On November 2, 2015, KYOU-TV launched an in-house news operation, with the launch of the "KYOU News Update", the first local prime time news program ever attempted in the Ottuma–Kirksville market and the first attempt at a newscast produced independently from ABC affiliate KTVO. The development of a full-scale news department also included an expansion of its West 2nd Street studios to house the operation; the station hired fifteen personnel to staff the startup operation. The initial anchor team for the 9:00 p.m. newscast – which initially aired as a 10-minute-long broadcast on Monday through Friday nights – included anchor Chase Scheuer and meteorologist Matt Holiner. Weather segments are compiled and presented by Cincinnati sister station and fellow Fox affiliate WXIX-TV by that station's evening meteorologists. On December 7, the program expanded to a half-hour (coinciding with the program's retitling to "KYOU News at 9:00").