COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The top administrator in Columbia Public Schools plans to retire. CPS spokesperson Michelle Baumstark wrote in a statement Friday that Brian Yearwood has decided to step down immediately to spend time with family in Texas. The Columbia Board of Education unanimously accepted his retirement request. Former superintendent Chris Belcher has agreed to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who suffered serious injuries after an altercation last week has died, a press release from the Columbia Police Department says. Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia, died Friday, police wrote. The release says that after Davis’ death, officials are looking to charge Felicia L. Hay, 33, and Alexander A. Aklan, 28,
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By Eric Bradner, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — When Vice President-elect JD Vance and Matt Gaetz left the Capitol Hill room where they’d spent Wednesday trying to convince GOP senators to confirm the former Florida congressman as attorney general, Vance told reporters those meetings “went great.”
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The driver of a moped that crashed nearly two weeks ago in Columbia has died, police said Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An intersection in north Columbia was closed down on Friday night after a crash. Oakland Gravel Road near Vandiver Drive was shut down as first responders worked the scene. A white car had apparent on its front and driver side. A Columbia Police Department vehicle had damage near its driver side headlight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager accused in the shooting death of a Moberly man on Sunday will be charged with murder. Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson told ABC 17 News that a 16-year-old boy from Columbia will be charged with second-degree murder and robbery in the death of Ethan March. A 15-year-old girl from
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By Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes and Aaron Pellish, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was rushed to a hospital after she was shot Tuesday afternoon in a central Columbia park. Police at the scene did not provide the woman’s name or age. Police were sent to Douglass Park at about 3:40 p.m. and found the injured woman and evidence that shots had been fired,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police found a suspect in a weekend downtown Columbia shooting getting treatment for his own gunshot wounds early Sunday at a Jefferson City hospital, court documents say. Deandre Denny was charged Tuesday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession after the shooting that happened a little before 3 a.m.
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By Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — New York Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday agreed to give Manhattan prosecutors and Donald Trump’s lawyers a week to hash out how to proceed in Trump’s hush money case now that Trump has been reelected, raising new questions of whether Trump
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden delivered remarks to the nation Thursday in his first appearance on camera in the aftermath of Donald Trump ’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris. Control over the U.S. House of Representatives hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with dozens of races left to be called. The Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday. Watch
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris conceded her loss to Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon at Howard University. Harris called Trump earlier Wednesday to congratulate him on his easy victory on Election Day. Watch her speech in the video player above.
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Check back throughout the night for regular election-related updates.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Military investigators are seeking charges against a U.S. Army specialist for allegedly killing one of his fellow soldiers. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, Fort Leonard Wood officials wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. The base in Pulaski
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people were without power on Wednesday night after storms rolled through the area. There were 311 electricity customers without on Wednesday night in Monroe County, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. And there were 532 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Inc. customers in Moniteau County without electricity. Of
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers didn’t bring the offense with them to Alabama. The Crimson Tide defense shut out the Tigers in a game that saw already-injured quarterback Brady Cook leave, this time with a hand injury. He did not return and his replacement, Drew Pyne, had trouble moving the offense down the field.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was found with injuries after a Friday shooting in Fulton has died, according to the Fulton Police Department. The Fulton Police Department said earlier on Friday that officers were called to the 1400 block of Route C (Mokane Road) and found a man inside a home with life-threatening injuries
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody in the death of a sergeant stationed at Fort Leonard Wood. The base’s Facebook page posted an update Thursday afternoon saying a “person of interest” had been taken into custody in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. Her death is being investigated as a homicide. U.S. Army
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man shot Sunday night in northeast Columbia has died. The Columbia Police Department said in a news release Thursday that Orrion Moody, 28, of Columbia, died Wednesday at the Columbia hospital where he was treated for his wounds. Police on Wednesday arrested Tavion Johnson, 19, on six felony charges including armed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police closed off a large section of Clark Lane in northeast Columbia on Sunday night after a man was shot, suffering life-threatening injuries. Columbia Police Department spokesman Brian McNeill said police were called a little before 11 p.m. after shots were heard in the 4200 block of Clark Lane. A man was
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