COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday marks the beginning of tax season, and there are a few things people should be aware of before trusting someone to help with a tax return. The Missouri Department of Revenue will begin accepting electronically filed state tax returns on Monday, the same day the IRS starts accepting federal tax returns
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TODAY: Afternoon highs climb into the lower 40s with overcast skies. TONIGHT: Clouds hold overnight, and more fog is possible overnight into Saturday, but to a lesser degree than Friday. Lows cool to the mid to upper 30s. EXTENDED: Clouds remain for Saturday, with a chance for showers. Rain chances are best south and east
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TODAY: Friday is another gloomy day. Rain has exited, but we’ll still be tracking fog through the morning, before it clears this afternoon. Clouds remain all day. TONIGHT: Clouds hold overnight, and more fog is possible overnight into Saturday, but to a lesser degree than Friday. EXTENDED: Clouds remain for Saturday, with a chance for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL HARRIS-STOWE (47) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (73) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HARRIS-STOWE (39) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (75) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL HICKMAN (41) ROCK BRIDGE (66) FINAL NORTHEAST (CAIRO) (36) HELIAS (67)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball lost its first matchup of its two-game homestand 69-67 against Texas A&M on Thursday night. The Tigers have now lost two consecutive SEC games and hold a 2-5 record in conference play. A slow start for Robin Pingeton’s crew in the first half made the difference in this contest.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tyler Rambis and his wife Jenelle say their personal items amounting to roughly $5,000 were stolen from the Storage Masters storage facility on Monday. Rambis said he was driving home from the gym on Monday when he noticed a string of unit doors were left open at the facility. Rambis said he
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SHELBY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was shot on Wednesday evening in Clarence during an exchange of gunfire with a man who was chased by the patrol, according to a social media post from MSHP. Erik Prange, 51, of Moberly, was charged on Thursday with four counts of first-degree assault and
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The owners of Audrain Community Hospital in Mexico laid off much of their staff Wednesday and closed the facility.
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Light showers made their way through Mid-Missouri throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Although most people won’t think much of the importance of these lighter rain bands, it is actually important towards recovery of drought seen throughout much of the region. Current drought monitor conditions shows improvements across the southeastern portions of Mid-Missouri. The Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department, along with Cole County EMS, is wanting to hire a consulting firm to look at its current 911 communications operation. Currently, Jefferson City Police and EMS have two separate 911 call center locations. When a medical call comes in to police, it gets transferred to EMS.
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with rain exiting after sunset. Patchy dense fog remains with cloudy skies and lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with morning fog, highs in the mid-40s. EXTENDED: Temperatures remain in the upper 30s into Friday morning, with patchy dense fog possible through mid-morning. We’ll make it back into the mid-40s
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The new drought monitor is out for Mid-MO and even after an increase in rain recently, we still see a large portion of the state in some form of drought. The current picture is somewhat better than even several months ago, but this abnormal dry period has been with us now since 2022. This multi-year
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TODAY: Showers remain widespread throughout the afternoon and evening hours before exiting out the northeast after 9 pm. Temperatures remain into the lower 40s. TONIGHT: Rain moves out after the dinner hour, leaving us wet at the surface, with more potential for fog overnight into Friday morning.ADVERTISING EXTENDED: Temperatures stay above freezing again, through Friday
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A look at significant recalls over the past two weeks.
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Here is a roundup of the illnesses doctors say are spreading around Mid-Missouri.
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TODAY: Thursday is another foggy day, with dense fog advisories across the entire region until 12 p.m. We expect reduced visibilities all morning. Rain returns by 9-10 a.m. in the south, spreading areawide by noon. This rain continues through the evening, wrapping up by 10 p.m. in the far north. Most have a chance at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors filed an order on Thursday requesting a mental examination for a Columbia man accused of murder and arson. Steven M. Strumpf, 31, of Columbia was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, second-degree arson and credit card fraud after firefighters discovered a body under debris Friday in a garage on Deerfoot Way.
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BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man who is accused of killing his own child in 2022 will face a judge Thursday to see if prosecutors can get his bond removed. Danial Fitzgerald, 24, is charged with second-degree murder and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He was arrested back in Feb. of 2023,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) During Wednesday’s State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson touched on clearing the clemency backlog in Missouri. When Parson first took office in 2018, there was a backlog of nearly 4,000 people waiting for clemency. Some of the applications Parson inherited, dated back to 2009. Today, that total is down to
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) A sunshine request made by ABC 17 News details inconsistencies in prior claims made by the Fayette Police Department. Dec. 26 meeting notes from the city’s Board of Alderman meeting describes Alderwoman Bekki Galloway questioning the city’s Police Chief David Ford about the department’s previous policy for disposing of evidence. The document
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