The Mizzou Tigers gymnastics squad has spent another year among the best teams in the country, and that’s where it begins the postseason, as well. The Tigers earned a No. 2 berth in their regional tournament, which starts next month. If they win there, the team will advance to the NCAA Championship Semifinal, just a
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Missouri election officials have verified enough signatures for a proposed referendum that would give voters the final say on the state’s newly redrawn congressional map. The redrawn congressional map, backed by President Donald Trump, is designed to shift political control in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, currently represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Wendy’s locations in Columbia have closed, the company confirmed to ABC 17 News in an email. The locations near the mall on Bernadette Drive and on Ninth Street are no longer listed on the company’s website. The business still has franchise locations in town on Scott Boulevard, East Nifong Boulevard and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A planned 10-month closure of I-70 Drive Southeast began on Monday, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The closure was originally scheduled for last week, but was moved because of weather. The road will be closed from just west of Woodridge Drive to Glenstone Drive for about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tofu truck has been sitting in Doolittle, Missouri, for the past three weeks after a crash. The Doolittle Fire Protection District wrote on its social media on Sunday that the truck crashed on March 1 near mile-marker 172 on Interstate 44. DRFPD wrote that the Missouri Department of Transportation is working
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used in background research for this article A Columbia woman scheduled to stand trial in March pleaded guilty during a pre-trial conference Monday to a fatal 2023 crash that killed a teenage motorcyclist. Elizabeth Lopez was charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors after she allegedly bit two Jefferson City police officers while she was being detained after a road-rage incident. Bridgett Tallent, 36, of Jefferson City, was charged on Monday in Callaway County with second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree assault and one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Blue Springs man was charged on Saturday in Pettis County with nine child sex crimes. Brice Story was charged with three counts of second-degree statutory rape, three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and three counts of incest. An arraignment was held on Monday and Story appeared by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters, friends and loved ones of Billy Hurt took part in a funeral procession for him from The Crossing church in south Columbia to the Boonville area. Hurt, a retired firefighter, was killed a week ago working safety at a sprint car track.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man has been charged with two misdemeanors after he was accused of exposing himself at a Miller County bar on Friday. Jeremy Chorpening, 38, was charged on Saturday with resisting arrest and first-degree sexual misconduct. He was arrested, but posted a $2,000 bond, according to Monday court filings. An
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of breaking into a fraternity house on College Avenue in Columbia was eventually found on top of a Hertz Car Rental on Friday. Willem Campbell, 31, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree burglary, two counts of felony stealing, one count of misdemeanor stealing and an infraction of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Interstate 70 on-ramp reopened at about 11 a.m. Monday after it was closed for a tractor-trailer crash. The North Callaway Fire District posted on social media that the eastbound on-ramp at the Hatton exit at mile marker 144 was closed for a couple of hours after the crash. A photograph showed
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By John Towfighi, Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks rose and oil prices fell sharply after President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would postpone further strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, pending the outcome of negotiations. The Dow closed higher by 631 points, or 1.38%. The S&P 500 gained 1.15% and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A funeral and procession will be held Monday for former Columbia Fire Captain Billy Hurt, who died after an accident at the Kennedale Speedway Park in Texas earlier this month. Hurt’s funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at The Crossing Church on Southland Drive. The procession will begin around 3:15
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 26-year-old Madison man is dead and two women are hurt after a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy in Randolph County just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 75-year-old Moberly woman driving a Ford Escape was heading west on Route M about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers come back to session Monday to pick up where they left off and the Senate is expected to review some House Bills that representatives squeezed through before break. The bill that would phase out the income tax, HJR 173, was sent to the Senate just before the legislature paused business
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CNN By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday border czar Tom Homan will be in charge of deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports on Monday, with Homan telling CNN the agents will help with security at entrances and exits to ease the Transportation Security Administration’s workload. “This is about
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The Missouri Department of Transportation is scheduled to close the intersection of Conley Road and Business Loop 70 for about 60 days while the crossing is replaced with a roundabout.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The group People Not Politicians is considering appealing a decision by a Cole County judge to rewrite ballot language that would ask voters to approve the 2025 congressional map, known as House Bill 1. People Not Politicians challenged the ballot summary that Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wrote, arguing the language
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fayette community held a balloon release Saturday at Paige-Liberty Park to honor Zyairah Barney, a seventh grader at Fayette R-3’s Clark Middle School who died by suicide. Family members said Barney, who was biracial, had been dealing with ongoing bullying, which they claim was rooted in racism. Now, they are mourning
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