TONIGHT: I’m tracking light, spotty showers continuing through the rest of the evening. Winds will blow out of the southeast at 8-12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph as temperatures drop into the low 50s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m tracking isolated, light showers through the morning hours with a better
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Several law enforcement agencies across Mid-Missouri are accepting unused and expired prescription drugs Saturday for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s national Drug Take Back Day.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 9 of the Missouri high school football season is tonight. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams will be posted below.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) All the hoopla and national attention may be going the way of the No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores, leading up to head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company’s Top-15 showdown in Nashville on Saturday, however, some of the biggest names in college football are telling fans not to look past Mizzou. The Music City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office told ABC 17 News it had to dismiss its case against Fear Fest owner and operator Bill Schnell after being unable to locate him. Columbia’s Fear Fest Haunted House made an official announcement on Halloween 2024 stating that it would not be opening for the season and that refunds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County commissioners are set to help keep the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri afloat as low-income locals worry the shutdown will mean no federal food assistance. The commission is amending its contract to provide the food bank with American Rescue Act Funds to pour in an additional $50,000 to
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Forecasters are warning of catastrophic flooding as Tropical Storm Melissa moves across the Caribbean this weekend. Melissa is currently a tropical storm with winds at 65 mph, but it could become a major hurricane by Sunday, possibly reaching Category 3 or 4 strength. Melissa is stalled over warm water in the Caribbean, which will fuel
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking scattered light showers through the rest of the evening as temperatures drop into the upper 40s by the end of the night and winds blow out of the southeast at 5-8 mph with gusts up to 15 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking more shower chances increasing throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Temperatures
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TODAY: Temperatures will be cool in the 50s under clouds and rain. Scattered showers are expected throughout the afternoon, possibly becoming more spotty in the evening. You can expect wet bleachers at Friday night football games. TONIGHT: Isolated showers will continue overnight as temperatures tumble to the 40s. EXTENDED: Scattered showers persist over the weekend,
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TODAY: Friday brings back rain chances, as the outer bands of a low in the panhandle of Texas reach into the region. We’re starting dry, but clouds increasing through the morning and showers following through the day, will both work to keep us cooler than Wednesday and Thursday. Highs likely settle in the mid-50s. TONIGHT:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge has reached its regular season finale. The Bruins (4-4) are preparing to host Francis Howell (5-3) in Week 9 of the high school football season, focused on building some momentum ahead of the playoffs. The Vikings and Bruins are our SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week. You can watch
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS FOOTBALL LUTHERAN ST. CHARLES (0) JEFFERSON CITY (42) FINAL LIFT FOR LIFE (28) HELIAS (45) FINAL SULLIVAN (22) NORTH COUNTY (24) FINAL DIAMOND (7) SKYLINE (67) FINAL ADRIAN (28) COLE
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear early with increasing clouds, keeping temperatures a bit warmer overnight. Lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Cloudy with scattered showers. Highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Clouds roll in tonight, but we remain dry overnight before showers move in on Friday morning. A cut off low pressure system spins to our south
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was already in law enforcement custody has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill a detective from the Columbia Police Department. Nikolaus Harvey, 26, was charged on Thursday with conspiracy to commit a Class A felony. He was moved from the Boone County Jail to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traditional day off for students at the end of the fall semester is at risk of being eliminated next school year. The University of Missouri is at the beginning stages of reviewing its academic calendar for next year to be in compliance with its mandated number of academic hours for classes
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Mexico’s Public Safety Department says it saved a woman and a child from a house fire Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release from the department, MPSD responded to the 1000 block of Robinhood for a house fire after neighbors reported seeing smoke and flame coming from a home nearby. The neighbors
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is rolling out 39 more naloxone distribution boxes throughout Boone County. The Public Health and Human Services office, located at 1005 Worley St., is currently the only place with a naloxone box. PHHS announced the first box’s appearance on Tuesday. Boxes of the medicine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has allowed the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to block an attempted nationwide layoff that would affect employees at the Columbia Environmental Research Center. The lawsuit — filed in California — showed the Department of Interior was looking to lay off 80 employees at the Columbia location and more than
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Fall colors are behind schedule this year and may not be as brilliant as in the past, thanks to a warming and changing climate. This year was a good example of how different fall looks and feels as summer heat stretches longer and the fall cooldown hits more abruptly later in the season. Temperatures have
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