COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team made its way back into the win column with ease in a 96-58 win over Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, on Monday night. It was a much-needed bounce-back for head coach Dennis Gates’ squad, just one game after falling to rival SLU at the Enterprise Center. However,
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MACON, Mo. (KMIZ) ConAgra Brands plans to close its Macon facility on Jan. 15, 2027, the company confirmed Monday. ConAgra Brands spokesperson Christina Gales said employees were notified about the planned closure Monday. A notice on the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development website states the company will eliminate 442 jobs. ConAgra said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Columbia residents gathered outside City Hall to protest the city’s use of Flock Safety cameras, members of Laborers’ Local 955 began collecting signatures for an initiative petition that could put new restrictions on the technology before voters. The petition seeks to amend the Columbia Code of Ordinances by adding two sections
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi warned staff and faculty last week that cuts could come as the state works to balance its budget. In an email sent to faculty and staff a week ago, Choi said reductions in indirect cost returns, reductions for sponsored project expenditures and uncertainty in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of South Fairview Road that is just north of Chapel Hill Road will close at the end of the month. Columbia Public Works announced on Monday that the closure will begin Nov. 30 as construction crews had into the next phase of building a roundabout at the busy intersection. Public
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Editor’s note: A sentence has been clarified to say the commission is considering approving the board’s sale. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County will consider approving the sale of the land and buildings that make up Boone Hospital to an unnamed buyer. Documents previewing the Boone County Commission’s meeting on Tuesday show the hospital’s Board of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Anthony Ealy (D-Grandview) has been released from the Cole County Jail. Ealy, 32, was arrested last week after he allegedly made threats to shoot someone outside of a Jefferson City business while “a family was making arrangements for a deceased family member,” per court documents. He is charged in Cole
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is making up to $41,211 available for organizations providing services to people experiencing homelessness. The city is accepting proposals for the funding, which comes from the public services portion of a federal grant program called the Community Development Block Grant. The city said its five-year plan for investing CDBG
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man wanted in an Arizona felony case was arrested on Saturday in Cole County. Anthony Grant, 35, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. Cole County court filings from Monday show an extradition order was filing during a hearing. The state of Arizona will transport him back to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police have arrested three people in connection with a fight and gunfire Sunday morning. The department posted on Facebook that Eddie Luster, 21, and Leland Paris, 26, had each been arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action for the incident in the 1000
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced Monday that it has requested a formal review by the Southeastern Conference of the officiating in the team’s loss to No. 7 Texas on Saturday. That request came after controversial officiating threw a shadow over the Tigers’ 34-20 loss to the Longhorns. Specifically, there was one drive that drew
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Claudell Lane in northwest Columbia has been a hotspot for crime through the first week of November, particularly centered around the 1000 block of Columbia Square Apartments.
Columbia police are investigating a shots-fired incident that left three homes and two vehicles damaged Sunday morning, and was connected to a search warrant served in the area Sunday night. On the same street Tuesday night, another shots-fired call led officers to arrest a man who allegedly fired three shots into the air during an argument. No injuries or property damage were reported in that incident.
Including the latest incidents, the CPD dispatch log shows police have responded to 419 calls on Claudell Lane so far in 2026. That included three calls for shots fired or heard, six for an assault and 104 for a disturbance.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mother has been charged with neglect after allegedly abandoning her 9-month-old baby on Saturday. Lillian K. Scruggs, 32, remained in the Boone County Jail on Monday on a $10,000 bond. She was arrested Saturday in the 700 block of Claudell Lane after the infant was found. The Columbia Police Department put
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 71-year-old Blackwater woman was killed after a Saline County crash and a 72-year-old Blackwater man was seriously hurt during the crash. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, it happened just after 6:20 p.m. Sunday on Nature Ave., south of Route H. The crash involved two vehicles. A 2025
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Here’s a sight for voters’ sore eyes: nearly $4 gas. The average price of gas is poised to fall below that threshold for the first time since July, driven lower by seasonal factors that are reducing demand. The national average price for a gallon of gasoline early Monday was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All lanes are open after a crash at Richland Road near Grace Lane. Emergency crews responded to the crash in east Columbia just before 7 a.m. Monday. A Community Service Aide on scene told ABC 17 News that two people were being checked out by medical personnel for minor injuries after a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council is set to hold a public hearing on Flock cameras Monday amid community concern. The meeting will be held at the City Hall Council Chamber at 6 p.m. Monday. Officials and residents will discuss the automated license plate readers and the city’s contract with Flock, which ends in March
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One man was seriously injured after a crash Saturday evening in Camden County.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 34-year-old Lebanon, Missouri, man was driving an Icebear Champion motorcycle on Legion Road when he crashed east of Valley Road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department said a large police presence in the 1000 block of Claudell Lane Sunday night is connected to a shots fired incident from Sunday morning. CPD Lt. Derek Moore said officers were serving a search warrant. Moore said a person “turned himself in without incident.” One resident of the
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN Buenos Aires (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV called on Argentine President Javier Milei and the country’s political leaders to “safeguard democracy” and demonstrate a “careful use of words” during his first speech in Buenos Aires. The American pope arrived in Argentina on Sunday, embarking on a trip that his predecessor, the
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