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2026 Kansas City World Cup may benefit Columbia economically
With a large international event coming to Missouri, the whole state is preparing for tourists from around the world to come to the Midwest.
Continue ReadingWith a large international event coming to Missouri, the whole state is preparing for tourists from around the world to come to the Midwest.
Continue ReadingLAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Former NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer was involved in a crash that killed a pedestrian in southwest Missouri earlier this month. Police say Bowyer’s vehicle struck a woman walking on an exit ramp on June 5 near Osage Beach. Bowyer stopped immediately and called 911. Police say 47-year-old Mary Jane Simmons
Continue ReadingProminent Missouri political organizations are throwing their support behind candidates in the Republican race for the Fourth Congressional District.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) To help residents beat the heat, organizations in both Boone and Cole County are reminding the community of its available cooling centers. “It’s a good place just to come in and take a few minutes if they need it or its a place where people can spend as long as they want
Continue ReadingGovernor Parson is set to sign multiple bills into law Thursday, in a bill signing ceremony set to get underway at 11 a.m.
Continue ReadingA Boone County judge dismissed the Missouri attorney general’s lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools over mask mandates Thursday, saying there was no “live controversy” at hand.
Continue ReadingA suspect has now been taken into custody, after making threats to commit a mass shooting in the Kansas City metro area.
Continue ReadingCOLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office has filed a charge against a Jefferson City man accused of stealing a Humvee from the Missouri National Guard. James R. Wilson, 36, is charged in Cole County with one felony count of first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. Investigators found the stolen Missouri National Guard
Continue ReadingAt least eight school districts in the Kansas City, Missouri, area have canceled summer school activities on Wednesday after a local police department said it learned of a shooting threat, as communities across the US remain on edge following a series of high-profile mass shootings.
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Continue ReadingThe Columbia Board of Education will hear about how the district has updated its security over the past four years when it meets Monday night.
Continue ReadingA bipartisan group of U.S. senators struck a deal on gun control this past weekend, but it may not be enforced in Missouri because of the Second Amendment Preservation Act.
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson signed the House Bill 2005 into effect on Saturday at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. The signing took place during the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association’s annual Steak Fry Dinner. The new eminent domain law will require energy companies to pay private landowners 150% of the fair market value to use their
Continue Readingas prices continue to set records as they climb higher and higher across the nation.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business For the first time ever, a gallon of regular gas now costs $5 on average nationwide, according to AAA’s Saturday reading. The record is hardly a surprise. Gas prices have been rising steadily for the last eight weeks, and this latest milestone marks the 15th straight day that the AAA
Continue ReadingThe impact of high gas prices is affecting everyone, one landscaping business explains how it’s coping. Â
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Continue ReadingGas and diesel prices continue to rise across the country, with every state averaging a minimum of $4 a gallon as of mid-May.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says contractors will be closing one lane of westbound Interstate 70 overnights next week near the Rocheport Bridge in order to install concrete barriers in the median. Officials say the closures will take place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. beginning Monday through Friday. MoDOT says
Continue ReadingThe United State House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that aims to create a red flag law allowing families and police to ask federal courts to confiscate the guns of people in danger of harming themselves or others.
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