ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City sports fans are notorious for being some of the most passionate in the country. With training camp in full swing, that excitement for the season can be felt across the campus of Missouri Western State where supporters are gathering in flocks to get a first look at the team.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) The early stages of Chiefs training camp are tabbed as the ‘underwear olympics,’ for a reason. Guys aren’t hitting each other, no one’s wearing pads…they’re just showing up in the equivalent of shorts and a t-shirt. It begs the question: what can you really learn about a team at that stage
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second day of full team workouts gave a look at what Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has been cooking up in the offseason. Following a disappointing season in 2025, the Chiefs will be looking to rebound and make a return to the playoffs and beyond. While the offense and Patrick
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Improvements to Columbia’s public transit system could soon move forward after city leaders approved an amendment that allows for additional federal funding for two major GoCOMO projects. The Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization approved an amendment to its Transportation Improvement Program, allowing GoCOMO to access additional Federal Transit Administration funding for projects
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The final books were taken from Boonville’s 65-year-old library on Thursday in what was called a bookworm relay. Residents lined up along a three-block stretch between the old location on main street to the new location in a building on the former Kemper Military School CAMPUS. The group moved the libraries final
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton is one of just three Missouri communities selected to receive a $30,000 grant through the Center on Rural Innovation’s Heartland Rural Innovators Initiative, a program local leaders say could help lay the groundwork for long-term economic development and downtown revitalization. The Center on Rural Innovation works with small communities to develop
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Modern, innovative and built to last is how Chiefs owner Clark Hunt described his franchise’s new stadium to reporters on Thursday, just a little more than week after the first renderings were released to the public. The stadium, which is set to be built in Kansas, has been the source of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two cars were found in and near a pond in Barberry Park in Columbia Thursday morning. ABC 17 News arrived at the scene just after 6:45 a.m. and saw three Columbia Police Department officers investigating. ABC 17 News saw the front of one car in the pond, while the other was near
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds, widespread rain and storms moving in before daybreak. Lows near 70. TOMORROW: Morning storms through about midday with another round developing by late afternoon ahead of a cold front. A few storms may be severe with damaging winds. Highs in the upper 80s, heat index in the mid-upper 90s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking
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For the first time since winter, Mid-Missouri may see a month with lower-than-normal precipitation, as heat domes dominated most of July and kept rain amounts low. Through July 29th, Columbia has recorded 1.46 inches of rain in July so far, compared to an average of 4.13 inches for the month. That’s less than half of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s geographic and demographic growth are helping to push city government expenditures higher, creating larger budgets, the city manager said at a budget town hall on Thursday. The City of Columbia has been hosting a series of town hall meetings. The meeting Thursday was designed to engage residents in the budget process.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man brought down from a retired smokestack at Columbia’s Municipal Power Plant on Wednesday allegedly told police that he broke into the tower because he wanted to “have fun.” Richard Nichols, 33, was arrested Wednesday morning after refusing to come down from an enclosed platform about halfway up the tower for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four vehicles were stolen during a rash of automobile break-ins early Thursday in Jefferson City, police say. The break-ins were primarily concentrated on the east side of the city. The Jefferson City Police Department posted information about the break-ins on social media, saying three vehicles had been stolen, but Lt. Curtis
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THIS AFTERNOON: Partly sunny and warm, with highs in the mid to upper 80s. TONIGHT: Increasing rain chances, with scattered storms moving in after midnight. Lows fall to the lower 70s. EXTENDED: Rain chances increase into Friday morning, with scattered showers and weak thunderstorms from sunrise through midmorning. We’ll see a break in the rain
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TODAY: Thursday is dry and partly cloudy. A few showers may impact our westernmost counties this evening; otherwise, rain holds off until overnight. Highs are forecast in the upper 80s amid southeast winds. With dew points in the 50s to 60s, we should feel like the 80s to 90s this afternoon. TONIGHT: Scattered showers and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Mizzou football player was granted a temporary restraining order by a St. Louis County judge for another year of eligibility. Defensive tackle Sterling Webb filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in St. Louis County against the NCAA, claiming that he should have one more year of eligibility. In a motion hearing
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Over the course of the last five seasons, Mizzou legend and two-time Super Bowl champion Nick Bolton has become a mainstay of the Kansas City defense…and head coach Andy Reid doesn’t expect anything to change in 2026. “He’s had a phenomenal five years here, so I wouldn’t imagine [this year’s] any
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Growing concerns over the use of Flock Safety cameras in Columbia are part of a larger national debate over privacy, data sharing and the expanding use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement. Two University of Missouri students brought those concerns to the Columbia City Council on July 20, questioning what information the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Political campaigns, like Republican state Senate candidate Rudy Veit’s, are using artificial intelligence in their political advertisements to get their message across and/or to disparage opponents. This week, Veit’s campaign launched advertisements using AI against another candidate, Jake Vogel. Both men are seeking the Republican nomination in Missouri’s Senate District 6, where
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s newly drawn Fifth Congressional District will be a close watch as it could decide control of the U.S. House in November. The so-called “Missouri First Map” was signed into law by Gov. Mike Kehoe in September 2025 after passing during a special legislative session. Since then, the map has survived court
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