World leaders are dialing up their pressure for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after news emerged that an Israeli airstrike killed 11 Gazan children being treated for trauma. Concerns are growing over the worsening humanitarian situation, as the conflict raged for a 10th day Wednesday, pushing the Palestinian death toll to more than 220
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Superintendent of the Mexico School District #59 has been placed on administrative leave. According to the Mexico Public School District Board of Education, Superintendent Dr. Tammy Lupardus was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday night pending a performance review. Assistant Superintendent Melissa Chastain has been named Interim Superintendent. The school district
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University of Missouri leaders are scheduled to vote on Wednesday, on whether or not to increase tuition and fees for students for the upcoming school year.
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Duke University has hired the first woman — and first person of color — to serve as the school’s director of athletics. The university announced Wednesday that Nina E. King would be replacing Kevin M. White, who is retiring in September after 13 years, as vice president and director of athletics. King is currently the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) — There are many happy graduation moments at this time of year, and those who turned their tassels at the Durham Rescue Mission really have a reason to celebrate. The ceremony Tuesday morning affirmed their triumph over personal struggles and homelessness. Iris Bumpass, a
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The Jefferson City Police Department is investigating after someone was reportedly assaulted during a robbery Tuesday afternoon.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The community will honor author Wilma Dykeman on Thursday, May 20, on what would have been her 101st birthday, and the public is invited to help celebrate. The celebration will take place from 3-6 p.m. on Thursday at 8 River Arts Place in
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China has released the first images taken by its Mars rover, Zhurong. A black-and-white image taken by the rover’s obstacle avoidance camera shows a deployed ramp and the flat Martian surface where Zhurong landed on Saturday. The color image taken by a navigation camera of the rear of the solar-powered rover showed that its solar
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Senior living communities are now operating with open dining areas and allowing visitors as the vaccination rates continue to increase and the health orders expire. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service’s dashboard on Wednesday showed 40% of residents have started the vaccination process. The health orders for Boone County and
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Nearly three years after the body of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was found in a cornfield, prosecutors delivered opening statements in an Iowa courtroom Wednesday accusing a farmworker of following her on a run, fatally stabbing her, putting her in his vehicle’s trunk and then hiding her body. “When you put this evidence together, there can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STAMPS, Arkansas (KTBS) — For the first time in nearly 20 years, Lafayette County, Ark., is getting a dental practice. Dr. Giles Willis, a family dentist, is returning home to open a clinic that not only serves the community but gives residents a better quality of life. And
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Nearly twenty buildings in Philadelphia are dimming their lights this spring after thousands of birds perished in the city’s largest mass collision in recent history. The voluntary measure has been coordinated by “Bird Safe Philly” and continues until May 30 with the purpose of sparing the lives of some of the 100 million birds passing
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plunged Wednesday after China took steps to further crack down on digital currency. Anxiety is spreading through the market, but Tesla CEO and crypto fanatic Elon Musk appears to be holding steadying … for now. Tesla bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin earlier this year to hold on its balance sheet. In
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRENTWOOD, Missouri (KMOV) — The friend of a Town and Country doctor who was shot and killed outside a hotel and restaurant in Brentwood Saturday says his friend was waiting for an Uber when he was shot. Dr. Sergie Zacharev was shot and killed outside the Drury Inn
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEVERLY GROVE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Disturbing video shows an apparent group of pro-Palestinian protesters fighting with diners outside a restaurant in the Beverly Grove area Tuesday night. The footage is part of a hate crime investigation launched by the Los Angeles Police Department after the violent fight
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RUBIDOUX, California (KABC) — Police were investigating Wednesday a shooting that left the windows of multiple vehicles and a restaurant shattered in Rubidoux. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies responded to the incident outside the Jack in the Box located at 5642 30th Street just before midnight Tuesday. Four employees
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WEDNESDAY: The mild weather is here to stay, along with the threat for rain. A few isolated showers will be possible, especially west of HWY 63 this afternoon. Highs will top out in the mid to upper 70’s. TONIGHT: The threat for some showers will stick around overnight. The favored area looks to be west of HWY
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Saturday, May 22 will mark two years since an EF-3 tornado left a path of destruction between Eldon and Jefferson City. The above drone footage from 2019 and 2021 shows how far efforts to rebuild the capital city have come. On Sunday, ABC 17’s Connor Hirsch returns to some of the areas hit
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Ethiopian soldiers armed with machine guns, sniper rifles and grenades raided a hospital in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region earlier this week in retribution, doctors say, for a CNN investigation that revealed Ethiopian and Eritrean troops were blocking humanitarian aid to patients there. Medical staff at the University Teaching and Referral Hospital in the besieged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Health Department plans on updating its system of gathering coronavirus data to make sure local numbers match those that the state has recorded. The department announced Wednesday that 25 additional COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded, for a total of 116 deaths in Boone County since the start of
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