23-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in Morgan County stabbing
Codee Munson was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Morgan County for the stabbing death of 69-year-old Carl Goodman.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Can you drive on your neighborhood streets?
The winter storm that hit Mid-Missouri over the weekend didn’t make the worst-case scenario but still dumped enough snow and shut down schools and some businesses. And temperatures well below freezing mean it’s taking longer for that frozen precipitation to come off the roads. Residential streets throughout Mid-Missouri remain covered even as MoDOT makes headway
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Lack of heat in home can lead to freezing or bursting pipes, local plumber says
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parts of Mid-Missouri will experience frigid temperatures Monday night through Thursday, leading to home owners cranking up their thermostats. Turning up the heat in a home is often done in an attempt to keep warm, but a local plumber says it’s also essential to keep pipes in the home from freezing. Or
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Moberly snow cleanup continues as crews battle heavy accumulation
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Joshua Jenkins got behind the wheel of his snowplow just before 7 a.m. Monday. Ten hours later, he was still busy cleaning up the aftermath of this weekend’s winter storm that swept through Mid-Missouri. Jenkins is one of hundreds of snowplow operators across the state who were busy clearing snow out of
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Monday, Tuesday Ashland refuse customers to have trash collected Tuesday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland residents who typically have their trash picked up on Monday and Tuesday should expect their refuse to be collected on Tuesday, the city wrote in a Monday evening social media post. “Republic services plans to pick up Monday and Tuesday trash routes TOMORROW. We will update if that changes. Please have
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Amended Gans Creek Recreation area surface trail measure passes Columbia City Council
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City Council on Monday night authorized some construction on a proposed trail in south Columbia. The council approved an amended plan to build 6 miles of new surface trails in the Gans Creek Recreation area. The council plans to look at the rest of the plan later. The original plan included
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No injuries reported in Linn Creek house fire
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a house fire in Linn Creek, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a Monday evening Facebook post. The department wrote that crews were dispatched to the Winterwood Loop area at 3 p.m. The response time was slowed because of icy road conditions, the post says.
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City of Columbia plow crews move into neighborhoods, priority roads to near-normal conditions
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A City of Columbia snow plow crew of 16 members clocked in at 7 p.m. Monday to continue working to plow neighborhood roads during the overnight hours, the city said in a release. Plows moved into the neighborhoods during the day on Monday after getting priority roads to near-normal conditions, according to
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Columbia Regional Airport works to clear tarmac as winter storm affects flights nationwide
A winter storm like the one that hit Mid-Missouri Saturday through Monday can leave plows with a sizable amount of snow to clear.
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Columbia Public Schools, Jefferson City School District, other area districts call off Tuesday classes; LU remote again
Read the full list of closures and cancellations here. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several area school districts will once again not be in session on Tuesday. Columbia Public Schools will have it second AMI day of the year on Tuesday, a district spokesperson said in an email. “Columbia Public Schools will not be in session on
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MSHP reports one fatality, more than 400 crashes on Missouri roads during storm response
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has reported one fatality has occurred on state roads over the weekend as inclement weather hit Missouri. Snow fell across the state over the weekend and Monday morning, causing the ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team to issue a Weather Alert Day. MSHP wrote on its social
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Trash will run normally the rest of the week in Columbia, Monday customers to have refuse picked up Saturday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s trash routes will run on their regular schedules for the rest of the week, the city’s Solid Waste Department wrote on its social media on Monday. Inclement weather caused Monday’s pickups to be rescheduled. Customers who regularly have trash picked up on Monday can put out their roll carts on
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Ameren crews restore power in northern Boone County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 300 Ameren Missouri customers briefly lost power Monday afternoon with wind chills in the single digits. Ameren Missouri’s outage map showed 363 customers in the Hallsville and Centralia areas without power early Monday afternoon. The outage was no longer listed by about 12:40 p.m. The National Weather Service monitoring station
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MoDOT map continues to show roads covered in snow and ice
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation’s map showing road conditions indicated roads around Mid-Missouri remained covered late Monday morning. The agency’s traveler information map had state highways in Mid-Missouri colored purple just before 10:30 a.m., meaning they remained covered in snow and ice for the most part. However, state troopers covering Mid-Missouri said
Continue ReadingJudge denies Trump’s plea to delay Friday’s sentencing on his hush money conviction
By Paula Reid, Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan has denied Donald Trump’s request to postpone his Friday sentencing for his hush money conviction, the judge said in a filing Monday. Trump’s lawyers are likely to appeal Merchan’s decision to a New York appeals court. Earlier Monday, Trump’s
Continue ReadingCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation. What happens now?
CNN By Paula Newton, Hanna Park, Christian Edwards and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, saying he intends to step down from the top job and as the leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party once a new party leader is chosen. “I intend to resign as party
Continue ReadingHarris will certify Trump’s win — and her own loss — four years after the Capitol riot
By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is set Monday to do what nearly every vice president before her has done — certify the incoming president’s election. But with this traditionally uneventful process comes a fraught moment in American history: Monday is the fourth anniversary of January 6, 2021, when then-President Donald Trump incited
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you have to drive to work on Monday?
A winter storm continued to spit snow and ice onto parts of Mid-Missouri on Sunday night. Accumulation varied across the region, with parts north generally receiving more snow, with more ice south. However, much of Mid-Missouri saw a mix of the two, creating a layered and frozen mess on the ground and on roads. The
Continue Reading Road crews expect covered roads to last through Monday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Those handling road clearing for Mid-Missouri expect major roads to stay covered well into Monday. Machelle Watkins, an engineer for MoDOT’s central district, said the continued snow and freezing cold temperatures overnight make it difficult for plow drivers to clear state roads across the area. The state has 1,500 plows working across
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Mizzou men’s basketball stuck in St. Louis due to winter weather
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) – The University of Missouri men’s basketball team is hoping to return to Columbia on Monday after winter weather delayed its return home. The poor weather diverted the team’s flight home on Saturday night to St. Louis, according to athletics spokesman Dave Matter. The team returned to Missouri after its 84-68
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