TONIGHT: I’m tracking the potential for light rainfall after midnight across central Missouri. Winds will be out of the southeast at 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph as temperatures fall into the mid 50s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking more rainfall throughout the morning hours before a brief break
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TODAY: Temperatures will be a handful of degrees warmer today reaching near 70 despite some clouds. Rain chances have pushed late enough in the forecast to keep the evening dry until close to midnight. TOMORROW: Sunday kicks off wet, with showers throughout the day and brief breaks in between. Temperatures reach 70 degrees as southerly
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton softball team secured its second-ever state championship under head coach Taylor Bartlett, on Friday, with a 2-0 win over Belton. The state title win is the second one this program has seen in just five seasons. Bartlett’s team didn’t need too much offense to get the trophy win. In fact,
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge softball team finished the 2024 season as the second place team in Class 5 action, following a 3-0 loss to Lafayette Wildwood in the state championship game, on Friday. The Bruins and the Lancers were locked in a stalemate throughout the entire game, as two standout pitchers went head-to-head.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Clerk’s Office will have two locations on Saturday for voters to cast their no-excuse absentee ballot ahead of election day. The Southern Boone Middle School cafeteria in Ashland and Impact Support Services in Centralia will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today for no-excuse absentee voting. No-excuse absentee voting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol will no longer publish the names of those involved in its preliminary online traffic crash and boat/drowning reports, a Friday press release says. The release says MSHP was “recently notified of scam incidents across the state” that targets crash victims or people who know someone involved in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will receive a $1 million grant from the US Department of Transportation in order to bring back flights to-and-from Denver at Columbia Regional Airport. The city is receiving the grant through the Small Community Air Service Development Program. Flights to Denver from Columbia ended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News Anchor Meghan Drakas is sharing her family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease along with other members of the ABC 17 family, in the leadup to Columbia’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday. My grandmother Barbara Early was born in 1938 in the suburbs of Philly. She was a mother, grandmother,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A soldier at Fort Leonard Wood who was found dead in a dumpster may have been killed a day before she was reported missing, officials said on Friday. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. During a Friday press
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The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Election Day is just a few days away and research shows voters are feeling the weight. An October poll by the American Psychological Association found 69% of adults said the 2024 presidential election is a significant source of stress in their lives. Boone County resident David White cast his ballot on Friday
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows look to cool back into the lower 40s with partly cloudy skies overnight. Winds remain out of the south at 5-10 mph. TOMORROW: Saturday begins dry with partly cloudy skies and highs into the upper 60s. By the evening hours, showers begin to develop becoming more widespread overnight. Winds remain out of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is not opening up the season with a ‘gimme’ game, by any means. For the first time since the 2003-04 campaign, the Tigers will open up the a new year with a road trip, facing Memphis at FedEx Forum on Monday. Head coach Dennis Gates spoke to
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny skies will bring temperatures to the low 60s with a light breeze out of the southeast. TONIGHT: We remain clear overnight as lows fall into the lower 40s, possibly upper 30s in the coldest spots. EXTENDED: Saturday will start dry, but some in the west could pick up showers as soon as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball will begin its season Monday at Memphis. The Tigers planned a news conference Friday to preview the upcoming season. Watch it live in the player above.
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TODAY: We’ll have more sunshine Friday, and with the addition of some southerly influence in our light winds, we’ll have temperatures back in the low 60s. TONIGHT: We remain clear, with only a chance for a few clouds late tonight. Temperatures fall into the low 50s and upper 40s just after sunset. EXTENDED: Starting chilly,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of dollars’ worth of damage was done to campaign signs outside of Boone County Republican Headquarters on Tuesday morning after multiple signs were spray painted with hate symbols. Party officials say the incident occurred in the morning between 6:30-9 a.m. A total of 15 signs were spray painted, at least three
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Watch the debate live at this link. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and challenger Lucas Kunce will take the debate stage at 7 p.m. Thursday in St. Louis. The debate is being aired by Nextstar and will appear in Mid-Missouri on MyZouTV. Hawley, a Republican, and Kunce, a Democrat, will be on Tuesday’s ballot for one
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from the MSHSAA softball championships on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Father Tolton (7) Westminster Christian (1) FINAL Rock Bridge (7) Helias Catholic (0) FINAL
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters who haven’t yet cast their ballots will be faced with the question of whether they support a casino on the Osage River in Lake Ozark. Voting yes on Amendment 5 would change the state constitution to allow for 14 gambling boat licenses instead of the current 13. This would open
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