Back-to-school costs expected to hit record high this year
It’s that time of year when new backpacks are bought, school boxes are filled and pencils are sharpened, but this year, it could also burn a hole in people’s wallets.
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It’s that time of year when new backpacks are bought, school boxes are filled and pencils are sharpened, but this year, it could also burn a hole in people’s wallets.
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UPDATE: Friday evening Timing of storms Storms will arrive around 6 p.m. near Brunswick and Marshall, before spreading east through the night. Storms will have severe potential all the way across mid-Missouri. SETUP: In the upper atmosphere, high pressure is still staying strong. We aren’t seeing as many impacts heat wise from this system, but
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A falling tree limb ignited a house in south Columbia late Thursday.
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Today: Friday morning sees continuous scattered showers and storms leading to increased chances of flooding conditions for areas hit with higher rainfall the past several days. Highs warm into the mid-80s. Friday late afternoon sees increased chances of a few isolated stronger to possibly severe storms with the primary impact of strong winds up to
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Missouri’s annual back to school sales tax holiday began at midnight Friday, Aug. 4. For the first time, local counties can no longer opt out of the local sales tax. This means that from Aug. 4 to Sunday Aug. 6 at midnight qualifying items will not have state or local sales tax.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Blake Baker is entering his second season at the helm of the Mizzou defense. With nine returners, the group is under some pretty high expectations. “We want to be the best in the country,” Baker said. “Obviously y’all feel like we had a great year last year, but we feel like we can
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County EMS and Jefferson City Fire Department is holding Stop the Bleed and CPR training at the Jefferson City Jaycee Fair until Saturday. The training includes CPR Manikins, prosthetic limbs with injuries including gunshot wounds and fake blood to simulate arterial wounds. “We are out here with the Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the University of Missouri fraternity members accused in the Danny Santulli hazing case was sentenced Thursday at the Boone County Courthouse. Alec Bradley Wetzler, 21, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty in April to supplying liquor to a minor and buying liquor as a minor, both misdemeanors. Wetzler was sentenced on
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Gov. Mike Parson and the Missouri Department of Transportation are promoting the new Missouri Railroad Safety Crossing Plan on Thursday in Jefferson City.
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TONIGHT: Showers and a few rumbles are expected through the rest of the evening, but mostly dry conditions should remain at least through midnight. Some more thunderstorm development is possible again after midnight, near I-44. An isolated strong storm is possible here. Confidence in additional flooding is low, and the severe threat very isolated as
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A major state highway along the Missouri River in Callaway County was among those listed as closed by flooding Thursday morning across the state.
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Early this morning, a strong storm moved through Columbia Regional and Ashland that brought damaging winds along with heavy rain. On average, the areas surrounding Columbia Regional were observing winds in the 50-60 mph range, but Columbia Regional submitted a storm report of winds up to 80 mph. This was recorded at approximately 3:42 AM,
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking more isolated PM shower and storm chances, with temperatures getting down into the low 70s. It will be humid, as dewpoints will be staying a couple degrees lower than the actual temperatures outside. TOMORROW: I’m tracking more chances for scattered showers and storms, with temperatures getting up into the high 80s. This
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Former president Donald Trump is scheduled to be arraigned on federal charges related to efforts to block certification of the 2020 election.
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Hundreds of homes were without power and parts of Mid-Missouri were under flash flood warnings Thursday morning as storms continued to hammer the area.
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Today: Afternoon highs only reach into the mid-80s thanks to mostly cloudy sky conditions throughout the region. Isolated showers and storms remain possible throughout the afternoon hours mainly along and south of I-70. Brief downpours will be the main impact with these showers/ storms. Tonight: Isolated showers/ storms remain along and south of I-70 throughout
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First-year offensive coordinator Kirby Moore will have his pick of weapons to work with in 2023. Mizzou is returning more than a handful of wide receivers, in addition to a couple of big off-season transfers. Standouts Luther Burden, Mookie Cooper and Mekhi Miller will all be back on the field this upcoming
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The 18th annual Missouri River 340 race was canceled Wednesday as paddlers passed through Jefferson City on their way from Kansas City to St. Charles.
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National accident investigators say in their final report that the design of the railroad crossing in Mendon where a dump truck hit an Amtrak train last summer contributed to the deadly crash.
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ST. JOESPH, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs were back on the training camp field at Missouri Western Wednesday after having a day of rest on Tuesday. “It’s always tough coming from a day off, but the tempo was great,” said head coach Andy Reid. Watch extended highlights from Wednesday’s practice in the video player
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