Missouri
University of Missouri shares 10-year-plan to invest $1.5B into infrastructure, research
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KFVS) – Missouri’s largest public university and one of the largest employers in the state is touting plans for expansion.
The largest freshman class in University of Missouri history is preparing for midterms, but the university is already preparing for even more students as applications so far this year have already exceeded last year’s by 43%.
“Students want to be part of this winning culture,” said Mun Choi, President of the University of Missouri and UM System.
Thanks to record investment from the state, the University of Missouri is putting forward its most ambitious investment plan yet: Mizzou forward. The plan is to invest $1.5B over the next 10 years in university growth. Some of the projects include the moving and expanding MURR, the expansion of the football stadium, and funding a lot of medical research.
“Over the past five years, we’ve had a dramatic increase in the amount of state support for the University of Missouri,” Choi said. “This only happens when Missourians and elected leaders see value in what we do.”
This year, the Missouri Legislature invested $485M toward the University of Missouri’s operations. That’s an increase from $462M last year.
You can already see a return on some of the investments with the football stadium expansion and new hospital buildings.
For First-generation college student Johnathan Martinez attending the University of Missouri is a dream come true.
“The wildest dream of my life was to attend college, and now I’m here,” Martinez said. “That just truly shows me how different we are as human beings, but how together because of Mizzou and this institution we’re put together to work.”
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The Kansas City Chiefs selected linebacker Nick Bolton in the second round, 58th overall, of the 2021 NFL Draft. The University of Missouri Tigers star is a two-time Super Bowl champion and can now add Hall of Famer to his resume after a special reveal from head coach Andy Reid after a recent team practice.
“You guys know I’m a Missouri Tiger at heart; I had a chance to coach there, for you that didn’t know, before I got in the NFL. We got a couple of Missouri Tigers here, but we got one that’s real, real famous right now. Not only for his play here with the Chiefs, but also what he did at the University of Missouri,” said Reid. “He did great things there. We know him as kind of a team guy. He’s Nick Bolton, right? We know him as a team guy, the ultimate team guy, but today you’re going to get an individual award, bud. Today you’re going into the University of Missouri Athletic Hall of Fame.”
During his college football career at Missouri, Bolton was named First-Team All-SEC in 2019 and 2020 and Second-Team All-American in 2020.
Bolton had another impressive season in 2025, leading the Chiefs with 154 total tackles, along with a sack and an interception. He was selected as an alternate for the 2026 Pro Bowl Games.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Despite conflict between the U.S. and Iran, gas prices in Missouri have been falling since last month, and even last week.
According to GasBuddy.com, average gas prices in Missouri have gone down 53.9 cents a gallon since last month and 9.9 cents per gallon since last week. This correlates with national average gas prices, which have been down 55.6 cents per gallon since last month and 6.9 cents per gallon last week.
Head of Petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, Patrick De Haan, says, “Fresh attacks were traded between the U.S. and Iran before both sides agreed to halt hostilities just in time Sunday, preventing what could have been a significant spike in oil prices.”
Patrick says that even though the market is unpredictable at the moment, “GasBuddy anticipates the national average will continue drifting lower this week.”
A fundraiser on Friday helped raise money for a mid-Missouri family’s effort to get their daughter medical treatment.
Hurts Donut from Springfield, Mo., traveled to Ashland to help the Kroeckel family raise money for their daughter, Harper’s, life-changing medical treatment in Italy.
“After exhausting available treatment options in the United States, the family is now pursuing specialized care that offers new hope for her future,” wrote the Hurts Donut shop in a press release. “Because the treatment, travel expenses and extended medical stays are not covered by insurance, the family is facing more than $85,000 in out-of-pocket costs.”
Harper had been born prematurely at 35 weeks and admitted to the NICU, where a nurse discovered a spot that they assumed to be diaper rash on her bottom. However, further inspection led to her diagnosis of Capillary Malformation-Arteriovenous Malformation, or CM-AVM.
CM-AVM is a genetic mutation at the cellular level that causes blood vessels in certain areas to be tangled, causing swelling, pressure, chronic pain and, in some instances, bleeding. In Harper’s case, it could potentially spread to her spine or brain.
The donut shop set up shop at the Ashland Optimists Club and donated 100% of its Special Tribute donut sales to the Kroeckel family, as well as 10% of the proceeds from its dozen donut sales.
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