ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Two Missouri prison facilities are temporarily closing and relocating inmates because of statewide staffing shortages. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that 75 inmates are being transferred from the minimum security Kansas City Reentry Center to the Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in St. Joseph and the Western Missouri Correctional
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Multiple felony charges have been filed against a man and woman who are accused of zip-tying a 13-year-old boy to a Springfield porch swing last year on a day when temperatures barely inched above freezing. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 43-year-old Jerry Smith and 51-year-old Rebecca Herndon were charged Tuesday with
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A St. Joseph man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison in the death of a 2-year-old St. Joseph girl in a drive-by shooting. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Marcain Kimbrough-Ballard became the first of three men charged in the August shooting of Raelynn Craig to be sentenced
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Twenty-one states, led by Texas and Montana, filed suit on Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline — an effort by Republican state attorneys general to combat the new administration’s efforts to address climate change. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen argued
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The US intelligence report released Tuesday detailing foreign election interference in the 2020 election contradicts repeated statements from former President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration that China — and not Russia — was the top foreign threat to the integrity of the election. The report also raises questions about the effort from
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US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Wednesday projected optimism that the fall will bring a school year that looks “more like what it was before Covid,” but stressed that his focus remains on resuming in-person learning this spring. “My focus really right now is getting as many schools open — pre-K through eight schools —
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Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday repeatedly declined to say whether he’s interested in becoming attorney general of California as speculation surrounds who will fill the post if Xavier Becerra is confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary. Asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “Prime Time” about his interest in the position, Schiff said, “You know,
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Washington, DC, police arrested a Texas man outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence, the US Naval Observatory, in the nation’s capital on Wednesday and he’s now facing weapons and ammunition charges. A spokesperson for Washington’s Metropolitan Police said officers responded “at approximately 12:12 pm, to the 3400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW in reference
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire District is on the scene of a fire on the 4400 block of W. Rockhampton Circle. An ABC 17 News crew is on scene reporting multiple trucks are on scene. ABC 17 News will update with new information as it becomes available.
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Houston Texans star quarterback Deshaun Watson is being sued for alleged sexual assault by two women. The lawsuits were filed in Harris County, Texas, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both plaintiffs are represented by attorney Tony Buzbee. CNN has reached out to Watson’s agent for comment. An NFL spokesman told CNN on Wednesday the league is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI released a new report on the ‘Internet Crime Complaint Center 2020 Internet Crime Report,’ the report also shows statistics for regarding COVID-19 scam complaints. The FBI took information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. The report
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that Faurot Field will return to full capacity for the 2021 football season. With capacity being more than 62,000 people, the program said it will have a , “continued dialogue with the University’s medical experts and public health officials.” An MU spokesperson said that the athletics team will continue
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A key committee in the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature on Wednesday made a surprise move and began work on a massive new voting bill that would give the state broad powers over local election officials, set limits on weekend early voting and add voter ID requirements for absentee ballots. Word of a new 93-page bill came
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Click here for updates on this story WAYNESORO, Mississippi (WALA) — A tornado on Wednesday damaged houses, split trees, downed power lines and – most dramatically – demolished six commercial chicken houses about 15 miles west of here. The twister was part of a wave of nasty weather moving toward Alabama that prompted Gov. Kay
Continue Reading Houston Texans star quarterback Deshaun Watson is being sued for an alleged sexual assault. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Harris County, Texas, alleges that Watson assaulted an unnamed licensed massage therapist “by touching her with his penis” while receiving a massage at the therapist’s home in March 2020. The suit says Watson “wanted a massage
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A lucky photographer captured an amazing shot of a giant manta ray that leaped out of the water as he was taking pictures of surfers from a Florida beach. Rusty Escandell told CNN that he took the photograph on Sunday, while spending the day with family and friends at a beach near Officers Club Beach
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Last night, just like the rest of the world, I watched news reports of the Atlanta shootings. I saw images of Atlanta businesses, the photo of a young White man, and the sensational headlines. It’s now been confirmed that eight people were shot dead, six of them Asian women. I don’t know the victims’ names.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — After opening a package with a suspicious powder substance inside at the Metro Courthouse on Wednesday morning, one person was taken to the hospital. Nashville Fire Department spokesman Joseph Pleasant said a woman opened a package that had a white powder substance inside. Firefighters
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Of the eight people who were killed when a White man attacked three metro Atlanta spas, six were Asian women. Investigators said it was too early to say whether the crime was racially motivated, and instead pointed to the suspect’s claim of a potential sex addiction. But experts and activists argue it’s no coincidence that
Continue Reading Scientists have discovered a “myriad” galaxies that were of previously undetected. The newly found systems were observed with the world’s most advanced optical telescope. Cosmological models had long predicted the existence of filaments — gas in which galaxies are created — but no images had been captured of the phenomenon, except in the vicinity of
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