KWWR Sports Report 8/7/2025 The Southeastern Conference announced its 2026 league slate yesterday and the Tigers 18-game schedule features 16 games against teams that qualified for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Nine of those teams make the trip to Mizzou Arena. The Tigers set to be challenged right from the start, hosting defending national champion Florida…
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Moberly Boil Order
Moberly Boil Order The City of Moberly has rescheduled a water outage today as it replaces a faulty junction valve. Water service will be restored once repairs are completed. Customers affected are in the following area: If residents experience low water pressure, or have no water, in their area, there will be a 48-hour Boil…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three A federal grand jury sitting in Jefferson City returned indictments yesterday against three individuals charging a range of federal offenses. Included in those charges, Alex Mills Zoll, 42, Cedar Rapids, Ia., was charged with three counts, enticement a minor to engage in sexual activity, an attempt to produce child pornography,…
Columbia Fire Department Performs Technical Rescue
Columbia Fire Department Performs Technical Rescue A scary accident yesterday morning in Columbia as firefighters and paramedics were called to the 300 block of Parkwood Court. A Columbia Fire Department ladder truck, now equipped for technical rescue operations, got a workout. At approximately 10am, a construction accident resulted in the rebar impalement of a person’s…
Columbia Doctor Not Guilty of Harassment
Columbia Doctor Not Guilty of Harassment A Columbia doctor accused of rape has been found guilty of two misdemeanors in a separate case. Travis Birkhead was found guilty of two counts of violating a restraining order, but he was found not guilty of first degree harassment. He will be sentenced on October 17th. Birkhead is…
Gray Sentenced for Fraud, Stealing
Gray Sentenced for Fraud, Stealing A Columbia man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from clients. 24-year-old Calvin Lee Gray was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison and will have to repay the $357,582. Gray admitted that from August…
Area Sports
KWWR Sports Report 8/7/2025
KWWR Sports Report 8/7/2025 The Southeastern Conference announced its 2026 league slate yesterday and the Tigers 18-game schedule features 16 games against teams that qualified for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Nine of those teams make the trip to Mizzou Arena. The Tigers set to be challenged right from the start, hosting defending national champion Florida…
KWWR Sports Report 8/6/2025
KWWR Sports Report 8/6/2025 ESPN has announced they are acquiring the NFL Network, and RedZone from the National Football League. In MLB, Garret Crochet scattered four hits over seven innings to improve to 13-4, as the Boston Red Sox won their seventh straight over Kansas City last night, 6-2. It was Crochet’s ninth consecutive winning…
KWWR Sports Report 8/5/2025
KWWR Sports Report 8/5/2025 Missouri football announced yesterday that for the second straight year, Mizzou Season ticket packages for the 2025 Mizzou football season have sold out. Meanwhile former Missouri defensive end Johnny Walker Jr., who signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the Denver Broncos, suffered a season-ending lower body injury last week. The Broncos…
KWWR Sports Report 8/4/2025
KWWR Sports Report 8/4/2025 Missouri football has finished up their first week of camp and are now preparing for their first scrimmage of the Fall today on the MU campus. The Tigers are just 24 days away from the season opener against Central Arkansas. The Royals and Blue Jays were in a pitchers duel yesterday…
KWWR Morning Sports 7/31/2025
KWWR Morning Sports 7/31/2025 Mizzou basketball announced that they will play an exhibition against Kansas State at Mizzou Arena on October 24th. K State is Mizzou’s second most frequent opponent in history, but it is their first matchup since 2018, and first at either campus since 2012. Kansas State holds a slight 121-116 all time…
KWWR Morning Sports 7/30/2025
KWWR Morning Sports 7/30/2025 Mizzou football finished off Fall practice #2 yesterday. Single game tickets for MU football home games went on sale yesterday. The season opener is on August 28th against Arkansas. Missouri offensive guard Cayden Green was one of 50 players nationally to be included in the preseason watch list for the Outland…
