TODAY: The rest of the week is mild and dry. Temperatures today reach low 80s, which will be near and possibly just below average. After some fog early this morning, we’ll see mostly sunny skies. TOMORROW: Overnight, we’ll clear and calm, allowing temperatures to again fall into the 50s and 60s. An upper level disturbance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL BLAIR OAKS (0) HALLSVILLE (2) FINAL HELIAS (9) JEFFERSON CITY (2) FINAL ROLLA (8) BATTLE (9) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (2) BOONVILLE (8) FINAL MOBERLY (4) CENTRALIA (5) FINAL HS SOCCER ROCK
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) At a Wednesday afternoon meeting, Columbia Public Schools officials said its new elementary school in southwest Columbia is expected to hold 650 students. Officials are expecting construction to be completed by early 2026 and for it to open the following fall. The construction is expected to cost about $44 million. A Columbia
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team found out their 2023-24 SEC opponents on Wednesday, as the conference released the dates for the 16-game league slate. The Tigers will open conference play away against reigning conference champions LSU on Jan. 4 and will conclude the regular season slate at Mississippi State on March 3.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is set to play in front of a sold-out crowd in two weeks against Kansas State. The team announced on Wednesday that the game set for Saturday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. against No. 15 Kansas State is a sell out. This is the first sellout at Faurot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s been a month since the City of Columbia combined Go COMO bus routes due to a bus driver shortage. The decision cut the number of bus routes from six to three has resulted in longer wait times and complaints from riders. “When we started route combining in early August some of
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First responders will now have fewer barriers to giving life-saving medications to people suffering from a drug overdose.
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With Fire Station 11 set to open later this month, the Columbia Fire Department already has eyes on Fire Station 10 opening next year.
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Temperatures are coming down after the peak of summer, but last month was record-setting in several ways. High temperature records were set across the state, and the humidity was especially historic. Columbia recorded its highest heat index ever at 117 degrees on August 20th, and St. Louis saw its longest stretch of dew points at
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TONIGHT: Gradually clearing, especially north of I-70. Lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and comfortable with highs right around 80. EXTENDED: Gorgeous weather sticks around into Friday and the weekend with northwesterly winds flowing through the jet stream. We could see more clouds on Friday as a disturbance rolls through
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Today: Afternoon highs increase just below 80 degrees with partly cloudy sky conditions. Winds remain out of the northwest at 12-16 mph. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 50s with clearing skies. Winds remain out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Extended: The remainder of the week sees drier conditions with plenty of sunshine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people throughout mid-Missouri continue to deal with power outages after severe storms swept through the area Tuesday night. Multiple counties like Camden, Morgan, Miller and Benton are still awaiting power restoration after storms ran through the area from about 10PM to midnight. Camden County is currently seeing about 20 outages
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TODAY: Wednesday we welcome a noticeable cool down behind last night’s front. A cold front is passing through early this morning, and will drop most of us into the mid-60s before the sun rises and we start to warm again. That warm-up will have to fight north winds, and some clouds. We may start mostly
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The Columbia City Council is expected at its meeting Monday to review its collective bargaining agreement with the Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local 955 for a four-year labor contract.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thunderstorms hit parts of Mid-Missouri on Tuesday evening, resulting in significant power outages for some counties. Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers in Morgan County were hit early in the evening with outages, as the cooperative reported 930 outages in the county by 10:20 p.m., with 774 coming from Co-Mo Electric Cooperative and 156
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With severe storms expected to roll through Mid-Missouri on Tuesday evening, utility and restoration companies are preparing for the chance of having to restore power throughout the area. “The lightning we really can’t control and that’s probably one of the biggest issues with storms like this,” said Laura Baker, who is the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said that his team will be moving forward with St. Louis-native Brady Cook as the starting quarterback for the 2023 season. He added that backup quarterback Sam Horn will still get opportunities for growth. Drinkwitz said not much will change in the quarterback room, as Cook had
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville’s Evan Bishop and Blake Griffin are our Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday player of the week winners! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Pirates will host the Hallsville Indians on Friday night at 7 p.m.
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The man accused of brandishing a rifle outside Eastside Tavern on Saturday night has now been charged with three felonies, including making a terroristic threat.
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This afternoon and evening we are tracking strong to severe storm chances which is why we are under a Weather Alert Day. The main driver of this storm development is a cold front that’s passing through Missouri in the afternoon and evening hours. Whenever we are experiencing hot and humid conditions like mid-Missouri is currently,
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