JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City fire department responded to the Goldschmidt Cancer Center just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after reports of a fire. When crews arrived they found smoke and flames showing from the roof and occupants leaving the building. The first crew on scene used a ground ladder to get to the
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Some vaccine sites began to inoculate 12-to-15-year-olds against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, a day after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for the age group. Jacob Laney, 14, was in line at a Decatur, Georgia, vaccine site early Tuesday in hopes of getting the vaccine. “My friend got Covid and it looked
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Water and Light is continuing to expand its renewable energy portfolio through an agreement to receive energy from the Truman Solar Facility. The facility is south of Interstate 70 and east Burnside Drive on over 90 acres of land. The mega facility is expected to produce more than 23,000 megawatt-hours during
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The man who fatally shot six people at a birthday party in Colorado Springs was upset at not being invited to the event, authorities said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The police chief said Teodoro Macias, 28, had been dating Sandra Ibarra, one of the six victims for about a year. Ibarra and five
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After viewing body and dash camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.‘s death, attorneys and family members of Brown said Tuesday that it proves police were unjustified in shooting him. Brown was fatally shot April 21 when Pasquotank County deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, were trying to execute a warrant. Chance Lynch, one of the
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Click here for updates on this story JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WCBS) — About 6,000 people show up at the U.S. southern border each day. It has led to an unprecedented border crisis. CBS2’s Kevin Rincon has a look at why so many immigrants are willing to leave everything behind, and what those in our
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Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The Intelligence Community is investigating what appears to be an increase in suspected radio frequency attacks on U.S. officials, impacting their health. Former Senior CIA Intelligence Officer Marc Polymeropoulos says a work trip to Moscow about three years ago changed his life and ended his
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GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik’s rise within the Republican Party and embrace of former President Donald Trump have met with a mixed reaction in the district she represents, which pivoted in the past from voting for former President Barack Obama to Trump. In interviews with CNN, some voters in New York’s 21st Congressional District, which Stefanik
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Three Fort Campbell soldiers were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly purchasing and transporting nearly 100 firearms, including five that were linked to a mass shooting in Chicago, the Justice Department announced. Demarcus Adams, 21, Jarius Brunson, 22, and Brandon Miller, 22, were charged with transferring a firearm to an out-of-state resident; making false statements during
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Two Concho County sheriff’s deputies were killed and an Eden city employee critically injured after an altercation with a suspect over a dog complaint “quickly escalated to gunfire,” the Texas Department of Public Safety said. A suspect is in custody and the Monday night incident is under investigation by the Texas Rangers, the department statement
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Restaurants are struggling to hire workers, so some, including Chipotle, are trying to sweeten the pot with higher pay and bigger career opportunities. Chipotle is increasing the pay of its restaurant workers to an average of $15 per hour, the chain announced Monday. Some employees will become eligible to make a six-figure salary after just
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Houston authorities have captured a man who allegedly evaded police while housing a Bengal tiger in a yard, but the tiger remains on the lam. “The whereabouts of the tiger are not yet known,” Houston police tweeted Monday. Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was out on bond for a prior murder charge in Fort Bend County
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Click here for updates on this story ALTON, Illinois (KMOV) — A Madison County mother accused of concealing her daughter’s medical condition, which led to her death in 2018, has pleaded guilty. State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons filed charges in late-December 2018 against Amber Hampshire in relation to the death of Emily Hampshire. Hampshire turned herself
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Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — From the day 9-year-old Angie Housman disappeared from her St. Ann bus stop in 1993, Lt. Ed Copeland with St Charles County police and Lt. Col. John Lankford with St. Ann police have been heavily involved in the case. “When she was
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Teachers in one Florida county have paused the use of a novel about police brutality after the local police union called the book “propaganda.” “Ghost Boys,” by Jewell Parker Rhodes, is, according to Rhodes’ website, a story of 12-year-old Jerome who is shot and killed by police after they mistook his toy gun for a
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The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving forward with the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind project, a significant step toward achieving President Joe Biden’s goal of increasing US renewable energy production. The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project, set to be located about 12 nautical miles off the shore of Martha’s Vineyard, will include up
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Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The city of Flint is upping the ante in its battle against blight. The issue has become so dire the city land bank cannot keep up with the thousands of properties that continue to collect trash. The pandemic has brought in increased blight across
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Last summer, Global Plasma Solutions wanted to test whether the company’s air-purifying devices could kill Covid-19 virus particles, but could find only a lab using a chamber the size of a shoebox for its trials. In the company-funded study, the virus was blasted with 27,000 ions per cubic centimeter. The company said it found a
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American Airlines is adding stops on two long-range flights out of Charlotte, North Carolina, in response to fuel supply chain disruptions caused by the shutdown of the massive Colonial Pipeline. One route is normally a nonstop Charlotte-to-Honolulu flight, which will now stop in Dallas to have passengers switch to a different plane. The other is
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Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been indicted on murder charges, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for hate crimes targeting the sex and race of the victims. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed notice with the Fulton Superior Court Tuesday
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