boone County leaders are looking toward a possible internet sales tax to increase revenue for the county and local businesses.
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Federal jury convicts Jefferson City man in connection with 2018 shooting
Dana R. Day Jr., 31, was found guilty Wednesday on one count of being a felon with a gun and ammunition after a jury deliberated for about an hour and 15 minutes following a two-day trial, according to a news release. Another person had bought the gun for him, the prosecutor’s office said.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: New coronavirus case average trending down in Boone County
Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Jefferson City School District says students behind last week’s threat referred to police
Students who were involved in a social media threat against Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson City have been suspended and are being referred for expulsion and police investigation, the principal said in a letter to parents sent over the weekend.
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Parson seeks federal disaster assessment for Missouri severe storms, tornadoes
Parson’s office said the governor has asked FEMA to work with teams in Dunklin, Pemiscot and Reynolds County in southeast Missouri to catalog the damage. The worst damage happened to electric cooperatives in Dunklin and Pemiscot counties, taking out power to 30,000 members at its peak, according to a release from Parson’s office.
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Ashland man takes plea deal in COVID-19 harassment case
An Ashland man charged with two felonies in March 2020 for allegedly telling Jefferson City store clerks he had COVID-19 and asking them if they wanted the disease took a plea deal this week and received probation.
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Jefferson City crash closes Highway 54 ramps
The crash happened a little before 1:30 a.m. when a truck driven by Timothy Reiner, 36, of Tarkio, Missouri, went out of its lane on the on-ramp and crashed into a curb and street sign, the Jefferson City Police Department said in a news release. The truck drove up onto a concrete divider and began to go back onto Highway 54 before hitting the side of a concrete bridge and landing on its side, police say.
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Google Fiber in early talks with Columbia to bring gigabit internet to city
COLUMBIA, Mo. EDITOR’S NOTE: Google Fiber’s name has been corrected. Google Fiber may soon offer its gigabit internet service to customers in Mid-Missouri. The company and Columbia talked on Tuesday about what it would take to bring Google Fiber to the city. A spokesman for Columbia said the conversation focused on the permitting and inspection
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Crews to clean up damage, restore power after Wednesday night storms
An intersection in downtown Columbia is back open Thursday morning, after being closed due to a traffic light down in the road.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you support universal pre-K?
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan includes a provision that could save parents a lot of money — universal pre-K.
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MSHP asks drivers to use caution in strong winds
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is asking drivers to use caution Wednesday night. The patrol says strong winds can cause large vehicles to tip over. According to the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team, strong winds are possible in Mid-Missouri through about midnight. Conditions are expected to improve by Thursday morning’s commute. Strong
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Mizzou football signs potential record-breaking class
Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz is on his way to signing the best recruiting class in program history. Rivals currently ranks MU’s 2022 class as No. 17 in the nation.
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Boonville football standout DJ Wesolak chooses Mizzou
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville standout DJ Wesolak will play for Mizzou. Wesolak made his college decision on Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus in Boonville — one of a string of recruits who committed to Mizzou on signing day. https://youtu.be/bOF8aazs1Lc The four-star prospect chose the Tigers over LSU, Georgia, Alabama and USC. According to 247Sports,
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Mid-Missourians donate thousands of pounds of food during 12-hour food drive
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) People donated thousands of pounds of food Wednesday during the One for One Holiday Food and Fund Drive for The Food Bank for Central and North East Missouri. The Networks of Mid-Missouri partnered with the Zimmer Radio Group to host the 12-hour food drive. The event was held from 6 a.m.
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Two more teens taken into custody for Sedalia homicide
SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Police took two more teenagers into custody this week for their alleged roles in a deadly shooting in Sedalia. The police department said on Wednesday that the two taken into custody join a third teenager suspected in a break-in that led to someone’s death. Police said it took two of the
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Power companies prepare for possible outages Wednesday night
Power companies in Mid-Missouri are ready for potential outages Wednesday as the area deals with strong winds.
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Insider Blog: Damaging winds possible this evening
Strong south winds have helped shatter temperature records across Mid-Missouri this afternoon, but more pressing will be the threat for storms given the ripe environment this evening. A cold front moving into a moisture-rich, warm environment has triggered a line of strong to severe thunderstorms moving out of Kansas into far western Missouri Wednesday evening.
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Law enforcement warns against car thefts during the holiday shopping season
Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said car thefts usually are more frequent during the holiday season and specifically the wintertime because it’s common for people to leave their cars running to warm up.
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