COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The State of Missouri is set to receive millions of dollars as part of a $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. According to a news release from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Missouri will receive between $100 million and $150 million. “As a mother, I know how critical it is to shield
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say a 15-year-old boy is the suspect in a shooting that left another youth with critical injuries Tuesday. Columbia Police Department officers responded to a shots-fired call on Tuesday in the 5700 block of Canaveral Drive. According to a news release, officers responded to the call around 5:16 p.m. Officers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A City of Columbia internal audit found significant deficiencies in the parking administration’s coin collection and deposit procedures, including violations of a same-day counting policy, unrestricted management access to uncounted money and outdated meter technology. The Finance Department rated parking administration as “partially effective” and identified five areas that presented a high
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and comfortable with highs in the lower 80s. EXTENDED: We can expect a cooler night ahead as a cold front presses south and allows dry air into the region. We’ll be more comfortable the next few days with lows in the
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If you’ve been looking forward to another astronomical event, you’re in luck. Tomorrow night, on August 27th, a lunar eclipse is expected to be visible across the majority of the Americas, and all you’ll have to do is step out into your backyard to see it. For a lunar eclipse to happen, the Earth needs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A partial collapse occurred Tuesday night at a dilapidated building in Sedalia. The east wall of the building at 104 Main St. collapsed and sent debris into an adjacent parking lot and Ohio Street, the city announced in a Wednesday press release. The release says multiple addresses in the 100 block of
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THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny and muggy, with a heat index in the low 90s. TONIGHT: Clear and a little cooler, with lows falling to the mid-60s. EXTENDED: A cold front is moving through the area today, but rain chances remain south of the area. Behind that front, temperatures will drop a few degrees through the
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TODAY: We are tracking a few rain and thunderstorm chances today, with two potential rounds both focused in the southeast. An upper-level shortwave will support a limited shower and thunderstorm chance this morning. This will wind down or exit by 9 a.m. to noon, before a cold front drifting in from the north instigates isolated
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) West Ash Street near the Activity and Recreation Center in Columbia is temporarily closed for emergency water line repairs Wednesday. Repair crews with Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. began working on the broken water line at 4 a.m. W. Ash St. is closed between Bernadette Dr. and Clinkscales Road; however, crews expect
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department taped off a street on Tuesday in a neighborhood just south of Interstate 70 near St. Charles Road. CPD wrote on its social media at 5:52 p.m. that it was investigating a shots-fired call in the 5700 block of Canaveral Drive. Police wrote on social media at 9:18
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference’s stance on professional athletes returning to college sports is now crystal clear. On Tuesday, the SEC announced a new set of rules that will ban former professional athletes from returning to play at any of their 16 member institutions. In a statement on social media, the league said that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man says he has no regrets after being arrested while protesting Columbia’s Flock cameras. Dominic O’Connor, a tattoo artist who lives in Mexico and works at Electric Peacock Tattoos in Columbia, said he spent two days protesting the city’s use of the automated license plate reader cameras before he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents at a Columbia apartment complex at the center of an invasion of privacy lawsuit claim they were never notified about the employee it is centered around. A “Jane Doe” filed the lawsuit in Boone County on Monday against Country Club Apartments and employee Juan Carlos Vazquez Martinez. The woman accuses the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman sued a Columbia apartment complex on Monday after she claims a maintenance worker rummaged through her dirty clothes hamper and sniffed her underwear. A “Jane Doe” filed the lawsuit in Boone County on Monday against Country Club Apartments and employee Juan Carlos Vazquez Martinez. The woman accuses the apartment and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools welcomes thousands of students back to campus for the first day of school on Tuesday. With classes back in session, drivers need to be mindful of traffic impacts as the school year kicks off. Crews have finished the roundabout project at Sinclair Road and Southampton Dr., which leads to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legendary country music singer and humanitarian Dolly Parton died after a bout with cancer, Parton’s team announced on Tuesday. Nearly 170,000 children in Missouri benefitted from Parton’s Imagination Library, though the program had to stop taking in new enrollees in July after state budget cuts affected the Department of Elementary and Secondary
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Out west, dry conditions are fueling dangerous wildfire growth. In Nevada and Texas, months of below-normal rainfall have left vegetation critically dry, and that dried-out landscape is turning into fuel for fast-moving fires. Firefighters in both states are battling blazes that are spreading quickly, pushed along by gusty winds and low humidity. Officials say the
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Staffing at the Jefferson City Fire Department has been stagnant for about two decades, according to Chief Matt Schofield.
And despite a significant increase in call volume during that period, additional fire personnel and some equipment remain unfunded in fiscal year 2027.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri President Mun Choi and Provost Matthew Martens warned students to stay away from an area of downtown at night in an email sent to students on the first day of classes. “Incidents downtown typically occur between midnight and 3 a.m.; make sure you’re home safely before then,” the officials
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with a few showers and storms before daybreak, especially east of Highway 63. Lows in the upper 60s. TOMORROW: Scattered storms across eastern Missouri possible through late afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s with a heat index around 90. EXTENDED: After a warmer Tuesday, I’m tracking a weak cold front moving in
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