CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man suffered serious injuries Thursday after he crashed his motorcycle in Camden County. The crash happened on South Highway 7, north of Sweatt Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred after a 2003 Harley Davidson V-Rod – driven by Bret Moore, 59 –
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a Wednesday fire in at an apartment building off Horseshoe Bend Parkway, according to a Facebook Post from the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District. Firefighters saw smoke showing from one of the units. Crews found a small fire and contained it quickly with minimal damage, according
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By Rob Frehse and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury has indicted a New Jersey police officer on a manslaughter charge more than a year after authorities say he fatally shot a homeowner who called 911 to report two burglars, the state attorney general’s office said. Mantua Township police officer Salvatore Oldrati
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — California regulators say the state is unlikely to run out of electricity this summer because of a big increase in power storage and a wet winter that filled the state’s reservoirs enough to restart hydroelectric power plants that were dormant during the drought. The nation’s most
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations that the state’s Republican majority had largely met with silence until now. In an unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the community got their first look today at the Food Bank of Central Missouri’s new location on West Business Loop 70 Construction is still underway for the Food Bank Market, with the location expected to open this fall. The food bank market will have more than 5,000 square feet of retail
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Multiple students hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a school bus collided with a tanker truck in Lexington County, South Carolina, have been released from the hospital, according to officials. A total of 17 students as well as the bus driver were transported to Lexington Medical Center after the crash, according
Continue Reading By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Chainsaws buzzed Friday as neighbors helped neighbors clear toppled trees and began cleaning the wreckage of Typhoon Mawar, which walloped Guam as the strongest typhoon to hit the island in over two decades but appeared to have passed without leaving death
Continue Reading By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker says he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. The decision leaves the GOP primary field wide open. State Sen. Doug Mastriano made the announcement Thursday night as top party officials try to recruit a strong candidate in the moderate battleground
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police said they arrested a man Friday who had holed up in his father’s house armed with a rifle and a knife after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in central Japan. TV Asahi showed the man with his hands on his head walk out
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES, HOLLY RAMER and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday sought to push past an embarrassing beginning to his presidential campaign, outlining an aggressive travel schedule as his allies insisted they remain well funded and well positioned for a long Republican primary fight ahead. While
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three former police officers who were indicted by a Mississippi grand jury joked around about a Black man who died in their custody, with one of them questioning whether to call an ambulance for the man immediately, body-camera footage shows. Officials in the state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial date has been set for one of the fraternity members accused in the alleged hazing incident that left Danny Santulli disabled. Samuel Morrison, 23, is charged with hazing – life endangerment. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at the Boone County Courthouse. The jury
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia neighborhood saw two water main breaks occur Thursday on Lagrange Court and West Ridgeley Road. The first of the two occurred on Lagrange Court after a construction crew hit a water line around 1 p.m. A City Utilities spokesman said the second occurred between 3:30-4 p.m. in the 200 block
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three former police officers who were indicted by a Mississippi grand jury joked around about a man who died in their custody, with one of them questioning whether to call an ambulance for the man immediately, body-camera footage shows. Officials in the state capital
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man who spent 33 years in prison for attempted murder has been declared innocent and freed, the Los Angeles County district attorney announced Thursday. Daniel Saldana, 55, was convicted in 1990 of opening fire on a car containing six teenagers who were leaving a high school football game in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Franklin County man was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for alleged sex-trafficking activities involving children. On Thursday, the FBI added Donald Eugene Fields II to the list. He is wanted for the alleged sex trafficking of at least one child in Missouri between 2013-17. The U.S. District
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a new government strategy to fight hate, bias and violence directed at Jews. The document released Thursday outlines more than 100 steps the administration and its partners can take to combat an alarming rise in antisemitism. The strategy is centered around four
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz has vetoed a bill that would have mandated higher pay and job security for Lyft and Uber drivers in Minnesota. He says Thursday that ride-hail drivers deserve fair wages and safe working conditions, but the legislation wasn’t ready to become law. It
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By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in Texas’ Republican-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow public schools to employ or accept volunteer chaplains who are not state certified. Senate Bill 763, which passed 84-60, reads, “A school district or open-enrollment charter school may employ or accept as a volunteer a chaplain to
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