COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission announced Thursday in a press release that it will have another community information and listening session about American Rescue Plan Act funding. The meeting will take place 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 14. at Urban Empowerment, 2404 Industrial Drive in Columbia. Previous sessions were hosted in February at various
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By BEN FINLEY and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivia Duke said she’s been trapped in her home in the snow-plastered mountains east of Los Angeles for so long that by Thursday the only food she had left was oatmeal. Snow plows have created a wall of ice between her driveway and
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former star of a St. Louis-based reality show has been sentenced to life in prison for arranging the killing of his nephew to collect a life insurance policy. James “Tim” Norman was sentenced Thursday to two life sentences in the March 2016 killing of his 21-year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr.
Continue ReadingBy Jarah Wright Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Imagine you’re on vacation here in Las Vegas and are in bed. Then, a cat appears. That’s what happened to a pair of veterinarians who were in town for a conference. Lindsey Sanders posted the whole saga on her TikTok account.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Moore Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — During Nevada Reading Week, students at J.T. McWilliams Elementary School will participate in an event to help with their language studies. Reading to animals is a practice that can improve children’s literacy skills. On Thursday, Heaven Can Wait animal shelter are
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 47-year-old man has been convicted in the deaths of three people in Kansas City while he was on parole for another murder. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s office said Thursday that Victor Skyes was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors said he and a woman with him
Continue ReadingBy Miles Montgomery Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WANF) — Police in DeKalb County seized a massive amount of illegal drugs, multiple weapons, and a large amount of cash on Tuesday. According to DeKalb County police officials, a search warrant was issued near the 1600 block of Freedom Valley on
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By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN The US Supreme Court on Thursday asked parties involved in a major voting rights case out of North Carolina to file additional briefs to address new developments that occurred in the state after the justices heard oral arguments in the dispute last year. The request comes as
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By Katia Hetter, CNN Two advisory committees to the US Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone (also called Narcan), be made available over the counter. If the FDA agrees with this recommendation, naloxone may soon be sold without a prescription in
Continue Reading By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — As Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial moves toward its conclusion, the intense public attention on the case has only grown. Investigations stemming from the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of Murdaugh’s wife and son revealed that the prominent South Carolina lawyer stole millions of dollars
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By Chris Isidore, CNN A FedEx plane was only about 150 feet off the ground when its pilots realized a Southwest jet was in the process of taking off on the same runway, and aborted its landing to avoid a potentially catastrophic fatal accident last month, federal safety investigators reported Thursday. The report was from
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are each headed to Iowa in the coming weeks, making their first trips of the year to the leadoff Republican voting state as the 2024 campaign ramps up. DeSantis has scheduled events on March 10 in
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TONIGHT: Showers likely overnight into Friday morning. Gusty winds up to 30 mph. Lows in the mid-30s. TOMORROW: Rain likely with wet snow showers mixed in for areas north of Highway 24. Snow amounts will end up less than an inch in this area, and likely won’t accumulate on the roads with road temperatures above
Continue ReadingBy Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story GRAND BLANC, Michigan (WNEM) — A woman was rescued from a mid-Michigan pond by emergency responders following a crash. The Grand Blanc Township Police Department responded to the 1300 block of Cook Road after receiving a call there was a vehicle in a pond on
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Culminó una edición más de “El Clásico” de España, esta vez en semifinales de la Copa del Rey, con un golpe de autoridad dado por el FC Barcelona, que derrotó 1-0 al Real Madrid en el estadio Santiago Bernabéu. El tanto de la victoria fue un gol en propia puerta de
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — When Patrick Long bought his property in Lincoln County in 2021, he was warned that he’d have to pressure wash his house a few times a way, to keep off what’s called “Whiskey Fungus.” It grows, he was told, from the
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story STONEHAM, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A road remains closed Thursday after several utility poles came crashing down onto a street in Stoneham, Massachusetts after an incident involving a tractor-trailer. Fire officials said the truck clipped a low-hanging wire just before 10 a.m. Wednesday on Montvale Avenue,
Continue Reading By MADDIE BURAKOFF and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press After a catastrophic 38-train car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, some officials are raising concerns about a type of toxic substance that tends to stay in the environment. Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance, the U.S. senators from Ohio, sent a letter to the state’s environmental protection agency
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story NAHANT, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Trained rifle experts have made three visits to a community on Massachusetts’s North Shore after federal sharpshooters were hired to kill “habituated coyotes.” The town brought in the experts after residents reported being stalked or surrounded by coyotes while walking their
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beaten a man if he weren’t white, a U.S. judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race. A jury convicted Kaulana
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