TODAY: Thursday is another hot one, as the National Weather Service has expanded and extended the Heat Advisory in both space and time. The advisory now includes Boone, Callaway, and Montgomery counties through Friday, while areas to the south are covered through Saturday. We expect daily heat indexes in these areas to range from 100
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A misspelled name has been corrected. Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins visited the University of Missouri campus Wednesday afternoon for an event hosted by the university’s Turning Point USA chapter. Hoskins is currently facing several legal battles, including the ongoing fight over Missouri’s congressional maps, in which the Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS VOLLEYBALL Helias (3) Battle (0) FINAL Eldon (2) Hallsville (3) FINAL Tipton (1) Boonville (3) FINAL HS SOFTBALL Capital City (9) Hickman (11) FINAL Bowling Green (3) Helias (7) FINAL Iberia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A gun was found inside a student’s vehicle on Wednesday morning at Rock Bridge High School, according to a letter to parents sent by CPS Superintendent Jeff Klein. The letter says, “A concern was reported to school administrators involving a firearm inside a student’s vehicle in the school’s parking lot.” Klein wrote
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of Missourians from across the state met at the Capitol rotunda Wednesday afternoon in support of placing a moratorium on data centers until state regulations are in place. “Now they are building one within a mile of our house, it’s taking up good cropland, In fact, my two sons lost
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed an executive order putting limits on the use of video obtained from Flock license-plate-reader camera networks. The order signed Wednesday puts restrictions in place until the Missouri General Assembly creates its own. The order requires license plate and vehicle data to be deleted after 30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s No Mow Zones will undergo maintenance starting next week and for the 30 days following that under a new contract. The City of Columbia initially planned maintenance on the zones in July, but spokesperson John Ogan said the contract had lapsed and the City focused on conducting maintenance locally. He wanted
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and warm with lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny, hot, and humid with highs in the lower 90s. Heat index between 100-103. EXTENDED: Storms along the I-44 corridor will continue to weaken as we lose daytime heating, but may return by peak heating of Thursday in the same area. We’ll
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency phone lines were restored Wednesday afternoon in Boone and Cole counties after an outage that began in the morning. Jefferson City Police Lt. Curtis Finke said a little before 4 p.m. Wednesday that service for the city and Cole County had been restored by communication carrier Brightspeed. “There was no disruption
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We have been tracking a developing El Niño pattern for months, but the latest data from the Climate Prediction Center shows this system has shifted into a completely different gear. As of this week, ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific are officially spiking past the 3.0 degrees Celsius (over 5 degrees Fahrenheit) above-average mark.
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THIS AFTERNOON: Dangerously hot and muggy, with a heat index up to 100 degrees along and south of I-70. Spotty thunderstorms may develop by mid to late afternoon, bringing isolated downpours. TONIGHT: Storms die down into the evening, and temperatures remain warm in the 80s through sunset. Lows fall to the mid-70s. EXTENDED: Our summer-like
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TODAY: Wednesday starts with a chance for showers and thunderstorms, mostly north of I-70. Temperatures will start in the 60s and 70s before climbing to near 90. Heat indexes are likely to reach 100-105 south of I-70, where a Heat Advisory is in effect. Much of the day will be dry, if not the entire
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks’ Derek Hagner is our Week 3 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Falcons will host Osage on Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The gauntlet that is Southeastern Conference football is right around the corner. No. 20 Mizzou has just one more non-conference match up left in the 2026 season, before beginning its toughest conference slate in years. Although the Tigers are 2-0 headed into Saturday’s game against Troy, head coach Eli Drinkwitz highlighted quite
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s county clerks and election directors told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that it is too late to switch congressional maps for the Nov. 3 general election. Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon and the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities filed an amicus brief in the 8th U.S. Circuit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Mizzou Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou football’s Week 3 matchup against Troy. Tiger Talk is a weekly radio show hosted by Kelly, which previews the upcoming football games with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz, assistant coaches and
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The spelling of the doctor’s name has been corrected. One doctor at MU Health Care said that she is seeing a declining vaccination rate and, because of this, we could see a more intense flu season. Dr. Amruta Padhye, a pediatric infectious disease doctor at the University of Missouri, said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is investigating allegations of staff violating federal and state laws against diversity, equity and inclusion practices after a video reportedly showing a professor expressing support for DEI surfaced Monday. The video, filmed by Accuracy in Media with what appears to be a hidden camera, shows University of Missouri
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TONIGHT: Scattered storms, some with gusty winds and lightning. Lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy early with showers and storms along and north of Highway 24. Gradual clearing with highs in the low 90s. Heat index between 100-103. EXTENDED: More storms are expected to form along a cold front to
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