The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its new climate normals map but what do these maps mean? Let’s face it, climate change is a hot topic right now. For many people, it’s a triggering topic that has been made political within recent years. This story isn’t meant to be political, it’s meant to
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation contractors will be making pavement upgrades along Interstate 70 in Callaway County over the next several months beginning Wednesday. Crews will begin with eastbound lanes going from the Boone/Callaway County line and to Kingdom City. The overall project will include resurfacing the lanes and ramps between Kingdom
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TONIGHT: Rain moves out and clouds gradually decrease. Lows in the low 40s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and a bit warmer with highs in the mid-60s. EXTENDED: Tomorrow evening into Thursday, a weak front will bring a chance for spotty showers on Thursday, but that looks to clear out by afternoon. High pressure briefly builds in
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday it is his “hope and expectation” to meet with his Russian counterpart during a planned visit to Europe in June, a high-stakes diplomatic encounter he hopes can restore a degree of predictability to an increasingly fraught relationship. “We’re working on it,” Biden said at the White House, suggesting his proposed
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Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities in Wisconsin say a standoff ended after a man who had threatened to shoot police climbed into a ceiling, fell through and was arrested. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department said the standoff started Sunday just after 4 p.m. with a 911 call for someone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEXAS (KTVT) — On a recent sunny Saturday, a local car show was buzzing. Nearly two dozen cars, and not a single one of them needed a drop of gas. Why? They were all driving all-electric vehicles. Just a battery-powered motor to push them down the road. We
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An era in late night television is coming to an end next month. “Conan,” Conan O’Brien’s show on TBS, will end its run on June 24, TBS announced Monday. The conclusion of the show will end the host’s nearly 30-year run in late night. TBS said that the final weeks of the show will have
Continue Reading The Biden administration will release its highly anticipated national strategy for fighting domestic terrorists in the coming weeks, the White House announced Tuesday, signaling a major break from President Donald Trump’s administration in addressing more directly the threats posed by White supremacists and right-wing militia groups. The expected release of the strategy comes after the
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter, producer and activist. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1950 Birth place: Saginaw, Michigan Birth name: Stevland Hardaway Judkins Father: Calvin Judkins Mother: Lula Mae Hardaway Marriages: Tomeeka Robyn Bracy (2017-present); Karen “Kai” Millard Morris (2001-October 5, 2015, divorced); Syreeta Wright (September 14, 1970-1972,
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The US Food and Drug Administration will consider within months emergency use authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in children 2 to 11 years old — at a time polls show younger Americans are least likely to say they want a shot. The move comes as the country’s daily Covid-19 cases and deaths are now
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FISHERS, Indiana (WISH) — A 10-year-old boy from Fishers is on a mission to help the homeless across Indiana. Last week, Maddox O’Connor asked police to help hand out 200 blessing bags. Now, he has an even bigger goal of donating 3,000 bags full of food, hygiene products
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Diocese of Jefferson City has hired Emma Williams as an assistant principal of curriculum and instruction for the 2021-2022 school year for Helias Catholic High School. The hire is effective July 1. Williams comes to Helias from Osage County R-2 in Linn, Missouri. “Mrs. Williams will bring Helias valuable experience
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Judges could issue lifelong restraining orders that also cover pets under a bill passed by the Missouri Legislature. Senators on Monday voted 31-0 to send the bill to Gov. Mike Parson. Currently, orders of protection are limited to at most one year. After that, victims have to go back to
Continue Reading The Justice Department is preparing to offer guilty plea deals to four Capitol rioters who are accused of trapping police in a tunnel and attacking them with chemical sprays and firecrackers. Federal prosecutors said at a court hearing Tuesday that their supervisors recently approved plea offers in the case, which revolves around one of the
Continue Reading Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, “There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.” He was referring to the intoxicating drug, not the cryptocurrency. But ethereum investors may have reasons for fear and loathing, too. The world’s second-most valuable cryptocurrency has soared
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The NYPD wants your help finding whoever attacked an Asian woman Sunday near Times Square. It happened around 8:45 p.m. on West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue. Police said two women were walking when they were approached by the suspect, who told them to
Continue Reading You probably haven’t seen PimEyes, a mysterious facial-recognition search engine, but it may have spotted you. If you upload a picture of your face to PimEyes’ website, it will immediately show you any pictures of yourself that the company has found around the internet. You might recognize all of them, or be surprised (or, perhaps,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — There is a disturbing video of a school principal in Clewiston hitting a six-year-old student with a wooden paddle. The student’s mother recorded the incident on her cell phone last month. The child’s mother said she did not give consent for the child to be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WJZ) — It’s tough to get an appointment with Steve Silva. “Pretty busy, booked up like every day,” Silva said. The Beacon Hill barber’s loyal client list is long and it’s been awhile since customers sat in his chair. “I missed being here,” said Silva. Steve is
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Liz Cheney is striking a nerve. Over and over again. Purposefully and with force. Donald Trump sends an email saying the election was stolen, and Cheney — the No. 3 House Republican — tweets right back at him, minutes later, that “the 2020 presidential election was not stolen.” Whenever asked, she says that those who
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