BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Several people who attended Boonville High School’s football season opener may have been given a piece of the school’s athletic history on accident. In a letter to parents and staff, Boonville Superintendent Mark Harvey said trophies, plaques and memorabilia were displayed at the Sept. 1 game, and were subsequently given away without
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 74-year-old Moberly man died Thursday in a motorcycle crash on Route T in Macon County about a mile and a half east of College Mound, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the crash report, Ronald Wilson died after he hit a deer with his 2002
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As the end of the budget year nears for Jefferson City, council members are waiting to hear the result of negotiations from the current public yard waste site, All Seasons Landscaping.
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) View all area scores below. Watch a stream of the game in the web player above.
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Watch a livestream of the game here in a web player that will be posted at kickoff. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle Spartans are still searching for their first win of the Matthew Herman era, and will look to make that happen in a home opener against Helias. The two teams will meet Friday in
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Police closed down parts of East Broadway and College Avenue after a call went out of a suicidal person in Downtown Columbia.
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RUSSELLVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash Friday in Russellville on Route A, east of Shikles Road. The crash occurred as Catherine Scribner, 68, of Russellville, reached down to grab her cellphone from the passenger seat of her 2020 Toyota Rav 4, according to a crash report from the Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was arrested and charged after allegedly stealing a backpack filled with credit cards and personal items from a vehicle at Green Meadows Preschool on Thursday. Julia Anne Elizabeth Nelson, 34, was charged with stealing and fraudulent use of a credit/debit device. Her address on Casenet is listed as Prescott, Wisconsin,
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A man who pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter and other charges in a deadly 2020 Douglass Park shooting was sentenced to almost two decades behind bars Friday.
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The Kansas City Chiefs opened the new NFL season with a 21-20 loss to the Detroit Lions. The Chiefs came into the season as the defending Super Bowl champions.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation will be closing Interstate 70 near the Missouri River due to the blasting of the Rocheport Bridge on Sunday The blast is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. that day. MODOT is strongly advising drivers to avoid the interstate between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs began their Super Bowl defense campaign on Thursday with a less-than-stellar opener, dropping a narrow 21-20 loss to the Detroit Lions The Chiefs were without their main target, tight end Travis Kelce, who was sidelined after hyperextended his knee at practice on Tuesday. His absence became evident
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A historical marker placement ceremony was held Thursday, signifying 134 years since a Black teenager was lynched in Columbia. A historical marker was placed in front of the Boone County Courthouse to memorialize the lynching of George Bush. On Sept. 7, 1889, a group of white men lynched Bush at the courthouse after he
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BATES CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man died in a Thursday afternoon crash on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County near mile marker 31, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Michael Kniest was pronounced dead at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, according to the report. He was 45. The crash occurred as Kniest
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a little over a year since the launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is adding nationwide American Sign Language, or ASL, services for deaf and hard of hearing callers. According to a news release, local organization DeafLEAD is one of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is increasing patrols in an attempt to stop an uptick in break-ins within the past year. “In the areas we are aware of these (thefts are) being reported, we are increasing, where possible, foot traffic and vehicle patrols just to go through and add that increased presence,” CPD
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly exposed himself to at least five children. Robert Conner, 61, was charged with sexual misconduct involving a child younger than 15 years old. He was booked into the Randolph County Jail on Saturday and remains there. He has a bond hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was charged on Thursday with several felonies after police say she was seen firing a gun and hit a teenager in a parking lot on Aug. 28. Shyraah Robin Brown, 35, was arrested on Wednesday. She was charged with three counts of first-degree assault, first-degree assault of a special
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Public Transportation is set to hold a preliminary information meeting on Thursday to get the public’s input on Interstate 70 and to learn more about the Improve I-70 Project’s future plans. The public meeting will be open-house style, held from 5-7 p.m. at the Hannah Cole Primary School
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 45-year-old Rolla man was seriously injured Wednesday after his car left the roadway and went airborne before ejecting him. James Smith was flown to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries following the crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Smith was not wearing a seatbelt when his 1991 Chevrolet
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