TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s to around 40. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and much less windy with high pressure overhead. Highs in the upper 60s to around 70. EXTENDED: Thursday morning won’t be as cold as high pressure slides to the south, but I’m tracking a disturbance ahead of a warm front
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 71-year-old man is facing multiple charges for allegedly shooting a St. Louis police officer and causing injuries to two other officers who went to his home to check on his welfare. Curtis Mabry was charged Tuesday with two counts of first-degree assault, along with armed criminal action and unlawful possession
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man who says cases against participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol are unconstitutional has been sentenced to jail. Lloyd Casimiro Cruz Jr., of Polo, was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail on two misdemeanor counts related to entering the U.S. Capitol. He also has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Stormwater Utility will close a part of Oak Street on Thursday between West Sexton Drive and Lynn Street to replace a box culvert, according to a press release from the City. The work is scheduled to be completed by Monday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University in Jefferson City was awarded an $800,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a more diverse STEM workforce over the next four years, according to a Tuesday press release. Sean Zeiger — an assistant professor of forest hydrology and watershed management at Lincoln — leads the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team completed the season-sweep against Kansas at Taylor Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers hung on against the Jayhawks for a 9-7 win. MU scored eight, unanswered runs after KU got up 3-0 in the first inning, however, Kansas’ Luke Leto hit a home run in the ninth inning
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled rotten eggs before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building and heavily damaged another, killing seven people. That’s according to federal safety officials, who released a preliminary report on the March 24 blast. The National Transportation Safety Board’s five-paragraph account Tuesday
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has announced her resignation amid sharp criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for having moonlighted as a highly-paid consultant to a marijuana business. Fagan, a Democrat, had apologized on Monday for working for the marijuana company, which has a record
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 4-seeded Columbia College softball team topped No. 5-seeded William Woods, 4-1, in the opening round of the AMC Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. The game was scoreless until the third inning when CC’s Suzanna Shanks reached on an Owls error and Hickman alum Emily King drove in an RBI double. Abigail
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Asked anew whether he’s going to be campaigning for president this year, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said no. But exactly what was he saying no to on Monday? That remains unclear. The Republican governor has long redirected questions about a presidential campaign,
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning on the eve of World Press Freedom Day that the media is under attack in every corner of the world where “truth is threatened by disinformation and hate speech.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging the world to speak with
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say an elevator mechanic’s failure to execute basic safety procedures caused an elevator at a New York City building to plunge six stories and crush a co-worker to death. Sixty-seven-year-old Mechanic Peter Milatz was charged with criminally negligent homicide for the Feb. 18, 2021 death
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Nick Valencia, CNN No criminal charges will be filed against one of the Memphis police officers who was fired for his involvement in the fatal traffic stop that led to Tyre Nichols’ death, the Shelby County District Attorney announced Tuesday. On January 7, 29-year-old Nichols, a Black man, was repeatedly punched
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Supreme Court Justice John Stegner has announced his resignation, saying the relatively low pay has made it financially necessary for him to return to private practice. The Idaho Legislature gave most state employees cost-of-living raises of up to 7% last year, but not judges. Idaho
Continue Reading DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California university town are on edge after three people were stabbed within a week, including two fatally. Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said Tuesday a homeless woman was in critical condition after being stabbed several times through her tent Monday. The police chief says the attacks were
Continue Reading MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal beating by other officers won’t be charged criminally, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said his office did a thorough investigation of Preston Hemphill’s role
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The latest Super Bowl ended up setting a viewer record. Nielsen released a revised number of 115.1 million for Fox Sports’ broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in February. The previous record was the 2015 game between New England and Seattle at 114,442,000
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By Cheri Mossburg, Carma Hassan and Holly Yan, CNN Tech executive Bob Lee suffered knife wounds that pierced his heart and lung, according to a newly released autopsy report from the San Francisco medical examiner’s office. Lee, who cofounded the mobile payment service provider Cash App, was stabbed to death in the Rincon Hill neighborhood
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April of 2023 has officially ended and the rainfall totals have fallen severely short of the average of 4.88″ for Columbia.
Continue Reading Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s Jesuit congregation has apologized publicly and is launching an investigation into a late Spanish priest who allegedly abused several minors in Bolivia dating back to the 1980s. “We apologize for the pain caused,” said the Rev. Bernardo Mercado, head of the Catholic religious order known as La
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