Columbia Public Schools will welcome students back to classrooms full-time on April 5, but the district remains in need of bus drivers, nutrition service employees and substitute teachers.
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Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE, California (KCRA ) — A 17-year-old from Elk Grove is finding success with a new joke book he wrote during the pandemic. It’s been selling on Amazon, but a major chain just picked it up. CVS stores nationwide are now carrying Josiah Johnson’s joke book. The
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Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT ) — Police in Missouri have arrested a man who was named a person of interest in an Albuquerque quadruple homicide. Sean Lannon was arrested in St. Louis on Wednesday for his role in a separate homicide in East Greenwich Township, New Jersey. On
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will meet the Georgia Bulldogs on Thursday, nearly one year after the SEC Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19. Cuonzo Martin said the team is excited to get another opportunity to compete, especially with the hunger from 2020 carrying over. The Tigers will tip off against the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV ) — Jeanne Pfeifer just got the COVID-19 vaccine and now the countdown begins until she can see her grandkids once again. New guidance out from the CDC this week confirmed vaccinated people can visit with small groups two weeks after they’re given the shot.
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A Harvard professor has sparked international backlash after publishing an academic article arguing that Korean comfort women — sent against their will to imperial Japan to have sex with soldiers — were not actually forced into their prostitution but that they actually chose their positions. J. Mark Ramseyer, a Harvard Law School professor specializing in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHOREWOOD, Wisconsin (WISN ) — A construction worker was taken to the hospital Tuesday after being knocked down by a 2,000-pound boulder. Crews were called to the 4400 block of North Lake Drive just after 9 a.m. North Shore firefighters used ropes and pulleys to lift the man
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Regine McCracken pleaded guilty Monday in a Boone County courtroom to manslaughter and three misdemeanors.
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Vice President Kamala Harris was in the middle of an Oval Office meeting last Thursday when, before her turn to speak had come, a staffer delivered a note calling her to Capitol Hill. “She got up and left,” said one person who was in the room for the untimely departure. “She had a job to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story REDDING, Connecticut (WFSB) — On Wednesday, the state’s Dept. of Agriculture removed goats from a property in Redding following an investigation spanning back to October of last year. The Dept. of Agriculture, along with the town of Redding and Redding police, executed the search and seizure warrant at
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Missouri’s attorney general said Wednesday that more than 100 charges have been filed against a couple who operated a girls’ ranch in southwest Missouri.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUTTE, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Montana Tech professor David Hutchins took this video on Sunday showing the prolonged results of a 485-gallon diesel fill overflow at Town Pump No. 4 at 3700 Harrison Avenue, which took place five weeks ago on Jan. 30. The diesel went down the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BISMARCK, North Dakota (Bismarck Tribune) — Anywhere from 30 to 100 dead cattle were believed to be floating in the Missouri River on Monday, according to state Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Jennifer Skjod. It was not immediately clear who owned the cattle that apparently wandered onto the
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An investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager found dead in a rolled-up gym mat eight years ago, has been reopened, according to Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk. The body of Johnson, 17, was found upside-down in the mat in Lowndes County High School in January 2013. Local investigators ruled his death
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The coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, is associated with an estimated 64% higher risk of dying from Covid-19, suggests new research published in a peer-reviewed journal. A sample of people in the UK infected with the variant appeared to be between 32% and 104% — so around a probable
Continue Reading A Saudi court has rejected an appeal by prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul that would have allowed her to travel freely, her family and supporters said. The 31-year-old was sentenced in December to five years and eight months in prison on what critics have described as politically motivated charges, but was released in February
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Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan lashed out at his Republican counterparts on Tuesday as the House debated a pro-union bill, urging the party to end its preoccupation with the recent shelving of six controversial Dr. Seuss books so it can “start working with us on behalf of the American workers.” In a heated brief speech on
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The Republican said in a statement Wednesday that he’ll continue serving as the state’s top elections official.
Continue Reading The Pentagon is carrying out an urgent review to determine which US military installations and units are “high-risk” for service members becoming victims of sexual harassment and assault. The review was ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who issued a memo in late February and follows the unveiling of a wider inquiry into sexual assault
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — We’re just days away from the often-dreaded act of changing the clocks to daylight saving time, and one Georgia lawmaker wants to make the switch permanent. State Rep. Wes Cantrell of Woodstock is the sponsor of House Bill 44. The bill aims to observe daylight
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