(LISTEN): Mid-Missouri hospital recognized with outstanding patient experience award

Columbia-based Boone Health has been recognized by “Healthgrades” with its 2025 outstanding patient experience award. A Boone Health nurse greets children at May’s Mid-Mo Baby Expo at Columbia’s Courtyard by Marriott (May 10, 2025 photo from Zimmer’s Ava …

North-central Missouri farmer resumes planting

MERCER, Mo. — The search for dry-enough fields was on in north-central Missouri during the first full week of May. After some off-and-on rains, a week of dry, warmer weather was gradually getting fields ready to go. Mercer County farmer Gary Porter, …

STORM MODE: Tracking severe weather on Monday in Missouri

Good morning and happy Monday! We are starting off with storms moving out and leaving some dry time for the first half of the day. Storms are on the way for this afternoon and evening. Stay weather aware. Storms Monday/Monday night Several rounds of …

27 killed, homes leveled as tornadoes devastate parts of Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia

Residents in Kentucky and Missouri began sifting through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods and clearing debris on Sunday after severe storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South, killing more than two dozen people. Kentucky was hardest hit …

Missouri Valley FFA Banquet held on April 25

Sports wagering set to debut in Missouri 1 December

Licensing applications for sports betting in the state are now officially open.   By Will Underwood Key points:   - Sports wagering is set to arrive in Missouri on 1 December 2025   - 13 licences will be made available to the state’s retail casinos and …

Ground Broken on Mercy Hospital Wentzville in Missouri

Construction of the 400,000-square-foot hospital is expected to be completed in four years. Mercy has broken ground on Mercy Hospital Wentzville, Missouri’s first brand-new, acute care hospital campus in nearly a decade.  McCarthy Building Companies is …

Missouri Task Force One returns to Columbia after responding to deadly St. Louis storms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One returned to Columbia on Sunday afternoon following a two-day deployment to north St. Louis Friday in response to deadly storms. The 88-member emergency response team was sent to assist with recovery efforts …

Kentucky, Missouri and Texas hit with deadly storms

Relief efforts underway in Missouri and Kentucky following deadly storms

NASHVILLE (BP) – Search and rescue efforts continue across Kentucky even as recovery efforts have begun in Missouri following deadly storms that swept across the region May 16-17. More than 25 people were killed by the storms and thousands suffered injury …