Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. HS BOYS SOCCER Hickman 1 | Rock Bridge 0 FINAL Osage 0 | Jefferson City 2 FINAL HS SOFTBALL Jefferson City 2 | Hickman 3 FINAL/7 Boonville 0 | Battle 9 FINAL Tolton 7 | Hallsville 6 FINAL Southern Boone 2 | Helias 4 FINAL
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By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A top Southern Baptist Convention committee agreed Tuesday to fund a third-party investigation into its handling of sexual abuse allegations. But the Executive Committee held off on waiving its attorney-client privilege for the probe. The Executive Committee allocated $1.6 million for Guidepost Solutions. It is the
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By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres All-Stars Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. stood next to each other and said it’s all good between them after their shouting match in the dugout Saturday night during a season that’s been spiraling out of control. Machado shouted and cursed at
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Southern Boone School District parents says other families are finding ways to get their kids out of wearing masks at school. One parent sent a letter to the district claiming ‘religious beliefs’ to get mask exemption for their children. According to the district, there are certain cases where masks may be exempt.
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Boonville’s Dawan Lomax is our Week 4 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play from Friday night’s game against Blair Oaks in the video player above. Up next – the Pirates will play at California on Friday at 7 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal jury convicted a Columbia felon of illegally possessing a firearm after 30 minutes of deliberation. Columbia police arrested Jeremiah Ezekiel Brown, 36, in Nov. 2020 after a traffic stop. An officer found a loaded Glock 9 mm semi-automatic handgun in Brown’s waistband during the traffic stop. Detectives searching the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN Business) — El bitcoin está cayendo mientras los temores de la crisis de Evergrande se extienden por los mercados globales. La moneda digital ha caído un 5,7% en las últimas 24 horas, y se negociaba a US$ 42.955 por moneda a partir de las 2:43 am ET del martes, según
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has caused slight damage in suburban Melbourne in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia. The quake hit about (80 miles northeast of Australia’s second-most populous city near the town of Mansfield. Minor structural damage to chimneys, facades and older buildings was reported around the Melbourne metropolitan area.
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By Clare Foran and Annie Grayer, CNN The House of Representatives voted to pass legislation on Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month and suspend the nation’s borrowing limit, setting up a showdown with Republicans who insist Democrats should act alone to stave off a looming debt crisis. The party
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By Clare Foran and Annie Grayer, CNN The House of Representatives voted to pass legislation on Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month and suspend the nation’s borrowing limit, setting up a showdown with Republicans who insist Democrats should act alone to stave off a looming debt crisis. The party
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The popular mayor of the Philippine capital says he will run for president in next year’s elections, the latest aspirant in what is expected to be a crowded race to succeed the controversial Rodrigo Duterte. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno was a child scavenger before becoming an actor then entering politics. He
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By Jessie Yeung and Ben Westcott, CNN After months of lockdown, parts of Southeast Asia are leaving behind their “zero-Covid” policy and charting a path toward living with the virus — despite experts’ warnings that it may be too early to do so. Covid-19 swept across the region this summer, fueled by the highly infectious
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Una versión de dos dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Johnson & Johnson proporciona un 94% de protección contra la infección sintomática, dijo la compañía el martes, lo que hace que un régimen de dos dosis de la vacuna Janssen sea comparable a un régimen de dos dosis de
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kevin Kiermaier is playing for keeps — and the Toronto Blue Jays may not be too keen on what he’s keeping. The veteran Rays outfielder scooped up a data card that fell out of Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk’s wristband during Tampa Bay’s 6-4 victory Monday night and has refused to give
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER LOS ANGELES (AP) — The projectors are rolling. The ruby slippers are on. The shark is hanging and waiting. After many delays including two pandemic postponements, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is finally set to open in Los Angeles next week. Tom Hanks, who is a museum trustee,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri held its Highway and Traffic Conference with one topic of focus on texting while driving. According to the Federal Highway Administration, each fatal Missouri crash caused by distracted driving results in $9.9 million in comprehensive cost, including $1.5 million in economic costs like emergency services, legal cost, property damage and lost
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The William Woods University Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Dr. Jeremy Moreland as the 13th president of the university. “I am humbled and honored to become president of William Woods University and am excited to have the opportunity to play a role in shaping the future of this historic institution,”
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s “zero tolerance” strategy of trying to isolate every case and stop transmission of the coronavirus has kept the country where the virus first was detected in late 2019 largely free of the disease. But the public and businesses are paying a steep price.
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By Liz Stark and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm is opening an investigation to determine whether Texas’ ban on school mask mandates is preventing school districts from “considering or meeting the needs of students with disabilities.” The Department’s Office for Civil Rights sent a letter to Texas Education Commissioner
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Un terremoto de magnitud 6,0 golpeó cerca de Melbourne en el sur de Australia el miércoles (hora local), según el servicio de noticias del Servicio de Emergencias del Estado de Victoria (Vicses News) en Twitter. “Se ha producido un terremoto de magnitud 6,0 con epicentro cerca de Mansfield en Victoria”, dice
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