Missouri leads nation in fireworks spending, but safety remains a concern

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Independence Day approaches, Missourians are lighting up the sky — and the nation’s spending charts. Fireworks sales at seasonal retailers began on Friday, marking the start of one of the busiest and most-explosive stretches of the …

Blind Kansas City kayaker beats the odds for race on Missouri River

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - In a few weeks, kayakers will race in the MR340 Race, a 340-mile trek across the Show-Me State on the Missouri River. If you think that’s tough, imagine doing it while being legally blind. Isaac McBurney is the only legally blind …

County Fairs in mid-Missouri

Over 50 foster families have signed up with the Central Missouri Humane Society

Over 50 new fosters have signed up with the Central Missouri Humane Society. These new fosters have opened up several kennels in CMHS. These signups come after CMHS posted to Facebook, alerting people to the urgent need for homes.  The Central Missouri …

Triple digit heat index values expected in Missouri this weekend

(Undated)  —  Very warm temperatures and triple digit heat indices are in the forecast for Missouri this weekend.  The National Weather Service says nearly all of the state is under a Heat Advisory.  The St. Louis area will be under an Extreme Heat Watch.  …

High-Speed Broadband Yields Economic Benefits in Marceline, Missouri

A great example of the transformative impact and benefits that high-speed broadband can have on a small town comes from Marceline, Missouri. The town of 2,000 has gained multiple new businesses since Chariton Valley, a local provider, began deploying fiber …

MoDOT planned road work in North Missouri for the week of June 23, 2025

The Missouri Department of Transportation has released its weekly schedule of planned maintenance and construction activities across northern Missouri for the week of June 23 through June 29. In addition to the projects listed below, MoDOT advises …

A Solitary Walker: Coming to Vermont — remembering Missouri

Not a day goes by that I don’t recall our years in southern Missouri, where icy blue waters bubble out of dolomite cliffs formed half a billion years ago under warm seas swimming with corals, crinoids and trilobites. Jogging through our oak-hickory forests …

Roadwork set to start on Highway 136 in 3 northeast Missouri counties

CLARK COUNTY, SCOTLAND COUNTY AND SCHUYLER COUNTY, Mo. — Get ready for traffic interruptions across three northeast Missouri counties. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) said seal coat operations on Highway 136 are scheduled to start as …

Douglas County, Missouri: Girl pulled into culvert by water saved, flown to hospital

On Thursday, June 19th in Douglas County, Missouri,  Deputy Jesse Three Eagles responded to a call regarding a child who had been swept into a culvert under a bridge and become entrapped. Deputy Three Eagles, Goodhope Fire, Cox Ambulance and numerous …