COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Set up is underway Thursday as the Roots N Blues Festival returns to Columbia. The festival is scheduled for Friday through Sunday at Stephens Lake Park. Gates open to guests Friday at 4 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, the festival will kick off each day at noon. As of now, Roots N
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) WATCH LIVE: Drivers should expect to find delays on eastbound Interstate 70 at the Missouri River bridge due to a crash Thursday morning. MoDOT reported around 8:05 a.m. that the delays at the bridge should last about an hour. Crews closed the right lane off to drivers following the crash near
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Missouri teachers’ pay still lags behind the nation despite a raise in the starting salary this year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials are warning of the dangers rainbow-colored fentanyl, as deaths related to the drug continue to rise. “Rainbow fentanyl” looks like brightly colored candy and law enforcement says one of the pills could be deadly. The powerful drug is made in bright colors to be more appealing to young people. “Thats why
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Portland, Missouri, man suffered serious injuries following a head-on collision with a tractor Wednesday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Joseph DeBrodie, 79, was flown to University Hospital in Columbia after his Ford F-150 hit a John Deere tractor on a bridge on westbound Highway 94 just east
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A woman died hours after she was found in a wooded area off Highway 63 on Tuesday night and police say they arrested the man who pushed her on suspicion of murder.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 continued its search efforts Wednesday in Fort Myers, Florida, after finding human remains. The search it covered more than 570 homes and other debris piles left from the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. “While performing their searches yesterday, one of the HRD (Human Remains Detection) canines unfortunately located a
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EUGENE, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson and Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven met students and staff Wednesday while touring the Cole County R-V School District. As Parson toured the school, he made stops in the cafeteria, the school gymnasium, an art class and the school’s welding and woodworking shop. The tour comes at a tie
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved more than $11 million in contracts to improve Mid-Missouri roads. All projects will begin in 2023. A specific date has not been revealed. One project will repair 10 miles of pavement on eastbound Interstate 70 in Callaway County. The project — contracted to Emery
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The Lake Ozark Fire Protection District was dispatched to Rick’s C Store & More on Tuesday night for a structure fire. The fire was inside the building. An employee was assessed and released on the scene, according to a press release. Crews remained at the scene until 2:41 a.m. Wednesday. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was injured and another was arrested following a shooting Tuesday night at Fort Leonard Wood. The injured person was treated by paramedics before being flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. The person who was arrested is being held at the Pulaski County jail. The shooting is under investigation by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health announced Wednesday it has acquired a primary care facility in Mexico, Missouri. The facility — located at 600 Medical Park Drive — was previously owned by Noble Health. The practice — which has been in Mexico since 1997 — will be called Boone Health Primary Care – Medical Park, according
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Boone Electric Cooperative reported outages across a swath of Boone County on Wednesday morning, with about 1,800 members without power at about 10:15 a.m.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed off on the products of the special legislative session Wednesday.
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The Mizzou Tigers narrowly missed inflicting a huge upset on the No. 1 college football team in the country last week.
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First responders in Boone County blocked off a northeast Columbia road on Tuesday night.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday approved a $40 million tax-incentive package for agricultural businesses after a nearly three-week special session. The measure passed 26-3 and will benefit meat processing, biodiesel and urban farming companies. House Bill 3 extends the incentives for six years with a $2 million credit available each year, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) The City of Columbia is looking to work with others and build a permanent opportunity campus to house unsheltered people but for now, the city’s talking about buying a temporary shelter. The temporary shelter would be located on the 1500 block of Ashley Street and is expected to cost around $865,000 according to the city. City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation will reduce the amount of hunting spots at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area for duck season because of a broken river pump. Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area has two river pumps used to draw in water to fill the pools used for hunting, according to an MDC press release. One
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The driver who fell asleep and crashed a bus in Cole County pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Cole County courtroom.Â
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