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Fulton High School partners with fire department to offer firefighter course

March 1, 2024 10:49 AM Morgan Buresh

Fulton High School will begin offering a course next year for students interested in firefighting as a career.

Insider Blog: Dry conditions burn nearly 1000 acres near Lake of the Ozarks

March 1, 2024 5:52 PM Nate Splater

Wildfires have been cropping up more across Mid-Missouri recently as dry conditions continue. Heading into early spring is one of the worst times for fires locally as dead vegetation can burn and be swept around by spring winds. This year’s drought has especially contributed to dry fuels in the area that can easily spread blazes

Britt Reid, son of Chief’s coach Andy Reid, gets sentence commuted

March 1, 2024 4:12 PM Matthew Sanders

Britt Reid, a former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach and son of head coach Andy Reid, had his sentence in a drunken-driving crash that severely injured a young girl commuted by the governor Friday.

Tracking a noticeable weekend warmup

March 1, 2024 11:45 AM Nate Splater

THIS AFTERNOON: Temperatures will be mild with clouds lingering and south winds. Expect highs in the low 50s. TONIGHT: Skies clear overnight, allowing temperatures to fall into the 30s. EXTENDED: Saturdays will already be well above average warming to nearly 70 degrees. More south winds bring us into the 80s under sunny skies on Sunday.

Police: Larch Court injury was not from gun

February 29, 2024 9:50 PM Ryan Shiner, Katie Greathouse, Nia Hinson

Police on Friday said a wound a man suffered the night before was not from a bullet but from something else.

Tracking a pleasant, but warm, weekend

March 1, 2024 3:47 AM John Ross

TODAY: Temperatures will be near Thursday’s, with clouds lingering and south winds. We expect highs in the low 50s. TONIGHT: Skies clear overnight, and winds calm. Temperatures fall into the 30s. EXTENDED: Some patchy fog may be possible Saturday morning, but not likely for most. Partly cloudy skies return through the day. South winds will

Vanderbilt spoils senior night, Mizzou loses 10th straight game

February 29, 2024 11:17 PM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball’s losing streak has reached 10 consecutive games after the Tigers fell to Vanderbilt 68-61 on senior night. Thursday night’s contest was Mizzou’s final home game of the regular season. The Tigers honored their four seniors, Hayley Frank, Mama Dembele, Abby Feit and Micah Linthacum, with a pregame ceremony and

City of Columbia to hold open house on new storage center for snowplows, salt

February 29, 2024 7:58 PM Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will hold an open house next week regarding the construction of a new Municipal Services Center. According to a Thursday press release from the city, the Municipal Services Center master concept plan includes a salt storage building, storage for snowplows and salt distribution equipment, vehicle parking, an office, electric vehicle charging stations

Former Cooper County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant, deputy charged with manslaughter in jail inmate death

February 29, 2024 1:10 PM Matthew Sanders, Mitchell Kaminski, Morgan Buresh

A lieutenant working in the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office was charged Wednesday with manslaughter in the October death of an inmate from untreated diabetes.

True/False Film Fest kicks off in Columbia; March March parade to go down Ninth Street on Friday

February 29, 2024 9:42 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The True/False Film Fest kicked off Thursday in Columbia. The annual festival takes place in downtown Columbia Thursday through Sunday. Thirty-one feature films and 25 short films were picked out of about 1,400 submissions, according to a previous press release from the festival. A spokesperson for the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau

Tracking a chance for rain overnight, warmer weekend ahead

February 29, 2024 4:05 PM Jessica Hafner

TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with a few showers after midnight. Lows in the mid-30s. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds as showers exit early. Late day sunshine with highs in the mid-50s. EXTENDED: Clouds start to increase tonight ahead of another storm system that moves to our south bringing a chance for a few showers overnight. Any chance for

RECALL ROUNDUP: Eye ointments, hydrogen peroxide and Jeep Grand Cherokees recalled

February 29, 2024 2:51 PM Erika McGuire

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS The Food and Drug Administration has recalled four eye ointments sold at Walmart and CVS. The recalls comes as the FDA says eye ointments were produced at a facility that may have been unsanitary. The affected eye ointments include Equate’s General and Stye Lubricant Eye

Tracking a warmer afternoon with overnight rain and snow chances

February 29, 2024 1:01 PM Chance Gotsch

TODAY: Thursday afternoon welcomes highs into the lower 50s with partly cloudy skies. Winds remain out of the south at 8-12 mph with gusts up to 18 mph. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool into the mid-30s as a mixture of rain and wet snow begins after midnight. These showers look to exit after six am with

Jefferson City Public Safety Committee to not extend burning season

February 29, 2024 3:46 AM Gabrielle Teiner

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Public Safety Committee voted Thursday morning to not extend the burning date for yard waste. Jefferson City Fire Department Chief Matt Schofield said the department has received many calls from residents with questions and concerns about open burning. Schofield stated that the biggest challenge the department runs into

Tracking a spring-like start to March

February 29, 2024 3:49 AM John Ross

TODAY: Thursday is a return to normal for late February, as we leave meteorological winter, and look to meteorological spring. We’ll see the day start clear, but high clouds move in from the south, leading to a gradual increase in opaqueness of the sky. We’ll likely be mostly cloudy by the afternoon, but some sunshine

Call response times grow as Columbia Police Department deals with staffing issues

February 28, 2024 1:02 PM Marina Diaz

When calling the police, people typically expect a speedy response, but that’s not always the case — or even possible — as staffing shortages across the country continue to affect police departments, including Columbia’s.

City of Columbia looking into crime prevention program

February 28, 2024 10:35 PM Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Columbia officials are planning a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, to look into a violence prevention program that could be implemented in Columbia. Assistant City Manager Matt Unrein told ABC 17 News on Tuesday night that he plans to focus on public safety in his role. As part of this, Unrein said

Food assistance not in immediate danger from looming budget deadline

February 28, 2024 5:00 PM Jazsmin Halliburton

If a shutdown happened, food assistance wouldn’t be affected — at least for a little while.

Texas wildfire continues to spread

February 28, 2024 7:43 PM Chance Gotsch

The Smokehouse Creek Wildfire continues to spread thanks to high winds and drought like conditions over the Texas Panhandle. Over 5000,000 acres has burned in North Texas as a result of wildfires that continue to rage on with little to no progress on containment. Over 1,000 people have been affected by these fires affected 621

Winter lead testing results show five Jefferson City schools with sinks above allowable limit

February 28, 2024 7:14 PM Mitchell Kaminski

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Results from the Jefferson City School District’s winter lead testing show that five schools had water fixtures with lead levels above the state’s allowable limit. The tests were conducted in January, according to data on the Jefferson City School District’s website from the EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water. Of the