Back-to-school sales tax holiday ends midnight Sunday
Sunday is the last day to take advantage of Missouri’s back-to-school sales tax holiday.
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Position battles rage on through one week of Mizzou fall camp
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After the fifth practice of fall camp, Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz walked over the group media awaiting his arrival and gave a short and sweet opening statement: “We don’t have a starting quarterback, yet, so with that I’ll take questions.” Although no one had expected a starter to be named just
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Hot spots reignite following total loss fire at a bowling alley in Eldon
ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Smoke and flames were seen again Saturday afternoon at the damage site of a total loss fire in Eldon. Eldon Police and fire crews responded to a large building fire around 7:10 p.m. at a bowling alley in Eldon on Friday night. The fire broke out at Eldon Lanes, located at 401
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Jefferson City man pleads guilty to child sex crime
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to a child sex crime. Ryan Swillum, 25, of Jefferson City plead guilty to first-degree statutory sodomy on Friday, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. According to the release, the events occurred in Jefferson
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2 Jefferson City women killed in Saturday morning crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City women were killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Route C in Cole County, just west of Zion Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. It is not known if the women were wearing seatbelts, the report says. The crash occurred as a 2008 Ford
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Fulton firefighter injured while responding to house fire
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton firefighter suffered minor injuries while responding to a house fire just after midnight Saturday in the 600 block of Churchill Road, according to a Saturday morning press release from the Fulton Fire Department. The firefighter – who was not named – suffered a minor burn injury and was treated on
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Several fraternity members dropped from lawsuit over member’s death
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Riley Strain has removed several people from the wrongful death lawsuit they filed after he died on a group trip to Nashville, Tennessee. The lawsuit was filed in March against the Delta Chi fraternity and its members. In a court filing Tuesday, his family dismissed claims against nine fraternity
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MU professor weighs in on Sen. Hawley’s tariff rebate proposal
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new bill introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley could provide American families with rebate checks worth thousands of dollars, using revenue generated from tariffs under the Trump administration. The proposal came just days before President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday night imposing steep tariffs on 66 countries—including the European Union,
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‘Swatting’ call prompted law enforcement response in Moberly, Huntsville
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement agencies in Randolph County responded to what ended up being a pair of “swatting” calls on Friday morning. . “Swatting” occurs when someone makes a prank call or message to draw a surprise emergency response to an address. A similar call was made to the residence of former Secretary of State
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Conley Avenue parking garage reopens after $5.5 million repair project
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Conley Avenue parking garage reopened Friday, nearly a year after it was shut down for repairs. The structure at 511 Conley Ave. closed on Aug. 17, 2024, for maintenance. But just two months later, the university announced it would remain closed until fall 2025 to address serious repair needs. Records show
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Jay Moore becomes Cole County auditor after Kehoe’s appointment
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jay Moore will be Cole County’s next auditor, according to a Friday press release from Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office. Kehoe made the appointment on Friday. Moore replaces Mark Ruether, who announced his retirement last month. Moore is the finance director for the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce and has more than 30
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$2.5 million CMHS donation match extended through August
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Missouri Humane Society announced in a Friday press release that its anonymous donor who is matching up to $2.5 million in donations has extended the match through the end of August. Previous reporting says the money will be put toward its new campus it intends to build on a 17.5-acre
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down after Trump funding cuts
CNN By Liam Reilly, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country. The announcement came just over a week after President Donald Trump enacted a rescissions bill
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Trump says he’s ordered nuclear submarines repositioned after Russian official’s ‘highly provocative’ remarks
By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump issued a rare threat of nuclear escalation on Friday, saying he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be strategically positioned near Russia in response to what he said were aggressive remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, the country’s former president and current deputy chairman of its
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Former Tipton prison worker pleads guilty to having sex with inmate
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former worker at the prison in Tipton pleaded guilty on Friday to having sex with an inmate. Jessica Baird, of Versailles, will be sentenced at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3. She is accused of having sex with a male prisoner on Oct. 21, 2024, when she worked at Tipton Correctional Center,
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Ghislaine Maxwell moved to federal prison camp in Texas
By Kaitlan Collins, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who had been serving a 20-year prison sentence in Florida, has been moved to a lower-security federal prison camp in Texas. “We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison
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Inmate dies after month in custody at Fulton Reception & Diagnostic Center
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at the Fulton Reception & Diagnostic Center died this week after he was in custody for just over a month. Missouri Department of Corrections said Timothy Poore, 72, died on Wednesday. Poore was serving a six-year sentence for sexual abuse and sodomy charges from Callaway County, according to the department.
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Versailles man seriously hurt after jet ski accident at Lake of the Ozarks
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old Versailles man was seriously hurt after crashing a jet ski into a bridge pier at the Lake of the Ozarks in Morgan County Thursday night, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the man was driving a 2015 Sea-Doo around 7:30
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Missouri’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday begins Friday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday began at midnight on Friday and will remain in effect until midnight on Sunday. The Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday exempts all state and local sales or use tax on qualifying items during the exemption period. During this time, certain back-to-school purchases, such as school supplies, computers,
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Missouri students are heading back to school, but immunization rates continue to lag
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In less than a month, students across Missouri will be preparing to head back to the classroom for the 2025-2026 school year. As the new school year approaches in Missouri, state health officials are urging parents and guardians to check their child’s vaccination status, warning that falling immunization rates could lead to
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