Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education selected Dr. H. Brian Yearwood to serve as Columbia Public Schools’ next superintendent after a board vote during a closed executive session Monday morning. The board voted 7-0 to approve the contract for the new superintendent. Yearwood was selected after a nationwide search following Dr. Peter Stiepleman’s
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A Pennsylvania woman allegedly created deepfake images of multiple members of a cheerleading gym in order to cyberbully them, according to a Bucks County criminal complaint. Raffaela Spone has been charged with three counts of cyber harassment of a child and three counts of harassment, both misdemeanors, according to the complaint against her. Spone allegedly
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — The dangerous road conditions in Colorado on Sunday due to the blizzard that’s socking the state are not only hard for personal vehicles. Some snowplows have had accidents on the roadways. The Colorado State Patrol shared a photo taken by a trooper of a snowplow
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Microsoft says its workplace communication platform, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services should be returning to normal after an earlier software update issue caused outages for many users. Microsoft said Monday afternoon that users may be unable to access Microsoft 365, Azure and Dynamics 365 services, including Microsoft Teams, Forms, Exchange Online email and others.
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It was second time lucky for Afrobeats star Burna Boy who landed a Grammy award for his album ‘Twice As Tall’ at the ceremony held on Sunday. Burna, real name Damini Ogulu, missed out to veteran Beninese singer, Angelique Kidjo at the 2020 awards. As he accepted the Best Global Music Album award from his
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Former Kentucky state representative Charles Booker tweeted on Monday that he is “strongly considering” running for Senate in 2022 against Republican Sen. Rand Paul, after his longshot progressive bid for the Senate Democratic nomination last year came shockingly close. Booker announced his decision Sunday on Kentucky Educational Television, pitching his deep red state that they
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KMIZ) The suspect responded to the Amber Alert by the St. Joseph police and the child was recovered safely at 5:24 p.m. An Amber Alert was issued for a two-year-old child after she was taken by force after 3:30 p.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol release, Jeremiah Latour broke into
Continue Reading Advocacy groups from Russia, France and Syria have filed a legal case against Russian mercenary group Wagner, accusing its fighters of torturing and beheading a Syrian man in 2017. The legal action, filed on behalf of a Syrian citizen, seeks to bring to light the murky activities of the guns-for-hire group with Kremlin links. Wagner
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The Biden administration plans to use a convention center in Dallas to hold more than 2,000 migrant teenagers, according to a Department of Homeland Security official and a city memo obtained by CNN. The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center would be temporarily used to shelter teenage boys who arrived at the US-Mexico border alone, the
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Daylight Saving Time started yesterday, but why was this time change ever created? Contrary to some thought processes, it’s actually not solely because of the weather! I wanted to dive into why Daylight Saving Time was created and the steps that were taken to get it implemented across the nation. The history of Daylight Saving
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Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is very good at one thing: Making comments that are, at best, ill-informed and at worst, racist and/or dangerous. He’s suggested Speaker Nancy Pelosi was somehow behind the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. He’s said the riot wasn’t actually an “armed insurrection.” He’s suggested that there were professional protesters
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Top Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner resurfaced on Sunday by penning a Wall Street Journal op-ed about the Middle East, his first public remarks since the end of the Trump administration and offering a potential indication into how he will seek to cement his own legacy and accomplishments. In the op-ed, Kushner touts the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Savannah St Patrick’s Day Parade Committee cancels parade but visitors still travel to the city for the downtown festivities (Tiger’s Roar) — Thousands usually descend upon the hostess city for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration and parade. Although for the 2nd year in a row the parade
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A former staffer who accused Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment spoke with investigators on Monday over Zoom for several hours, her attorney said in a statement. Debra Katz — an attorney for Charlotte Bennett, the 25-year-old former policy adviser to Cuomo — said her client sat with investigators for more than
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The White House said it would welcome former President Donald Trump’s help in promoting the coronavirus vaccine to his supporters but says there are other ways to convince conservatives to get the shot. The topic of how to sway White Republicans — who polls have shown are more likely to be hesitant to receive the
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A 14-year-old suspect who was arrested in connection with the death of a 6-year-old girl in Indiana had a hearing Monday in juvenile court and was ordered detained, officials said. Jessica McBrier, director of media relations for the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office, said the teen is being held at a juvenile detention facility. The
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Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Thousands of Americans are doing what’s been coined “vaccine chasing,” when they call around and sometimes wait in pharmacy parking lots, for a chance to get a leftover vaccine. It’s happening every day across southeast Wisconsin too. In Milwaukee, Hayat Pharmacy allowed WISN 12 to
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Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — The Crosstown tip off war between Xavier and University of Cincinnati got a new challenger over the weekend. Server Trent Burbage thought he had shot an air ball during his Saturday night shift at Allyn’s Café when he received an unexpected tip from a customer.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Fifteen years with New Orleans Saints and 20 NFL seasons of hard work and dedication and it did not go unnoticed in the WHODAT nation. Anthony Dupiro said “It is an end of a dynasty. I mean Drew was probably the single most important
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORMAN, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Tonight, state educators are responding to a racist rant at a high school basketball game that was caught on tape. The man, who may have been a commentator for the state tournament, was using racial slurs and cursing about the Norman Lady Tigers basketball
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