COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Art League will host its 65th annual “Art in the Park” this weekend at Stephens Lake Park and the event will be free and open to the public. Art in Park will run Saturday June 3. from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday June 4. from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old Westphalia man was hurt late Friday evening after a crash in Osage County. The crash happened on westbound Route JJ before U.S. 63 around 11:40 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said, Gavin Holterman was traveling in a 1968 Ford Mustang when the vehicle crossed the
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Today: Mostly sunny as high pressure pushes afternoon storm chances to our west. We remain dry and climb into the lower 90s, one of the warmest days since the end of last summer. Remain hydrated and apply sunscreen! Tomorrow: Storm chances return Sunday afternoon as a weak atmospheric disturbance moves through. Storms will be isolated
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Columbia, MO (KMIZ) When the NASCAR Cup Series came to the St Louis area for the first time, Ross Chastain emerged as one of the biggest storylines. The driver of the No. 1 car for Trackhouse Racing wrecked Denny Hamlin and later made contact with Chase Elliot’s left rear quarter panel, spinning his car around. The
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ.) The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games will kick off with an opening ceremony Friday night at Mizzou Rec. This will be the group’s second full event since 2018. All summer games were canceled in 2019 after a tornado hit Jefferson City. In 2020, Special Olympics Missouri was canceled again because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton girls soccer team is headed to the Class 1 state championship. The Trailblazers shutout Bishop LeBlond in a 1-0 semifinal win on Friday at Soccer Park in St. Louis. The last time the Blazers were in a state title game was in 2015, when the team fell just short with
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Black drivers in Missouri were pulled over at a higher rate based on their percentage in the population again in 2022, according to the state’s annual Vehicle Stops Report released Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,000 athletes will be in Columbia this weekend for the Special Olympics. The event officially kicked off Friday night. This year’s state summer games include volleyball, swimming, power lifting and track and field. The games will be held at the University of Missouri and Hickman High School all weekend.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton leaders celebrated the opening of a new bridge Friday morning on Second Street. City leaders met on the bridge for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and thanked the community for being patient during the bridge construction. The city says crews began working on the bridge in March. The construction cost around $1.5 million and was funded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Parks and Recreation announced on its social media that Albert-Oakland Pool reopened Friday with adjusted hours after it closed for a second time Thursday. The pool closed twice this week due to chemical imbalances and a mechanical issue. The pool was open from noon-3 p.m. Friday and will have those same
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The annual Centralia Anchor Festival kicked off Friday afternoon. The 2023 festival features 23 rides from Tinsley’s Amusements. A ride inspection report — conducted March 16 — shows all 23 rides passed inspection with satisfactory requirements. Some categories in the list of inspections needed to pass include safety restraints, having a fire
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President Joe Biden is giving a speech Friday evening about the deal to raise the debt limit approved this week by the House and Senate.
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Tonight: Isolated showers and storms will begin to die off into the overnight hours leading to partly cloudy skies and overnight lows into the mid-60s. Tomorrow: Saturday sees afternoon highs climb into the lower 90s with mostly sunny skies. Winds remain out of the southeast at 5-10 mph. Extended: Sunday sees highs into the lower
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, Mayor Barbara Buffaloe signed a proclamation declaring June 2 as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” in Columbia. Buffaloe retweeted Kristin Bowen, a volunteer with Moms Deman Action for Gun Sense in America on Wednesday saying she is “proud to declare this Friday as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in CoMo.”
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Today: Lows remain mild in the upper 60s with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures warm quickly near, if not reaching, 90 degrees. This heat could trigger more isolated storms in the afternoon and evening but downpours will be brief. Tonight: Storms come to an end after sundown as we lose heating, and lows fall to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Temperatures outside are getting hotter and there are increased chances of sun exposure during the next few months The UV index in Mid-Missouri is high. The environmental protection agency says this is when protection is needed against the sun. Too much sun exposure can lead to burns and types of skin cancer. MU
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order creating a “drought alert” in the state. The executive order was signed after the director of the Department of Natural Resources advised Parson that parts of the state are experiencing “rapidly escalating drought conditions.” The U.S. Drought Monitor shows 60 Missouri counties are
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man who is accused of killing his Russellville classmate more than 30 years ago will have to wait longer for his jury trial to start. Chris Niemet, 46, is accused of killing his classmate, Greg Jones in April 1991 in Russellville. Jones was 14. Niemet also would have been 14
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The members of Congress who represent Mid-Missouri are split on the debt ceiling deal, with the area’s newest House member breaking away from his more tenured colleagues.
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The City of Columbia is working on updates to a homeless center in central Columbia now that warm weather has arrived, the city manager said Wednesday in his annual State of the City speech.
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