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Across the Midwest including portions of IA, IL and MO:. A mixture of precipitation is anticipated across the area, with freezing rain also being part of the risk. What will start off as rain will drastically change over to freezing rain and mixed precipitation across the area from midnight Thursday through midday Friday. Freezing rain amounts look to be around a trace to locally as high as 0.45 of an inch. The worst-affected area looks to be around southeast IA.

UPDATE: Power has been restored to all but two customers as of 8:20 p.m. ELDON, Mo. – Almost 700 are without power this evening in Miller County and the surrounding northeastern area, according to Three Rivers Electric Cooperative. The electric company said the outage was caused by lightning hitting an electric pole. They said crews […]

A tragic accident claims the life of a beloved tow truck operator and volunteer firefighter in Metro East. Community leaders urge drivers to slow down and pay attention to flashing lights on the road, calling for more protective legislation.

Maybe you've heard it said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That's not completely true for many new laws are about to go into effect in Missouri as of January 1, 2024. I am not a lawyer or a politician, but I do quite a...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A Winter Storm Warning is issued when ice, sleet, or snow may create hazardous conditions. The Winter Storm Warning criteria for ice and sleet remain unchanged. It’s still a quarter-inch for ice and a half-inch for sleet. The changes made are with regards to heavy snow. The problem with the original criteria was similar geographic areas had different thresholds for snow accumulations.

Two people from Kansas land in the Miller County Jail on pending felony drug charges after being arrested by the highway patrol Wednesday afternoon. The highway patrol alleges that 33-year-old Jessica Beerbower, of Yates Center, and 50-year-old Britton Klots, of Iona, were in possession of methamphetamine and illegal drug paraphernalia.

Legends don't die. That's why they're called legends. Ouija boards have never been on my list to buy. It might be due to seeing one in a movie and it unnerved me causing me to think, yeah, I don't ever plan to have one of those. It was probably a thriller movie.

Discover how Missouri's minimum wage increase in 2024 aims to keep pace with the cost of living. Learn about the impact of this change on workers, the state's cost of living index, and the role of inflation in shaping minimum wage policies.

OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - A quiet Thursday leads into a somewhat more active weekend. Temperatures will be on the warm side again today, with highs reaching the upper 40s to low 50s. Partly to mostly sunny skies will be with us today, though clouds may thicken up a bit as the day goes on, with the outside chance of a sprinkle or light shower in southeast Iowa by late afternoon and evening.

Tonight's 10 PM newscast covers the future of crime fighting with a new facility at Pit State, a company ordered to halt waste application in Missouri, and a festive holiday celebration by the Murza Shriners. Tune in for these stories and more.

• A white male student at Shawnee Mission East High School has been charged with a felony for attacking a Black female student in a racist incident. • The incident, captured on video, shows the male student calling the female student racial slurs and shoving her before a fight breaks out.

If you were to point to the middle of Missouri on a map, you might think Columbia, Rolla, or Jefferson City. Oddly enough, it's not any of those three, but it's not too far from the state capitol.

If you've ever heard Missouri's weather in March being described as "in like a lamb and out like a lion", it appears that will be true in December, too. But, it will be for a completely different reason. How to describe what the forecast for Missouri weather in December will...

Governor Mike Parson has appointed Trevor Foley as the Acting Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC). This appointment will be effective from December 6, after the current Director Anne Precythe steps down. Valarie Moseley and Travis Terry will be the Deputy Directors of the DOC. Governor Parson has expressed his trust in the new team, acknowledging Foley's standing among his DOC colleagues and state leaders.

In the last seven months, more than 135,000 Missourians have been removed from the state's Medicaid program, and nearly half of them are children.

I've heard many romanticize about having a white Christmas. My guess is most of those don't have the responsibility of having to shovel driveways, but it's just my theory. What Missouri town is most likely to get their wish this Christmas and have snow covering the ground? #1 has it happen almost 1 in 3 times.

Experience the excitement as Blue Springs Golden Regiment Marching Band earns the trip of a lifetime! Invited to march in the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland in 2025, these talented students are set for an unforgettable journey.

The Missouri Department of Conservation says deer hunters harvested 11,705 deer during the state’s new chronic wasting disease hunting season in C.W.D. Management Zone counties. 4,707 were antlered bucks, 1,074 were button bucks, and 5,924 were does. Locally, Jefferson County led the way with 429 deer checked. Washington County hunters tagged 356 deer. Next is Crawford County with 296, Perry 289, St. Francois 282, Bollinger County hunters harvested 252 deer, Ste. Gen County 206 and Madison County hunters killed 168 deer during the C.W.D. deer hunt.

Flashing headlights is one way drivers communicate with each other to signal hazards ahead or police in the area enforcing speed limits. But can it be against the law? Here’s what to know.

A Missouri man is richer after stopping at a local general store to satiate his pizza craving and winning big on his last minute scratch-off purchase, according to lottery officials. “That day, I was hungry for pizza and went to the Casey’s in Bolivar and got a couple slices of...