2023 Event Details Event: Run/walk benefiting The Food Bank’s veteran programs, including VIP Veteran Packs Date: June 10, 2023 (Columbia and Kirksville) and July 1 (Jefferson City) Opening Ceremony – 7:30 a.m. Race begins – 7:45 a.m. Locations: Races will be held at Cosmopolitan Park in Columbia and the YMCA …
Read More »Weekend crash at Finger Lakes motocross track kills teenager
A 13-year-old from northeast Missouri’s New London has been killed in a weekend dirt bike crash at Finger Lakes state park, north of Columbia. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report says Saturday afternoon’s incident happened at the motocross track. Troopers say the 13-year-old male failed to maintain control of …
Read More »UPDATE: Highway 24 near Madison remains closed, following deadly collision and train derailment
A truck driver from Higbee has been killed after Sunday afternoon’s collision and train derailment near Madison in mid-Missouri’s Monroe County. Madison is about 43 miles northeast of Columbia and is east of Moberly. Our news partner KMIZ’s Joshua Blount is on-scene this morning, and reports Highway 24 near Madison …
Read More »Fatal train crash kills trucker
A truck driver from Higbee dies when his semi crashes into a train. The accident happened Sunday afternoon in Monroe County. Troopers say 65 – year old Russell Minnis was killed in the accident. Investigators say he drove through the crossing, causing at least a dozen cars to derail.
Read More »St. Louis has a new Circuit Attorney
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant U.S. attorney, as the new chief prosecutor in St. Louis, three days after Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s sudden departure. Gore is a partner in the St. Louis law firm Dowd Bennett, served on the Ferguson Commission formed …
Read More »UM System president says new tuition plan will help students know what their costs will be
Mizzou’s historic Columns are near Jesse Hall (2022 file photo courtesy of MU News Bureau senior editor Sara Diedrich) The chair of the UM Board of Curators says a new tuition rate plan approved Thursday makes it easier to understand and plan for the costs of education. The board has …
Read More »Missouri state troopers encouraging you to get your boat checked before going out this summer
A Missouri state trooper patrols at the Lake of the Ozarks in 2022 (file photo courtesy of Missouri State Highway Patrol Lt. Eric Brown) Saturday is the start of National Safe Boating Week, and state troopers will be in Jefferson City and the Lake of the Ozarks tomorrow to inspect …
Read More »1,331 students to graduate from CPS high schools this weekend
The Mizzou men’s basketball team plays Kentucky in December 2022 at Mizzou Arena (file photo courtesy of Mizzou assistant athletic director for strategic communications Jason Veniskey) Columbia Public Schools (CPS) Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood will be at all four CPS high school graduation ceremonies during the next two days, starting …
Read More »MU Health investigating data breach; patients advised to be vigilant of any suspicious activity
MU Health’s 14,000 square foot Jackson road medical building is their largest outpatient facility outside of Columbia (March 2023 photo courtesy of Justin Kelly at MU Health Care) MU Health Care officials have started mailing out letters to several hundred patients whose information may have been inappropriately accessed during a …
Read More »New United Way director named
A long time Mid – Missouri human service agency’s leader will take over the reins of the United Way of Central Missouri. Lee Knernschield has headed up Big Brother Big Sisters for 20 years. She’ll replace United Way’s Ann Bax who is retiring.
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