COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, May 20, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Rock Bridge (8) Hickman (1) FINAL – District Semifinal Helias (15) California (0) FINAL – District Semifinal Jefferson City (5) Capital City (12) FINAL – District Quarterfinal Tolton (1) Camdenton
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HIGH HILL, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe and leaders from Google unveiled a data center project Wednesday that includes a $15 billion infrastructure investment from the tech giant. Kehoe joined local officials and Google executives at the Laborers and Contractors Training Center in High Hill on Wednesday afternoon. Speakers touted the jobs the project will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of dumping a woman’s body in a trash bin in the Perche Creek over the weekend had his court date moved after failing to appear on Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office told ABC 17 News that the delay was due to an unforeseen
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and cool with lows in the lower 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: We’ll manage to warm a few degrees tomorrow, but it will still be cooler than average with highs in the upper 60s and mostly cloudy skies ahead of a disturbance that will move in
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When we look at a standard radar loop or check a typically daily forecast app, we are only seeing a two-dimensional snapshot of the weather, what is happening right at the surface where our feet are. But the atmosphere is miles deep, and the real engine behind our weather patterns operates far above our heads.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No charges will be filed against Columbia Police Department officers who shot a man on Christmas Day. Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger – who was named the special prosecutor in the case — wrote in a letter to the Boone County Circuit Court that he will not file charges against the officers.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Justice Department on Thursday unveiled an indictment against former Cuban leader Raul Castro and five others at Miami’s Freedom Tower. The charges are related to a 1996 incident in which two planes carrying humanitarian aid were shot down. Watch the full news conference announcing the charges.
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TODAY: Wednesday is mostly dry after some morning showers south of I-70. These should clear south of I-44 by 10 a.m. Temperatures are forecast in the 60s again this afternoon, with north winds forecast. Partly cloudy skies develop by mid-morning along and north of I-70, but clouds may linger in the south much of the
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, May 19, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Rock Bridge (10) Blue Springs (0) FINAL Smith-Cotton (2) Hickman (4) FINAL Blue Springs South (5) Battle (1) FINAL St. Elizabeth (7) Stoutland (0) FINAL New Bloomfield (2) Eugene (12)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said that running back Ahmad Hardy has been released from the hospital and is now beginning his recovery process, after getting shot after a concert in Laurel, Mississippi in the early hours of May 10. The leader of the Tigers caught up with the media at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is continuing the crack down on unregulated gaming machines with a new ordinance. An ordinance was passed at Monday night’s council meeting against the maintenance and offering of illegal gaming or lottery machines. Previous reporting shows the city has been targeting unregulated machines known as “gray machines” or “no-chance
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) As Mizzou approaches the end of the 2025-26 athletic calendar, Athletic Director Laird Veatch gave an update on some of biggest things to watch for his athletic department, heading into the offseason. Since Veatch last spoke to media members, he made his first hire as the leader of MU Athletics. The Tigers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia public safety leaders are making their case to voters after the City Council on Monday approved putting a proposed 1% public safety sales tax on the August ballot, saying the measure is needed to address decades of understaffing, aging facilities and increasing strain on the city’s general fund. The tax would
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Tuesday with dumping a body enclosed in a trash bin into Perche Creek in Boone County over the weekend. Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the victim was a woman. Andrew B. Acton, 53, was arrested Monday after a surveillance photo showed his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was jailed in Texas on Tuesday after violating the terms of his probation. Rice was booked into the Dallas County Jail just after noon local time Tuesday, according to online jail records. An order from a Dallas County judge says Rice is to serve 30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two-way standout Abby Carr was named to the Freshman All-American team by Softball America. The rookie earned a spot on the list in the utility/pitcher category after leading the Tigers in ERA, saves, home runs and RBIs. On the mound, Carr tied for first in the SEC in saves in the regular
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Drought is probably not top of mind for many Mid-Missourians after a wetter-than-normal spring, but dry weather is still a recent memory and continues to have impacts long after rain starts falling again. There is currently no drought across central Missouri, but the latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows 25% of the state is drier than
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and cool with lows in the lower 50s. TOMORROW: Clouds slowly decrease, but its cool with highs in the mid-60s. EXTENDED: Rain has finally come to an end across most of Mid-Missouri, but clouds look to hold on into Wednesday, keeping temperatures from falling even lower behind the cold front. Wednesday will
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