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Boone County Fair rides pass inspections
Inspections were performed in April for this year’s fair amusement operator, Sonshine Amusements, and all rides were approved with satisfactory remarks.
Continue ReadingInspections were performed in April for this year’s fair amusement operator, Sonshine Amusements, and all rides were approved with satisfactory remarks.
Continue ReadingPLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — An 18-year-old Missouri man charged with murder in the traffic death of Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith has requested a change of venue for his upcoming trial. The request Tuesday seeks to move the trial of Eddie Jones of Sikeston, Missouri, to another county or to bring a jury in
Continue ReadingCLARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 63 about a mile south of Clark, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The crash occurred as a 2009 Cadillac CTS – driven by Kelly Burkett, 43 – was heading southbound on Highway 63, went off
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Crews in Pennsylvania are still searching for two children who were swept away over the weekend by turbulent floodwaters that killed their mother as a violent storm slammed the region. Matilda “Mattie” Sheils, 2, and her 9-month-old brother, Conrad Sheils, vanished after intense flooding engulfed parts
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit against the Missouri Attorney General that would allow an initiative petition on reproductive rights to move forward.
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday passed a Republican-led resolution reaffirming its support for Israel with strong bipartisan approval — an implicit rebuke of a leading Democrat who, over the weekend, called the country a “racist state” but later apologized. The resolution, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, passed
Continue ReadingBy MATT DERRICK Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Quarterback Patrick Mahomes arrived at training camp Tuesday with the understanding that he and his Kansas City Chiefs teammates need to be better in 2023 if they want to repeat as Super Bowl champions. Mahomes earned Most Valuable Player honors last season and captured his
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As a summer heat wave continues to bake most of Texas, family members of inmates are calling for all of the state’s prisons to be fully air conditioned. Only about 30% of Texas’ 100 prisons are fully air conditioned. During a rally Tuesday outside the
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK and NICHOLAS INGRAM Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the Powerball jackpot topping $1 billion for this week’s drawing, millions of people across the country will be lining up at convenience stores, grocery and gas station counters hoping to hit it big. HOW DOES THIS LATEST POWERBALL JACKPOT STACK UP?
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea early Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades. The launches came
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The White House is criticizing Texas’ operation to stop migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico after a state trooper told a supervisor that the mission has become inhumane. Nicholas Wingate sent an email this month giving accounts of migrants that were left bloodied from razor-wire
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it has finalized new policies on the treatment of transgender students. The guidance formalized Tuesday will direct local districts to roll back some current accommodations and increase parental notification requirements regarding discussions of gender identity in the classroom. The guidance
Continue ReadingHARVEY, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have identified a former shipyard worker who was shot to death by sheriff’s deputies after he gunned down two of his former coworkers. The names of the two victims also have been released. The Jefferson Parish coroner says the suspect killed Monday afternoon at an apartment complex in suburban
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for a Baltimore teen accused of fatally shooting a baseball bat-wielding motorist last summer presented a self-defense argument during opening statements at his first-degree murder trial, which opened Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court. Prosecutors say motorist Timothy Reynolds approached youths washing windshields at an intersection near
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zach Arnett is not only the lone rookie among the Southeastern Conference’s 14 coaches, he’s also the youngest at 36 along with being the first of Hispanic descent in the league’s history. He’s been around the league long enough to know Tuesday that he broke the standard set by his former
Continue ReadingHazy skies have been all too common this summertime due to dry conditions and an unprecedented wildfire season. Generally this smoke has remained confined in the upper atmosphere, as it has to reach great heights to be transported across the continent. Still, this wildfire smoke has been coupled with extreme drought conditions locally, which also
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Whether Missouri voters get a chance to weigh in on legalizing abortion is now up to state Supreme Court judges. The high court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case over Republican infighting that has stalled the amendment’s progress. The amendment is in response to
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — An unidentified former member of the Northwestern University football team is suing the school and the recently fired head coach, according to a civil claim filed Tuesday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The suit alleges former coach Pat Fitzgerald “enabled a culture of racism and/or other
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hartsburg woman was arrested and charged after she allegedly flashed a gun at another driver Saturday on Highway 63. Keri Lynn Stathem, 38, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. She was booked into the Boone County Jail on Saturday evening and was held on a $10,000
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK and NICHOLAS INGRAM Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the Powerball jackpot topping $1 billion for this week’s drawing, millions of people across the country will be lining up at convenience stores, grocery and gas station counters hoping to hit it big. HOW DOES THIS LATEST POWERBALL JACKPOT STACK UP?
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